The Talented Mr Ripley Review

The Talented Mr Ripley Review

Richmond Theatre – until Saturday 15th November 2025 Reviewed by Carly 4**** Richmond brings you the psychological thriller, The Talented Mr. Ripley, based on the book written by Patricia Highsmith, adapted for the stage by Mark Leipacher. Also made into a film in 1999 and more recently turned into a Netflix series. Set in the 1950’s the play opens in New York City where we are introduced to Tom Ripley (Ed McVey) a small-time con artist living …

The Talented Mr. Ripley – Richmond Theatre, London

Writer: Mark Leipacher, adapted from the novel by Patricia Highsmith Director: Mark Leipacher Patricia Highsmith’s novel The Talented Mr Ripley became so popular that she continued the story of her psychopathic conman antihero into three more books. It is the original, though, that has remained by far more popular, with Anthony Minghella’s 1999 film and [...] The post The Talented Mr. Ripley – Richmond Theatre, London appeared first on The Revie…

THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY review by thespyinthestalls

THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY Richmond Theatre ★★★ “inventive, stylised and almost cinematic” Imagine if you could live your life like a movie set, and you were the director. If things weren’t going quite the way you wanted, you could call “Cut!” and re-run the scene with the desired outcome. Tom Ripley has gained this advantageous gift in Mark Leipacher’s touring adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s “The Talented Mr Ripley”. It is a neat theatrical dev…