{"id":2549,"date":"2020-03-04T23:21:57","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T23:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madf.im\/?page_id=2549"},"modified":"2020-03-08T16:29:42","modified_gmt":"2020-03-08T16:29:42","slug":"the-terrorist-by-graham-jones-presented-by-service-players","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/madf.im\/?page_id=2549","title":{"rendered":"The Terrorist by Graham Jones presented by Service Players"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe Terrorist\u201d by Graham Jones presented by\u00a0 Service Players<\/p>\n

A man\u2019s past comes back to haunt him and his family, with unexpected and chilling consequences for all concerned.\u00a0 Can you ever really escape your past?<\/p>\n

Review by Susie Beswick<\/p>\n

Two families, the\u00a0Conways\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>and the\u00a0Radleys<\/strong><\/em>, are unconnected in the present but their past is a lot less savoury.<\/p>\n

David Conway<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0describes how he recently and unexpectedly bumped into\u00a0Radley\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>who seemed to recognise him. He knows what that means though he\u2019s not sure whether Radley did see him commit a heinous crime preferring to believe that he had not been detected.<\/p>\n

Conway\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>contrives to meet\u00a0Radley\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>and realises he has no alternative but to repeat his original crime.
\nThe naive, indiscrete daughter,\u00a0Jane Conway<\/strong><\/em>, tries to help\u00a0Mrs Radley<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0find her husband, who seems to have disappeared. The husband who\u00a0Conway\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>has earlier dispatched!<\/p>\n

Mrs Radley<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0calls at the Conway\u2019s to retrieve her coat whereupon\u00a0Maria Conway<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0realises she will not see her daughter again given that she has tampered with Mrs Radley\u2019s car and is aware of the inevitable ending.<\/p>\n

This thriller kept the audience on the edge of their seats.
\nA cast of confident, well-paced players made for an intense but unpredictable outcome.
\nThe dead body dragged offstage provided a break in the tension.
\nWe\u2019ve all been at the mercy of a recalcitrant stage door, well done\u00a0Service Players<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Photographs by Mike Trout.<\/p>\n