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Deathtrap is a 1978 American play written by Ira Levin with many plot twists and which refers to itself as a play within a play. It is in two acts with one set and five characters.
In Ira Levin’s classic comedic thriller, Deathtrap, a washed-up playwright finds a chance to rise to the top once more, a shot he’d be willing to kill for. Sidney Bruhl hasn’t written a hit play for 18 years when he receives a script from a former student, Clifford Anderson, that’s a guaranteed success. His wife, Myra, suggests the two ...
Sitting in his study in Westport, Connecticut, playwright Sidney Bruhl is finishing reading a new play by one of his former students. The room is decorated with souvenirs of Sidney’s past theatrical successes: framed production photos, real and fake weapons used in his thrillers.
Nov 4, 2010 · A hit play on Broadway, this suspense thriller combines fiendish cleverness with deft entertainment in shock afteredge-of-the-seat shock.
Sep 25, 2021 · -The Bickford Theater of Morristown, NJ's production of "Deathtrap", October 1998, written by Ira Levin, which had a multi-year run on Broadway and was made into a movie in 1982 starring Michael...
Summaries. A struggling playwright invites a young writer to his home to discuss a script, but the meeting spirals into a deadly game of deception and betrayal.
Meet the original Broadway cast of Deathtrap on Broadway, and find out who was in the Original Cast, what parts they played and more.
Ira Levin (the best-selling author of The Boys From Brazil and Rosemary’s Baby) conquered Broadway in 1978 with this spellbinding thriller which went on to ...
Deathtrap (Original, Play, Mystery, Thriller, Comedy, Broadway) opened in New York City Feb 26, 1978 and played through Jun 13, 1982.
Holding the record for the longest running comedy thriller on Broadway, Deathtrap is the story of the world-famous thriller playwright Sidney Bruhl who is suffering from a chronic case of writer’s block. When one of his former students shows up at his doorstep with what might be the next Broadway hit, Sidney and his wife concoct a deadly plan ...
