A Murder Has Been Arranged
A Murder Has Been Arranged

Author: Emlyn Williams

Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.

Published: 1958

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 9780573612626

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Melodrama / 4m, 5f / Int. In this unique thriller that has playgoers gripping their seats, Sir Charles Jasper is an eccentric who delves into the mystical. He is due to inherit two million pounds on his fortieth birthday and plans to celebrate the occasion with a party on the stage of the St. James' Theater, supposedly haunted because of several mysterious deaths years ago. The merriment is interrupted by Maurice, the Sir Charles's hitherto missing nephew and the recipient of the legacy in the event of his death. Maurice, who claims to be a novelist, induces his uncle to write what he claims to be a chapter for his new book. It is too late when it dawns on Sir Charles that he is writing a suicide note for he has just drained a fatal drink concocted by the nephew. In the third act, the birthday guests employ subtle and ingenious tactics to force Maurice to confess.

Blood on the Stage, 1925-1950
Blood on the Stage, 1925-1950

Author: Amnon Kabatchnik

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 869

ISBN-13: 0810869632

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In this volume, Amnon Kabatchnik provides an overview of more than 150 important and memorable theatrical works of crime and detection between 1925 and 1950. Each entry includes a plot synopsis, production data, and the opinions of well known and respected critics and scholars.

A Reader's Guide to Modern British Drama
A Reader's Guide to Modern British Drama

Author: Sanford Sternlicht

Publisher: Syracuse University Press

Published: 2004-12-01

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780815630760

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This book reveals the influences of modern history and psychology on British drama; the all-important influence of Irish dramatists like Wilde, Shaw, O’Casey, and Beckett; the significance of the Independent Theatre of J. T. Grein and the early Royal Court Theatre; the gay community’s contribution to the British theater; the powerful new feminist drama; and the British festival theater. Auseful tool for readers wishing to know more about Britain’s great dramatic tradition and vital contemporary theater, for students pursuing drama studies, and for libraries in need of an accessible reference work.

Stop Press
Stop Press

Author: Michael Innes

Publisher: House of Stratus

Published: 2010-02-20

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 0755121155

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Famous writer, Richard Eliot, has written numerous detective novels, featuring 'The Spider', a daring, clever criminal in earlier books, and an equally canny private investigator in later ones. But when he comes to life Inspector John Appleby is sent to investigate.