Performance Dates: 4th - 11th September 2010
Directed by: Wendy Anderson

When Tom Ripley is sent to Italy to track down Richard Greenleaf, the errant son of a wealthy American couple, his mission takes on a sinister twist as their lives become inextricably entwined.

Phyllis Nagy's stage adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel explores the mind of one of crime fiction's great anti-heroes; an intelligent, suave and charming psychopath whose amorality is at the centre of a plot about duplicity and murder.

The book was also made into a hit film starrring Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jude Law.

"Nagy's script is superb, the clever fractured construction matching the thriller's emphasis on inner psychology. Intelligent and gripping." EXPRESS

"The talented Phyllis Nagy gets closer to the black heart of Highmith's novel than you would have thought possible. She achieves the challenging feat of drawing a theatre audinece inside Ripley's mind." FINANCIAL TIMES

"A thrilling adaptation that creates a fine theatrical elaboration of Highsmith's narrative." MAIL

Read the review by Barbara Goulden.

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