Details

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. First performed in 1932, this new production of Dangerous Corner updates the action to a minimalist 21st century Environment. The group, caught up in the big money and egos of a transatlantic publishing company, reveal the frightening cost of personal and social success.

Cast/Performers

Dervla Kerwin (Olwen), Rupert Penry-Jones (Robert Caplan), Steve John Shepherd (Gordon Whitehouse), Patrick Robinson (Charles Stanton), Anna Wilson Jones (Freda Caplan), Katie Foster Barnes (Betty Whitehouse), Jacqueline Pearce (Maud Mockridge)

Creatives/Company

Author: J B Priestley
Producer(s): Bill Kenwright, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Nica Burns (for Really Useful Theatres), Max Weitzenhoffer, Lee Dean
Director: Laurie Sansom
Design: Jessica Curtis
Lighting: Chris Davey
Music: Matthew Herbert
Sound: Mic Pool