Murder Mystery Play
Millennium Murder - John McDermott (1999)
(6,964 words - including Dramatis Personae)
3 male characters; 3 female characters
The scene is set for a Millennium Eve party, thrown by Lily Cottisham and her husband Ralph. But theirs is not a happy marriage; Lily tricked Ralph into wedlock for her own financial gain, and Ralph still yearns to be together with his former sweetheart, Dr. Jennifer Dunbar. Jennifer feels the same way but, unfortunately for her, is married to Chester Dunbar, Ralph's long-standing friend. Chester realises Jennifer still carries a candle for Ralph but accepts the reality of the situation. His love for his wife is platonic rather than passionate. He shares with Ralph a friendship, a love for Jennifer and a strong dislike of Lily.
But is this dislike strong enough to drive him to murder? Lily, not satisfied with the money she has made from her Ersatz shotgun wedding, has gone into business with Fiona Middleton, who she now dominates. Fiona would do anything to get out of the partnership, but does not have the strength of character to extricate herself. Raymond Le Bec makes up the cast. He hails from East London as Raymond Beck, but has adopted a pseudo-French name that he feels is more appropriate for the proprietor of a trendy London salon which caters for rich dowagers.
Lily promises him that she has contacted her solicitor in order to leave him a large legacy. He is, without doubt, her 'man of the moment', but are her attentions symptoms of true love or mere passing fancy? In the end, of course, the answer to this particular question is hypothetical because, as you have no doubt worked out for yourself, Lily meets her doom, courtesy of a dagger which 'penetrated her heart'.
Unpleasant lady she may have been, but did she really deserve that? Judge for yourself, but don't be too hasty in jumping to conclusions!
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| Music - play lengths | |
| Opening | 00:50 seconds |
| Play Out | 00:11 seconds |
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