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Murder Behind the Mask

Short Play, Dramatic Comedy  /  8w

Murder Behind the Mask

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    8w
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Mystery/Thriller
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior

Details

Summary

The local Women's Guide expects a flower-arranging talk, but when the lecturer fails to arrive they decide to put their time to good use. A hamper is produced in which are a number of masks and cloaks and other props. Making use of these, and concealed by the masks, they proceed to improvise a melodrama. But melodrama suddenly turns to real-life drama when one of the company is stabbed by what is supposed to be a property dagger. Behind which mask was the killer hidden? 

Cast Attributes
Performing Groups

Agnes: Guild chairman, authoritative, unmaginative; early middle age
Sara: neat, attractive, self-contained; young to early middle age
Mary: self-satisfied, appealing to the men; youngish
Jacky; rather mannish, but not unattractive; youngish
Ruth: waspish, determinedly unpopular; youngish to middle aged
Poppy: rather large, spirited; early middle age
Winnie: retiring, bespectacled; early middle age
Fiona: attractive; young

  • Time Period Present Day
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: £30 per performance plus VAT when applicable.

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