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="VPSiteProject" CONTENT="file:///D|/Lazy%20Bee/Project.vpp"> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="Sudden Death at Thornbury Manor - a Dinner Theatre Murder Mystery by Chris Lewis and Carol Hutton, 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,Sudden,Death,Thornbury,Manor,Chris Lewis,Carol Hutton"> <META http-equiv="PICS-Label" content='(PICS 1.0 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" l r (SS~~000 1))'> <META NAME="GENERATOR" Content="Visual Page 2.0 for Windows"> <TITLE>Sudden Death at Thornbury Manor - 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="SDATM.jpg" /> &nbsp;&nbsp;<br /> <span style="font-size: 9pt"></span> <i><font color="Teal" size="7"><span style="color: teal">A Dinner Theatre Murder Mystery<br /> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: navy"><strong>by Chris Lewis & Carol Hutton</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 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%" style="height: 19px"><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 Opening Script</FONT> <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">An "Organiser's Overview" including general staging guidelines</FONT> <LI> Final Script - the denouement!&nbsp;<LI><FONT COLOR="black">Additional materials</FONT><font color="black"><UL> <LI><FONT COLOR="black">Solution sheets (for the audience to supply their guesses for "who dunnit")</font></li> <li>Hints for the audience (to help them with lines of interrogation)&nbsp;</li></ul> </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 during a meal as a mixture of a set drama and interaction between players and audience&nbsp;<LI>In this case <UL> <LI><strong><em> The drama is presented as a radio play, performed live - with the actors working like radio actors, in front of microphones, and members of the company creating live sound effects</em></strong> </UL> <LI> The acting company perform a scripted opening scene, at the end of which a murder takes place.&nbsp; (Since this is "an acting company performing a radio play" the audience hear the gun shots, but do not see the murderer!)<li>The acting company mingles with the "audience", answering their questions</li> <li>The audience try to spot the murderer</li> <li>There is a brief final script 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%" style="height: 304px"><FONT COLOR="black"><p> The radio play (performed on stage in front of old-fashioned microphones) takes place in 1954, in and around Thornbury Manor, home of the Maltravers family.</p> <p> <strong>Caroline Maltravers</strong> - Lady of the house - wife of Richard - mother to Alice & Rebecca <br /> <strong>Richard Maltravers</strong> - Entrepreneur - husband of Caroline - father to Alice & Rebecca<br /> <strong>Alice Maltraver</strong>s - Doctor's Receptionist and daughter. Currently lives with her parents <br /> <strong>Rebecca Maltravers</strong> - Second-born daughter. Artist and painter, currently living in St Ives<br /> <strong> John Cruickshank</strong> - Point-to-Point Trainer & Jockey - boyfriend of Alice Maltravers <br /> <strong> Susan Taylor</strong> - Housekeeper (and nanny to children when young) <br /> <strong> Mary Wells</strong> - Maid Alan Smith - Gardener/groom/odd-job man/chauffeur <br /> <strong> Harold Williams</strong> - Doctor</p> <p> At the end of rhe play, shots ring out as Richard Maltravers is murdered...</p> <p> In addition to the cast of the play, the acting company includes<br /> A BBC <strong>Newscaster </strong>(who acts as master of ceremonies)<br /> A <strong>Chief Sound Engineer</strong> and his <strong>Assistant</strong> (who together make the noises for the radio play)</p> </FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="black">&nbsp;</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%" style="height: 19px"> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>