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Dangerous Corner by JB Priestley

Tuesday 16 6.30pmFebruary
2016

Theatre

Apollo Theatre

Pyle Street
Newport
PO30 1JT

01983 527267

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Dangerous Corner by JB Priestley

Source http://www.apollo-theatre.org.uk/dangerous-corner/

Dangerous corner

Dangerous Corner by JB Priestley at The Apollo Theatre Newport at 7.30pm on 12-13 and 16-20 February.

One of JB Priestley’s brilliant ‘time plays’.

Its intricate plot and masterful dialogue will keep you gripped as the story unfolds in front of your eyes

To let sleeping dogs lie or not, that is the question…

All seems well at the Caplan’s independent publishing house until a can of worms is unceremoniously ripped open at Robert and Freda Caplan’s dinner party.

A chance remark plunges the guests into a re-examination of the mysterious events surrounding the recent death of young Martin Caplan, and skeletons come crashing out of the closet in more ways than one. Life will never be the same again … or will it?

JB Priestley’s first play ran to worldwide acclaim when it was first produced in 1932; it was subsequently filmed starring Tyrone Guthrie. It is one of his renowned ‘time plays’, in which a chance remark by one of the guests ignites a series of devastating revelations, revealing a hitherto undiscovered tangle of clandestine relationships and dark secrets, the disclosures of which have tragic consequences. The play ends with time slipping back to the beginning of the evening and the chance remark not being made, the secrets remaining hidden and the ‘dangerous corner’ avoided. Its beautiful construction, masterful dialogue and intricate plot keep the audience gripped from the start as the plot unravels in front of them, so despite its apparently dated format, this is a play which continues to fascinate.