More information about all the murder mysteries described below can be found on the Lazy Bee Scripts web site (click on the titles).
However, unlike the play scripts, we display 'tasters' instead of the entire contents because many groups run these competitively, and would not want their audiences to be
able to find out whodunnit in advance!
Prices and licensing arrangements can be found on the detailed pages or by clicking on the "Price" links.
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| Abram Skinner - A Steampunk Murder Mystery by Stuart Ardern |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. |
| Run Time | Scripted Dialogue: 35 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 0 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 30 minutes. |
| Style | A Murder Mystery which could be used at a private party (with guests taking roles) or performed to an audience. The actors perform a script. The audience questions the suspects and tries to work out whodunnit. |
| Synopsis | Inventor Abram Skinner is taking full advantages of the opportunities of the Steampunk age and has invited guests to the launch of his latest project. The invitees include the audience (if any) and a group of VIPs. There's an adventurer, a naval pilot, wealthy investors and industrialists, and, amongst them, an assassin...
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| Price | Script pack: £27.50 Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £34.50 Livestream to a non-paying audience for £17.25 Buy the pack and rights here. |
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Death of a Well-Spoken Gentleman by Stuart Ardern
Best Seller |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. |
| Run Time | Scripted Dialogue: 35 minutes. Improvised Dialogue: 0 minutes. Audience Interrogation: 0 minutes. |
| Style | A Murder Mystery which could be used at a private party (with guests taking roles) or performed to an audience. The actors perform a script. The audience members have to work out whodunnit. |
| Synopsis | The ladies of the Women's Institute are gathering to hear a talk on the history of a local family and their stately home, but there are undercurrents of resentment, jealousy and deceit. Then, just as the meeting is starting, the guest speaker is found murdered... WI members are called-upon to make witness statements (which could be read rather than memorised) and the audience is called-upon to solve the case. |
| Price | Script pack: £22.50 Fee per performance to an audience (or livestream to a paying audience): £32.00 Livestream to a non-paying audience for £16.00 Buy the pack and rights here. |
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