October 04, 2006 -

In this inaugural NAC English Theatre podcast, Peter Hinton interviews Allen Cole, writer and composer of 'The Wrong Son'.

Halifax, 1948: a young musician, Ryle Rawlins, finds himself wanted for the murder of his wife. Though wrongly accused, his violent past leads the police to condemn him. In a moment of panic he takes to the road, a desperate hitchhiker, in search of a safe place to hide. Picked up by a mysterious driver who (adopted at birth) is now traveling to be re-united with his birth father, an unexpected accident proves to be Ryle’s security and his undoing. Stealing the identity of the driver, he takes refuge with a lonely old man, who believes the accused killer to be his long-awaited son. Inspired by the classic "noir" novels of the 1940s and 50s (Cornell Woolrich, Jim Thompson and James M. Cain) The Wrong Son combines a gripping "whodunnit" narrative with a lush jazz score and dangerous psychological underpinnings.

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