In the latest Backstage, get a sneak peek of this week's play 'Rope', a thriller written by Patrick Hamilton and later adapted for the big screen by Alfred Hitchcock.

Brandon wants excitement and little cares how he gets it. With the help of his companion Granillo, he strangles a fellow student and deposits the body in a wooden chest.

To celebrate this 'perfect murder', they invite some acquaintances (including the victim's father) round to a party with the chest and its gruesome contents serving as a dining table. But Cadell is suspicious from the start of the evening...

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