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Murder by the Book

By Craig Sodaro


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CAST:  4M, 6F
SET:  Interior parlor room set
TIME:  About 90 minutes
Script:
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$65 First Performance
$65 Each Additional Performance

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Sharing Through Theatre Royalty Donation Program
What happens when some of the world’s greatest writers get together?  Murder, that’s what!  The Raven Society is holding its annual meeting to select the best mystery book of the year to win the coveted Smoking Gun Award.  Because of the prestige of the prize, the membership in this sacred club is secret, even amongst themselves.  Each member attends the three day meeting, cut off from the rest of the world at the Dickens House, disguised as a famous author.  This year, Edgar Allan Poe introduces a dashing upstart, William Shakespeare, as a new member to replace the recently departed Jules Verne.  Spouting poetry, Will instantly captures the hearts of Mary Shelley, Charlotte Bronte, and Louisa Mae Alcott.  But romance is interrupted when Poe reads a nasty bit of correspondence announcing that each member of the society will die.  Only mystery maven Agatha Christie takes the message seriously, but, alas, it’s too late.  Emily Dickinson is the first to die, quickly followed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.  Terror stalks the meeting as even the indomitable Mark Twain disappears.  Only one thing is for sure — one of the famous authors is trying to kill the competition!  Your actors will love portraying their favorite authors while your audiences will delight in this highly entertaining and fun peek at the very human side of great writers.


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SHAUNA OAKWOOD
DANVILLE, IL
DAN RIVER HIGH SCHOOL
RINGGOLD, VA
EMILY BURTON
WOLFVILLE, NS  CANADA
COLORADO CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
LAKEWOOD, CO
O'CALLAGHAN MIDDLE SCHOOL
LAS VEGAS, NV
ST CLOUD AREA SCHOOL DIST 742
WAITE PARK, MN
JENNIFER DUCHARME
CHARLOTTE, NC
LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL
LAKEWOOD, OH
SHANNON SIEVERT
TUCSON, AZ
MILFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY
MILFORD, DE
AMBASSADOR CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
SEWELL, NJ
FOOTHILLS DRAMA CLUB
TUCSON, AZ
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The references to literature used in classes helped the students get the humor in the plays, and the students enjoyed working on these plays.


It was great have known characters and to have them all relating and/or portraying one of their mystery characters.  It was a bunch of laughs and very fun to direct and act in.


 
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