ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html;CHARSET=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="Dying For a Drink - a Dinner Theatre Murder Mystery, for an event where the actors play a scene ending in a murder, and the guests have to decide 'who dunnit'"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="Murder,Mystery,Dinner,Scenario,Event,Script,Whodunnit,Who,Dunnit,Dying,Drink,Ian McCutcheon"> <META http-equiv="PICS-Label" content='(PICS 1.0 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" l r (SS~~000 1))'> <TITLE>Dying For a Drink - a Dinner Theatre Murder Mystery</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="white"> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" BGCOLOR="white"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"> <P ALIGN="CENTER"> <img src="DyingForADrink.jpg" /> &nbsp;&nbsp;<br /> <i><font color="maroon" size="7"><span style="color: darkred">A Dinner Theatre Murder Mystery<br /> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: navy"><strong>by Ian McCutcheon</strong></span></font></i></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"><B><I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="maroon">What's it all about?</FONT></I></B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"> <UL> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">A murder mystery event in which the actors play a brief scripted scene, then the audience / guests</FONT> review the evidence and solve the mystery!<LI><FONT COLOR="black">Lazy Bee Scripts provides the opening script, evidence packs and the script for the denouement</FONT><LI><FONT COLOR="black">The actors play the script, the audience reviews the evidence and accuses the suspects, then the actors play a final scene to reveal whodunnit.</FONT></UL> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%">&nbsp;</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"><B><I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="maroon">What's does Lazy Bee Scripts provide?</FONT></I></B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="black">Lazy Bee Scripts supplies a pack of material for the performing company including:-</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"> <UL> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">An "Organiser's Overview" including general staging guidelines</FONT> <LI> The Opening Script <li> Final Script - the denouement!&nbsp;</li> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">Additional materials</FONT><font color="black"><UL> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">Accusation sheets (for the audience to supply their guesses for "who dunnit")</font></li> <li>Six pieces of (written) evidence to be evaluated by the audience</li></ul> </font> </UL> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="black"></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%">&nbsp;</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"> <CENTER> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="80%" BGCOLOR="#FFFBE8"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFBE8"> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="maroon">What's a Dinner Theatre Murder Mystery?</FONT> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"> <p> In this case...<UL> <li> The acting company perform a scripted opening scene, at the end of which a murder is discovered</li> <li>The cast are taken off to be questioned by the police and meanwhile the police's evidence is shared with the audience by means of a series of written briefs&nbsp;</li><li>The audience try to spot the murderer</li> <li>The acting company performs a final scripted scene in which the murderer is revealed</li> </UL> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </CENTER> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%">&nbsp;</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"><B><I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="maroon">What's in this Mystery?</FONT></I></B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"> <font size="+0"> <p> <strong> Emma Royde</strong> is a wealthy widow whose late husband, Andy, was the victim of a hit-and-run driver.&nbsp; Emma has a drink problem. And to make matters worse, she's had an anonymous letter, telling her that one of the beneficiaries in her will is going to kill her. So is it wise of her to invite them all to her home& ?&nbsp; Emma's guests are:</p> <p> <strong> Dan Druff:</strong> A retired police officer, who investigated Andy's death.<br /> <strong> Penny Sillen</strong>: Emma's sister, recently divorced, and her only blood relative.<br /> <strong> Lance Boyle</strong>: An old friend of Andy's, and chief accountant at Andy's company.<br /> <strong> Father Back</strong>: The priest who officiated at Andy's funeral. <br /> <strong> Tess Tykell</strong>: The surgeon who battled in vain to save Andy on the operating table.</p> <p> The script also calls for a <strong>Narrator </strong>who acts as master of ceremonies, distributing further evidence before the accusations, and revealing &nbsp;the solution at the end.</p> </font> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%" align = Center> &nbsp;</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%" style="height: 19px"> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>