Lazy Bee Scripts
Scripted 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.

Just Desserts [Murder Mystery] 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: 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. Click here for more details

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. Click here for more details

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. Click here for more details

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? 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. Click here for more details

A Legendary Death by Giles Black

Roles Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. Run Time Scripted Dialogue: 35 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 Professor Rupert Theakston is conceited, ambitious, extremely telegenic and a rising star in the world of television history. Tonight he is in the studios of Archaeology Quest where he will discuss his latest discovery, the legendary sword of Damocles. Helping things run smoothly - give or take the odd murder is the Director of Archaeology Quest (who has a minor scripted role - not a suspect - and can act as facilitator for the audience parts of the mystery). Price Script pack: £21.75  Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £35.50  Livestream to a non-paying audience for £17.75  Buy the pack and rights here. Click here for more details

Life After Murder by Ian McCutcheon

Roles Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. 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 members have to work out whodunnit. Synopsis As stipulated in his will, the investigation of the murder of Albert Hall takes place at a séance. Can the audience work out whodunnit before the culprit is revealed? Price Script pack: £21.25  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

Lights, Camera, 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: 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 Siddlington Studios is shooting the latest British blockbuster, 'A Bittersweet Affair', and competition winners (the audience) have been invited along for a day to watch the filming and to see what goes on behind the camera. Tensions are running high amongst the cast and crew and eventually spill over into a murder - but it's down to the audience to name the guilty! Price Script pack: £26.25  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. Click here for more details

The Monster Mashed by Debi Irene Wahl

Roles Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. Run Time Scripted Dialogue: 30 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 Doctor Dementia delights in detaining you at his deadly dinner. A monstrous murder is mandated to materialise! Aftewards, audacious accusations from the astute audience. Price Script pack: £20.25  Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £27.50  Livestream to a non-paying audience for £13.75  Buy the pack and rights here. Click here for more details

The Mouse Burger Murder by Brian Ormrod

Roles Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 10. Run Time Scripted Dialogue: 50 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 In a motorway service station burger bar, the old manager has left under a cloud and the staff - and some customers - are not happy with the new regime. There's trouble in the air (and a body on the ground)... Price Script pack: £22.50  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. Click here for more details

Murder Around the Clock by Karen Banfield

Roles Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. Run Time Scripted Dialogue: 40 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 Set in the 1950s, in Molly's Milkshake bar, a family reunion ends with an unexpected death. From the scripted dialogue, written clues and their interrogation of the suspects, the audience has to work out whodunnit. Price Script pack: £23.25  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. Click here for more details