The Cat And The Canary
by John Willard

The Cat And The Canary

Synopsis

John Willard Melodrama Characters: 6 male, 4 female Multiple Interior Scenes The family of Ambrose West go to his castle on the Hudson to attend a reading of his will at midnight, just 20 years after his death.

His will designates that Annabelle West is his sole heir if there is no indication that she suffers from insanity.

Should she be unsound of mind, a second will is to be opened naming a different heir.

The family endeavors to unbalance Annabelle with tales of lunatics, murders, and death strikes.

Everyone among the possible heirs is suspected, but not until the final fall of the curtain is the extraordinary mystery solved.

Performance

Cast

A medium cast size of 10 total roles, 4 female and 6 male roles.

Publication

Publisher
Samuel French
Year Published
1953
ISBN 10
0573606846
ISBN 13
9780573606847
Binding
Paperback
Print Length
101 pages
Language
English
Print
The Cat And The Canary is a American murder and mystery play written by and published by Samuel French in 1953. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9780573606847 and an ISBN-10 of 0573606846.
Digital
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