Observer, 17 April 1994, by Michael Coveney
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Keith Baxter's wonderful revival of Patrick Hamilton's 1929 
*Rope* (Wyndham's) plays up the homoerotic elements of this 
classic thriller just as the Hitchcock film did,and 
survives a dubious prologue revealing the body in the trunk 
and blacking out even the safety lights in the auditorium. 
The odd, arch acting of two newcomers, Tristan Gemmill and 
James Buller, as the Leopold and Loeb-type murderous couple 
is deeply impressive, as are the performances of Anthony 
Head as the war-wounded cynical poet and Debra Beaumont as 
a simpering society gal.



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