flp88: Murder at Sunnyvale Spa by Theresa Stoker
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Summary Performance History
This hilarious murder mystery spoof was first performed in Dionysos Taverna, Stoupa, Greece in January 2011. It was played as an interactive Murder Mystery. A meal was served between the acts and the actors remained in character, going from table to table to be interrogated by the guests. Each table then decided who they thought was the killer, and prizes were awarded.
This hilarious murder mystery spoof was first performed in Dionysos Taverna, Stoupa, Greece in January 2011. It was played as an interactive Murder Mystery. A meal was served between the acts and the actors remained in character, going from table to table to be interrogated by the guests. Each table then decided who they thought was the killer, and prizes were awarded.
Genre
Comedy
Comedy
Script Notes
Synopsis
It’s 1923 and Mrs Theta Echo and Miss Daisy Dawson are struggling to keep Sunnyvale Hotel and Spa afloat. Currently their only guest is the retired African Explorer, David Copley. Hope arrives in the shape of a young heiress, Imogen Heathcote, and her entourage soon follows. Why is Theta so nervous? What hold does the dogsbody Grant have over her? Is the mysterious Colonel all he seems? Will Imogen be seduced by the cad, Cathcart? Will her long lost Uncle turn up? Blackmail, intrigue and murder are all on offer at Sunnyvale Hotel and Spa, alongside the therapeutic massage and Thé Dansant.The Cast List
- MISS DAISY DAWSON
- Co-owner of the Sunnyvale Hotel
- MRS THETA ECHO
- Co-owner of the Sunnyvale Hotel
- MISS IMOGEN HEATHCOTE
- An orphan
- MISS XANTHI LEEBURY
- Her companion
- MRS MIRANDA CAMPBELL
- A divorcee
- MISS EDWINA SPELT
- A secretary
- ANTHONY CATHCART
- A fortune-hunter, brother to Mrs Campbell
- COLONEL AMSTEAD
- A military gentleman
- MR ALBERT WAUGH
- A solicitor (his name is pronounced WOFF)
- MR DAVID COPLEY
- An adventurer
- GRANT
- A dogsbody
