Sinister goings on at the Royal and Derngate
Mystery and suspense with Graham Greene's The Ministry of Fear.
It all started with a fruitcake…
An exciting first-time adaptation of Graham Greene's The Ministry of Fear comes to Royal & Derngate from Tuesday to Saturday.
Greene is one the greatest 20th century novelists and probably best known for Brighton Rock which was made into a classic film noir starring the young Richard Attenborough.
Like Brighton Rock Greene described The Ministry of Fear as one of his "Entertainments". Entertaining as well as intriguing and thought-provoking for a contemporary audience, The Ministry of Fear is also shot through with black comedy and irony.
Set in 1942 during the Blitz The Ministry of Fear is a beautifully crafted and gripping spy thriller and love story with more than a whiff of Alfred Hitchcock and echoes of the 1949 film The Third Man, for which Greene wrote the screenplay.
The story follows the fortunes of Arthur Rowe, an innocent caught up with a nest of German spies bent on smashing Britain.
When Arthur guesses the weight of a fruit cake at a garden fte he finds himself precipitated headlong into a mystery, on the run and way out of his depth.
The crumbling of London under the impact of the relentless bombing mirrors the crumbling of Arthur's own sanity as he becomes a hunted man in a nightmare world of treachery and corruption.
For tickets call the box office on 01604 624811 or online at www.royalandderngate.co.uk.
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