Written in 1929, Rope served as the basis for the 1948 Alfred Hitchcock classic film. For the mere sake of adventure, danger, and the “fun of the thing,” Wyndham Brandon persuades his weak minded friend, Charles Granillo, to assist him in the murder of a fellow undergraduate, a perfectly harmless man named Ronald Raglan. Having packed the body away in a trunk positioned in the middle of their flat, they invite Ronald’s father and a collection of friends to tea. With this all established in the first few minutes of the play, we are left to squirm in our seats as the tension gradually builds to the boiling point. Rope is a most interesting look back at manners and attitudes in the midst of the most bizarre circumstance. Directed by Ken Junkins.
