Granite continues season with “Sleuth” | Entertainment

In 1972, Shaffer adapted his play for a film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine. Another film adaptation was released in 2007 with a screenplay by Harold Pinter. The 2007 film was directed by Kenneth Branagh, starring Michael Caine and Jude Law as Milo Tindle, originally played by Caine in the 1972 version.

Known as the “ultimate game of cat and mouse,” the action takes place in a cozy English country house owned by acclaimed crime writer Andrew Wyke, played by Ken Ko (earlier this season as Mr. Webb in the outstanding production of The Granites can be seen). “Our City”).

Invited Guest: Milo Tindle, played by Nick Perry (earlier this season as Jeff in “[title of show]”), a young rival who shares Wyke’s love of games, declares his intention to elope with Wyke’s wife.

The two men devise an elaborate revenge/power game; Through her style and cunning, the stakes continue to rise, leading to the play’s inexorable, heartbreaking conclusion.

The Granite Theater’s production of “Sleuth” is directed by Anthony Caporale, the producer, playwright and star of the musical comedy series “The Imbible” about the history of cocktails and spirits, which is one of the longest-running off-Broadway shows of all time .

Caporale has given two “Talks at Google,” appeared on the Smithsonian Channel’s “Searching For Secrets: New York,” and recently completed curating an exhibition on Temperance and Commerce for the Mystic Seaport Museum.