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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| Murder on the Home Front 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: 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 members have to work out whodunnit. |
| Synopsis | A fundraising event during the second world war is interrupted by a murder. Suspicion falls on the members of the organising committee. It's up to the audience to find out the real villain. |
| Price | Script pack: £25.00 Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £44.50 Livestream to a non-paying audience for £22.25 Buy the pack and rights here. |
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| A Silent but Deadly Auction by E. Scott Icenhower |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. |
| Run Time | Scripted Dialogue: 20 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 0 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 5 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 | An attorney is running a silent auction to dispose of some of the effects of the late businessman, Jacob Thorbridge, in the presence of some of his colleagues. A detective arrives to announce that Thornbridge was murdered. Can the audience work out whodunnit? |
| Price | Script pack: £19.00 Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £23.25 Livestream to a non-paying audience for £11.63 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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| Downtown Crabbey by Joanne Mercer |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. |
| Run Time | Scripted Dialogue: 15 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 0 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 5 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 | It is around 1900. A Hotel Inspector is due to inspect Downtown Crabbey, a hotel designed for young American travellers to feel at home in London. His arrival is causing something of a panic, but before he can complete his work, events take an unfortunate turn… |
| Price | Script pack: £21.00 Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £21.25 Livestream to a non-paying audience for £10.63 Buy the pack and rights here. |
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| Murder on Air 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: 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 | It is September 1957 and the cast of long-running radio play, Major Siddlington Rides Out, are preparing to record the final episode. A select audience has been invited to witness this historic event and meet the cast and crew. However, tensions are running high and the cast and crew prove to be not quite the happy family that the public have been led to believe… |
| Price | Script pack: £26.25 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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| Anne Gets Cleaved by Die Laughing Murder Mysteries |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. |
| Run Time | Scripted Dialogue: 0 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 90 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 0 minutes. |
| Style | A Murder Mystery for an acting company to perform to an audience. The actors improvise the dialogue based on plot and character briefs. The audience members have to work out whodunnit. |
| Synopsis | The year is 1526 in the reign of King Henry VIII. The king is on tour, and his arrival at a manor house is eagerly anticipated. There's a speech from the host and a dodgy cardinal selling relics, but before the King arrives, one of the guests is murdered and on the body is discovered the calling card of deadly assassin The Thrush |
| Price | Script pack: £20.00 Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £41.50 Livestream to a non-paying audience for £20.75 Buy the pack and rights here. |
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| The Hadleigh Hall Inheritance by Jos Biggs |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. |
| Run Time | Scripted Dialogue: 45 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 0 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 5 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 | Miss Frobisher is dying, and she has changed her will one final time - and not to the liking of her family. The will won't be legal until the signing, tomorrow. Under these feverish circumstances, the family gathers and the result is murder...
Detectives Grabham and Bailey are called, but to solve the mystery, they need the help of the audience! |
| Price | Script pack: £19.50 Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £30.25 Livestream to a non-paying audience for £15.13 Buy the pack and rights here. |
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| 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. |
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| Dial M for Monster by Die Laughing Murder Mysteries |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. |
| Run Time | Scripted Dialogue: 0 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 90 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 0 minutes. |
| Style | A Murder Mystery for an acting company to perform to an audience. The actors improvise the dialogue based on plot and character briefs. The audience members have to work out whodunnit. |
| Synopsis | SCREAM!, the Secret Coven Reuniting Evil and Monsters holds an annual meeting to review the past year's mayhem and to look forward to the new. Their leader, Granny, the little old lady, who has ruled the organisation with an iron fist, is planning to retire. Everyone hopes to be the new top dog (especially the Werewolf - well, he has the pedigree.) However, Granny reveals that she has different ideas... |
| Price | Script pack: £21.00 Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £40.50 Livestream to a non-paying audience for £20.25 Buy the pack and rights here. |
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| Dying For A Drink 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: 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 | Emma Royde is a wealthy widow with a drink problem. And to make matters worse, she’s had an anonymous letter, telling her that one of the beneficiaries in her will is going to kill her. So is it wise of her to invite them all to her home…….? |
| Price | Script pack: £21.50 Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £31.00 Livestream to a non-paying audience for £15.50 Buy the pack and rights here. |
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