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((Short description|1970 play by Anthony Shaffer))
((Infobox play
| name       = Sleuth
| image      = Sleuth-1970-FE.jpg
| caption    = First edition 1970
| writer     = [[Anthony Shaffer (writer)|Anthony Shaffer]]
| characters = ((ubl|Milo Tindle|Andrew Wyke|Inspector Doppler|Detective Sergeant Tarrant|Police Constable Higgs))
| setting    = A manor house in Wiltshire, England, on a summer evening
| premiere   =((Start date|1970|11|12))
| place      = [[Music Box Theatre]], [[New York City]]
| orig_lang  = [[English language|English]]
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| genre      = Mystery, thriller
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'''''Sleuth''''' is a 1970 [[Play (theatre)|play]] written by [[Anthony Shaffer (writer)|Anthony Shaffer]]. The [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production received the [[Tony Award]] for [[Tony Award for Best Play|Best Play]], and [[Anthony Quayle]] and [[Keith Baxter (actor)|Keith Baxter]] received the [[Drama Desk Award]] for Outstanding Performance. The play was adapted for feature films in [[Sleuth (1972 film)|1972]], [[Sleuth (2007 film)|2007]] and [[Tamanna (2014 film)|2014]].

==Plot summary==
The play is set in the [[Wiltshire, England|Wiltshire]] manor house of Andrew Wyke, an immensely successful mystery writer. Wyke's home reflects his obsession with the inventions and deceptions of fiction and his fascination with games and game-playing. He lures his wife's lover Milo Tindle to the house and convinces him to stage a robbery of her jewelry, a proposal that sets off a chain of events that leaves the audience trying to decipher where Wyke's imagination ends and reality begins.

Shaffer said the play was partially inspired by one of his friends, composer [[Stephen Sondheim]], whose intense interest in game-playing is mirrored by the character of Wyke, and by mystery writer [[John Dickson Carr]], whose stories featured complex plots and seemingly "impossible" crimes.

==Production==
[[File:Paul Rogers-Keith Baxter in Sleuth.jpg|thumb|[[Paul Rogers (actor)|Paul Rogers]] and [[Keith Baxter (actor)|Keith Baxter]] in the Broadway production of ''Sleuth'' (1971)]]
Directed by [[Clifford Williams (actor)|Clifford Williams]], ''Sleuth'' opened on 12 January 1970 at the Royal Theatre in Brighton, England then transferred from 12 February 1970 to [[St Martin's Theatre]], London with [[Anthony Quayle]] as Andrew Wyke and [[Keith Baxter (actor)|Keith Baxter]] as Milo Tindle. It had several changes of cast and venue in its run of 2,359 performances in the [[West End of London|West End]] with [[Marius Goring]] as Andrew Wyke and [[John Fraser (actor)|John Fraser]] then [[Anthony Valentine]] as Milo Tindle having the longest run in the play between August 1971 and March 1973. It transferred to the [[Garrick Theatre]] in March 1973 for seven months then finished its run at the [[Fortune Theatre]] in October 1975.<ref>((cite web |url=https://theatricalia.com/play/4yp/sleuth/production/100b |title=Sleuth |publisher=Theatricalia |access-date=2021-12-14))</ref>

The play also transferred to the United States and opened on Broadway on November 12, 1970, at the [[Music Box Theatre]], where it ran for 1,222 performances. [[Anthony Quayle]] and [[Keith Baxter (actor)|Keith Baxter]] starred as Andrew Wyke and Milo Tindle, with other parts listed as played by Stanley Wright, Sydney Maycock and Liam McNulty.

When Quayle left the production in 1972, he was succeeded by [[Paul Rogers (actor)|Paul Rogers]], [[George Rose (actor)|George Rose]] and [[Patrick Macnee]]. Baxter was succeeded by [[Brian Murray (actor)|Brian Murray]] then [[Donal Donnelly]], [[Jordan Christopher]] and [[Curt Dawson]].<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/sleuth-3563 |title=Sleuth |publisher=[[Internet Broadway Database]] |access-date=2017-03-21))</ref>

==Accolades==
''Sleuth'' received the 1971 [[25th Tony Awards|Tony Award]] for [[Tony Award for Best Play|Best Play]], and received nominations for Best Direction of a Play (Clifford Williams) and Best Lighting Design (William Ritman). Anthony Quayle and Keith Baxter received the [[Drama Desk Award]] for Outstanding Performance. ''Sleuth'' also received the [[Mystery Writers of America]] [[Edgar Award]] for [[List of Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Play winners|Best Play]].

==Film adaptations==
((main article|Sleuth (1972 film)|Sleuth (2007 film)|Tamanna (2014 film)))
In 1972, Shaffer adapted his play for film, directed by [[Joseph L. Mankiewicz]], starring [[Laurence Olivier]] and [[Michael Caine]]. Another film adaptation was released in 2007 with a screenplay by [[Harold Pinter]]. The 2007 film was directed by [[Kenneth Branagh]], starring [[Michael Caine]] and [[Jude Law]] as Milo Tindle, originally played by Caine in the 1972 version.

The play inspired Raja Dasgupta's Bengali film ''Tiktiki'', released in 2012. The film starred [[Soumitra Chattopadhyay]] and [[Kaushik Sen]].

The play was also the basis for the film ''[[Tamanna (2014 film)|Tamanna]]''. Whilst some of the interactions between the two men are similar, the film has roles for not just Wyke's wife, but also his second, younger wife, the Tindle character's object of desire, and the outcome for the characters is darker. The milieu is Pakistan's film industry, Lollywood in its dying days, and is used an allegory of wider issues. The dialogue, in Urdu, and the scenario are adapted in numerous ways for both Pakistani and Islamic culture.((citation needed|date=October 2016))

In 2022, Bengali director Dhrubo Banerjee's first web series, titled ''[[Tiktiki]]'', which stars [[Kaushik Ganguly]] and [[Anirban Bhattacharya]] in the lead roles. Inspired by the play, the series was released on Hoichoi, on 18 March 2022. The series is also announced to be the platform's 100th original series.<ref>((Citation |title=Tiktiki (টিকটিকি) ((!)) Official Trailer ((!)) Anirban, Kaushik Ganguly ((!))Dhrubo Banerjee ((!)) 18th Mar ((!))hoichoi |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQWyNzd4Fts |language=en |access-date=2022-03-12))</ref><ref>((Cite web |title=বিখ্যাত নাটক থেকে ওয়েব সিরিজ, কতটা জমল অনির্বাণ-কৌশিকের 'টিকটিকি'? |url=https://www.sangbadpratidin.in/entertainment/film-review/review-of-dhrubo-banerjees-new-web-series-tiktiki/ |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=sangbadpratidin |language=en-US))</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* ((IBDB show|8093|Sleuth))
* ((IBDB title|3563|Sleuth))
* ((IMDb title|69281|Sleuth (1972 film)))
* ((IMDb title|857265|Sleuth (2007 film)))

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[[Category:Comedy thriller plays]]
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[[Category:Culture in Wiltshire]]

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