PHOTO CALL: Patrick Hamilton's Rope Plays at the Almeida

By Matthew Blank
14 Dec 2009

Blake Ritson and Alex Waldmann star as the pair of Leopold and Loeb-inspired killers at the center of Patrick Hamilton's Rope, currently running at the Almeida Theatre in London.

Roger Michell directs a cast that also features Bertie Carvel, Emma Dewhurst, Michael Elwyn, Henry Lloyd Hughes and Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

Rope is set in an apartment in London's Mayfair. Wyndham Brandon (Ritson) and Charles Granillo (Waldmann) have murdered fellow student Ronald Kentley and deposited his body in a chest in their living room. Believing they are above suspicion and common morality they invite the student's father, his aunt and several of their friends over for tea, served on the chest.

Here is a look at the production:

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Bertie Carvel
Photo by John Haynes



To book tickets, contact the box office on 020 7359 4404, or visit www.almeida.co.uk