Chalkfoot Theatre Arts Presents THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS Adapted by Philip Dart from the novel by Erskine Childers at the Jermyn Street Theatre 5th - 22nd May 2010
In the early years of the twentieth century set against a background of sharply declining Anglo-German relations, Carruthers, a plucky young buck from the foreign office is contacted by an old university chum asking him to join in a yachting holiday in the German Frisian islands. Expecting a lazy cruise on a luxury yacht, his dreams are shattered when he finds that he and his friend Davies are the only crew aboard the converted lifeboat ‘Dulcibella'. But not even the hazards of ship-board life can prepare him for the perilous adventure to come.
Riddle of The Sands is a prescient vision of two nations soon to fight the First World War. It paints the portrait of a time gone by, mixing good old British pluck and patriotism with the darker threat of the espionage and militarism that was to haunt the century to come. Generally regarded as the father of the twentieth century spy novel, Erskine Childers went on to inspire a generation of writers, including John Le Carré and Ian Fleming.
This first-ever stage adaptation of the novel comes to Jermyn Street Theatre following a sell-out regional tour by Chalkfoot, who earned four star reviews last year for their production of Tom
McGrath's play Laurel and Hardy at the same venue
PRESS NIGHT 5th May 7.30pm
JermynvStreet Theatre 16b Jermyn Street Piccadilly Circus tube
Tuesday to Saturday 7.30pm, Matinees Saturday and Sunday at 3.30pm
Ticket
prices £17 full / £14 concessions.
Earlybird offer: all seats booked before
18th April £13
Box
office 0207 287 2875
www.jermynstreettheatre.co.uk
www.chalkfoot.org.uk
