Suspense, as such, always seems to be articulated within the textual dichotomy – the mystery of the ‘plot’ and the mystery of the plot’s writing, the text itself. Not only what is happening/going to happen, but why it is being told in that way. suspense is the thrill of (trying) to make sense. It can be generated by simply going in on the film twenty minutes in from the start – you don’t know what is happening. Likewise, a different sort of suspense (the painful sort) can be generated by deliberately leaving a film before it has finished. Suspense/Play is about these types of suspenses.