Death By Chocolate
by Paul Freed

Name: Death By Chocolate
Brand: Paul Freed
SKU: 9780874402780
Rating: 3.17 (12 reviews)

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Highlights

Medium Cast

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90 mins Present Day Ensemble Cast Interior Set American Mystery Comedy

Synopsis

Members of the newly renovated Meadowbrook Health Resort are dropping like flies, including famed chef Edith Chiles!

On the eve of the grand re-opening, this is not the best advertisement.

It's up to John Stone, the manager, to find the cause and the murderer.

Delightfully sarcastic and cynical, Stone finds himself teaming up with Ed Parlor, mystery writer and amateur sleuth, in a wacky race against time.

The clues point to a sinister box of chocolates, and the suspects include all the outlandis

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Dyslexia Lady Riverdale's assistant and long-suffering secretary.	female	—	Lady Riverdale's assistant and long-suffering secretary.
John Stone the new manager of the Meadowbrook Health Resort (and how he got there, no one knows). He is quick-witted and finds almost everything absurd (a basic cynical sort of person).	male	—	the new manager of the Meadowbrook Health Resort (and how he got there, no one knows). He is quick-witted and finds almost everything absurd (a basic cynical sort of person).
Ralph Deadwood the Gym Manager and all-around cad. Knowing all about Lady Riverdale's past, he has used that knowledge to get whatever he can from her.	female	—	the Gym Manager and all-around cad. Knowing all about Lady Riverdale's past, he has used that knowledge to get whatever he can from her.
Margaret Daniels a very attractive woman who is trying to write a feature story on the resort for a leading gossip magazine.	female	—	a very attractive woman who is trying to write a feature story on the resort for a leading gossip magazine.
Alfred Mellox he is in charge of the janitorial staff and maintenance for the resort (a position given to him only because he was the trusted companion of the late Henry Meadowbrook). He is very stiff, rigid, and typical "butler-type" with a clipped British accent.	male	—	he is in charge of the janitorial staff and maintenance for the resort (a position given to him only because he was the trusted companion of the late Henry Meadowbrook). He is very stiff, rigid, and typical "butler-type" with a clipped British accent.
Edith Chiles the Head Chef. She is a rather large, buxom sort of woman with a jovial personality and New England Matronly manners (whatever that means).	female	—	the Head Chef. She is a rather large, buxom sort of woman with a jovial personality and New England Matronly manners (whatever that means).
Dick Simmering the Aerobics Instructor. Always garbed in a jogging outfit, he is a bright, hyperactive, effeminate person.	male	—	the Aerobics Instructor. Always garbed in a jogging outfit, he is a bright, hyperactive, effeminate person.
Anne the resort nurse who tends to panic at the slightest injury.	—	—	the resort nurse who tends to panic at the slightest injury.
Ed Parlor guest of Lady Riverdale's, he is a writer with a cheery disposition and enjoys the opportunity to try and solve the mysterious deaths by chocolate.	female	—	guest of Lady Riverdale's, he is a writer with a cheery disposition and enjoys the opportunity to try and solve the mysterious deaths by chocolate.
Henry Meadowbrook the founer of the Meadowbrook Health Resort, he is never seen since he dies in the opening moments of the play.	male	—	the founer of the Meadowbrook Health Resort, he is never seen since he dies in the opening moments of the play.
Lady Riverdale owner of Lady Riverdale Chocolates, Inc. and the new owner of the Meadowbrook Health Resort. She is the pompous, high society type except when occasionally required to use a "viscious street shrewdness" to survive.	female	—	owner of Lady Riverdale Chocolates, Inc. and the new owner of the Meadowbrook Health Resort. She is the pompous, high society type except when occasionally required to use a "viscious street shrewdness" to survive.