Red Barn
by David Hare
What readers are saying
Readers have mixed feelings about the play's adaptation from Simenon's novel. While some appreciate its well-written script and dynamic pacing, others find it lacking in clarity and tension, leading to a somewhat unsatisfying experience.
Synopsis
"Hitchcock would approve."
- The Times (UK) "A dark story of dissolving identity… Mesmeric."
- Observer Connecticut, 1969.
On their way back from a party, two couples struggle home through the snow.
Not everyone arrives safely.
The great detective writer Georges Simenon escaped France at the end of World War Two, and arrived in the USA to start again.
With his American wife, he settled at Shadow Rock Farm in Lakeville.
Years later, he wrote La Main
, a psychological thriller set in a New England farmhouse.
David Hare has taken this novel, and forged from it a startling new play.
Publication
Red Barn is a British adaptation play written by David Hare and published by Faber & Faber (2018).
Digital editions available on Amazon Kindle.
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Faber & Faber · 2018 · 112 pp
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