Sleuth (play)
Sleuth is a 1970 play written by Anthony Shaffer. The play is set in the Wiltshire manor house of Andrew Wyke, an immensely successful mystery writer. Wyke's home reflects his obsession with the inventions and deceptions of fiction and his fascination with games and game-playing. He lures his wife's lover, Milo Tindle, to the house and convinces him to stage a robbery of her jewellery, a proposal that sets off a chain of events that leaves the audience trying to decipher where Wyke's imagination ends and reality begins.
Sleuth (play)
Sleuth is a 1970 play written by Anthony Shaffer. The play is set in the Wiltshire manor house of Andrew Wyke, an immensely successful mystery writer. Wyke's home reflects his obsession with the inventions and deceptions of fiction and his fascination with games and game-playing. He lures his wife's lover, Milo Tindle, to the house and convinces him to stage a robbery of her jewellery, a proposal that sets off a chain of events that leaves the audience trying to decipher where Wyke's imagination ends and reality begins.
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L'inganno (Sleuth) è un'opera ...... uello di Mr. Wyke nel secondo.
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Sleuth is a 1970 play written ...... laced him in the role of Wyke.
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1970-11-09
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A manor house in Wiltshire, England
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744,204,185
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Detective Sergeant Tarrant
Inspector Doppler
Police Constable Higgs
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Mystery, Thriller
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L'inganno (Sleuth) è un'opera ...... uello di Mr. Wyke nel secondo.
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Sleuth is a 1970 play written ...... ation ends and reality begins.
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L'inganno (opera teatrale)
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Sleuth (play)
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Sleuth
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