Love from a Stranger

Synopsis

Love from a Stranger is a blood-curdling drama about frustrated spinster Alix King who has been engaged for years to Dick. Dependable but dull, Dick refuses to marry Alix until he can support her. When Alix unexpectedly inherits a fortune Dick is too proud to accept sharing it. Then along comes a stranger. Handsome, successful and just that little bit dangerous, Gerald sweeps her off her feet. Before you know it they are married and move into Philomel Cottage. All too soon their happiness begins to disintegrate. Strange things begin to happen and Alix suspects that the man she rushed into marrying may not be what he seems to be. And who knows, maybe Alix has some dark secrets of her own. This chilling thriller is a must for all Christie fans - full of twists and turns as it builds to a surprising and murderous denouement.

Our Review:

Michael Coveney - 19 April 2010

The title is best known as the movie in which Basil Rathbone stars as a sinister lothario with a penchant for wealthy single women, but the delightful dinner theatre in Berkshire reverts to the Agatha Christie short story, Philomel Cottage, and presents the 1934 fiction with a straight face and a no-nonsense new dramatisation by Louise Page.

One-time fringe firebrand Andy de la Tour directs and has no qualms about letting the stilted, under-populated plot unravel in a cosy country cottage designed by Terry Parsons to resemble an under-dressed setting in a repertory theatre circa 1954.

There’s a painted view of green fields, a chin-high mantelpiece for two candlesticks, potted plants around the periphery and a lot of brown and beige wall space. The cottage has been taken by fresh-faced, blonde Alix (Chloe Newsome) who is emotionally flanked by two colleagues in her shipping office in town: big, sweaty Dick (Peter Moreton) and scheming devil-woman Fra...

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