Posts Tagged ‘John Buchan’

THE 39 STEPS

Richard Hannay is on the run again in Patrick Barlow’s masterful four-actor comedic adaptation of John Buchan’s The 39 Steps, as supremely imaginative an evening of theater as you’re likely to experience any time soon.
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THE 39 STEPS


Glendale Centre Theatre proves that you don’t need a cast of dozens and a seven-figure budget to bring John Buchan’s The 39 Steps to life, despite a plot that takes hero-on-the-run Richard Hannay on an adventure from London to Edinburgh to the Scottish moors and back (during which he crosses paths with a hundred fifty characters or so). All you need are four crackerjack actors, an inventive design team, a tireless stage crew, and directorial whiz Todd Nielsen on hand to bring Buchan’s classic spy novel to vibrant, hilarious life.
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