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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.

Scripts 1 to 7 of 7

Curiosity Killed the Caretaker by Patricia Gay
RolesMinimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 11.
Run TimeScripted Dialogue: 50 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 0 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 0 minutes.
StyleA Murder Mystery for an acting company to perform to an audience. The actors perform a script. The audience members have to work out whodunnit.
SynopsisIn 1953, a week after the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, staff and residents of the Jubilee Hotel for Retired Gentlewomen are shocked by the murder of the hotel caretaker. Detective Inspector Prince investigates - and the audience members make accusations.
PriceScript pack: £21.25  Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £32.00  Livestream to a non-paying audience for £16.00  Buy the pack and rights here.
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Dig For Vengeance by Patricia Gay
RolesMinimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8.
Run TimeScripted Dialogue: 40 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 0 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 0 minutes.
StyleA Murder Mystery for an acting company to perform to an audience. The actors perform a script. The audience members have to work out whodunnit.
SynopsisThe explosive murder of an outwardly popular villager brings Detective Inspector Murray to Sodbury End, where outward appearances prove to be deceptive - not everyone was happy with the behaviour of the late Mrs Jardine...
PriceScript 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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Ding Dong Dell - Kitty's Down The Well! by Patricia Gay
RolesMinimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8.
Run TimeScripted Dialogue: 50 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 0 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 0 minutes.
StyleA Murder Mystery for an acting company to perform to an audience. The actors perform a script. The audience members have to work out whodunnit.
SynopsisKitty Blaine, the casting director of a pre-war repertory company, has been stabbed and her body dumped in a well – a prop made of canvas and plywood. Police Inspector Laura Lovelace is soon on the scene, but will need the help of the audience to find out whodunnit.
PriceScript pack: £21.75  Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £32.00  Livestream to a non-paying audience for £16.00  Buy the pack and rights here.
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Let Sleeping Frogs Die by Patricia Gay
RolesMinimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8.
Run TimeScripted Dialogue: 40 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 0 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 0 minutes.
StyleA Murder Mystery for an acting company to perform to an audience. The actors perform a script. The audience members have to work out whodunnit.
SynopsisMonsieur le Comte d’Avignon, a wealthy French aristocrat exiled in London, has not arisen in time for his usual evening drink at the Yacht Club. The Comte’s two squabbling ex-wives and his drinking pal, the Colonel, discover the Comte dead.
PriceScript pack: £21.25  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 Murder Has Been Arranged by Patricia Gay
RolesMinimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10.
Run TimeScripted Dialogue: 55 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 0 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 0 minutes.
StyleA Murder Mystery for an acting company to perform to an audience. The actors perform a script. The audience members have to work out whodunnit.
SynopsisA 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.
PriceScript 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.
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Murder on the Overnight Express by Patricia Gay
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RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8.
Run TimeScripted Dialogue: 60 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 0 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 0 minutes.
StyleA Murder Mystery for an acting company to perform to an audience. The actors perform a script. The audience members have to work out whodunnit.
SynopsisA 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).
PriceScript 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.
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Sugar and Vice by Patricia Gay
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RolesMinimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9.
Run TimeScripted Dialogue: 50 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 0 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 0 minutes.
StyleA Murder Mystery for an acting company to perform to an audience. The actors perform a script. The audience members have to work out whodunnit.
SynopsisThe year is 1888 and in the house of a prosperous sweet manufacturer something stirs. The stirring is done by the Cook, Mrs Enid Baggins, who is putting the final touches to the secret recipe for the Davenport Dreadnought Drops. Sales of this new product are expected to enhance the fortunes of the Davenport family. But Mrs Baggins is found drowned in her own concoction and foul play is suspected. Can Inspector Pratt solve the case? Indeed, can the audience?
PriceScript pack: £22.75  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.
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