Switzerland

by Joanna Murray-Smith

‘Love is what interests me. It’s just that love is indivisible from murder.’ It’s 1995 in the Swiss Alps and the ailing reclusive crime writer Patricia Highsmith is visited by a genial young man from her New York publisher, sent to convince her to write the final instalment of her best-selling Mr Ripley series. What first appears to be a standard cat-and-mouse game of wit and wiles, soon becomes a dance to the death. Who is the cat and who is the mouse? And … who will make it out of Switzerland alive? A chilling and sometimes hilarious two-hander, with Murray-Smith’s signature lucid-lettered prose.

Genres: Plays, Theatre

Kindle Edition

Published June 29, 2020

About the author

Australian playwright.

Reviews

[Alessia]

hmmm Switzerland I have a lot of thoughts. You are a good play but I resent you in many ways.

[Rose · Rating 2 out of 5]

i hate you switzerland how dare you have so much for me to memorise

[Kerry · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wasn't super impressed initially , but I persevered and it was worth it. The end certainly justifies the means!

[Wren · Rating 4 out of 5]

Patricia Highsmith is a mesmerising character to observe. I came out of the play understanding very little about her, which I believe is what she would have wanted.