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About the Play
The long-running Tony Award-winning thriller.
Story:
The ultimate game of cat-and-mouse is played out in a cozy English country house owned by celebrated mystery writer, Andrew Wyke. Invited guest Milo Tindle, a young rival who shares not only Wyke's love of the game but also his wife, has come to lay claim. Revenge is devised and murders plotted as the two plan the ultimate whodunnit.
Playwright
Anthony Shaffer
Broadway Premiere
- Theatre
- Music Box Theatre
- Opening Night
- Nov 12, 1970
- Total Performances
- 1,222
- Original Cast
- Keith Baxter, Anthony Quayle, Phillip Farrar, Harold K. Newman, Roger Purnell
- Director
- Clifford Williams
- Producer
- Helen Bonfils, Morton Gottlieb and Michael White
- Scenic Design
- Carl Toms
- Lighting Design
- William Ritman
1972 Film Version
- Movie Name
- Sleuth
- Type
- Hollywood Feature Film
- Director
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Screenplay
- Anthony Shaffer
- Starring
- Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Alec Cawthorne
2007 Film Version
- Movie Name
- Sleuth
- Type
- Hollywood Feature Film
- Director
- Kenneth Branagh
- Screenplay
- Harold Pinter
- Starring
- Michael Caine, Jude Law, Harold Pinter
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1971 Tony Award Nominations
Best Play
Best Lighting Design
Best Direction Of A Play
1971 Drama Desk Award Nominations
Outstanding Performance - Anthony Quayle
Outstanding Performance - Keith Baxter
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