Murder: Stage Right

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CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS (7-10 actors) * John Barryless / Hamlet – Alcoholic and bitter. Too old to be playing Hamlet. Anathea Ashton / Gertrude – Pompous English theater diva who's been around a while. ++ Rex Lexington / Laertes – Silky voiced, good looking, ambitious actor. Always "on stage." Priscilla Wynewright / Osric – Beautiful, spoiled, whiny actress. There's a hundred like her. Bruce Billingsley / Horatio – Always doing impressions. An "odd duck" who can't act. Harold Faber / Claudius – Nervous accountant-type who eavesdrops. What has he overheard? @Max Von Kugelschreiber – Flamboyant German director - But something's just not right. ## Lulu Truegrip – Young, tom-boyish stage manager. Shy and scared, but a smart cookie. * Inspector Jacques Cloules  – More clever than Clouseau, but with the same accent. ++ Policeman – Stereotypical tough guy Chicago cop. * May be played by same actor ++ May be played by same actor @ Best played by a woman ## May be played by the real stage manager, or by the same actress as Priscilla

Description –  A clear homage to the Bard of Avon, everyone will enjoy this funny, creative plot twister that includes a partial scene from Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet.  (Although scripted to be set in the 1940's, it can be adapted to many different time periods.)

Setting –  Chicago, 1946 in a temporary theater at the final dress rehearsal of Hamlet.  Because of the “dress rehearsal” aspect, the show can be done with minimal costume with or without a proscenium stage.

Price Level –  #1 (click link for script pricing chart)

Timeline – The actual murder mystery script runs approximately 1 hr and 30 min.  With time for a 3-4 course dinner and cocktail hour, running time is approximately 3:00-3:45 hrs.

Sleuthing – YES.  There is an opportunity for the audience to fill out accusation sheets and guess the murderer.

Music – No music or songs.

Acts – This murder mystery script has 4 Acts.

Endings – This murder mystery script has one ending.

Dinner Theater – This murder mystery script was originally written and designed to accompany a 3-4 course dinner.

Previous Productions (a sampling) 

United States:     California, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, North Carolina,  New York,

                           Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas,

Canada:  Ontario

Carribean:  Cayman Islands

Europe:  Geneva, Switzerland

Perusal Scripts and Production Rights (click link)

MURDER: STAGE RIGHT ©1995,1999 (written by Philip Lester) SCRIPT SAMPLE (all copyright laws apply) ... ... JAQUES: Très bien. And you, the director, oui? MAX: Oui. Er - Ja. I am Maximilian Von Kugelschreiber. JAQUES: Madame Von Kandelsniffer - MAX: That's MR. Kugelschreiber. JAQUES: Oui. Monsieur Karpetshiner. You are from Germany, no? MAX: Ja. I moved here from Stuttle ... dorf ... baden a month ago. JAQUES: I see. So you didn't know the deceased long. I congratulate you on the production. Perhaps he was a bit old for Hamlet- REX: See? What have I been saying? Too old, not to mention a drunk! ANATHEA: Rex, please, we all knew of his inadequacies, but he's dead, for God's sake, show a little respect! BRUCE: You should talk. You're the one who said he was murdered! Maybe you know something we don't! ANATHEA: Why, you limp-wristed little - JAQUES: Mesdames et Messieurs, I ask you to restrain yourselves. I would like to get through this as painfully as possible. LULU: Less. BRUCE: What, Lulu? LULU: Less. Less. ANATHEA: What is she blathering about? LULU: The Inspector said painfully. Surely he meant painLESSly. JAQUES: Ah, oui. Painlessly. Thank you for correcting my English, which stinks. And what is your name, Mon petit chou? LULU: What did you call me? JAQUES: Mon petit chou. It means “my little cabbage plant.” LULU: Oh. How strange. I'm Lulu Truegrip. Niece of the deceased. ANATHEA: Actually, John was her adoptive father LULU: He was not my father! ... ...

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Written by Philip Lester