Death Who’s Coming to Dinner!

Full-Length Murder Mystery Play

Synopsis
Nestled in the English countryside, a charity dinner is just about to start at Withering Heights, the ancestral seat of Lord and Lady Straddle. But not everything is as it seems . . .

Before the first course can even be served, a murder is committed and there is no shortage of suspects. Could it be one of the hosts, one of the guests at the dinner or maybe even a servant in the household? With Inspector Hugh Dunnit and his long-suffering assistant, Sergeant Honeycrisp, on the case, many surprising motives, red herrings and secret identities will be revealed but will they solve the mystery and bring the murderer to justice?

With hilarious characters, silly gags, an ingenious plot, and more theories than a game of Cluedo, the audience will be dying to see Death Who’s Coming to Dinner!

Approximate running time: 60 mins

Setting
The action takes place in the library at Withering Heights, the manor house in the village of Loose Chippings, in the borough of Malarky.

Characters (in order of appearance)
Cornelius Straddle, Lord of Withering Heights
Lady Florence Straddle, his wife
Eliza Muxlow, a scullery maid
Lady Semolina Spleenwax, Lady Straddle’s sister
Sir Wellington Ottertrot, Lord Straddle’s cousin
Dowager Countess Boadicea Trumpington, Lady Straddle’s aunt
Mrs Joyce Sourmilk, the housekeeper
Ethel Bland, a kitchen maid
Miss Charity Plimsoll, spinster of the Parish, verger at St. Winifred’s Church
Inspector Hugh Dunnit, the officer in charge of the investigation
Sergeant Honeycrisp, his assistant on the case