Death at the Tenth Murder Mystery Scenario 

A Dinner Theatre Murder Mystery
by Archie Wilson
 
What's it all about?
  • A murder mystery event in which the actors play a mixture of scripted and improvised elements, then open up for interrogation by the audience / guests
  • Lazy Bee Scripts provides the scripted elements and character briefs  
  • The actors play the script then improvise their interactions with the audience
 
What's does Lazy Bee Scripts provide?
Lazy Bee Scripts supplies a pack of material for the performing company including:-
  • A "narrative arc" for the murder, covering
    • Essential events
    • Scripted elements
    • Partially scripted opening interrogation
    • The resolution!
  • A background brief for each character
    • Character description
    • Character history
    • Motivation
  • General staging guidelines
    • Recommendations for preparation
    • Suggestions for "staging"  
  • Additional materials
    • Solution sheets (for the audience to supply their guesses for "who dunnit")
 
Note that Lazy Bee Scripts does not provide a complete script for the dialogue. Because the actors are interacting with the audience, it is not possible to stick to a fixed script, instead the actors improvise parts of the dialogue based on their character briefs
 

What's a Dinner Theatre Murder Mystery?

  • The event is run during a meal as a mixture of a set drama and interaction between players and audience 
  • In this case
    • the annual Primrose Hill Golf Club dinner, where the acting company are (mainly) members of the golf club committee, and the audience are the ordinary members of the club and their guests.  
  • The acting company perform a brief opening scene, at the end of which a murder takes place.
  • A detective does an opening interrogation of the suspects
  • The suspects are interrogated by the audience
  • The audience try to spot the murderer
  • There is a brief final script in which the murderer is revealed
 
What's in this Mystery?

Green keeper Herbert Gloom has long harboured a grudge against the Primrose Hill Golf Club committee. He has been gathering evidence against each one of them and promising a showdown - the annual club dinner is the perfect opportunity! But someone has a grudge against Herbert as well, and the dinner is also an opportunity for murder...
The following are present at the club's annual dinner:
Major Winstanton-Bromley: Club Captain. A retired army major, married to...
Lady Dorothy Winstanton-Bromley: The Lady Captain of the Golf Club. Formerly Lady Patterson-Peacock of Peacock Hall.
Damien Francis: The Primrose Hill Club Professional, sponsored by Better Balls Golf Clubs.
Anita Throckmorton: Club Secretary, a lady member of the Golf Club.
Sheila Sotterley: Club Treasurer and committee member. She lives in Primrose Hill.
Herbert Gloom: Green Keeper. Herbert lives on the grounds with his wife..
Doris Gloom: Herbert's wife and club housekeeper. Also acts as secretary to Lady Winstanton-Bromley.
Rodger Rodgers: Club President. Regularly donates to the club, and owns three fine sets of Better Balls clubs.

At the dinner, Herbert Gloom sparks a series of arguments but things get worse when a body is discovered!
Enter super sleuth Sherbert Holmes to help the guests solve a dastardly murder!
 
What do I need to Buy?
Lazy Bee Scripts charges two fees:-
  • A flat fee of £15 for the murder mystery scenario pack
    • Downloadable from the Internet as a zip file
    • Containing all the essential materials
    • Can be used multiple times by your acting company (but you must pay the performance fee for each performance)
  • A fee of £20 for each performance of the scenario (regardless of the "audience" size)