Single Spies is the collective name for this double bill of one-act plays about two of the most celebrated spies of modern times: Guy Burgess and Anthony Blunt.
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The Winslow Boy
Set in 1912, the play follows the efforts of the Winslow family to clear the name of 14 year old Ronnie Winslow, expelled from naval college for allegedly stealing a five-shilling postal order.
Much Ado About Nothing
Count Claudio falls in love with Hero, the daughter of his host. Hero’s cousin Beatrice and Benedict are each duped into believing the other is in love with them.
The Ghost Train
A ghostly driver, sudden deaths and a travelling parrot make this 1920s thriller an unnervingly hilarious exploration of our capacity for belief in the supernatural.
Shadowlands
The love story of C.S. Lewis – Oxford don and author of The Chronicles of Narnia and The Screwtape Letters – and American poet Joy Davidman.
The Hollow
An unhappy game of romantic follow-the-leader explodes into murder one weekend at The Hollow, home of Sir Henry and Lucy Angkatell, arguably Christie’s finest comic grande dame
The Ladykillers
The Ladykillers is a classic black comedy; a sweet little old lady, alone in her house, is pitted against a gang of criminal misfits who will stop at nothing.
Cash On Delivery
This farce concerns a con artist who has duped the welfare authorities for years by claiming every type of benefit for the innumerable people he claims live at his address.
Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime
Lord Arthur Savile’s is engaged to lovely Sybil Merton. Her pet chiromantist Podgers has read Lord Arthur’s palm and foretold he would commit a murder…
Twelfth Night
Viola and her twin brother Sebastian have been shipwrecked; each believes the other to be drowned. Viola disguises herself as a young man and gets a job as a servant for Orsino.