Shady Business
by Robin Hawdon

Shady Business Book Cover
Shady Business Cover

Synopsis

Comedy / Characters: 5 male, 2 female Scenery: Interior Mandy and Tania are sexy but struggling nightclub dancers living in the heart of London's Soho nightlife, and they face a crisis.

Will possessive club owner Big Mack find out about Mandy's affair with Gerry and set his sidekicks on them?

Will he discover that he is owed money that was borrowed from the club's till, gambled and lost on the club's roulette table and then stolen from the day's take?

Will Gerry be discovered hiding in Mandy's bathroom?

Will Terry be caught delivering dinner?

Will Terry reveal that he is really Gerry and that Gerry is Terry?

Will anyone figure out what is going on, and will they all survive until the curtain comes down?

The action doesn't slow down from beginning to end in this madcap comedy by the author of Don't Dress for Dinner and Perfect Wedding "Packed with high-energy and mad comedy that rarely takes a breath until its side-splitting conclusion.''-Door County Advocate "Produces big surprises that delight and astonish.

It is 'Sopranos' with laughing gas.''-Green Bay Press

Performance

Cast

A small cast size of 7 total roles, 2 female and 5 male roles.

Publication

Publisher
Samuel French
Year Published
2004
ISBN 10
0573622574
ISBN 13
9780573622571
Binding
Mass Market Paperback
Print Length
104 pages
Place Published
London
Language
English
LCCN
2006386609
LCC
PS3558.A798 S53 2004x
DCC
812.54
Print
Shady Business is a British murder and mystery play written by and published by Samuel French in London, 2004. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9780573622571 and an ISBN-10 of 0573622574.

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