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Pack of Lies

  • Hugh Whitemore
  • Full Length Play, Drama, 1960s
  • 3M, 5F
  • ISBN: 9780573113437

"This is a play about the morality of lying, not the theatrics of espionage, and, in Mr. Whitemore's view, lying is a virulent disease that saps patriots and traitors alike of their humanity."

The New York Times

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama

  • Time Period: 1960s
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
The Jacksons are a nice middle aged English couple. Their best friends are their Canadian neighbors, the Krogers. All is blissful in their world until a detective from Scotland Yard asks to use their house as an observation station to try and foil a Soviet spy ring operating in the area. The Jacksons become more and more put out as Scotland Yard's demands on them increase. They are really put to the test when the detective reveals that the spies are the Krogers and he asks them to help set a trap. Should they betray their friends?
REVIEWS:

"This is a play about the morality of lying, not the theatrics of espionage, and, in Mr. Whitemore's view, lying is a virulent disease that saps patriots and traitors alike of their humanity."

 The New York Times

"Absolutely engrossing... evening of dynamic theatre."

New York Post

Premiere Production: Pack of Lies was first presented by Michael Redington in association with Bernard Sandler and Eddie Kulukundis at the Theatre Royal, Brighton, on 11 October, 1983, and subsequently at The Lyric Theatre, London on 26 October, 1983.

Characters

  • Casting: 3M, 5F

  • BOB
    BARBARA
    JULIE
    HELEN
    PETER
    STEWART
    THELMA
    SALLY

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    The Jacksons are a nice middle aged English couple. Their best friends are their Canadian neighbors, the Krogers. All is blissful in their world until a detective from Scotland Yard asks to use their house as an observation station to try and foil a Soviet spy ring operating in the area. The Jacksons become more and more put out as Scotland Yard's demands on them increase. They are really put to the test when the detective reveals that the spies are the Krogers and he asks them to help set a trap. Should they betray their friends?

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