Lazy Bee Scripts
Murder Mystery - Search Results

More information about all the murder mysteries described below can be found on the Lazy Bee Scripts web site (click on the titles).
However, unlike the play scripts, we display 'tasters' instead of the entire contents because many groups run these competitively, and would not want their audiences to be able to find out whodunnit in advance!
Prices and licensing arrangements can be found on the detailed pages or by clicking on the "Price" links.

Sugar and Vice by Patricia Gay

Roles Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. Run Time Scripted Dialogue: 50 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 0 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 0 minutes. Style A Murder Mystery for an acting company to perform to an audience. The actors perform a script. The audience members have to work out whodunnit. Synopsis The year is 1888 and in the house of a prosperous sweet manufacturer something stirs. The stirring is done by the Cook, Mrs Enid Baggins, who is putting the final touches to the secret recipe for the Davenport Dreadnought Drops. Sales of this new product are expected to enhance the fortunes of the Davenport family. But Mrs Baggins is found drowned in her own concoction and foul play is suspected. Can Inspector Pratt solve the case? Indeed, can the audience? Price Script pack: £22.75  Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £33.00  Livestream to a non-paying audience for £16.50  Buy the pack and rights here. Click here for more details

They Never See It Coming by Die Laughing Murder Mysteries

Roles Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. Run Time Scripted Dialogue: 0 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 100 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 0 minutes. Style A Murder Mystery for an acting company to perform to an audience. The actors improvise the dialogue based on plot and character briefs. The audience members have to work out whodunnit. Synopsis The team behind the smash-hit ghost hunting show “Beyond Belief” gather to celebrate the winning of several awards. But one of the team is not entering into the spirit of things… Price Script pack: £20.75  Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £43.00  Livestream to a non-paying audience for £21.50  Buy the pack and rights here. Click here for more details

This Business of Murder by Mike Standing Best Seller

Roles Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 12. Run Time Scripted Dialogue: 60 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 0 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 10 minutes. Style A Murder Mystery for an acting company to perform to an audience. The actors perform a script. The audience members have to work out whodunnit. Synopsis Sir Alan Sweetener is not a very nice boss, so when he announces he is going to sell the family confectionary business to a company of asset-strippers, everyone (including his own family) has a motive for murder. Price Script pack: £23.50  Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £37.50  Livestream to a non-paying audience for £18.75  Buy the pack and rights here. Click here for more details

Til Death Do Us Part by Andrew Hull

Roles Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. Run Time Scripted Dialogue: 45 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 0 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 10 minutes. Style A Murder Mystery for an acting company to perform to an audience. The actors perform a script. The audience questions the suspects and tries to work out whodunnit. Synopsis The swirling undercurrents of a wedding rehearsal lead to a murder. It's up to the audience to work out whodunnit. Price Script pack: £25.25  Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £42.50  Livestream to a non-paying audience for £21.25  Buy the pack and rights here. Click here for more details

Torturellini by E. C. Chapman

Roles Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 12. Run Time Scripted Dialogue: 35 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 0 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 10 minutes. Style A Murder Mystery which could be used at a private party (with guests taking roles) or performed to an audience. The actors perform a script. The audience members have to work out whodunnit. Synopsis In Chicago in 1930, mafia boss Jimmy Mancini is hosting a wedding reception. His family, every member of his gangland elite, and all the wedding guests have axes to grind. A murder takes place toward the end of the evening and, aided by witness statements from the audience, FBI Agents Eliot Mess and Ellen Highwater must quickly find the culprit before gang warfare ensues. Price Script pack: £27.50  Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £36.50  Livestream to a non-paying audience for £18.25  Buy the pack and rights here. Click here for more details

A Vintage Murder by Andrew Hull

Roles Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. Run Time Scripted Dialogue: 60 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 0 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 10 minutes. Style A Murder Mystery for an acting company to perform to an audience. The actors perform a script. The audience members have to work out whodunnit. Synopsis August 1926. George and Mary are having an engagement party at his family home, hosted by his parents Sir Charles and Lady Jane Trumpington-Smyth. Family, staff and a few close friends have gathered to set up the ballroom before the guests arrive. But Sir Charles' past seems to be catching up with him and fans the flames of an already volatile afternoon. When shots ring out, it's up to the audience to work out whodunnit. Price Script pack: £25.25  Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £47.50  Livestream to a non-paying audience for £23.75  Buy the pack and rights here. Click here for more details

The Wake by Archie Wilson

Roles Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 11. Run Time Scripted Dialogue: 15 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 100 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 10 minutes. Style A Murder Mystery for an acting company to perform to an audience. A mix of scripted elements and improvisation based on plot and character briefs. The audience members have to work out whodunnit. Synopsis Havelock Cartwright, magician and illusionist, has died. He has asked that a wake be held in memory of his life and that people should have a “bloody good time”. To help matters along he has declared that his last will and testament be read during the wake. This is done and there are some very, very disgruntled family members, some of whom want revenge! Sherbert Holmes assists finding the culprit. Price Script pack: £21.75  Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £48.50  Livestream to a non-paying audience for £24.25  Buy the pack and rights here. Click here for more details

The Wedding Reception by Archie Wilson

Roles Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. Run Time Scripted Dialogue: 20 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 30 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 10 minutes. Style A Murder Mystery for an acting company to perform to an audience. A mix of scripted elements and improvisation based on plot and character briefs. The audience questions the suspects and tries to work out whodunnit. Synopsis The match between Dillon and Lindi is not to everyone's taste, and their wedding brings all the animosity within and between the two families to the surface... Price Script pack: £22.25  Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £32.00  Livestream to a non-paying audience for £16.00  Buy the pack and rights here. Click here for more details

Who Killed Rob Cockyn? by Ian McCutcheon

Roles Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 8. Run Time Scripted Dialogue: 25 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 0 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 20 minutes. Style A Murder Mystery for an acting company to perform to an audience. The actors perform a script. The audience questions the suspects and tries to work out whodunnit. Synopsis Rob Cockyn is in serious financial trouble. His chain of fish and chip restaurants, largely financed by loans from business associates and an ex-lover, is facing bankruptcy. Rob has been forced to call a creditors’ meeting. But has he had his chips? Price Script pack: £21.00  Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £33.00  Livestream to a non-paying audience for £16.50  Buy the pack and rights here. Click here for more details

Who Killed Santa Claus? by Archie Wilson

Roles Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 11. Run Time Scripted Dialogue: 0 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 40 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 35 minutes. Style A Murder Mystery for an acting company to perform to an audience. The actors improvise the dialogue based on plot and character briefs. The audience questions the suspects and tries to work out whodunnit. Synopsis It's Christmas and Lord Barnett Prime is celebrating in his usual bombastic, obnoxious fashion with his family, servants and guests (the audience). Things go exactly as Lord Prime intends, with the possible exception of the murder. DCI Sherbert Holmes investigates, with the help of the audience. Price Script pack: £21.50  Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £33.75  Livestream to a non-paying audience for £16.88  Buy the pack and rights here. Click here for more details