The 39 Steps

Play

Writers: Patrick Barlow

Overview

Show Information

Based on the Play/Book/Film
The 39 Steps by John Buchan (1915 novel); The 39 Steps (1935 film)
Category
Play
Number of Acts
2
First Produced
2005
Genres
Comedy
Settings
Period, Multiple Settings
Time & Place
England, Scotland, 1930s
Cast Size
small
Ideal for
Community Theatre, College/University
Casting Notes
Mostly male cast
Includes adult characters

Synopsis

Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have the intriguing, thrilling, riotous and unmissable comedy. The show hurtles a notorious fugitive and a spellbound blonde from a London music hall north by northwest to Scotland’s most remote highlands. Will they save Britain from a den of devious spies? A cast of four actors plays over 150 characters in this fast-paced tale of an ordinary man on an extraordinarily entertaining adventure. The 39 Steps contains every single legendary scene from the award-winning movie — including the chase on the Flying Scotsman, the escape on the Forth Bridge, the first theatrical bi-plane crash ever staged and the sensational death-defying finale in the London Palladium.

Lead Characters

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