Murder At Minsing Manor
by Richard Simon, Michael Simon

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Synopsis

Murder at Minsing Manor: A Nancy Boys Mystery

by Michael Simon and Richard Simon

Full-length play, Comedy/Mystery/Thriller 8 males, 2 females

The only play by outside playwrights ever to be produced by the legendary Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Murder at Minsing Manor brims with irreverent wit.

TV horror-show host Marius Minsing is killed on the air, much to the dismay of would-be detectives Buddy and Bob (adolescent boys played by women) who are his biggest fans.

Minsing's cross dressing lover, finds herself the head of Minsing Manor, a Gothic mansion in postwar suburbia.

While the murderer stalks, she struggles to support the household without implicating herself, to protect Minsing's live-in protégé (a half man/half woman sideshow veteran) and to keep at bay the forces of authority: church, state, and the mob.

Bob and Buddy's sleuthing unintentionally brings this mystery to its shattering conclusion.

REVIEWS

"Happy, dizzy and very pleasurable."

- N.Y.

Times

"[An] antic romp."

- New Yorker

"High flying hilarity."

- Manhattan Mirror

"Outrageously funny."

- Greenwich Village Press

Press Reviews

"[An] antic romp."

— New Yorker

"High flying hilarity."

— Manhattan Mirror

"Outrageously funny."

— Greenwich Village Press

"Happy, dizzy and very pleasurable."

— N.Y. Times

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
Year 2023
Binding Paperback
Pages 114
Place London
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573695599
ISBN-10 0573695598
LCCN 96092345
LCC PS3569.I4829M87 1996
DCC 822.914

Murder At Minsing Manor is a American comedy play written by Richard Simon and published by Samuel French in London (2023).

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