Shot
in the Rockies!!
Saddle-up
‘n ho-down for this Wicki-Wicked Wild West Murder Mystery!
The
year is 1850 and, with the Gold Rush full swing, professional newsreaders Hank
Buckwheat and Daisy-May Knott are pedallin’ their tales around the far-flung
corners of the U S of A. Most pertinently, they’re askin’ their audiences for help
with an unsolved murder… At the Silver Dollar Saloon in Tumbleweed Gulch,
Colorado, its local lawman, Sheriff John-Boy Roscoe, was shot dead ‘n left
lyin’ in a pool of his own blood. But who would do such a ‘dang terrible’ thing…?
Clementine
Gilmore, ex-showgirl, now owner of the Silver Dollar?
Randy
Gilmore, Clementine’s brother, barman at the Silver Dollar?
Ol’
Duke Hazzard, a local gold prospector?
Chip
Handpin, stagecoach driver?
Sister
Gloria Excelsis, holy woman and guest at the Silver Dollar?
Fletch
Bonanza, Wild West Show performer and guest at the Silver Dollar?
Or…
‘The
Man With No Name’, a mysterious stranger bearin’ an uncanny likeness to the
outlaw ‘Ringo Jackson’ who was recently ‘busted outa jail’ by his band
o’brothers… ‘the Jackson 5’?
The
two newsreaders along with the replacement sheriff (and the audience), will
have to show ‘True Grit’ if they’re to whittle down ‘the Magnificent Seven’ in
order to sort out the good from the bad and the ‘darn’ ugly!!??
Both
the cowboy era and ‘Americana’ are satirised in this ‘rootin’-tootin’ humdinger
of all-American comedy showdown! It’s vibrant stereotypical characters and
tongue-in-cheek approach to the genre make it ‘mighty appealin’’ to a lively troupe.
‘Who
Shot the Sheriff?’ has an approximate running time of one hour and fifteen minutes.
It has 11 characters, 6M/5F. However, as both newsreaders can be played by an
actor of either sex, it’s also possible to be staged with either 7M/4F or
6M/6F. There’s no facility for doubling-up, but all 11 characters have
significant roles.
Please CONTACT US to
request a FREE copy of Act 1 of this play.
*’Who Shot the Sheriff’ is the full-length 'action' version of murderplays’ stripped-back Mystery Short ‘Shot in the Rockes!’
Who Shot the Sheriff?
Shot
in the Rockies!!
Saddle-up
‘n ho-down for this Wicki-Wicked Wild West Murder Mystery!
The
year is 1850 and, with the Gold Rush full swing, professional newsreaders Hank
Buckwheat and Daisy-May Knott are pedallin’ their tales around the far-flung
corners of the U S of A. Most pertinently, they’re askin’ their audiences for help
with an unsolved murder… At the Silver Dollar Saloon in Tumbleweed Gulch,
Colorado, its local lawman, Sheriff John-Boy Roscoe, was shot dead ‘n left
lyin’ in a pool of his own blood. But who would do such a ‘dang terrible’ thing…?
Clementine
Gilmore, ex-showgirl, now owner of the Silver Dollar?
Randy
Gilmore, Clementine’s brother, barman at the Silver Dollar?
Ol’
Duke Hazzard, a local gold prospector?
Chip
Handpin, stagecoach driver?
Sister
Gloria Excelsis, holy woman and guest at the Silver Dollar?
Fletch
Bonanza, Wild West Show performer and guest at the Silver Dollar?
Or…
‘The
Man With No Name’, a mysterious stranger bearin’ an uncanny likeness to the
outlaw ‘Ringo Jackson’ who was recently ‘busted outa jail’ by his band
o’brothers… ‘the Jackson 5’?
The
two newsreaders along with the replacement sheriff (and the audience), will
have to show ‘True Grit’ if they’re to whittle down ‘the Magnificent Seven’ in
order to sort out the good from the bad and the ‘darn’ ugly!!??
Both
the cowboy era and ‘Americana’ are satirised in this ‘rootin’-tootin’ humdinger
of all-American comedy showdown! It’s vibrant stereotypical characters and
tongue-in-cheek approach to the genre make it ‘mighty appealin’’ to a lively troupe.
‘Who
Shot the Sheriff?’ has an approximate running time of one hour and fifteen minutes.
It has 11 characters, 6M/5F. However, as both newsreaders can be played by an
actor of either sex, it’s also possible to be staged with either 7M/4F or
6M/6F. There’s no facility for doubling-up, but all 11 characters have
significant roles.
Please CONTACT US to
request a FREE copy of Act 1 of this play.
*’Who Shot the Sheriff’ is the full-length 'action' version of murderplays’ stripped-back Mystery Short ‘Shot in the Rockes!’
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Price: £55.00