Richard Harris' Dead Guilty at the Criterion Theatre

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A POWERFUL revenge thriller is the latest play to be staged at The Criterion Theatre.

Dead Guilty, written by Richard Harris, tells the story of John Haddrell who dies of a heart attack at the wheel of his car, but the woman at his side is not his wife Margaret but his lover Julia.

Recovering from the injuries she sustained in the ensuing crash, Julia is visited by Margaret who apparently knows nothing of the affair.

Events take a sinister turn when Margaret begins to encroach on Julia's life, engineering the dismissal of her home help Gary and her estrangement from her counsellor Anne.

Left alone in the house together, Julia and Margaret are locked in deadly combat.

Directed by Doreen Belton, it runs at the theatre in Berkeley Road South, Earlsdon from Saturday, March 24 to Saturday, March 31.

Tickets priced £9.50 for guests, £7.50 for Members and £5 for juniors are on sale from the 24-hour voicemail ticket booking system on 05601 277975 or the box office on 7667 5175.