#learnt that The Business of Murder was shown in two parts on LWT as part of their Sunday Night Thriller anthology in late Feb 81
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Production stills from the 1981 Duchess Theatre staging of The Business of Murder, with original cast members Francis Matthews as Stone, George Sewell as Hallett and Lynette Davies as Dee.
#100plays#the business of murder#richard harris#1981#production photos#bts#onstage#modern drama#modern theatre#francis matthews#george sewell#lynette davies#this was the original Windsor Theatre Company production which transferred from Windsor's Theatre Royal to the Duchess in London#and then again to the May Fair Theatre‚ running seven years in total (a considerable success even in the 80s)#(albeit with some cast changes)#on beginning the play I felt sure Harris must have written the part of Hallett especially for Sewell‚ his voice is just so easy to hear in#the role; it's that particular mix of near sullen‚ idle confidence and brittle hardness masked by unconvincing friendliness that#GS did so well in many of his roles. he'd worked for Harris at least once before‚ in a guest spot on Man in a Suitcase; but I've since#learnt that The Business of Murder was shown in two parts on LWT as part of their Sunday Night Thriller anthology in late Feb 81#just two weeks after the original Windsor production opened‚ where Hallett was played onscreen by Gareth Hunt (a little harder to hear#in the dialogue truthfully). so which came first‚ the tv version or the play? they debuted almost concurrently and would both have been in#production for some various time before they actually began.. without asking Harris himself (and he is still alive so if anybody has an#address...) it's difficult to know which was the impetus for the other‚ and which casting (if indeed either) is the more legitimate
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