Playgoers Get Set to Tackle ‘The 39 Steps’

David Constant as Richard Hannay
(Photo: Phil Mansell)

Newport Playgoers are all set to start their 90^th season with a bang – by presenting the action-packed, fun-filled stage version of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic ‘The 39 Steps’.

Imagine four actors playing 139 characters in 100 minutes and you get an idea of the mystery, madness and mayhem involved. 

Audiences will find plenty of thrills and spills as they follow the adventures of stiff upper lipped Richard Hannay as he flees from spies, the police and killers in his quest to answer the question: what is the secret of the 39 Steps?

Hannay - a tongue-in-cheek 1930s James Bond - woos every attractive lady in sight and jumps through windows and onto trains as he tries to escape villainous enemy agents.

Richard Hannay (David Constant) escapes from

 the  villains  (Richard Dymond and Jes Hynes) 

whilst  handcuffed  to Pamela (Ros Jones-Griffiths)

(Photo: Phil Mansell)

Anabella Schmitt (Ros Jones-Griffiths)

 is the spy who discovers the 

secret of the 39 steps.

(Photo: Phil Mansell)

“This is a really fast-paced play that has enjoyed considerable success in the West End,” said the play’s director Lynn Phillips.

”Anyone who has seen Hitchcock’s 1935 film will be sure to love it as we take audiences to a variety of locations, including a train, the wilds of Scotland and the London Palladium.”

Enemy agents (Richard Dymond and 

Jes Hynes) in hot pursuit.

(Photo: Phil Mansell)

‘The 39 Steps’ adapted by Patrick Barlow from the novel by John Buchan and the film by Alfred Hitchcock is at the Dolman Theatre from 11^t– 14 September at 7.15 pm, with an extra matinee performance on the Saturday at 2.30 pm. 

To book tickets call 01633 263670 or visit www.dolmantheatre.co.uk.