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="Foulplay at Fotheringhay - a Dinner Theatre Murder Mystery, for an event where the actors mingle play a scene then mingle with the guests, and the guests have to decide 'who dunnit'"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="Murder,Mystery,Dinner,Scenario,Event,Script,Whodunnit,Who,Dunnit,Foulplay,Fotheringhay,Foul,Play,Jane Morris"> <META http-equiv="PICS-Label" content='(PICS 1.0 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" l r (SS~~000 1))'> <TITLE>Foulplay at Fotheringhay - 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"> <span style="font-size: 48pt"><strong>Foulplay at Fotheringhay</strong></span></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"> <img src="Castle.jpg" /> <p align="center"> <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 Jane Morris</strong></span></font></i></p> </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 mingle so that they can be interrogated by the audience / guests</FONT> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">Lazy Bee Scripts provides the opening script and character briefs</FONT> &nbsp;<LI><FONT COLOR="black">The actors play the script then improvise their interactions with the audience</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><font color="black">An Opening Script</font> </li> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">A very short background brief for each character</FONT> <LI> Final Script - the denouement!&nbsp;<LI><font color="black"><FONT COLOR="black">Whodunnit sheets (for the audience to supply their guesses as to the identity of the murderer)</font> </font> </UL> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="black"></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"><B><FONT COLOR="black">Note that whilst Lazy Bee Scripts provides the opening and closing scripts - the set-up and the solution - the interaction with the audience must be improvised based on the character briefs!</FONT></B></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%"> <UL> <LI>The event is run as if the audience has been brought together for a special occasion <LI>In this case the gathering for Laura's 70th Birthday&nbsp;<LI> The acting company perform a scripted opening scene, at the end of which a murder is discovered<li>The acting company mingles with the "audience", answering their questions</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 COLOR="black"><p> At the birthday party, we find<br /> <strong> Laura</strong> - Widow of Ronald Murray, minister <br /> <strong> David</strong> - Eldest son, MP <br /> <strong> Anne</strong> - David s wife, secretary to publisher <br /> <strong>Simon</strong> - Middle son, research chemist for Pharmaceutical company <br /> <strong> Carole</strong> - Simon s wife, teacher <br /> <strong> Craig</strong> - Simon and Carole s teenage son <br /> <strong> James</strong> - Youngest son, factory owner <br /> <strong> Davina</strong> - James wife <br /> <strong>Mary</strong> - Housekeeper employed by owners of Castle Hall House. <br /> <strong> Mary Queen of Scots</strong> - optional brief appearance as a ghost at the start of final scene </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>