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School For Murder1st Published: Synopsis:A few days away for a Writer's seminar turns out to be a hunt for a missing girl and an apparent murder before a villain is found (and unmasked) on the premises. The Midnight Raiders1st Published: Jasper Publishing 2007 Notes: Suitable for schools Synopsis: One stormy night in 1817 a traveller arrives at an Inn in a coastal town and demands shelter. A wreck occurs off the coast and survivors are brought to the Inn. The traveller becomes curious about the circumstances of the wreck and even more so when a rich young lady disappears from the Inn. Thanks to his intervention the lady is saved from certain death, a smuggling plot is revealed and the culprits brought to justice. Treasure Island1st Published: Jasper Publishing 2007 Notes: Suitable for schools Girl in a Wheelchair1st Published: Jasper Publishing 2007 Genre: Play/comedy One Act Notes: Suitable for schools Charity Begins...1st Published: Samuel French, London 2007 Synopsis: It is a day in a Women’s Charity Office where the smug lady manager instructs a new volunteer and then leaves the office in her care, while she goes out with the patron of the charity. The volunteer has to cope with an odd client, whom she mistakenly believes has come to instruct her, with comical results. The White Cliff1st Published: Samuel French, London 2005 Synopsis: It is 1948 and Britain is still recovering from World War II. To "The White Cliffs", a Midlands boarding-house, comes a group of concert performers, who are touring with a Summer Revue and they are in for an eventful week. Mrs Murdoch, the landlady, hides her war-traumatized son Danny away in the house; the disappearance of one of the performers and a suspicious accident occurring to another, lead Jane (one half of "The Joysticks", a comedy and music duo) to seek Danny out The solution to the mystery proves to be as moving as it is intriguing, with a very human situation at its root. The Old Inn1st Published: Jasper Publishing 2004 Synopsis: Maureen runs a public house in the Fens on her own since her husband's death. Because she is concerned about unexplained noises in the cellar she asks a psychic, Juniper, to come and investigate. It is Halloween and when the pub closes some uninvited guests of the human kind arrive. Meg and Juniper are held prisoner by people smugglers but in a revelatory last act find out just exactly what is hidden in the cellar. Murder Weekend1st Published: Samuel French, London 2004 Synopsis: Livia, a romantic short story writer, and her husband Stan, arrive at a country hotel for a "Murder Mystery weekend. They are joined by Patsy and her husband Ashley, who have won the weekend in a competition and Vi and Dorothy. Each receives an anonymous "Murder Mystery" game envelope. Someone has left extra notes for Patsy and Stan exposing Livia's and Ashley's illicit affair. Next, Shelley, the chambermaid, mysteriously disappears and everyone is left to determine whether this is all part of the game. However, intrigue and suspicion deepens when one last uninvited guest arrives. Holly Deadlock1st Published: Jasper Publishing 2004 Synopsis: Theo and Meg own a summer camp with chalets and a clubhouse. Since the death of her aunt who lived with them Meg has suffered from agoraphobia. She is also beginning to suspect that her dead aunt is trying to contact her. Proscenophobia1st Produced: Astor Center Arts Theatre Deal Kent 1st Published: Samuel French, London 2003 Synopsis: The action of this clever whodunit takes place in the dressing-room of a provincial theatre during a performance of a thriller. The star, Addie, is attempting a comeback and is understudied by her best friend Millie. Their constant bickering backstage belies a long history of friendship - which includes each one of them having been married to the same charming impresario, Ed Bigg, many years ago. Suspense builds when Addie begins to feel unwell and, for the first time, Millie must take her place in the dramatic and violent last act of the play. In a startling twist, the violence becomes real and Millie is dead. Was it suicide? Was it murder? Who put a real bullet in the gun she was using? With everyone a potential suspect, the tension doesn't let up until the final revelation unveils not only the murderer but the price some actors pay to practice their art. Couples1st Published: Samuel French, London 1981 Synopsis: A hotel bedroom in Brighton is the scene with different couples reflecting the change in sexual attitudes over two decades. Beginning with Party Games and a reluctant seduction and ending with Squatters’ Rights and a predatory female via The Brighton Line where the couple meet as equals. The three plays, though linked by the setting, can be played separately. Curtain Call1st Published: Samuel French, London Synopsis: A day in the life of a harassed theatre manager as he prepares for an important visit from someone from the Arts Council in respect of a grant. The manager has to grapple with his lovelorn secretary and her romance with the Front of House Manager, Curtain Up on Murder1st Published: Samuel French, London 1998 Synopsis: An amateur dramatic company are rehearsing a thriller in a theatre at the end of a Pier when they find they are locked Death Walked In1st Published: Samuel French, London 1979 Synopsis: Celia is trying to keep her country hotel solvent and is not helped by her rakish stepson Rex. Enter two sisters as guests at the hotel. One is on a romantic trip to see the man she used to love, but the other sister is simply bent on mischief. When the lady of the house is found dead is it suicide or murder? Why should this happen and who is to blame? Only one person has the answer
Branwell1st Published: Samuel French, London 1977 Synopsis: The scene is the parsonage in Haworth and the Bronte sisters sit waiting for their brother Branwell. The sisters have yet to achieve their success and their main concern is for their brother who is bent on self-destruction. They Call It Murder1st Published: Samuel French, London 1977 Synopsis: Three sisters, one ailing grandfather and a limited inheritance. Should the money be divided fairly or left to only one? And is murder the only way to solve the problem? One sister is prepared to take the chance, but her plans go drastically wrong when a stranger enters the household.
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