麻豆约拍

Two young undergraduates think they've committed the perfect murder. To add piquancy to their crime, they invite the victim's father and other guests to a macabre dinner party.

Starring Alan Rickman as Rupert Cadell, Adam Bareham as Wyndham Brandon, Andrew Branch as Charles Granillo, Cyril Luckham as Sir Johnstone Kentley, Moir Leslie as Leila Arden, Christopher Good as Kenneth Raglan and Olivier Pierre as Sabot

Stage, screen and radio actor and director, Alan Rickman was born: 21st February 1946 and died 14th January 2016 aged 69.

English playwright, Patrick Hamilton (1904 - 1962) once explained: "In Rope, I have gone all out to write a horror play and make your flesh creep. It is a thriller. A thriller all the time, and nothing but a thriller".

Producer: John Tydeman

First broadcast on 麻豆约拍 Radio 4 in Saturday Night Theatre: Murder for Pleasure in 1983.