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Curtain Up On Murder
Bettine Manktelow
Dead Man's Hand
by Seymour Matthews
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"In 'Dead Man's Hand,' suspense and poker collide as a high-stakes game reveals deadly secrets."
From: Mystery and Thriller ScriptsSynopsis
This captivating thriller employs a play within a play theme in a singularly exciting manner.
At first, it seems to be the usual "Agatha Christie" type play two couples lured to a remote Italian villa to be murdered one by one.
It is only when this play is well advanced that we learn we are watching actors rehearsing their own murder mystery.
It is shortly after this, when two of these actors have been murdered in the same manner as the characters in their own play, that the twists and turns begin to tease the audience.3 women, 3 men
Press Reviews
"A teasing, very theatrical play which dares to laugh at itself and its genre until the Dead Man shows his hand."
— East Essex Gazette
Publication
Publisher Samuel French
Year 1986
Binding Paperback
Pages 60
Place London
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573016189
ISBN-10 0573016186
LCCN 87142858
LCC PR6063.A8638 D44 1985
DCC 822/.914
Dead Man's Hand is a British mystery play written by Seymour Matthews and published by Samuel French in London (1986).
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Restrictions: Major Markets Only (US) / Standard Restriction (UK)
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