Dial M for Murder at Old Opera House Theatre

A new version of the celebrated murder mystery that inspired Hitchcock’s masterpiece! Tony is convinced that his wife Margot has been cheating on him. Now it seems that the affair is over, but in his jealousy, Tony spins a web of suspicion and deception that will tighten around them and ensnare them both in danger, recrimination, and murder.

ADAPTED BY JEFFREY HATCHER, FROM THE ORIGINAL BY FREDERICK KNOTT

Jeffrey Hatcher's adaptation of Frederick Knott's "Dial M for Murder" premiered at The Old Globe in San Diego, CA in July 2021. Knott's original version of the play was first presented on the stage by James P. Sherwood at the Westminster Theatre, London on June 19, 1952. On October 29, 1952, the play premiered on Broadway at the Plymouth Theatre. The 1954 film adaptation, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starred Ray Milland and Grace Kelly.