Mr & Mrs Schultz

1m, 2f

• Oscar Schultz - 57
• Lotte Schultz - 34
• Hanna Richter - Early Twenties

Cleverly written and well researched by Alex Jones, he gives the cast a plausible script with which to create a series of graphic images, including the desperation of Nazis fleeing the consequences of their own actions. 
Always close to the surface is the Holocaust Strobel is superb, achieving an intimidating menace similar to Marlon Brando's 'Godfather'. Delaney's faithful blonde bimbo who wants to forget the past is splendid.  Wood as Hanna is outstanding, especially in her soliloquy, which transfixed the audience.  The first-rate set, lighting and production deserve a mention, for they play a part in this all-round
impressive drama. Go and see it if you can. Alan
Bowler,The Stage

Alex Jones' powerful psychological thriller takes many twists and turns before its final disturbing denouement.  Barrie Theobald, Reading Chronicle

Don't spy for me - A chilling revenge tragedy set in post Second World War Argentina, is set to ask timely questions about personal responsibility during wartime, at The Warehouse Theatre, Croydon - Mr And Mrs Schultz. A disturbing story unfolds and the past tightens its grip on the fugitive present. Written by acclaimed playwright Alex Jones and produced by the increasingly successful Watermill Theatre, Mr and Mrs Schultz is not only a riveting thriller, but also a fascinating study of wartime attitudes.  The play poses extraordinary questions of personal versus political responsibility, asking at what level we should intervene to stop bloodshed and war - questions as relevant today as ever.  Christine van Ernst, Croydon Guardian

This fictional story of what happens to Mr and Mrs Schultz, a German couple escaping to Argentina in the aftermath of the Second World War is well written, well
acted, well lit and well directed by Ade Morris.  All three actors bring a chilling realism to their roles. The first half of the play has all the intrigue of an Agatha Christie thriller and during the interval the talk was of deciding what the twist, for twist there undoubtedly was, would be. It is sufficient to say that there comes a point in the second half when the 'thriller' atmosphere changes and the
nightmare begins. Caroline Franklin.

Whatsonstage.com Audience comments
Five Stars - This was never going to be an easy play to watch, and I always thought that the play would be emotive.  Trying to even begin to come to terms with the horror of the Nazi regime is something people may
never do, whether they have lived through it or not.  Even the most recent genocide in Cambodia, Bosnia and Rwanda the subject is still treated with a contempt and
silence.  So to ask the question what if the culprit of the holocaust is alive, what would you do?  This play asks questions about our own humanity, it asks as Conrad did in 'The Heart of Darkness'... of the horror... and to what levels would we sink to avenge it? What the writer and cast have done is a very brave attempt to reproach a subject that we are really only beginning to come to terms with.  Thankfully we all live in changing times where freedom, democracy and humanity are the new order and those who tread on the rights of others do so at their own peril. 
I think this play will live in the mind of all those who see it, if not only as a powerful reminder to those of man's inhumanity to man.  Personally I would recommend anybody to go and watch this play; it is expertly acted and chilling to the core.

Five Stars - Shocking! (in the best sense of the word).  A gripping foray into the horrors of the war.

Five Stars - Really truly one of the most powerful pieces of theatre I have ever seen.  Quite, quite stunning.

Five Stars - I took my daughter to see this for her birthday treat and she rated it as one of the best things she'd seen at the Watermill, which is really saying something!  It was a stunning, very moving evening.  All three performances were excellent, and it's certainly a play to talk about and think about.  I'm sure that we "Home County"audiences can take this sort of production - its hardly Titus Andronicus!  And we are fortunate to live in Newbury and
have this wonderful Theatre, which allows us to see such innovative productions!