The 39 Steps

Dionysos Theater presents the comedy-thriller "The 39 Steps", based on the 1915 adventure novel "The Thirty-Nine Steps" by John Buchan and the 1935 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

At a London music hall theatre, Richard Hannay is watching a demonstration of the superlative powers of recall of "Mr. Memory" (Wylie Watson)—a man with a photographic memory—when shots are fired. In the ensuing panic, Hannay finds himself holding a seemingly frightened Annabella Smith, who talks him into taking her back to his apartment. There, she tells him that she is a spy, being chased by assassins, and that she has uncovered a plot to steal vital British military secrets, masterminded by a man with the top joint missing from one of his fingers. She mentions the "39 steps", but does not explain its meaning...

(in Greek)