Synopses & Reviews
Steve Marsh is a mystery writer, the protagonist of David Frenchs gripping thriller,
Silver Dagger. Soon after his third novel is published, Marshs wife receives a series of phone calls and letters that threaten to destroy their marriage. Adultery, blackmail, murder, a figure lurking in the rain. All these classic elements of Marshs fiction soon become part of his life.
Synopsis
The wife of a mystery writer is threatened after another novel is published. Cast of 4 women and 2 men.
About the Author
David FrenchBorn in Coleys Point, Newfoundland, David French was one of Canadas best-known and most critically acclaimed playwrights. His work received many major awards, and French was one of the first inductees into the Newfoundland Arts Hall of Honour.
Among his best-loved works are the semi-autobiographical Mercer plays: Salt-Water Moon; 1949; Leaving Home, recently named one of Canadas 100 Most Influential Books (Literary Review of Canada) and one of the 1,000 Most Essential Plays in the English Language (Oxford Dictionary of Theatre); Of the Fields, Lately; and Soldiers Heart. The Mercer plays have received hundreds of productions across North America, including a Broadway production of Of the Fields, Lately. This quintet of plays about a Newfoundland family has also touched audiences in Europe, South America and Australia. In addition, French produced skillful adaptations of Alexander Ostrovskys The Forest, Anton Chekhovs The Seagull and August Strindbergs Miss Julie.