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Checkmate (Sands)

Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy  /  2f, 3m

Leslie Sands

As this witty and unconventional whodunit opens, British television star Peter Conway arrives home to find his wife Stella dead from a drug overdose. Police Sergeant Drummond is assigned to investigate.

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2f, 3m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Mystery/Thriller

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Summary
As this witty and unconventional whodunit opens, British television star Peter Conway arrives home to find his wife Stella dead from a drug overdose. Police Sergeant Drummond is assigned to investigate. He is properly starstruck as Conway relates the events which led to his wife's death, all of which are dramatized in a series of flashbacks in which we meet Stella, Conway's agent, and his beautiful young American lover. When Drummond learns that Conway's career is on the skids and that he is in deep financial straits, he begins to wonder if this is a case of suicide or murder.

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    Leslie Sands

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