As is often the case, it began with a best-selling novel, became a hit movie, then circled back and became a stage play. “ ” by Paula Hawkins, adapted for the stage by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel, is a thriller in the best sense of the word.
Rachel Watson travels the train every day to London and watches out the window, focusing on a couple in a home she has come to imagine as having the perfect life — all while her own life unravels around her. Left by her husband for another woman, Rachel deals with a life spiraling out of her control amid issues of alcoholism. She focuses on the couple in the window, until one day the woman is no longer there.