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.

A Meal to Die For by Eileen Clark Best Seller

Roles Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. Run Time Scripted Dialogue: 40 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 A village organising committee meets over a meal to say farewell to a member. The relaxed social occasion is interrupted by undercurrents which lead to a murder. Price Script pack: £20.25  Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £28.00  Livestream to a non-paying audience for £14.00  Buy the pack and rights here. Click here for more details

Murder at Dragon's Nest by Patricia Riley

Roles Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 8. Run Time Scripted Dialogue: 90 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 Peter Ellis Marshall, returns home to Dragon's Nest after a car crash that killed his wife and left him wheelchair-bound. He finds relatives, colleagues, and a murderous atmosphere waiting for him. Price Script pack: £24.50  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. Click here for more details

Murder at Morpeth Manor by Eileen Clark

Roles Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. Run Time Scripted Dialogue: 40 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 Inspector Grayson is reminiscing about a notorious murder case he was involved in at Morpeth Manor Hotel which occurred just as the last guests were preparing to leave. He enlists the help of the audience as events are replayed for their benefit. Price Script pack: £20.50  Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £28.00  Livestream to a non-paying audience for £14.00  Buy the pack and rights here. Click here for more details

Murder At The Chateau by Roger Lee

Roles Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. Run Time Scripted Dialogue: 80 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 In the summer of 1944, with the Battle of Normandy raging close by, Lafosse found himself back at Château Brioche along with a disparate multi-national group. But then there was a murder... Price Script pack: £23.25  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. Click here for more details

A Murder Has Been Arranged by Patricia Gay Best Seller

Roles Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. Run Time Scripted Dialogue: 55 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 A wedding ceremony is going to be held at Castle Crantham, home of the Earl of Crantham. The marriage has been arranged by wealthy rival developers, and the bride isn't happy. In fact, there are many grudges in play and Inspector Gorse has to be called-in to investigate a murder. 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

Murder in Cheddar Gorge by Scott Elias

Roles Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. Run Time Scripted Dialogue: 55 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 In Cheddar Gorge, an ice-age family is hunting the local megafauna and warming themselves in a cave. However, all is not well, there is discontent between the family members and disruption from outside, leading to a murder. Can the audience find the solution before the local shaman? Price Script pack: £22.25  Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £35.00  Livestream to a non-paying audience for £17.50  Buy the pack and rights here. Click here for more details

A Murder Most Legal by Roger Lee

Roles Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 12. Run Time Scripted Dialogue: 60 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 Murdoch 'Doc' McNee is the less-than-competent senior partner in a legal practice. Things come to a head whilst his office is being decorated and he has to use the reception area where stroppy staff and difficult clients are bound on various collision courses. The reading of a will brings enmity and angst to the fore - a trigger for murder... Price Script pack: £18.25  Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £36.00  Livestream to a non-paying audience for £18.00  Buy the pack and rights here. Click here for more details

Murder on the Menu by Jane Morris

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: 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 Things are not going well at McMurdo Manor restaurant - there's chaos in the kitchen, unhappy diners and, to cap it all, a dead body... Price Script pack: £20.25  Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £29.00  Livestream to a non-paying audience for £14.50  Buy the pack and rights here. Click here for more details

Murder on the Overnight Express by Patricia Gay Best Seller

Roles Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. Run Time Scripted Dialogue: 60 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 A body is found in a First Class sleeping berth of an overnight train in the 1960s. The train is shunted to a siding, where the remaining passengers and staff are corralled into a disused waiting room where Inspector Pluckett investigates (with the audience). Price Script pack: £22.00  Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £35.00  Livestream to a non-paying audience for £17.50  Buy the pack and rights here. Click here for more details

Seance for Murder by Angela Lanyon

Roles Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. Run Time Scripted Dialogue: 70 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 Evelyn Johnson has come to clairvoyant Alice Parkin with other believers (and a few sceptics) trying to contact the dead. Unexpectedly, someone is destined to join them. Price Script pack: £23.00  Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £38.00  Livestream to a non-paying audience for £19.00  Buy the pack and rights here. Click here for more details