![]() ![]() ![]() The suspense is perfectly executed, utilizing the single setting to its full advantage and ramping up the tension between Susy and her tormenters in the most delicious slow-burn fashion. While DIAL M FOR MURDER is more famous and regarded among Frederick Knott's two Broadway hit plays, I actually prefer WAIT UNTIL DARK, if only because the characters are more interesting across the board (my biggest issue with DIAL is that Tony is so much more vivid a figure than the people he's trying to kill, trick, and steal from that anytime he isn't on-stage (the famous scissors scene aside), things sag) and the heroine actually gets to be active against the men trying to con and then kill her. I will say, I think the film has better dialogue and tighter storytelling (it plugs up a few holes in the story too), but the play is still very enjoyable and one I would enjoy seeing performed someday. I'm a big fan of the 1967 film adaptation with Audrey Hepburn and Alan Arkin, so I wanted to check out the original play to see how the two compare. ![]()
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