A Murder Has Been Arranged
March 1982

Written by Emlyn Williams

Directed by Hazel O'Brien

 
Cast List
Miss Groze
Pauline Harley
 
Cavendish
Alex Bushell
 
Mrs Wragg
Doreen Higgins
 
Jimmy North
Gary Robinson
 
Beatrice Jasper
Gill Ryder
 
Mrs Arthur
Melody Harbour
 
Sir Charles Jasper
Brian Eratt
 
Maurice Mullins
Ian Balderston
 
A Woman
Janine Kitchener
 

 
Stage Manager
Peter O'Brien
 
Assisted By
Alastair Giddings, Mike Pantry, Dean Caston, Alex Bushell & Chris Williams
 
Members of the Orchestra
Nigel Medhurst, Mike Pantry & Neil Balderston
 
Prompt
Bob Higgins
 
Props
Bob Higgins
 
Lighting & Sound
Mike Pantry & Nigel Medhurst
 
Costumes & Scenery
Janine Kitchener
 
 

This play was presented in conjunction with Gillingham Borough Council's Arts Festival.

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 40th birthday and plans to celebrate the occasion with a party on the stage of the St. James' Theatre, supposedly haunted because of several mysterious deaths years ago. The merriment is interrupted by Maurice, 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.

 
 
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