The Shawshank Redemption
Author(s):
Adapted for the stage by Owen O’Neill & Dave Johns, based on the short novel Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King
Company:
Bill Kenwright Limited
Despite protests of his innocence, Andy Dufresne is handed a double life sentence for the brutal murders of his wife and her lover. Incarcerated in the notorious Shawshank facility, he quickly learns that no one can survive alone.
Andy strikes up an unlikely friendship with the prison fixer, Red, and things start to take a slight turn for the better. However, when Warden Stammas decides to bully Andy into subservience and exploit his talents for accountancy, a desperate plan is quietly hatched…