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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.

Scripts 21 to 30 of 1919
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Murder on Air by Andrew Hull
RolesMinimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10.
Run TimeScripted Dialogue: 45 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 0 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 20 minutes.
StyleA 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.
SynopsisIt is September 1957 and the cast of long-running radio play, Major Siddlington Rides Out, are preparing to record the final episode. A select audience has been invited to witness this historic event and meet the cast and crew. However, tensions are running high and the cast and crew prove to be not quite the happy family that the public have been led to believe…
PriceScript pack: £26.25  Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £49.00  Livestream to a non-paying audience for £24.50  Buy the pack and rights here.
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Murder on the Home Front by Andrew Hull
RolesMinimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10.
Run TimeScripted Dialogue: 45 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 0 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 10 minutes.
StyleA Murder Mystery for an acting company to perform to an audience. The actors perform a script. The audience members have to work out whodunnit.
SynopsisA fundraising event during the second world war is interrupted by a murder. Suspicion falls on the members of the organising committee. It's up to the audience to find out the real villain.
PriceScript pack: £25.00  Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £44.50  Livestream to a non-paying audience for £22.25  Buy the pack and rights here.
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Oliver with a Twist by Die Laughing Murder Mysteries
RolesMinimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6.
Run TimeScripted Dialogue: 0 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 100 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 0 minutes.
StyleA 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.
SynopsisAn adult Oliver Twist, now a wealthy philanthropist, holds a fund-raising dinner, inviting a number of associates from his less-privileged childhood. But the evening soon descends into mayhem and murder. Who would ‘do anything’ for revenge?
PriceScript pack: £19.25  Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £42.00  Livestream to a non-paying audience for £21.00  Buy the pack and rights here.
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Pass the Poison by Jenny Gilbert
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7.
Run TimeScripted Dialogue: 0 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 40 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 0 minutes.
StyleA 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.
SynopsisThe village hall party to celebrate the retirement of Betty Blocker is interrupted by the untimely death of one of the guests!
PriceScript pack: £20.00  Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £24.00  Livestream to a non-paying audience for £12.00  Buy the pack and rights here.
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Poison by Numbers by Jenny Gilbert
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7.
Run TimeScripted Dialogue: 0 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 70 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 15 minutes.
StyleA 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.
SynopsisEveryone in the village who has money has been invited to artist Charles Crimson’s workshop to have an advanced viewing of his paintings and sculptures. An event which should be a social highlight turns to a disaster when...
PriceScript pack: £20.25  Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £35.25  Livestream to a non-paying audience for £17.63  Buy the pack and rights here.
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Pub Mystery by Sean Dooley
RolesMinimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8.
Run TimeScripted Dialogue: 0 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 60 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 0 minutes.
StyleA Murder Mystery for a private party in which each of the guests takes a role. The actors improvise the dialogue based on plot and character briefs. The participants have to work out whodunnit.
SynopsisThe landlord has called all his staff together for a meeting to discuss the future of the pub. On the agenda are things such as an increase in prices, the quality of the food, the cleanliness of the rooms and an idea to re-develop the bar area to make it more sociable. It seems set to be a night of business, but soon the business turns to murder...
PriceScript pack: £20.00  Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £30.00  Livestream to a non-paying audience for £15.00  Buy the pack and rights here.
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Raising the Dead by Alexi Stonehouse
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 7.
Run TimeScripted Dialogue: 0 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 80 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 30 minutes.
StyleA 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.
SynopsisThe audience are (supposedly) guests at a séance, however a murder amongst the VIPs (the cast) stalls the proceedings. The cast mingle with the audience, revealing information under audience interrogation. But can the audience identify the murderer?
PriceScript pack: £19.50  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.
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A Recipe for Murder by Really Horrid Productions
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 8.
Run TimeScripted Dialogue: 0 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 80 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 0 minutes.
StyleA 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.
SynopsisClint Plumb has invited an audience of valued customers and a few special guests to announce the long anticipated extension plans for the event venue. 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!
PriceScript pack: £20.75  Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £37.00  Livestream to a non-paying audience for £18.50  Buy the pack and rights here.
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Robin Hood and His Merry Menace by Die Laughing Murder Mysteries
RolesMinimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6.
Run TimeScripted Dialogue: 0 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 90 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 0 minutes.
StyleA 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.
SynopsisThe historical re-enactment society is thrown into chaos when the chairman's proposal to rescue the society's finances is blocked by his wife (for reasons of historical inaccuracy). The squabbling eventually leads to a murder. Can PC Leighton Buzzard, a member of the society, solve the crime? Well, not by himself, obviously...
PriceScript pack: £19.75  Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £40.50  Livestream to a non-paying audience for £20.25  Buy the pack and rights here.
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The School Reunion by Archie Wilson
RolesMinimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 12.
Run TimeScripted Dialogue: 30 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 100 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 10 minutes.
StyleA 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.
SynopsisIt is 1995 and ‘A’ stream pupils from the Alderman Woodrow Secondary Modern School years 1960 to 1970 are having a reunion. Initiated by Wendy Parkhurst each member has been requested to wear St. Trinian style outfits or short trousers, shirt and tie for the men. Set in a village hall, with a three course meal, comprising “School Dinner” type food, the ex-pupils catch up with each other. Old rivalries surface jealously abounds.
PriceScript pack: £22.75  Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £52.50  Livestream to a non-paying audience for £26.25  Buy the pack and rights here.
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Scripts 21 to 30 of 1919
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