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.

Sudden Death at Thornbury Manor by Chris Lewis & Carol Hutton Best Seller

Roles Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 11. Run Time Scripted Dialogue: 80 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 0 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 35 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 A murder mystery presented as an old-fashioned radio play, with members of the company standing in front of microphones and making live sound-effects and announcements as they play-out the mystery, before mingling with the audience for informal interrogation. Price Script pack: £26.00  Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £53.75  Livestream to a non-paying audience for £26.88  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

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