With wide-eyed, good-natured goofiness, Derek Milman as Billy Weaver, sits gingerly on the sofa, sipping tea and wondering about its faint almond taste, the beady-eyed presence of stuffed animals and the whereabouts of the landlady's previous guests.Īs Mrs. Against Michael Mulder's eerie soundscape and Tyler Micoleau's bold lights, Sky Lanigan's harmless cartoon-cardboard set of pencil-patterned designs and two-dimensional objects suddenly takes on a sinister aspect. A portrait of Dahl's quintessential cantankerous old hag, dressed in a loose frock that exaggerates a pale and skinny physique, the apparently congenial lady lures an incredulous youth into her trap. In The Landlady, the first of Fields' adaptations, Joan Rosenfels plays a ghoulish Bed & Breakfast proprietor. Dan Fields' adaptation of four Tales of the Unexpected for Finesilver Shows, explores Dahl's "Twilight Zone". That which delights the imagination in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Danny, The Champion of the World warps it in the writer's adult fiction. Characters inhabit the same loony territory of Dahl's children's books, but the fantasy is more menacing, more psychological. Moving out of the sphere of hammer-horror aunties and Big Friendly Giants, Dahl's work takes on a hard, almost cynical edge, devoid of heroes and happy endings. Reading Dahl as an adult one expects the unexpected. Gently cajoled by this Willy Wonka of short story writing, one frequently finds oneself inhabiting a world of gigantic talking insects and chocolate-stirring midgets, without so much as a thought for reality. Reading Roald Dahl as a child one never knows what to expect. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat, Galloping Foxley, Edward the Conqueror Internet Theater Magazine of Reviews, Features, Annotated The young hooligan had evidently made himself a drink in Dr.A CurtainUp Review: Tales of the Unexpected He has the police release them and tells them to head to the hospital to arrest the recovering thief. Sandy recognizes him and they tell him their story. Sandy is also notified, and by the time he gets to the shop the surgeon and sister are both in handcuffs. He and one of the hospital theatre sisters take it to the local jeweler to have it appraised. To the surgeon’s amazement, it is a large diamond. The next day, another surgeon at the hospital is operating on a young man with something lodged in his intestine. The police are called and search everywhere, but they can’t locate the diamond. Everything in their kitchen has been smashed and thrown on the floor, including the contents of the freezer. When they return, they are shocked to see that their house has, in fact, been burgled. They’re going away for the weekend, though, so they decide to freeze the diamond into an ice cube tray in order to hide it from any thieves. He rushes home to show it to his wife, who is just as excited. Sandy is amazed when his local jeweler tells him it’s worth almost a million dollars. Robert Sandy has recently saved the life of a Saudi Arabian prince, and as a reward he is given a very large diamond. The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl.A Second Roald Dahl Selection: Eight Short Stories.Sections: Information | Plot Description | Magazine Scan
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