Hitchcock Blonde

A newly revised version of the play that was first published in 2003 to tie in with the Royal Court Theatre's production 'Ambitious, ingenious and intriguing' Daily Telegraph 'A dazzling play, funny, cruel, subtly but brutally intelligent ... There are few things more thrilling and eloquent than a writer of the first rank revealing the hidden but necessary dangers of his art' Sunday Times Follows the recent success of Johnson's latest play Piano/Forte at the Royal Court Theatre in 2007. Johnson has won nine British Theatre awards including the Olivier Award for Best Comedy 1994 and 1999, Playwright of the Year 1995, Critics' Circle Theatre Awards for Best New Play 1995, two Evening Standard Theatre Awards, and the Writers' Guild Award for Best Play 1995 and 1996.

A media lecturer and his female protege find some deteriorated Hitchcock footage. It would appear they had discovered some early rushes but what film were they for and who is the mysterious blonde? This is a newly revised version of the play by Terry Johnson.First published to tie-in with the Royal Court Theatre's production in April 2003, with a cast including Alexander Delamere, Victoria Gay, Fiona Glascott and Rosamund Pike, this is the newly revised version of award-winning Terry Johnson's classic play. A media lecturer and his female protege find some deteriorated Hitchcock footage. It would appear they had discovered some early rushes but what film were they for and who is the mysterious blonde? Hitchcock Blonde is not a play about Alfred Hitchcock, though he may make a cameo appearance. Of the less familiar characters, one is likely to amuse, the other will behave appallingly in a theatrical film noir of genius, lust, death and voyeuristic obsession. 'On the face of it, Hitchcock Blonde is a play about Alfred Hitchcock and women, about sex and desire, and what happens when you have either without the other. It is also a detective story, a biographical fantasy, an intellectual comedy...a play about life in films and films in life, about predators and victims...' Sunday Times