"Sleuth" has all the ingredients of a top-class thriller, which it
undoubtedly is - a plot whose twists and turns are breathtakingly
audacious and fiendishly cunning; suspense and excitement galore;
and a brilliant parody of the Agatha Christie country-house
thriller, mercilessly satirizing the genre at the same as using its
technical devices to the full. It is a dramatic study of sexual
conflict and jealousy between an older and a younger man; as well
as a subtle psychological portrait of an inadequate and
sexually-obsessed middle-aged man.
"Sleuth" was filmed by Joseph Mankiewicz, with Laurence Olivier and
Michael Caine in the leading roles, and this edition is fully
illustrated with stills from the film, for which Anthony Shaffer
wrote the screenplay.
Anthony Shaffer has written several television and stage plays,
including the West End success "Murderer" (also available from
arion Boyars Publishers). He has also written many screenplays,
including "Play with a Gypsy," Hitchcock's "Frenzy, The Wicker
Man," and the Agatha Christie films "Death on the Nile" and "Evil
Under the Sun."
General
| Imprint: |
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Playscripts S. |
| Release date: |
March 2004 |
| First published: |
July 2000 |
| Authors: |
Anthony Shaffer
|
| Dimensions: |
198 x 140 x 8mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - B-format
|
| Pages: |
93 |
| Edition: |
2nd ed. |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-7145-0763-7 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Language & Literature >
Literature: texts >
Drama texts, plays >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-7145-0763-6 |
| Barcode: |
9780714507637 |
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