The Rat Trap
Author(s):
Noël Coward, reimagined by Bill Rosenfield
Company:
Ashley Cook for Troupe
"When two brilliant egoists marry... there is bound to be trouble."
In fashionable 1920s Belgravia, Sheila, a talented novelist, and Keld, an aspiring playwright, embark on married life. Both are fiercely ambitious, but when Keld’s career takes off and Sheila’s doesn’t, professional jealousy and an affair have a devastating effect on their marriage.
Startlingly moving, but full of customary wit and dark humour, Noël Coward’s first play is given a period revival for its centenary year. The Rat Trap is revised by Bill Rosenfield and presented by Troupe, which returns to Park Theatre after its production of The Forsyte Saga Parts 1 and 2.