a comedy thriller by Simon Brett

Directed by Jennifer Lewis

May 2004

Thursday 13th at 7.45 pm
Friday 14th at 7.45 pm
Saturday 15th at 7.45pm

There are some pictures on Murder In Play gallery page

As this production features a play within a play, the audience were provided with TWO programmes:

• the usual Guild Players Programme [57K pdf]
  
• the spoof Boris Smolensky Productions Programme [224K pdf]

Both are available from the archive

Boris Smolensky's budget production of 'Murder at Priorswell Manor' is in final rehearsals. Things are not going well, when life imitates art and one of the cast is murdered on stage.

Who could have done it? And how?

The rampant egos amongst the inept company of actors mean that each could have a motive: Christa, a fading soap actress, the monstrous director himself, or perhaps his dippy mistress. What is the relationship between Boris and Pat the stage manager, and can any of them put up with Harrison's dire theatrical anecdotes for much longer? Or are they all just red herrings?

Despite all the drama offstage, the show must still go on...