Sleuth by Anthony Shaffer is being performed at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park from now through October 3.
One of the greatest stage thrillers and a masterpiece of suspense, Sleuth won the Tony Award for Best Play and inspired two film versions. When an aging mystery writer lures his wife's lover to his mansion, the younger man becomes unwittingly drawn into a tangled web of intrigue and gamesmanship, where nothing is quite as it seems. This edge-of-your-seat mystery full of cunning plot twists is not only an exciting "whodunit" but a fascinating "whodunwhat."
The play is set at the manor house of Andrew Wyke, an immensely successful mystery writer. His home reflects Wyke's obsession with the inventions and deceptions of fiction and his fascination with games and game-playing. He lures Milo Tindle to the house and convinces him to stage a robbery of his wife's jewelry, a proposal that sets off a chain of events that leaves the audience trying to decipher where Wyke's imagination ends and reality begins.
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