Plays by Genre - Murder and Mystery Plays

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Alistair McDowall

Methuen

3 Male 2 Female

"It's a tax write-off. This is where they send the new, the under-qualified, the old. And most of all the British. Mars is full of blonde Americans. It's like they're building the master race out there" Bi...

$15.99

Alligators

Andrew Keatley

Nick Hern Books

2 Male 4 Female

A searing thriller that asks how well we actually know those closest to us and explores how shameful secrets that we thought long buried can come back to bite us Daniel Turner has it all ... A devoted wif...

$14.99

Somewhere in America – Six One-Act Plays

William Inge edited Craig Pospisil

Dramatists Play Service

The Six plays in this short play Collection are ... BAD BREATH - M6,F9 What starts as a seemingly light spoof of 1960s Mad Men-era advertising and the All-American Family turns darker, exposing lies and b...

$13

The Last Laugh

Michael G Wilmot

Cyberpress

1 Male 2 Female

A disillusioned clown is bent on murder despite the fact he faints at the sight of ketchup What could possibly go wrong? But... his wife is better at it than he could ever imagine! The Last Laugh is a d...

$7.99

Philip Pullman's Grimm Tales

Philip Wilson from Philip Pullman & Brothers Grimm

Nick Hern Books

"Beautifully done ... atmospheric to the point of inspiring awe" ~ Telegraph What's that, trailing your footsteps, breathing softly down your neck? Rediscover the magic and wonder of the original Grimm Ta...

$19.99

Wanda the Psychic Wombat

Victoria Sayeg

Dramatic Publishing

Wanda is the last psychic wombat on Earth and she's struggling to run her fortune-telling business Desperate for an assistant, she places an ad in the paper, yielding her such applicants as ... Joe, a hill...

$10.95

The Tragedy of Obsession

Christopher Ramos

Cyberpress

Johnathan Rodriguez has never loved anyone in his life - his only true love is power and wealth But that all changes when he meets Maria Ramirez Now he becomes obsessed and will go over the edge to make su...

$7.99

Snake in the Grass

Bethany Hinkle

Cyberpress

Beautiful El Paso, Texas Rich with culture And dark with secrets ... Homicide detectives Robert Fischer and Benito Castell are called to the scene of an individual who - apparently - committed suicide...

$7.99

The Veil - ACTING EDITION

Conor McPherson

Dramatists Play Service

3 Male 5 Female

From the acclaimed author of The Weir, another haunting tale of lost souls Rural Ireland, May 1822 .. The defrocked Reverend Berkeley arrives at the crumbling former glory of Mount Prospect House to accom...

$13

The Birds - ACTING EDITION

Conor McPherson from Daphne du Maurier

Dramatists Play Service

2 Male 2 Female

First a short story Then a terrifying film Now a suspenseful and atmospheric stage play From Tippi Hedren, star of the Hitchcock film ... " ... a powerful piece of theatre and a reminder to me of just ho...

$13

Quandary

Judith Boyd

Cyberpress

2 Male 5 Female

The police are called to Amy Millers house because it seems her estranged husband has killed himself As they look further into the cause of death they begin to suspect foul play If Amy is to be believed he...

$7.99

Hand to God

Robert Askins

Dramatists Play Service

3 Male 2 Female

Glove puppets are rarely principals in major Broadway hits but this is an exception ... Hand to God is set in the devoutly religious and relatively quiet small town of Cypress, Texas After the death of hi...

$13

The Maids & Deathwatch -Two Plays

Jean Genet

Grove Press

Jean Genet's masterpiece The Maids is an intense psychological thriller In a luxurious bedroom, two maids fantasize about killing their employer, playing out dangerous and sadistic scenarios as they plan h...

$15.99

Killing Women

Marisa Wegrzyn

Broadway Play Publishing

3 Male 3 Female

Killing Women asks what happens when a woman is not taken seriously but has been given a gun Abby - a star on the rise - is simultaneously denied a promotion and asked to kill another woman Tempers flare ...

$15.99

Wolf Hall - ACTING EDITION

Mike Poulton from Hilary Mantel

Dramatists Play Service

Wolf Hall is the First Part of Mike Poulton's acclaimed adaptation of Hilary Mantel's Man Booker Prize-winning novel It begins in England in 1527 King Henry VIII needs a male heir His anger grows as mont...

$13

Bring Up the Bodies - ACTING EDITION

Mike Poulton from Hilary Mantel

Dramatists Play Service

Bring Up the Bodies is the Second Part of Mike Poulton's acclaimed adaptation of Hilary Mantel's Man Booker Prize-winning novel The thrilling portrait of a brilliant manipulator navigating a high-stakes po...

$13

Five of Us

Len Jenkin

Broadway Play Publishing

3 Male 2 Female

Winner of the Obie Award A gripping drama that presents the parallel lives of New York tenement dwellers Although they live next door to each other, their paths never cross Until one fateful moment, whi...

$15.99

My Daughter Keeps Our Hammer

Brian Watkins

Broadway Play Publishing

0 Male 2 Female

"A mesmerizing tale pure, unadulterated talent" ~ Connecticut Post My Daughter Keeps Our Hammer follows two estranged sisters, one needy mother, and one intolerable sheep Stuck in a forgotten prairie town,...

$15.99

Spook

Alan Browne

Broadway Play Publishing

2 Male 2 Female

A delightfully spooky romantic comedy ... Unmarried cousins Eleanor and Lolly have inherited from their recently deceased aunt an historical house on the windswept Massachusetts coast Only thing is, the p...

$15.99

Room 109

Charlotte Page

Cyberpress

0 Male 6 Female

A close knit group of theatrical teens go on a seemingly innocent school trip to Las Vegas with their strict teacher (Crain) who always keeps them under close watch However, after sharing a well-rehearsed h...

$7.99