Mindgame premiered at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester on 2 September 1999, before transferring to the Vaudeville Theatre in London's West End in 2000. That production was directed by Richard Baron. On 9 November 2008, the play premiered Off Broadway in New York City starring Keith Carradine as Dr. Farquhar and directed by Ken Russell, who made his New York City directorial debut with the production. The production closed on 28 December 2008. Another run of performances took place at the Ambassadors Theatre in London in 2018, following a UK tour. [2] Characters [ edit ] Seen [ edit ] We also meet a very nervous psychiatric nurse, Paisley (played by Sarah Wynne Kordas). Things get seriously gritty on her arrival. What is in that ‘liver’ sandwich? Mindgame 2 – photocredit, Simon Cooper

Everything appears relatively normal until the doctor finally arrives. Dr. Farquhar (played by Michael Sherwin), the hospital director, initially cannot recall agreeing to the meeting and is reluctant to introduce Styler to Easterman.Who can you trust? Whose reality do you believe? Everything just seems a little bit off. Nothing appears as it seems. No, I’m not watching fox news. After recently having read both of the author's two book mini series, I was sure that this was going to be a bit different too. It is.

Following the early closure of New Faces juke box musical All or Nothing, Horowitz’s 1999 psychological thriller Mindgame is revived for three weeks at the Ambassadors Theatre. I suppose that the best way to describe it is a book about a play. All of the narrative is in the form of a play script but the author also lets us in on things that the more observant audience member may see on set. Anthony Horowitz has written over 40 books. He is the writer of Foyle’s War and has written episodes for Midsomer Murders. This play does not disappoint and is well worth going to see. Find sources: "Mindgame"play– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( March 2018) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Set in a doctor’s office in Fairfields, an asylum for the criminally insane, we first meet Styler (played by Andrew Ryan), a writer of “true crime” stories. We hear that he has come here to do research for his next book. He is eager to interview one of the patients known as Easterman, a notorious serial killer. We hear he has been waiting to meet the doctor for two hours having driven for three and a half hours to get to the meeting. Mindgame 3 – photocredit, Simon CooperBased on Horowitz’s novel of the same name, Mindgame premiered in Colchester in 1999, before transferring to the West End’s Vaudeville Theatre the following year starring Simon Ward, Christopher Blake and Helen Hobson. The story itself is well conceived and is very cleverly written ( as we would expect from Mr Horowitz). I would have loved to have seen the full stage production.

It is a short book but it gets over some of my complaints about short books as I had no problem at all picturing the actors on the described stage and it certainly creates an atmosphere. I don't like to be too harsh on new plays as I know a lot of work and effort has been given by many. But out of respect for my readers I have to fully express how awful and insulting to one's intelligence this play is. Doctor Farquhar, the director of the hospital. He is relatively new to the hospital, and is trying to turn it around. Mindgame is a really smart fast-paced play. It delves into the darkest psyche of the human condition of sociopaths and their dissociative behaviour. It challenges you to question, who should you believe? I’m watching Anthony Horowitz dark psychological thriller play “Mindgame” that has come to the West End at the Ambassador theatre for three weeks only, after a successful UK tour.

This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources. Mark Styler, a writer of true crime stories, who also wrote in memory of his mother. He comes to Fairfields hoping to interview a serial killer for a new book.

Does it work as well as a book about a play, I am really not sure. As I set down these note, I still don't know what mark I am going to give it. I hope that I have decided before I start typing, tomorrow.

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