Thrillers...Shockers...

[BSoBW2]

Thrillers...Shockers...#0

Posted: 5/1/06 at 9:53pm

Hi all - I am looking for plays with very dark themes.

Something along the lines of THE PILLOWMAN or DEATHTRAP.
Nothing by McDonough though.

Also, the more intimate the better!

Thanks!


See post on second page!
Updated On: 5/4/06 at 09:53 PM

[Yankeefan007]

re: Psychological Thrillers#1

Posted: 5/1/06 at 9:57pm

Marat/Sade.
Hitchcock Blonde.

[BSoBW2]

re: Psychological Thrillers#2

Posted: 5/1/06 at 9:59pm

Oh, I love Marat/Sade...but what could I do that Peter Brook hasn't?

(That movie was beyond brilliance!)

(Edited) Updated On: 5/1/06 at 09:59 PM

[FOAnatic]

re: Psychological Thrillers#3

Posted: 5/1/06 at 9:59pm

WAIT UNTIL DARK

"I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about." - Oscar Wilde

[Emcee4ever]

re: Psychological Thrillers#4

Posted: 5/1/06 at 10:10pm

Cabaret.

[harris007]

re: Psychological Thrillers#5

Posted: 5/1/06 at 10:10pm

murder in green meadows
misery

Attend the tale of Bovine Boy His party threads we all enjoy But does he have Mad Cow Disease? He doesn't eat beef - but cows skating? - oh please!!! With cocoa!?! And lemonade!?! The heifer-mad poster of Broadway (World)

[FOAnatic]

re: Psychological Thrillers#6

Posted: 5/1/06 at 10:11pm

Yea...ummm...not so much.

"I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about." - Oscar Wilde

[theatreguy]

re: Psychological Thrillers#7

Posted: 5/1/06 at 10:14pm

Veronica's Room.

[Harpo]

re: Psychological Thrillers#8

Posted: 5/1/06 at 10:16pm

What about Tryst? Have you seen it? Very intimate, only two characters. Really enjoyed the production, although the ending wasn't a great surprise.

[KJisgroovy]

re: Psychological Thrillers#9

Posted: 5/1/06 at 10:37pm

Peter Vice? Is that like Peter Brook? Or is there someone connected to Marat/Sade named Peter Vice?

kmc

Jesus saves. I spend.

[BSoBW2]

re: Psychological Thrillers#10

Posted: 5/1/06 at 10:38pm

Peter Vice is just like Peter Brook.

The question is, where the hell did Peter Vice come from?

Thanks for the suggestions. Updated On: 5/1/06 at 10:38 PM

[BSoBW2]

re: Psychological Thrillers#11

Posted: 5/2/06 at 12:43am

Any other thriller plays?

[wonderwaiter]

re: Psychological Thrillers#12

Posted: 5/2/06 at 1:01am

Eh. When I saw the thread title I immediately thought DEATHTRAP, but I see you've already covered it.

(A note on that, though. Maybe everybody else on Earth is already aware of it, but DEATHTRAP is dated and only works as a period piece. I say this because I was in a production of it back at the "turn of the century", and our director only saw it as a contemporary piece. There we were stuck on stage trying to present our lack of computers and "shockingly taboo" homosexual storyline as current to our audience. They were not fooled.)

And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."

[BSoBW2]

re: Psychological Thrillers#13

Posted: 5/2/06 at 1:10am

Thanks for the tip, waiter.

I think I've crossed it off my list anyway.

I know exactly what type I want.
Something of dark comedy.

Something I can do something different with. Be abstract...
I dunno.
Updated On: 5/2/06 at 01:10 AM

[Katurian2]

re: Psychological Thrillers#14

Posted: 5/2/06 at 8:17am

Threepenny Opera. Just kidding.

"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck

[leeinlondon]

re: Psychological Thrillers#15

Posted: 5/2/06 at 9:02am

I would say "Voices in the Dark" but a lot of peopel didn't like it on Broadway, excluding me !!!

[alterego]

re: Psychological Thrillers#16

Posted: 5/2/06 at 9:26am

I second Ira Levin's VERONICA'S ROOM.

[tophertilson]

re: Psychological Thrillers#17

Posted: 5/2/06 at 10:54am

Third VERONICA'S ROOM. Cool little play that isn't nearly well known enough.

TT

"Me flunk English? That's unpossible!" - Ralph Wiggum

[philcrosby]

re: Psychological Thrillers#18

Posted: 5/2/06 at 10:55am

THE WOMAN IN BLACK.

[bschneid76]

re: Psychological Thrillers#19

Posted: 5/2/06 at 11:55am

"Love the Art in Yourself. Not Yourself in the Art." -- Stanislavski

Updated On: 5/2/06 at 11:55 AM

[bschneid76]

re: Psychological Thrillers#20

Posted: 5/2/06 at 11:56am

Night Watch is very good as is Anthony Shaffers Murderer

"Love the Art in Yourself. Not Yourself in the Art." -- Stanislavski

[BSoBW2]

re: Psychological Thrillers#21

Posted: 5/2/06 at 1:01pm

Thanks guys!

Katurian - don't think Brecht hasn't crossed my mind.

How about something less on the horror side, and more psychologically scary...

[munkustrap178]

re: Psychological Thrillers#22

Posted: 5/2/06 at 1:03pm

Maybe FESTEN.

You said no McDonagh, but all of this plays seem to be what you're looking for.

"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy." -Charlie Manson

[BSoBW2]

re: Psychological Thrillers#23

Posted: 5/2/06 at 1:05pm

You said no McDonagh, but all of this plays seem to be what you're looking for.

I know. That's what makes this search very aggravating.

Plays by Tracy Letts also work - though I've got them covered (Killer Joe, Bug)

[munkustrap178]

re: Psychological Thrillers#24

Posted: 5/2/06 at 1:06pm

Why no McDonagh, then?

"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy." -Charlie Manson