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Murderer

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  2w, 2m

An unusual and macabre beginning to this play sets the audience's nerves twitching well before any dialogue confuses their minds! Norman apparently murders his girlfriend, Millie, and is in the process of disposing of her body when he is interrupted by a Sergeant Stenning.

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 2m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Mystery/Thriller

Details

Summary
An unusual and macabre beginning to this play sets the audience's nerves twitching well before any dialogue confuses their minds! Norman apparently murders his girlfriend, Millie, and is in the process of disposing of her body when he is interrupted by a Sergeant Stenning. The ensuing hunt for the victim and the ghoulish discovery of a head burning in the stove is fiendishly climaxed by the revelation that it is only a dummy. Yet is Millie really dead or not? Norman's sickening hobby of re-enacting the most bizarre murders of history overwhelms Stenning, as does the realization that Millie is a willing partner to these charades. Norman's intentions are, however, more realistic and his wife's elaborate hoax of yet another murder to cure him of his addiction not only cements his resolve but almost provides his alibi for her own demise.

  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Music

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

Licensing & Materials

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Authors

Anthony Shaffer

Anthony Joshua Shaffer (1926-2001) was born in Liverpool, the elder (by five minutes!) of twins in 1926. Later on, the boys, Anthony and Peter, were taken by their mother regularly to the Liverpool Playhouse, where Anthony developed a taste for the thriller, the melodrama and ...

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