`SLEUTH'-ING OUT A THEATER CLASSIC.Byline: Paul Hodgins Orange County Register Poor old ``Sleuth.'' Since Andrew and Milo Milo, athlete of ancient Greece Milo (mī`lō) or Milon (mī`lŏn), fl. 500 B.C., athlete of ancient Greece, b. Crotona. first played their deadly game Deadly Game is the fifth title in the Ghostwalker Series of paranormal romances by Christine Feehan. Plot Ken Norton, like his brother Jack (Conspiracy Game), is one of several Navy SEALs who were psychically and physically enhanced by Dr. Peter Whitney. of cat and mouse a quarter-century ago, they've been thoroughly Simonized. Every community theater that owns a load of lumber and country-manor bric-a-brac has trotted it out; its exploding props have been the cause of countless stage effects gone awry. A 25th-anniversary production of ``Sleuth'' at the Pasadena Playhouse The Pasadena Playhouse is a historic theatre located in Pasadena, California. History The Playhouse's history began in 1917 when actor/director Gilmor Brown began producing a season of plays at an old burlesque house, which he renamed the Savoy. offers a competent staging by Alan Bailey that, while failing to make the most of its strengths, at least doesn't distract from the brilliance of Shaffer's plot. Ian Ogilvy gives us a wonderfully deceptive, silver-fox Andrew Wyke - imagine Jack Cassidy For the bass guitarist from Jefferson Airplane, see Jack Casady. Jack Cassidy (March 5, 1927 – December 12, 1976) was an American actor, who achieved success in theater, cinema and television. with a Cambridge-via-Eton accent. His smooth, urbane veneer makes his outbursts of vile temper doubly shocking. His Andrew is not tremendously likable, but it's hugely entertaining to watch him methodically entrap the unsuspecting Milo in his elaborate revenge plot. Darrell James gives Tindle a wholesome boyishness Boyishness See also Mannishness. Drew, Nancy tall, slender, boyish, girl detective. [Children’s Lit.: Bungalow Mystery] Jo tall, awkward tomboy in March family. [Am. Lit. that's a little out of step with the character's unsavory undertones, and his rather rudderless British accent betrays no hint of Milo's working-class origins. MEMO: Continues through Oct. 27. Call (800) 233-3123. |
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