You are invited back into the Talking Hitchcock screening room! Join creator and host, Hitchcock enthusiast Rebecca McCallum with special guest –actor, director and Hitchcock enthusiast-Christopher Diehl who last year put on awonderful Hitchcock Theatre Festival.

In this interview, we focus on staging The Birds as amongst other things we cover what attracted Hitchcock to du Maurier’s work, the challenges of adapting The Birds, costume, sound, score and the importance and the power of theatre.

After our conversation, I’ll be back to answer some questions which were kindly sent by listeners, as is the Talking Hitchcock tradition, to mark the closing out ofSeason 2.

Thank you to everyone who has supported the podcast in its second season, I hope you have enjoyed coming along on the Hitchcockian adventure with me and I look forwardto bringing you more discussions in Season 3.

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You can find Christopher Diehl /Chino Community Theatre Company in the following places:

Instagram @chinocommunitytheatre

Online  Chino Community Theatre (google.com)

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/chinocommunitytheatre

Listen to Talking Hitchcock Episodes Referenced

Staging Patrick Hamilton's ROPE–Talking Hitchcock – Apple Podcasts

ARCHIE-THE MAN WHO BECAME CARY–Talking Hitchcock – Apple Podcasts

REAR WINDOW (1954) with Ygraine–Talking Hitchcock – Apple Podcasts

Read Rebecca’ Article for FANGORIA

 The Past, The Present And The Perverse: VERTIGO As A Possession Film

References

AFI Salute to Alfred Hitchcock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn8uRMCENkE&pp=ygUkaGl0Y2hjb2NrIGFmaSBsaWZlIGFjaGlldmVtZW50IGF3YXJk

Cinema Cinemas -Hitchcock Special

Cinéma Cinémas - Speciale Hitchcock - James Stewart - 1984 - YouTube

Why Alfred Hitchcock was a "little afraid" of James Stewart

Lawrence J. Quirk’s James Stewart: Behind the Scenes ofa Wonderful Life