The Final Act

By Andy Hawkes

If an actor creates a scene, it may be curtains...

Gresham Laud is not a director without enemies. When he delivers the shock announcement, at the celebratory end-of-run party, that the Shadow Players have run out of money and will be disbanded, his sense of timing could not have been worse, For within the drama group there are many soon-to-be unemployed members who would like nothing more than to stage a little accident...

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

 

Gresham Laud: the director with an eye for the ladies who is not averse to a little blackmail…

Gloria Raymond: an ageing actress who is a little past her best; cast aside by the notorious Gresham for a newer model…

Suzy Adams: the rising star who is the new object of Gresham's affections…

Dominic Devalera: Suzy's boyfriend, he is not above a little jealousy…

Alphonse Rubric: An ageing alcoholic old queen who has difficulty learning his lines…

Betty Adams:  the wardrobe mistress, she is Suzy's mother and would do anything to protect her daughter from Gresham's advances…

Fred Howard: the odd-job man with more to him than meets the eye…

Inspector Foot of the Yard, the detective who finds himself in the middle of a perplexing murder mystery…time for murder…

THE FINAL ACT

Cast 5M 3F

Flexibility Inspector Foot could be played by an actress

Alternative endings 2

Period Present day

Special costume requirements None

Staging requirements Nothing special

Suitability for family audiences Suitable for all ages

Complexity ++

Comedy element ++

Atmosphere +++

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A BLOW TO THE HEAD

 

The headmaster’s retiral party

THE MAFIA WEDDING

 

The wedding reception

THE MYSTERY OF TALBOT MANOR

 

The haunted house

THE FINAL ACT

 

A backstage murder mystery

A BRIEF’S ENCOUNTER

 

Murder in the legal profession

THE CATWALK KILLER

 

At a fashion show. Dressed to kill

DEATH BY RADIO

 

Murder during the Blitz

RETURN TO TALBOT MANOR

 

Back from the asylum...

SOAPSUDS

 

The soap opera

A NASTY CASE OF BURNS

 

The Burns Night

A TASTE FOR MURDER

 

The 1970s Disco

OVER MY DEAD BODY

 

The 1920s Manor House Mystery

AN ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK

 

Murdernight noir

HELL HATH NO FURY

 

The Ladies Committee

ALL AFLOAT!

 

The 1920s cruise liner

THE SOUND OF

MU..RDER

 

The hills are no longer alive

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TAUGHT A LESSON

 

The schoolroom mystery… for kids!

NEW! A FETE WORSE THAN DEATH

 

The vicar drops in to the village fete

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