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Comedy Mysteries / Whodunits
Twodunit?
by SUSAN STEPP
Two short comedy mysteries
Cast: 7 to 10 players each play, mixed
Playing time: 10 to 15 minutes each
Complete playkit with 11 scripts: $22.95
Order #R-P978
Crazy action and clever dialog in these two whodunit
parodies. Includes: 1. Murder at Brantley Manor — Sir
Brantley is found poisoned in the greenhouse. Who
did it? The Butler? The Maid? The Reverend? The
crime is solved with a game of charades and a series
of crazy struggles. But the ending is still a surprise.
2. Diamonds in the Rough — A group of campers
knows one of them is an armed jewel thief. Each
backpack is examined with hilarious results until the
jewels and the thief are revealed in the end. Great
classroom material, easy to stage.
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Murder Most Fowl
by COLLEEN NEUMAN
A hilarious hillbilly comedy
Cast: 14F, 6M, adjustable
Playing time: About 30 minutes
Complete playkit with 10 scripts and
rights to reproduce copies: $22.95
Order #R-P854
Costuming and hillbilly drawl make this show great fun
to do! Seems that the Pruitt clan has a serious chicken
problem — every day more “dead ‘uns.” Timing couldn’t
be worse: Lillybelle wants to invite the wealthy Van Cans
to an omelette dinner but her maw, Queenetta, says
“there cain’t be an omelette without no eggs.” A
shootin’ feud is about to start with their arch foes, the
Framingham clan, but the sheriff saves the day. The
chicken-killing mystery is solved, Lillybelle’s ambitions
are met and even the fancy-schmancy Van Cans are
pleased. A funny interplay of contrasting comedy
characters, bib-overalls, long johns, hair ribbons and
petticoats make this play a real laugh-getter!
The LeBonté Sisters
by MICHAEL DRUCE Royalty play
A comedy mystery spoof extraordinaire
Cast: 7F, 3M
Playing time: About 60 minutes, 1 act
Order #R-R306 Script: $5.75
Order #R-RP10 Royalty: $40/performance
We promise! Your audience and your performers will
love this show! It’s different! An edge-of-your-seat
mystery without a murder! It adds a new dimension to
one of the most famous of all literary horror
novels. The LeBonté sisters lease the spooky Fielding
Manor House to work on their novels, but strange
things happen. Ghostly noises in the night — a snake
in the maid’s quarters — a frightening visitor! Endless
suspense. But the sisters don’t scare easily. They
persist until they find clues that involve famous
literary characters: Percy Bysshe Shelly, Mary Shelly,
Lord Byron and — ah! — the mystery monster character
you’ll never forget! Only one set — easy to stage.
Death of a Dead Guy
by WILLIAM L. BOWMAN, JR.
A silly mystery farce
Cast: 3F, 3M
Playing time: About 30 minutes
Complete playkit with 7 scripts: $20.95
Order #R-P1514
Collette, the ditzy but sneaky maid, finds Reginald
Bascombe III at his desk with a knife in his back, dead.
Or is he? Mrs. Bascombe is totally upper class
nonchalant. Collette tidies up for the authorities, feather
dusting the body. But when the butler tries to call the
police, the phone is dead. By coincidence, the
loud-mouthed bumbling private eye Pete Cannon shows
up. He accuses everyone of the crime with absurd
scenarios. Finally, he decides that Reggie was playing
mumblety-peg and offed himself by accident. Throughout
the play, when the cast isn’t looking “the corpse” looks up
with a variety of silly expressions. He tops it all with the
last word. Wonderfully witty with lots of action. Easy to
stage.
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