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.
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A Grand Design for Murder by Ian McCutcheon |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 8. |
Run Time | Scripted Dialogue: 25 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 | Rich Pikkins is a former professional burglar who made a great deal of money from his crimes. He used much of it to have his dream home built, and he and his partner have invited two friends to join them for an informal housewarming. But danger arises when uninvited guests arrive. |
Price | Script pack: £21.00 Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £29.50 Livestream to a non-paying audience for £14.75 Buy the pack and rights here. |
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The Great British Bump-Off by Lesley Gunn Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. |
Run Time | Scripted Dialogue: 40 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 | As baking fever hits the country, the village fete organisers in the village of Crabblebottom are delighted when celebrity chef Eduardo D’Angelo takes up residence and agrees to judge the annual cake baking competition. But this year there is a change of plan, as the bake-off turns into a bump-off. |
Price | Script pack: £23.25 Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £30.50 Livestream to a non-paying audience for £15.25 Buy the pack and rights here. |
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The Hadleigh Hall Inheritance by Jos Biggs |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. |
Run Time | Scripted Dialogue: 45 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 0 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 5 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 | Miss Frobisher is dying, and she has changed her will one final time - and not to the liking of her family. The will won't be legal until the signing, tomorrow. Under these feverish circumstances, the family gathers and the result is murder... Detectives Grabham and Bailey are called, but to solve the mystery, they need the help of the audience! |
Price | Script pack: £19.50 Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £30.25 Livestream to a non-paying audience for £15.13 Buy the pack and rights here. |
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A Hair-Raising Halloween by Lesley Gunn Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. |
Run Time | Scripted Dialogue: 70 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 0 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 15 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 | Victor the Vampire has a strange group of dead and unded characers living in his vast house. They decided to attend a Halloween party, where they can mix without causing panic. The last thing on their minds was a murder in their midst – after all, how do you murder the already dead or the undead? With a dead body and hair-raising revelations sending shockwaves through the spooky group, it is down to one detective (and the audience) to solve the crime... but who will do the time? |
Price | Script pack: £22.75 Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £41.75 Livestream to a non-paying audience for £20.88 Buy the pack and rights here. |
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Harvey's Wallbanger by Lesley Gunn |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. |
Run Time | Scripted Dialogue: 80 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 | A body is discovered before a meeting of the Marshtown Cocktail Club. The club has not been running smoothly, and the prominent members are all suspects. The audience investigates (under the guidance of Detective Inspector Abbott). |
Price | Script pack: £24.25 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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An Inspector Pops In by Richard Adams |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. |
Run Time | Scripted Dialogue: 70 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 0 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 5 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 | Detective Inspector Ben Cleveleys pops in and out of the action and the imagination of the entourage of an actor caught-up in a tangled case of murder. |
Price | Script pack: £24.50 Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £39.25 Livestream to a non-paying audience for £19.63 Buy the pack and rights here. |
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Just Desserts [Murder Mystery] by Andrew Hull Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. |
Run Time | Scripted Dialogue: 60 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 members have to work out whodunnit. |
Synopsis | At the opening of celebrity chef Raymond Myers's new themed restaurant there are staff and guests with grudges, not to mention Raymond's notoriously abrasive temprament. Someone is going to get their just desserts and the audience need to work out whodunnit. |
Price | Script pack: £25.50 Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £52.00 Livestream to a non-paying audience for £26.00 Buy the pack and rights here. |
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Killer Chili by Debi Irene Wahl Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. |
Run Time | Scripted Dialogue: 60 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 0 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 15 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 | An old diner, in a small town in the southern United States, ruled by a despot sheriff. Even Mean Ole Henry, the diner’s resident cat, hates the sheriff. Because of illegal activities that span several states, the FBI has an agent working undercover - which comes in handy when there's a murder... |
Price | Script pack: £22.25 Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £39.75 Livestream to a non-paying audience for £19.88 Buy the pack and rights here. |
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Killing Thyme by Lesley Gunn |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. |
Run Time | Scripted Dialogue: 50 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 1925 Killington Annual Village Fete and Vegetable Show has its normal round of gossip, rivalry, argument and skulduggery interrupted by a murder. The audience investigates (with the help of detectives Moody and Sullen). |
Price | Script pack: £22.25 Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £34.50 Livestream to a non-paying audience for £17.25 Buy the pack and rights here. |
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The Knife Before Christmas by Ian McCutcheon |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. |
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 members have to work out whodunnit. |
Synopsis | Fry and Boyle is an old-fashioned, family-run department store. Lance Boyle has recently taken control of the business, but his drunken, lecherous behaviour has upset many of the staff. Lance has agreed to partake in the traditional staff Christmas party, but does he have an ulterior motive?
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Price | Script pack: £21.00 Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £34.00 Livestream to a non-paying audience for £17.00 Buy the pack and rights here. |
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