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The Mousetrap, Robert Clements, Tim Phipps
The Mousetrap, Robert Clements, Tim Phipps
Theatre Productions
Agatha Christie's classic story, The Mousetrap, opened in 1952 at the Ambassadors Theatre in London, England and is still playing in theatres around the world nightly. The longest running play or musical in history, it is Agatha Christie at her best.
The setting is the 1940s in post World War II England. A young married couple has inherited a large manor house in the English countryside, which they have decided to open as a guest house. On their first day of business their curious and interesting guests arrive along with a massive winter storm confining everyone to the house. …
Romeo & Juliet, Rebecca M. Baker, Robert Clements, Tim Phipps
Romeo & Juliet, Rebecca M. Baker, Robert Clements, Tim Phipps
Theatre Productions
Using the timelessness of this classic, Baker has set the play in Miami in the 1930’s. She reasons that this setting will celebrate the power of the play, as well as enhance the youthful feel for the audience. Along with using a relatively more modern setting all the while maintaining the Shakespearean structure, the script contains slight adjustments in language to help the audience better understand the plot of the story.