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="A Recipe For Murder - a Murder Mystery scenario, ideal for staging at a Murder Mystery Dinners. Two murders, lots of fun and the audience has to guess 'who dunnit'"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="Murder,Mystery,Dinner,Scenario,Script,Event,Whodunnit,Who,Dunnit,audience"> <META http-equiv="PICS-Label" content='(PICS 1.0 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" l r (SS~~000 1))'> <TITLE>A Recipe For Murder - a murder mystery scenario</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="white"> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" BGCOLOR="white"> <TR> <td rowspan=4 valign=top> <IMG SRC="RecipeForMurder.jpg" WIDTH="250" ALIGN="TOP" BORDER="0"> </td> <TD WIDTH="100%" valign=bottom> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><I><FONT SIZE="7" COLOR="maroon"><strong>A Recipe For Murder</strong><br /> A Murder Mystery Event</FONT></I> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%" >&nbsp;</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%" Align = Center><B><I><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="maroon">What's it all about?</FONT></I></B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%" valign=top> <UL> <LI><FONT size = "4" COLOR="black">A murder mystery event in which the actors mingle and interact with the audience / guests</FONT> <LI><FONT size = "4" COLOR="black">Lazy Bee Scripts provides the scenario</FONT> <LI><FONT size = "4" COLOR="black">The actors improvise the dialogue based on the scenario</FONT> </UL> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%" colspan=2>&nbsp;</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%" colspan=2 style="height: 21px"><B><I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="maroon">What's does Lazy Bee Scripts provide?</FONT></I></B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%" colspan=2><FONT COLOR="black">Lazy Bee Scripts supplies a pack of material for the performing company including:-</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%" colspan=2> <UL> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">A &quot;narrative arc&quot; for the murder, covering</FONT> <UL> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">Essential events</FONT> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">Essential plot points</FONT> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">The resolution!</FONT> </UL> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">A background brief for each character</FONT> <UL> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">Character description</FONT> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">Character history</FONT> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">Motivation</FONT> </UL> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">General staging guidelines</FONT> <UL> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">Recommendations for preparation</FONT> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">Guidelines for improvisation (and how to deal with awkward members of the audience!)</FONT> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">Preparing the venue for the event (making sure that the staff don't throw the actors out for bad behaviour!)</FONT> </UL> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">Audience &quot;Detective Sheets&quot;</FONT> <UL> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">So the audience can guess who-dunnit (and, possibly, win a prize)</FONT> </UL> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">Collateral material to make the &quot;event&quot; more realistic</FONT> <UL> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">Allows you to print table cards and a food menu for distribution at the event</FONT> </UL> </UL> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%" colspan=2><FONT COLOR="black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%" colspan=2><B><FONT COLOR="black">Note that Lazy Bee Scripts does not provide a 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 dialogue based on the &quot;narrative arc.&quot;</FONT></B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%" colspan=2>&nbsp;</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%" colspan=2> <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 Murder Mystery Event?</FONT> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%" colspan=2> <UL> <LI>The scenario is run as if the audience has been brought together for a special occasion <LI>In this case <UL> <LI>The event is a dinner to announce plans for a new extension to the venue in which you are performing. Details are left open enough for you to set this in a hotel, restaurant, golf club or similar without major modifications to the plot and narrative. <LI>The extension is expected to include a top class restaurant and 50 five star room. <LI>The "audience" has the role of the people invited to the launch  valued customers and patrons of the venue <LI>As the actors progress with the unveiling of the plans, the plot mystery develops until one of the characters is found murdered... </UL> </UL> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </CENTER> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%" colspan=2>&nbsp;</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%" colspan=2><B><I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="maroon">What's in this Scenario?</FONT></I></B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%" colspan=2><p><b>The time is the present. </b>Clint Plumb, manager of the venue has invited an audience of valued customers and a few special guests to announce the long anticipated extension plans.</p> <p> In addition to Clint, other notable guests at the dinner include:<br /> <strong> Brad Temple: </strong>CEO Europe for the chain that owns the venue.<br /> <strong> Antoinette Wirral-Timpson: </strong>the venue s Sous-Chef.<br /> <strong> Dorothy Barking: </strong>the dotty previous owner of the venue and now a  regular .<br /> <strong> Albert  Grizzly Bear: </strong>Food franchise magnate!<br /> <strong> Tanya Tucker: </strong>Former waitress and now reality TV  celebrity .<br /> <strong> Shelly Beach: </strong>Clint s partner and Feng Shui Master.</p> <p>What should be a cause for celebration quickly descends into chaos as what Clint reveals is not quite what everyone expected! Sordid secrets, recriminations and blackmail finally end in a double murder!</p> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%" colspan=2><FONT COLOR="black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%" colspan=2><B><I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="maroon">What do I need to Buy?</FONT></I></B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%" colspan=2><FONT COLOR="black">Lazy Bee Scripts charges two fees:-</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%" colspan=2> <UL> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">A flat fee of </FONT><B><FONT COLOR="black">&pound;20 for the murder mystery scenario pack</FONT></B> <UL> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">Downloadable from the Internet as a Zip file</FONT> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">Containing master files (in .doc and .pdf formats) of all the essential materials</FONT> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">Can be used multiple times by your acting company (but you must pay the performance fee for each performance)</FONT> </UL> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">A fee of </FONT><B><FONT COLOR="black">&pound;20 for each performance</FONT></B><FONT COLOR="black"> of the scenario (regardless of the &quot;audience&quot; size)</FONT> </UL> </TD> </TR> <tr><td colspan=2 width=100%>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=2 width=100%> <B><I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="maroon">In the pack, in addition to the scenario...</FONT></I></B></td></tr> <tr><td colspan=2 width=100% align=center><IMG SRC="Recipe for murder collage.jpg" /></td></tr> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>