The Murder Mystery that’s guaranteed to hit the Wuthering Heights!
Welcome to the Library at ‘Flemm-on-the-Water’! Head Librarian, ‘Marjorie Tuttle’ has Great Expectations when she invites ex-Detective Inspector ‘Shirley Finch’ to host a book signing. The book Finch is there to promote, ‘May the Force be With You’, is a non-fiction work detailing his/her most significant cases ‘in the line of duty’. But instead of reading out aloud like most authors do, Finch has enlisted Flemm’s local drama group to re-enact his/her most disturbing case and then challenge the audience to try to solve it. The ‘Flemm Operatic Performance Society’ (FOPS) then take us back to 5th January 2020 (Twelfth Night) to stage a reconstruction of Finch's investigation into the murder of the world’s most famous thriller writer, ‘Howard Sharp’. When our Inspector Calls he/she finds Sharp lying on the floor of his mansion (a particularly Bleak House called ‘Gusty Ramparts’). It's immediately apparent that Sharp kicked the Charlie ‘Bucket’ after being hit over the head with his own writing award. But which pair are devious enough to bring about Howard’s End? Suspects include…
‘Lolita Sharp’, Howard’s glamorous fourth
wife, and lady of leisure.
‘Cameron Darcy’, Lolita’s ‘extremely well-proportioned’
tennis Instructor.
‘Rose Harker’, Howard’s cranky book publisher at
Saddlebag Books.
Or...
‘Ian Bond’, A secretive Computer Technician.
(During
the reconstruction Finch plays himself/herself while Librarian Marjorie plays
Rose.)
‘Books’, ‘writing’, and ‘literature in general’ are satirised in this Charlotte’s Web of a murder mystery. ‘Who Killed the Crime Writer?’ has an approximate running time of one hour, fifteen minutes, and requires a cast of 6 actors (either 4M/2F or 3M/3F). All characters have significant roles.
Please CONTACT US to request a FREE copy of Act 1 of this play.
*This piece is the full-length, ‘dramatised’ version of the
murderplays Mystery Short ‘Book-ed for Murder!’.
Who Killed the Crime Writer?
The Murder Mystery that’s guaranteed to hit the Wuthering Heights!
Welcome to the Library at ‘Flemm-on-the-Water’! Head Librarian, ‘Marjorie Tuttle’ has Great Expectations when she invites ex-Detective Inspector ‘Shirley Finch’ to host a book signing. The book Finch is there to promote, ‘May the Force be With You’, is a non-fiction work detailing his/her most significant cases ‘in the line of duty’. But instead of reading out aloud like most authors do, Finch has enlisted Flemm’s local drama group to re-enact his/her most disturbing case and then challenge the audience to try to solve it. The ‘Flemm Operatic Performance Society’ (FOPS) then take us back to 5th January 2020 (Twelfth Night) to stage a reconstruction of Finch's investigation into the murder of the world’s most famous thriller writer, ‘Howard Sharp’. When our Inspector Calls he/she finds Sharp lying on the floor of his mansion (a particularly Bleak House called ‘Gusty Ramparts’). It's immediately apparent that Sharp kicked the Charlie ‘Bucket’ after being hit over the head with his own writing award. But which pair are devious enough to bring about Howard’s End? Suspects include…
‘Lolita Sharp’, Howard’s glamorous fourth
wife, and lady of leisure.
‘Cameron Darcy’, Lolita’s ‘extremely well-proportioned’
tennis Instructor.
‘Rose Harker’, Howard’s cranky book publisher at
Saddlebag Books.
Or...
‘Ian Bond’, A secretive Computer Technician.
(During
the reconstruction Finch plays himself/herself while Librarian Marjorie plays
Rose.)
‘Books’, ‘writing’, and ‘literature in general’ are satirised in this Charlotte’s Web of a murder mystery. ‘Who Killed the Crime Writer?’ has an approximate running time of one hour, fifteen minutes, and requires a cast of 6 actors (either 4M/2F or 3M/3F). All characters have significant roles.
Please CONTACT US to request a FREE copy of Act 1 of this play.
*This piece is the full-length, ‘dramatised’ version of the
murderplays Mystery Short ‘Book-ed for Murder!’.
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Price: £60.00