The Cat and the Canary
by John Willard
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Readers have mixed feelings about the play's storyline and clarity. While some enjoy the eerie combination of horror and humor, others find it outdated and difficult to follow. The play's supernatural elements and suspense manage to engage a portion of the audience, but character development and quirks receive some criticism.
Synopsis
The family of Ambrose West go to his castle on the Hudson to attend a reading of his will at midnight, just 20 years after his death.
His will designates that Annabelle West is his sole heir if there is no indication that she suffers from insanity.
Should she be unsound of mind, a second will is to be opened naming a different heir.
The family endeavors to unbalance Annabelle with tales of lunatics, murders, and death strikes.
Everyone among the possible heirs is suspected, but not until the final fall of the curtain is the extraordinary mystery solved.
Characters
| Character |
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Hendricks guard at asylum |
Roger Crosby the lawyer |
Publication
The Cat and the Canary is a play written by John Willard and published by Samuel French (1953).
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