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Down an Alley Filled with Cats

  • Warwick Moss
  • Full Length Play, Mystery/Thriller, 1980s
  • 2M
  • ISBN: 9780573690549

In Warwick Moss' engaging suspense thriller, two men trapped in an old bookstore maneuver for position as they seek a book containing a valuable secret code.

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Mystery/Thriller
  • 105 minutes

  • Time Period: 1980s
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Senior, Adult
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set
  • Cautions: Gun Shots, Alcohol, Mild Adult Themes, Smoking

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Shoestring Budget, Professional Theatre

  • Accolades:
  • Winner! Best New Australian Play (1983)
In a redeveloping Sydney neighborhood, an elderly and cultured man named Timmothy Timmony runs an old bookshop in an otherwise abandoned warehouse. At closing time, Simon Matthews, a young, uncultured adventurer, comes to the shop in pursuit of a particular volume. Just as Simon learns that the book was sold to his arch enemy, the two men find themselves locked in the building for the night.

Over time, Simon and Timmony reveal that the book contains a code identifying the whereabouts of an invaluable artifact. As the night wears on, the two men maneuver for position, seeking power and information. When they deduce that the artifact is located somewhere in the shop, the stage is set for a revelatory and dramatic conclusion.
REVIEWS:

"A crafty, beguiling guessing game."

 Sydney Morning Herald

"The sort of old fashioned suspense drama calculated to raise the fur on the back of your neck... A nice, creepy dramatic adventure."

 The New York Post

"A tight, bright play."

 The New York Times

"Classy and timeless."

 The Dallas Times Herald

"Popular entertainment of a very high order."

 The London Daily Mail

"Outs Agatha Christie in twists and turns that delight."

 The Australian

"Hurrah for Moss and entertainment."

 Adelaide Advertiser

"A puurrfect play."

 Sydney Daily Telegraph

Premiere Production: Down an Alley Filled with Cats made its world premiere at The Stables Theatre in Sydney in August 1983. The play premiered in London's West End at The Mermaid Theatre on November 27, 1985, and off-Broadway at the Quaigh Theatre on December 4, 1986.

Characters

  • Casting: 2M
  • Casting Attributes: All Male

  • TIMMOTHY TIMMONY – about sixty; neat and precise. Polish, correct in speech and manner.
    SIMON MATHEWS – in his late thirties. Athletic. A roguish, opportunist bearing.

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    In a redeveloping Sydney neighborhood, an elderly and cultured man named Timmothy Timmony runs an old bookshop in an otherwise abandoned warehouse. At closing time, Simon Matthews, a young, uncultured adventurer, comes to the shop in pursuit of a particular volume. Just as Simon learns that the book was sold to his arch enemy, the two men find themselves locked in the building for the night.

    Over time, Simon and Timmony reveal that the book contains a code identifying the whereabouts of an invaluable artifact. As the night wears on, the two men maneuver for position, seeking power and information. When they deduce that the artifact is located somewhere in the shop, the stage is set for a revelatory and dramatic conclusion.

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