Trap for a Lonely Man

Trap for a Lonely man” written by Robert Thomas is a physiological mystery thriller set in a chalet in the French Alps, where we find a distressed man Daniel Corban, trying to explain the circumstances of his wife’s disappearance, only three months after their marriage, to a police inspector. The couple have had a row and his wife has left the chalet and has not been seen since, he is desperate to find her, when a priest arrives and says he has found Madame Corban alive and well. A woman then arrives purporting to be his wife, but he says she is not his wife and struggles to convince people that she is not the woman he married. The audience is left wondering who is telling the truth.

Directed by Ian Field this production from St Michaels Players was an interesting evening’s entertainment which certainly kept you wondering about the outcome of the play. There was an excellent set designed and built by Ian Field and Terry Leigh which was also well dressed and along with good technical input enhanced the production making a very good platform for the cast to work on.

The hard working cast produced some good characterisations and included as the The Man,-Daniel Corban newcomer Fabian Kenny in his first major role on stage who gave a good performance as someone who is rapidly descending into a breakdown. David Pritchard calmly but with authority played the Police Inspector who appeared to be sympathetic to the man’s plight and Andrew Ashall again in his first major role on stage worthily played the Priest who was a rather suspicious character. Ruth Mcloughlin was more than secure and very good in her role as The Women- Madame Corban and there were nice strong performances from the supporting roles that included Ian Field as the Tramp and June Dowd as the Nurse and not forgetting Daniel Hurst as The Gendarme.

Diction and Clarity of words was excellent, however there were rather allot of prompts taken which in turn affected the pace of the action at times, but even so this did not appear to effect the audience’s enjoyment or involvement in the plot of the play, as this was an enjoyable piece of entertainment that had some surprises in store for everyone by the end of the evening.
Congratulations to Director Ian Field, Stage Manager Julie Clarke and all the back stage and front of House crew. Thank you for inviting us we had a lovely evening, hope to see you for your next production.
 

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