CAST: 4M, 5F
SET: Interior mansion set
TIME: About 120 minutes
Script:
$9.00 each Director’s book: $27.50 each
ROYALTY:
$70 First Performance
$70 Each Additional Performance
SET: Interior mansion set
TIME: About 120 minutes
Script:
$9.00 each Director’s book: $27.50 each
ROYALTY:
$70 First Performance
$70 Each Additional Performance
When it comes to solving murder mysteries, it’s always the one you least suspect! The very proper butler Jenkins and the fiery Cockney maid Sarah Jane are preparing the Covington household for a visit from Edwina Corry, the world’s greatest mystery author and friend to Lady Miranda and Colonel Covington. Other guests arriving include Lady Covington’s feisty old mother, their high-flying daughter Kat, their chatty priest who doesn’t know when to quit and the caddish, eavesdropping neighbor boy Trevor. Things are soon thrown into confusion, however, when Trevor is found stabbed to death in the kitchen. On her arrival, Edwina eagerly launches an investigation into the murder. Unfortunately, the evidence is stacked against poor Jenkins from the start, and when the bloody knife is found in his pocket, the other members of the household tie him to a chair and call the police. The only problem? Jenkins didn’t do it. And now he’s got just half an hour to figure out who the real murderer is — while still tied to the chair.
Additional products available:
Director’s book: $27.50 each
Director’s book: $27.50 each
The Butler Did It!
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TERESA HANCOCK
MILFORD, IL
MILFORD, IL
JUNIATA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
VASSAR, MI
VASSAR, MI
BRANDON HARTMAN
BENTON, PA
BENTON, PA
ST THOMAS AQUINAS REG'L SECOND
NORTH VANCOUVER, BC CANADA
NORTH VANCOUVER, BC CANADA
JIM HARWORTH
XENIA, OH
XENIA, OH
PLAIN DEALING HIGH SCHOOL
PLAIN DEALING, LA
PLAIN DEALING, LA
CURTAIN CALL PLAYHOUSE
POMPANO BEACH, FL
POMPANO BEACH, FL
SARAH MUNNE
SNELLVILLE, GA
SNELLVILLE, GA
FOURTH STREET THEATER
TUTTLE, OK
TUTTLE, OK
HARRISBURG CHRISTIAN PERF ARTS
MIDDLETOWN, PA
MIDDLETOWN, PA
MCKENZIE BRUYERE
MALONE, NY
MALONE, NY
ROBIN WICKENDEN
WICANTON, SOMERSET UNITED KINGDOM
WICANTON, SOMERSET UNITED KINGDOM
POWER PUBLIC SCHOOL
POWER, MT
POWER, MT
SACRED HEART CATHOLIC SCHOOL
MORRILTON, AR
MORRILTON, AR
NARROGIN REPERTORY CLUB
NARROGIN, WA AUSTRALIA
NARROGIN, WA AUSTRALIA
YATES CENTER HIGH SCHOOL
YATES CENTER, KS
YATES CENTER, KS
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