House of Games

Details

Harvard-educated psychoanalyst Margaret Ford is celebrated for her bestselling book 'Driven! Compulsion and Obsession in Every Day Life'. Helping one of her patients settle his gambling debts, she compromises her professional reputation and is drawn into the seedy underworld of the House of Games poker club. Seduced by charismatic hustler Mike, Margaret convinces herself that she can make an academic study of the con-artist. Before she realises it, Margaret is entangled in a fast-paced thriller.

Cast/Performers

Nancy Carroll (Dr Margaret Ford), Trevor Cooper (George), Dermot Crowley (Joey), Amanda Drew (Trudi / Carla), Peter De Jersey (PJ), Michael Landes (Mike), John Marquez (Bobby), Al Weaver (Billy Hahn)

Creatives/Company

Author: David Mamet (film)
Adapted by: Richard Bean
Corporate Sponsor(s): Coutts & Co, Asepn
Producer: Almeida Theatre
Director: Lindsay Posner
Design: Peter McKintosh
Lighting: Paul Pyant
Music: Django Bates