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1952. Soviet troops control British streets. After the disastrous failure of D-Day, Britain is occupied by Nazi Germany and rescued only by Russian soldiers arriving from the east and Americans from the west. The two superpowers divide the nation between them, a wall running through London like a scar. When Jane Cawson calls in to her husband's medical practice and detects the perfume worn by his former wife, Lorelei, she fears what is between them. But when Jane rushes to confront them, she finds herself instead caught up in the glamorous actress' death.

No Cause for Alarm is a silly play. It has no comment to make about the human condition, love in the 21st century, or the Iraq war. Starring James Ash, Michael Good, Ceri Gifford, Jennifer McFarlane, Gareth Rubin, Tim Smith, Trevor Cutherbertson, Jack Bowman, and Neil Frost.

February, 1944. A bitter winter grips occupied France, where Marc Reece leads a circuit of British agents risking their lives in order to sabotage the German war effort from within. But Reece has a second mission, secret even from his fellow agents - including Charlotte, the woman with whom he has ill-advisedly fallen in love. He must secure a document identifying a German spy at the heart of British intelligence. The fate of the Allied forces on D-Day is in his hands.

Deux histoires, deux époques, deux lectures, pour une histoire à énigme palpitante. Côté pile : Angleterre, 1881. Simeon Lee, un jeune médecin londonien, se rend sur l'île de Ray, au large de l'Essex, à la demande de son oncle, Oliver Hawes. Ce dernier, gravement malade, est persuadé d'avoir été empoisonné. Peu de temps après son arrivée dans l'unique maison de l'île, Turnglass House , Simeon fait une découverte des plus étranges : dans un coin de la bibliothèque se trouve une immense cage de verre, dans laquelle est enfermée une femme.

Sherlock Holmes and his faithful friend, Dr John Watson, have been hired by actor George Reynolds. George wants them to find out why the audience who comes to see him perform every night are the same people, only wearing disguises. Is something sinister going on and, if so, what? Meanwhile, Holmes’ archenemy, Professor James Moriarty, is having problems of his own. Implicated in the murder of a gang leader, Moriarty and his second, Moran, must go on the run from the police in order to find out who is behind the set-up.

1880s England. On the bleak island of Ray, off the Essex coast, an idealistic young doctor, Simeon Lee, is called from London to treat his cousin, Parson Oliver Hawes, who is dying. Parson Hawes, who lives in the only house on the island – Turnglass House – believes he is being poisoned. And he points the finger at his sister-in-law, Florence. Florence was declared insane after killing Oliver’s brother in a jealous rage and is now kept in a glass-walled apartment in Oliver’s library.

California, 1939 Quella dello squattrinato Ken Kourian è una vita divisa tra provini cinematografici e lavoro in un giornale, finché incontra Oliver Tooke. Affascinante, mondano e insieme riservato, Oliver è un celebre scrittore figlio del governatore della California. Da qualche tempo appare incupito, e la pubblicazione del suo nuovo romanzo sembra angosciarlo. Una sera, arrivato a casa sua, Ken fa una scoperta sconcertante: lo trova riverso sulla scrivania, il collo lacerato da un proiettile, la pistola nella mano.

Inghilterra, 1881. "Turnglass House ha sempre avuto qualcosa di corrotto e maligno." Questo è tutto ciò che il giovane medico Simeon Lee sa quando arriva a casa dello zio, il parroco Hawes, per curarlo. Una sola finestra illuminata, un orizzonte sospeso sul vuoto, una palude fangosa pronta a inghiottire i pochi che osano avventurarsi. Lo zio è convinto di essere stato avvelenato e i suoi sospetti ricadono su Florence, la cognata. Immobile, con addosso un abito di seta verde e un sorriso beffardo, Florence li fissa dalla cella di vetro in cui si trova segregata da quando, in un raptus di gelosia, ha ucciso il marito.