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'North by Northwest' at ACT Is a Lively and Ludicrous Take on the Hitchcock Classic

British theater artist Emma Rice, who has previously stunned Bay Area audiences with wildly creative adaptations of classic films, novels, and fables, is back at ACT with a delightful and decidedly off-kilter re-imagination of Alfred Hitchcock's 'North by Northwest.'

'North by Northwest' at ACT Is a Lively and Ludicrous Take on the Hitchcock Classic

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British theater artist Emma Rice, who has previously stunned Bay Area audiences with wildly creative adaptations of classic films, novels, and fables, is back at ACT with a delightful and decidedly off-kilter re-imagination of Alfred Hitchcock's 'North by Northwest.'

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British theater artist Emma Rice, who has previously stunned Bay Area audiences with wildly creative adaptations of classic films, novels, and fables, is back at ACT with a delightful and decidedly off-kilter re-imagination of Alfred Hitchcock's 'North by Northwest.'

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