How Graham Linehan dynamited The Ladykillers
How do you adapt classic film The Ladykillers for the stage? First, blow the whole thing upThe story of The Ladykillers came to screenwriter William Rose in a dream. Four criminals planning a robbery hole up in an old lady's house, deciding to kill her when she discovers their secret. Unable to do the deed, however, some of them end up killing each other, and all of them end up dead. Rose woke his wife, Tania, gabble…