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Curtain Up on Murder
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 5f, 3m
An amateur theatre company is rehearsing in the theatre at the end of the pier. Storms rage overhead and the doors are locked — they are trapped! Then a mysterious, ghostly presence passes across the stage, and when the Assistant Stage Manager falls to certain death through a trapdoor, the remaining…
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Cast Size
5f, 3m -
Duration
90 minutes -
Subgenre
Mystery/Thriller -
Target Audience
Appropriate for All Audiences
Details
Summary
An amateur company are rehearsing a play in an end-of-pier theatre when inexplicably they are locked in and one by one begin to die...
History
1998: First produced by the Guild Players at the Kilshawe Theatre, Deal, Kent.
Keywords
Performing Groups
- Time Period Contemporary
- Setting An empty stage with part of a set in the process of being built.
- Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
- Additional Features Not Applicable
- Duration 90 minutes
- Cautions
- No Special Cautions
Media
.."this skilfully written piece of suspence..." East Kent Mercury
‘Curtain up on Murder’ was written by Bettine Manktelow in 1997. Manktelow, who has lived for years in Kent in SE England, has written around 30 crime/comedies. This wonderful production is being presented by the Ellenbrook Theatre Company at the Civic Centre. The play is very well structured, and the playwright’s dialogue superb, just the right amount of humour and a few clues being dropped, along with a shoal of red herrings. This is a well-written, piece of fun and suspense, presented by a friendly team and talented cast. Try to catch it. - Gordon The Optom
‘Curtain up on Murder’ was written by Bettine Manktelow in 1997. Manktelow, who has lived for years in Kent in SE England, has written around 30 crime/comedies. This wonderful production is being presented by the Ellenbrook Theatre Company at the Civic Centre. The play is very well structured, and the playwright’s dialogue superb, just the right amount of humour and a few clues being dropped, along with a shoal of red herrings. This is a well-written, piece of fun and suspense, presented by a friendly team and talented cast. Try to catch it. - Gordon The Optom
Music
- Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)
- Vocal DemandsN/A (Not a musical)
- Chorus Size N/A (Not a musical)
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.