Butter in a Lordly Dish
- Short Play, Melodrama, 1940s / WWII
- 3M, 5F
- ISBN: 9780573116872
A dark and gruesome one-act radio play for live performance.
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Description
- Short Play
- Melodrama
- 30 minutes
- Time Period: 1940s / WWII
- Target Audience: Adult
- Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
- Performance Group:
- High School/Secondary, Dinner Theatre, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre
Sir Luke Enderby, eminent prosecution barrister and seasoned womaniser, bites off more than he can chew, when the case of a serial killer comes back to haunt him. A tense one-act thriller that contains one of Christie's most gruesome murders.
Part of the live radio triple bill Murder in the Studio which also comprises Yellow Iris and Personal Call.
REVIEWS:
Part of the live radio triple bill Murder in the Studio which also comprises Yellow Iris and Personal Call.
REVIEWS:
"The bloodcurdling scream of a dying man in one of Agatha Christie's most gruesome murder plots."
Jack Malvern, The Times
Characters
- Casting: 3M, 5F
LADY ENDERBY
JULIA KEENE
SUSAN WARREN
MRS. PETTER
FLORRIE PETTER
HAYWARD
A PORTER
