Curve, Leicester
Rudkin's darkly riveting play brilliantly demonstrates the way Hitchcock's art is the key to his life
Plays and films about the private life of Alfred Hitchcock are a growth industry. But David Rudkin can justly claim to have got there with first with an award-winning 1993 radio play with an Eliotesque title. Out of that has emerged this reconceived stage piece, commissioned by New Perspectives, which turns out to be a darkly riveting study of a film-maker who turned what his wife terms his "crazy inner life" into public entertainment.
Rudkin uses an adventurous form to explore the dreams and desires of a Hitch ("I have no cock," he Freudianly quips) who is imprisoned in his director's chair. As the pudgy auteur pursues an archetypal Hitchcock situation in which a man silently tracks an unknown woman, he is invaded by memories. We see glimpses of the mother who...
Rudkin's darkly riveting play brilliantly demonstrates the way Hitchcock's art is the key to his life
Plays and films about the private life of Alfred Hitchcock are a growth industry. But David Rudkin can justly claim to have got there with first with an award-winning 1993 radio play with an Eliotesque title. Out of that has emerged this reconceived stage piece, commissioned by New Perspectives, which turns out to be a darkly riveting study of a film-maker who turned what his wife terms his "crazy inner life" into public entertainment.
Rudkin uses an adventurous form to explore the dreams and desires of a Hitch ("I have no cock," he Freudianly quips) who is imprisoned in his director's chair. As the pudgy auteur pursues an archetypal Hitchcock situation in which a man silently tracks an unknown woman, he is invaded by memories. We see glimpses of the mother who...
- 10/1/2013
- by Michael Billington
- The Guardian - Film News
Coronation Street's Ken Barlow is left in a panic in tonight's (October 31) episode after accidentally spending an entire night at Wendy Crozier's house. Ken (Bill Roache) is horrified when he wakes up and realises that he fell asleep on Wendy's sofa the night before. As he questions what happened, Wendy (Roberta Kerr) covers her tracks by claiming that she couldn't wake him because she drifted off too. Failing to realise that Wendy engineered this situation (more)...
- 10/31/2012
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
Coronation Street's Deirdre Barlow is left heartbroken as Wendy Crozier drops a bombshell in Friday's (November 2) double bill of the soap. Deirdre (Anne Kirkbride) is already struggling to trust husband Ken now that he is back in contact with Wendy (Roberta Kerr), and it appears that her worst fears have been confirmed when Wendy turns up to accuse Ken of making advances towards her. In fact, a bitter Wendy is making the whole thing (more)...
- 10/30/2012
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
Coronation Street star Anne Kirkbride has revealed that her character Deirdre Barlow gives Ken an ultimatum. Deirdre discovers her husband is secretly meeting his ex-lover Wendy Crozier (Roberta Kerr) in upcoming episodes. "Deirdre's gobsmacked and horrified. This is the woman that ruined her marriage 20 years ago and she can't believe she's back in their lives," Kirkbride told ITV. "It brings all sorts of emotions flooding back for Deirdre and she starts to wonder how he met her again, or if he ever stopped! She feels sick. "She tells him it's the job or her. Ken's crushed, he claims he's rediscovered (more)...
- 10/1/2012
- by By Colin Daniels
- Digital Spy
Coronation Street returnee Roberta Kerr has insisted that her character Wendy Crozier will not actively pursue ex-lover Ken Barlow. Wendy returns to screens next week as Ken decides to put himself forward as the local primary school's new chair of governors, only to discover that his former flame is vice chair. The ex-couple have been tipped to reignite their passion as the storyline plays out, but Kerr told Soaplife that Wendy will not be doing the chasing. Discussing the moment that the pair come face-to-face again, she explained: "[Wendy's] initial reaction is shock - she's been married for the past 15 years and is now widowed. "But she's (more)...
- 9/18/2012
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
Ken Barlow's ex-lover Wendy Crozier will return to Coronation Street this summer, it has been announced. Roberta Kerr will reprise her role as Wendy on the ITV soap, which she appeared in between June 1989 and May 1990. Wendy, then a council worker, won Ken's heart by laying on a surprise meal for his birthday. Their affair led to Ken's divorce from Deirdre. Ken and Wendy are stunned when they bump into each other at Weatherfield's primary school, where it turns out they are both running for the role of new governor, revealed ITV. Though adamant that they should remain good friends, Ken keeps Wendy's return to the area a secret from Deirdre. (more)...
- 7/13/2012
- by By Paul Millar
- Digital Spy
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