"Murder in Play"

Comedy Thriller

by

Simon Brett

Spring 2005 Production

May 5, 6, 7

Cast

Boris	Rob Lloyd
Renee	Diane Clarke
Sophie	Rachel Perkins
Harrison	Mike Clarke
Pat	Mary Coyte
Tim	Len Pannett
Christa	Theresa Marsh
Ginette	Rebekah Lawes

An early Dress Rehearsal

Boris Smolensky's budget repetory production of Murder at Priorswell manor is looking decidedly shaky. The cast are more interested in their egos than in the play, and life imitates art whenBoris's wife, Renee, is murdered on stage. Was it Ginette, Boris's pretty but dippy mistress? Or was it Boris himself? And is there more to Boris and stage manager Pat's stormy relationship than meets the eye? The hilarious text employs a play-within-a-play device to ruthlessly starise the politics of the inept
company and numerous red herrings keep the audience guessing until the final moments of the action.

By coincidence, Simon Brett is one of our local authors. He worked as a radio and TV producer before taking up writing full-time. As well as the Fethering Mysteries series, he is also the author of the TV series AFTER HENRY, the radio series NO COMMITMENTS and SMELLING OF ROSES, and the best-selling HOW TO BE A LITTLE SOD. His novel A SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM was filmed starring Michael Caine.

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