World Premiere of Political Thriller

Olivier Award winning actress Janie Dee (Carousel; Follies) plays Dorothy Kilgallen, the legendary American journalist of the ‘50s and ‘60s, in this world premiere of Speculations in London. Written by Torben Betts (Murder in the Dark), the political thriller directed by Trevor Nunn digs into the suspicious circumstances in which Marilyn Monroe, JFK and Lee Harvey Oswald died, which have fueled conspiracy theories for decades and continue to capture the minds of many even today. Were the deaths connected? Would Dorothy’s journalism seal her fate? Dig deeper into these questions with this riveting new play. 

What Is The Story?

Investigative journalist Dorothy Kilgallen doesn’t believe what’s been said by officials about the death of President John F. Kennedy, and is determined to get to the bottom of it. It’s 1965, three years after the death of another icon, Marilyn Monroe, and Dorothy’s been discovering potential connections between the deaths and a number of shady figures wielding formidable power in America. As she edges closer to discovering a conspiracy, Dorothy begins to find her own safety on the line, with her investigation potentially having fatal consequences.