More information about all the murder mysteries described below can be found on the Lazy Bee Scripts web site (click on the titles).
However, unlike the play scripts, we display 'tasters' instead of the entire contents because many groups run these competitively, and would not want their audiences to be
able to find out whodunnit in advance!
Prices and licensing arrangements can be found on the detailed pages or by clicking on the "Price" links.
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Abram Skinner - A Steampunk Murder Mystery by Stuart Ardern |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. |
Run Time | Scripted Dialogue: 35 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 0 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 30 minutes. |
Style | A Murder Mystery which could be used at a private party (with guests taking roles) or performed to an audience. The actors perform a script. The audience questions the suspects and tries to work out whodunnit. |
Synopsis | Inventor Abram Skinner is taking full advantages of the opportunities of the Steampunk age and has invited guests to the launch of his latest project. The invitees include the audience (if any) and a group of VIPs. There's an adventurer, a naval pilot, wealthy investors and industrialists, and, amongst them, an assassin...
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Price | Script pack: £27.50 Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £34.50 Livestream to a non-paying audience for £17.25 Buy the pack and rights here. |
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Act of Union by Adam Croft |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. |
Run Time | Scripted Dialogue: 0 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 30 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 0 minutes. |
Style | A Murder Mystery for an acting company to perform to an audience. The actors improvise the dialogue based on plot and character briefs. The audience members have to work out whodunnit. |
Synopsis | As the guests assemble for the reception following the wedding of Gary and Victoria Sponge, family feuds and class divides rise to the surface with a fiery passion. After all, blood is thicker than water… An murder mystery improvised by the actors from a scenario and character briefs, and solved by the audience. |
Price | Script pack: £17.50 Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £22.50 Livestream to a non-paying audience for £11.25 Buy the pack and rights here. |
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Anne Gets Cleaved by Die Laughing Murder Mysteries |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. |
Run Time | Scripted Dialogue: 0 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 90 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 0 minutes. |
Style | A Murder Mystery for an acting company to perform to an audience. The actors improvise the dialogue based on plot and character briefs. The audience members have to work out whodunnit. |
Synopsis | The year is 1526 in the reign of King Henry VIII. The king is on tour, and his arrival at a manor house is eagerly anticipated. There's a speech from the host and a dodgy cardinal selling relics, but before the King arrives, one of the guests is murdered and on the body is discovered the calling card of deadly assassin The Thrush |
Price | Script pack: £20.00 Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £41.50 Livestream to a non-paying audience for £20.75 Buy the pack and rights here. |
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A Blast from the Past by Alexi Stonehouse |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 6. |
Run Time | Scripted Dialogue: 0 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 90 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 30 minutes. |
Style | A Murder Mystery for an acting company to perform to an audience. The actors improvise the dialogue based on plot and character briefs. The audience questions the suspects and tries to work out whodunnit. |
Synopsis | Guests are gathered for the tenth anniversary of the death of courageous Major Luke Twice, who was killed in battle back in 1943, leaving behind a dedicated group of colleagues who fought under him. They were due at the gathering, but several have died under suspicious circumstances. Their relatives are here to represent them and find out what’s going on... |
Price | Script pack: £19.50 Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £53.25 Livestream to a non-paying audience for £26.63 Buy the pack and rights here. |
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Bowing Out by Alan Robinson Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 12. |
Run Time | Scripted Dialogue: 120 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 0 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 0 minutes. |
Style | A Murder Mystery for an acting company to perform to an audience. The actors perform a script. The audience questions the suspects and tries to work out whodunnit. |
Synopsis | There's bitter rivalry amongst a group of faded actors and television stars. This is largely a scripted mystery, but the actors need to improvise responses to audience questions from character briefs. |
Price | Script pack: £33.00 Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £62.00 Livestream to a non-paying audience for £31.00 Buy the pack and rights here. |
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A Brief Period of Rejoicing by Jane Morris |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. |
Run Time | Scripted Dialogue: 25 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 0 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 10 minutes. |
Style | A Murder Mystery which could be used at a private party (with guests taking roles) or performed to an audience. The actors perform a script. The audience questions the suspects and tries to work out whodunnit. |
Synopsis | A VE Day party is interrupted when the local black-marketeer is found murdered. |
Price | Script pack: £23.25 Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £26.50 Livestream to a non-paying audience for £13.25 Buy the pack and rights here. |
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A Chicken Fried Murder by Kathleen Maule Holen |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. |
Run Time | Scripted Dialogue: 40 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 0 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 0 minutes. |
Style | A Murder Mystery for an acting company to perform to an audience. The actors perform a script. The audience members have to work out whodunnit. |
Synopsis | A New York property developer is causing disruption to a town with his plans for a chicken processing plant. Trying to get the buy-in of the townsfolk, he invites everyone to a fried chicken diner, but things don't go to plan. |
Price | Script pack: £20.25 Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £27.00 Livestream to a non-paying audience for £13.50 Buy the pack and rights here. |
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Death at the Distillery by Molly Rogers with Tom Honey |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 11. |
Run Time | Scripted Dialogue: 45 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 10 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 10 minutes. |
Style | A Murder Mystery for an acting company to perform to an audience. The actors perform a script. The audience members have to work out whodunnit. |
Synopsis | In 1921, Sam Stallard has risen to head the family distillery in Birmingham, and is establishing more business in London. This provokes a confrontation with the Campden Mob, leading to kidnapping and murder. Can the audience - on a tour of the distillery - work out whodunnit? |
Price | Script pack: £20.75 Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £35.00 Livestream to a non-paying audience for £17.50 Buy the pack and rights here. |
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Dial M for Monster by Die Laughing Murder Mysteries |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. |
Run Time | Scripted Dialogue: 0 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 90 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 0 minutes. |
Style | A Murder Mystery for an acting company to perform to an audience. The actors improvise the dialogue based on plot and character briefs. The audience members have to work out whodunnit. |
Synopsis | SCREAM!, the Secret Coven Reuniting Evil and Monsters holds an annual meeting to review the past year's mayhem and to look forward to the new. Their leader, Granny, the little old lady, who has ruled the organisation with an iron fist, is planning to retire. Everyone hopes to be the new top dog (especially the Werewolf - well, he has the pedigree.) However, Granny reveals that she has different ideas... |
Price | Script pack: £21.00 Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £40.50 Livestream to a non-paying audience for £20.25 Buy the pack and rights here. |
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Foulplay at Fotheringhay by Jane Morris |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 10. |
Run Time | Scripted Dialogue: 30 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 0 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 20 minutes. |
Style | A Murder Mystery for an acting company to perform to an audience. The actors perform a script. The audience members have to work out whodunnit. |
Synopsis | Tomorrow will be Laura's 70th birthday and her 3 sons have arranged a treat. The family has rented a cottage in the village of Fotheringhay. They plan to spend the weekend exploring the history of the area. Fotheringhay Castle was the scene of the trial and execution of Mary Queen of Scots. Some may say she had committed treason – others may say she was murdered. But that trial is history now – there is another case to solve! Someone in the party will be the subject of Foul play at Fotheringhay. |
Price | Script pack: £21.00 Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £30.00 Livestream to a non-paying audience for £15.00 Buy the pack and rights here. |
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