Deathtrap

About

Most people are unaware of how difficult it is for a playwright to create a magnum opus. Between inventing interesting characters, coming up with an engaging storyline and trying to interject some sense of humanistic moral into the piece, writers who consider themselves adept at penning plays often overburden themselves with ideas which frequently result in a rotten case of writers block. In an attempt to touch on the troubles that blight playwrights, American dramatist Ira Levin created a play called Deathtrap - which, in essence, is a play within a play. The story centers around an accomplished writer, who's having a difficult time writing his next piece, contemplating whether or not he should murder another writer, claim his work and call it his own. While this nefariously twisted plot line might deter some purehearted stage connoisseurs, Levin created this play to properly express just how perverted a writer's mind can become without proper inspiration.