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Party to Murder, A

Enough to turn Dame Agatha green with envy.

The Oxford Press

Rather stunning.

The Cincinnati Post

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Comedy
  • 120 minutes

  • Time Period: Present Day
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set
  • Cautions: Gun Shots

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, Dinner Theatre, High School/Secondary, Professional Theatre
Six people have come in secret on Halloween to play a murder mystery game at a rustic island cottage. Invited by writer Charles Prince, they appear set for a weekend of fun until ghosts from the past begin to haunt the proceedings and it becomes clear that all is not as it seems.

The game takes on a sinister dimension when guests begin to die and the remaining players realize that they are playing for their lives. Tension rises. Secret passageways, incriminating letters, hidden compartments, bodies in the window seat and a twenty five year old unsolved mystery twist and turn toward the unexpected and terrifying conclusion.
REVIEWS:

Rather stunning.

The Cincinnati Post

Thrills, Christie fashion....A superb climax.

The Kentucky Recorder

Brilliant, even better than Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None.

The Saskatoon Free Press

Enough to turn Dame Agatha green with envy.

The Oxford Press

Cheeky and skillfully crafted mayhem.

The London Free Press

Christie meets Deathtrap [with] a lot of style.

The Cincinnati Enquirer
Premiere Production: A Party to Murder was first produced at Kawarth Summer Theatre in Lindsay, Ontario, Canada in August, 1996. It was subsequently produced at the Ensemble Theatre in Cincinnati in September, 1996.

Characters

  • Casting: 3M, 3F
  • Casting Attributes: Ensemble cast

  • KONRAD/CHARLES - a successful mystery novelist; English, 40s to 50s; urbane, intelligent, well bred; the ultimate host.

  • ERNIE/WILLY - former football player; big, friendly, gregarious, good sense of humor; around 40.

  • EVELYN/MCKENZIE - fashion model, late 20s; witty, extroverted, with a tough exterior; Elwood's girlfriend.

  • MRS. MCKNIGHT/VALERIE - early to mid-40s; Henri's older sister; smart, savvy, used to getting her own way; very well turned out.

  • O'KARMA/HENRI (pronounced "Henry") - late 20s, Valerie's younger sister; shy, easily intimidated, dresses conservatively.

  • FATHER GERRY MERRYWEATHER/ELWOOD - mid-50s, corporate CEO type; confident, friendly, powerful, and he knows it.

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    Six people have come in secret on Halloween to play a murder mystery game at a rustic island cottage. Invited by writer Charles Prince, they appear set for a weekend of fun until ghosts from the past begin to haunt the proceedings and it becomes clear that all is not as it seems. The game takes on a sinister dimension when guests begin to die and the remaining players realize that they are playing for their lives. Tension rises. Secret passageways, incriminating letters, hidden compartments, bodies in the window seat and a twenty five year old unsolved mystery twist and turn toward the unexpected and terrifying conclusion.

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