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They Call It Murder

Bettine Manktelow

Full Length Play, Drama  /  4f, 3m

They Call It Murder
by Bettine Manktelow

Despite his lowly origins Mr Dalrymple has done well, and now that he is elderly and ailing speculation inevitably arises as to the disposal of his money among his three granddaughters. One, Peggy, neurotic and inhibited, is driven to take drastic st…

They Call It Murder

by  Bettine Manktelow

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They Call It Murder

OVERVIEW

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    4f, 3m
  • Duration
    Duration
    105 Minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Not Applicable
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    • Appropriate for all audiences
Description
THEY CALL IT MURDER by Bettine Manktelow.   One set, two exits, one window.  Living-cum-dining room.   Poorly furnished.
History

First presented by Howard Theatre Productions at the Leas Pavilion, Folkestone, Kent in July 1976

Considerations

Performing Groups
  • Community Theatre
  • Dinner Theatre
  • Professional Theatre
  • Senior Theatre
  • Reader's Theatre
  • Shoestring Budget
  • Large Stage
  • Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups
Cautions
  • No Special Cautions

Licence details

  • Minimum Fee: £55 per performance plus VAT when applicable.

Specifics

Details

  • Time Period: Contemporary, 1970s
  • Duration: 105 Minutes
  • Setting: A living-room, comfortable but shabby.  Two doors, one window.
  • Additional Features: Not Applicable
  • Features / Contains: Period Costumes

Casting

4f, 3m
Cast Attributes
  • Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle)

Peggy Strange:  3s, a bank clerk and the elder sister of the three.  Good looking but quietly dressed, has a worried, preoccupied air.  She is mature beyond her years.

Babs Strange:  20s.  a nurse, the middle sister, a happy hedonist, attractive, extravert and good-humoured.

Julie Strange:   18.  the youngest sister, pretty and clever, on her way to university.

Howard Pierce:   Peggy's fiancee, 30-40.  Amiable and easy-going. 

Julian Fudge:    A male nurse, personality plus,  effeminate and sinister.  late 20s.

Mrs Moore:  The home-help and neighbour.  Warm-hearted,kind and gossipy.  50s

Music

  • Musical Style: N/A (Not a musical)
  • Vocal Demands: N/A (Not a musical)
  • Chorus Size: N/A (Not a musical)

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Bettine Manktelow

Bettine Manktelow

Bettine Manktelow was born Bettine Stratton in Gillingham in Kent, and is the middle daughter of three.She became stage-struck at an early age andworked in a repertory company atChatham Theatre Royalat the age of sixteen as an assistant stage-manager, learning stage craft from the bottom up and graduating to acting par ...

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