The Play That Goes Wrong
by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, Henry Shields

The Play That Goes Wrong Book Cover
The Play That Goes Wrong Cover

Synopsis

Good evening. I'm Inspector Carter.

Take my case.

This must be Charles Haversham!

I'm sorry, this must've given you all a damn shock.

After benefitting from a large and sudden inheritance, the inept and accident-prone Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society embark on producing an ambitious 1920s murder mystery.

They are delighted that neither casting issues nor technical hitches currently stand in their way.

However, hilarious disaster ensues and the cast start to crack under the pressure, but can they get the production back on track before the final curtain falls?

The Play That Goes Wrong is a farcical murder mystery, a play within a play, conceived and performed by award-winning company Theatre Mischief.

It was first published as a one-act play and is published in this new edition as a two-act play.

Performance

Cast

A medium cast size of 8 total roles, 2 female and 6 male roles.

Publication

Publisher
Methuen
Year Published
2015
ISBN 10
1474244947
ISBN 13
9781474244947
Binding
Paperback
Edition
2nd Revised ed.
Print Length
82 pages
Language
English
LCC
PR6112.E8926
eISBN 13
9781474244954
Print
The Play That Goes Wrong is a British teenage play written by and published by Methuen in 2015. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9781474244947 and an ISBN-10 of 1474244947.
Digital
ePlay digital editions are available on Amazon Kindle Google Play with an ISBN-13 of 9781474244954.

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