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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| The Little Willey Murder by Ian McCutcheon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 9. |
| Run Time | Scripted Dialogue: 30 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 | The Little Willey Players are assembled to hear their director's latest controversial casting choices. But that's not the only shock they’ll get, as there is about to be a murder in the village... |
| 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. |
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| A Meal to Die For by Eileen Clark |
| 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. |
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| 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.
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Murder at Rancho Mucho Denaros by Joanne Mercer |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 8. |
| Run Time | Scripted Dialogue: 50 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 0 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 30 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 | Every year, Mary Moonshine invites guests (including the audience) to celebrate the anniversary of her Uncle Stinky who fell comatose after taste-testing his new moonshine recipe. The family hopes Stinky will finally awaken, so they may safely launch their new moonshine, Stinky’s Revenge. Unfortunately, the mix of guests lead to arguments and the arguments quickly spill-over into murder... |
| Price | Script pack: £23.50 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Murder at the Micropub by Gordon Lewis and Lynn Rushby |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. |
| Run Time | Scripted Dialogue: 60 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 15 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 10 minutes. |
| Style | A Murder Mystery for an acting company to perform to an audience. A mix of scripted elements and improvisation based on plot and character briefs. The audience questions the suspects and tries to work out whodunnit. |
| Synopsis | Mike and Sandra run the successful Drunken Duck micropub. However, Sandra plans to strike out on her own with Giuseppe, the chef. Jack, a rivak landlord, arrives for the quz night with local councillor Penny, but it's the unexpected arrival of Tanya, Mike’s wife, that really sets the cat among the pigeons – and before long, a body is discovered!
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| Price | Script pack: £20.50 Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £43.25 Livestream to a non-paying audience for £21.63 Buy the pack and rights here. |
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