Dangerous Corner

Synopsis

On an evening in 1932 Robert and Freda Caplan host a dinner party for their colleagues and friends, all executives at a transatlantic publishing company. Young, beautiful and successful they have the world at their feet. Then a cigarette box and an ill-considered remark spark off a relentless series of revelations and other, more dangerous secrets are painfully exposed. As the truth spills out about the suicide of Robert's clever, reckless brother, and the group's perfect lives begin to crumble, the cost of professional and social success becomes frighteningly plain.

Our Review:

David Jobson - 1 February 2013

J.B. Priestly is described as having “revitalised conventional drawing-room drama by the infusion of a mysterious alternative reality”.

In this production of Dangerous Corner this is clearly shown, when a chance remark causes a ‘perfect circle’ of couples to reveal increasingly dark secrets. At the end, the play returns to the beginning and briefly shows the audience what would have happened if the chance remark had not been picked up on. The mystery unravels subtly and hence for the audience the ending provides a perturbing spectacle.

This is performed by a strong cast, whose characters are irrevocably changed by the end. Edmund Kingsley’s Robert Caplan makes it his mission to demand the truth and as a result is left drained by the revelations.

Kirsty Beterman is a fiery but brittle Freda Caplan unwilling to hear the truth. Ellie Beavan plays the blonde, excitable and naïve Betty Whitehouse. Mawgan Gyles is a sensitive G...

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Latest User Review

Jeremyb - 4 February 2013:

A beautifully acted and presented period drawing room mystery. Tim dutton was especially suave. I was carried along with it and it's a play where nothing happens....

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