![]() ![]() He also penned the librettos to Never Gonna Dance and Lucky Duck. Of Collins' secrets-and-intrigue-filled works, The Rep's literary director Kristin Crouch observed, "These shocking fictions peeked beneath the surface of ordinary English households to find a sinister reality beneath the surface of the prim Victorian exteriors." Hatcher is known for his plays Three Viewings, A Picasso, Scotland Road, Neddy, Tuesdays With Morrie, Work Song, Mercy of a Storm, Compleat Female Stage Beauty (and its film, "Stage Beauty"), among others, and the screenplay to "Casanova," directed by Lasse Hallstrom. Collins wrote 25 novels, more than 50 short stories and at least 15 plays from 1848 until his death in 1889. In the center of it all, is the mysterious and beautiful Lydia Gwilt, one of the most hardened and most fascinating female villains in literature."Ĭollins, a contemporary of Charles Dickens, also penned the suspense novels "The Moonstone" and "The Woman in White." The latter was adapted into a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber. ![]() Performances play to May 25.Īccording to The Rep, "A deathbed bequest leads to the most gripping of intrigues in this tale of deception, inherited curses, romantic rivalries and murder. Rep artistic director Joseph Hanreddy directs the staging at the Quadracci Powerhouse Theater. ![]()
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