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The Livery's production of 'The 39 Steps'
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Kathleen Smith
Goderich Signal Star
The Livery will be host to
the upcoming production of
'The 39 Steps; starring Rob
Ionescu, Cara Stephenson,
Jordan Henry and Ron
Plasschaert.
Directed by Nina
Reynolds, "The 39 Steps' is a
theatrical adaptation of
Hitchcock's 1935 film of the
same title.
"If you like Hitchcock, you
will love this, you will enjoy
this," explains Reynolds.
• A man by the name of
John Buchan wrote the origi-
nal book by the same title in
1915, and Alfred Hitchcock
then took that book and
made a movie out of it.
According to Reynolds, the
book and the movie are
almost entirely different.
Patrick Barlow then took
the movie and adapted it for
the stage.
"There is no way that you
should be able to make the
movie into a play - it's virtu-
ally untranslatable, from the
screen into a play, because
there is so much action, but
we do it," states Reynolds.
For those who are not
familiar with the storyline
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of 'The 39 Steps; the plot
centers Richard Hannay
[played by Ionescu], who
returns to London, England
in 1935. Uninterested in
everything and not know-
ing what to do with his life,
one evening Richard
attends a musical.
It is that evening where he
encounters a mysterious
woman [played by Stephen-
son), and he suddenly
becomes ensnared in a mas-
sive espionage plot.
"Not only is he helping'
Annabella [played by Ste-
phenson] by trying to
uncover this evil plot, but he
also has to clear his own
name," explains Reynolds.
This production will
encompass the plot of
adventure, mystery and
romance, with an added
tongue and cheek.
According to. Reynolds,
anyone who has seen the
Hitchcock film "Hie 39 Steps'
would be puzzled with how
the scenes are translated to a
stage, but the four actors
successfully rise to the
challenge.
"This is a bare -bones pro-
duction, and we are kind of
doing it almost like a play
within a play. It's a troupe of
four people who say `we're
going to do this impossible
play,'" says Reynolds. See
page 13 for more.
Photos courtesi of Cara Stephenson
Cara Stephenson will portray three different female Rob Ionescu portrays Richard Hannay in The
characters in 'The 39 Steps'. Livery's 'The 39.Steps'.
Jordan Henry (left)
and Ron Plasschaert
play every other
role involved in the
production of 'The 39
Steps', except Richard
Hannay and the three
females characters
Stephenson will
portray.