A Murder Has Been Arranged
by Emlyn Williams

Name: A Murder Has Been Arranged
Brand: Emlyn Williams
SKU: 9780573612626
Rating: 3.5 (10 reviews)

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Highlights

Medium Cast

Female

Male

1930s Interior Set Period Costumes British

Synopsis

Melodrama / 4m, 5f / Int. In this unique thriller that has playgoers gripping their seats, Sir Charles Jasper is an eccentric who delves into the mystical.

He is due to inherit two million pounds on his fortieth birthday and plans to celebrate the occasion with a party on the stage of the St. James' Theater, supposedly haunted because of several mysterious deaths years ago.

The merriment is interrupted by Maurice, the Sir Charles's hitherto missing nephew and the recipient of the legacy in the event of his death.

Maurice, who claims to be a novelist, induces his uncle to write what he claims to be a chapter for his new book.

It is too late when it dawns on Sir Charles that he is writing a suicide note for he has just drained a fatal drink concocted by the nephew.

In the third act, the birthday guests employ subtle and ingenious tactics to force Maurice to confess.

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Cavendish the Band Conductor, a pleasant, matter-of-fact man, the personification of ordinary	—	—	the Band Conductor, a pleasant, matter-of-fact man, the personification of ordinary
Mrs. Wragg a cook, fat, middle-aged	—	—	a cook, fat, middle-aged
Jimmy North a good-looking, boyish young man	—	—	a good-looking, boyish young man
Beatrice Jasper a very pretty girl of 20	—	—	a very pretty girl of 20
Mrs. Arthur her mother - a handsome, sharp-faced woman of forty-five, not quite well-bred and born a bully	female	—	her mother - a handsome, sharp-faced woman of forty-five, not quite well-bred and born a bully
Sir Charles Jasper a mild, professional gentleman with grey hair, near 50	—	—	a mild, professional gentleman with grey hair, near 50
Maurice Mullins a young man	—	—	a young man
A Woman slim and dark, with a strange irregular beauty, her hands are fine and long, of any age, surrounded by an atmosphere of unreal placidity	female	—	slim and dark, with a strange irregular beauty, her hands are fine and long, of any age, surrounded by an atmosphere of unreal placidity
Miss Groze about 30, pretty in a hard way	—	—	about 30, pretty in a hard way