At the Old Town Grammar School, someone is about to retire… permanently!

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A BLOW TO THE HEAD

The headmaster's retiral party

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THE MAFIA WEDDING

The wedding reception

At the Old Town Grammar School, the headmaster, William Masterson, is about to hang up his cap and gown. Not everyone will be unhappy to see him leave: during his time at the school he has been a strict disciplinarian who has made more than his fair share of enemies. To commemorate his retirement, the school holds a retirement party where staff mix with ex-staff members and former pupils. Old rivalries and hostilities rise to the surface and blackmail rears its ugly head; and one attendee at least has a more permanent type of retirement in mind...

THE MYSTERY OF TALBOT MANOR

The haunted house

THE FINAL ACT

A backstage murder mystery

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

William Masterson, 60: The retiring headmaster, a strict disciplinarian who has made a few enemies over the years…

Rosemary Masterson, 55: His long-suffering wife, who always knew that her husband had an eye for the ladies…

Joyce Williams, 46: The loyal school secretary who has long since admired the headmaster from afar…

Robert Stephens, 50: The deputy head who is yet again about to lose out on the headmaster's post to an outsider…

Murray Evans, 19: The ex-head boy whose career has been ruined by the headmaster…

Janice Evans, 19: The ex-head girl, whose relationship to the head may have been more than platonic…

Geoffrey Anderson, 40: The sports master who makes no effort to conceal his dislike of the headmaster and his dictatorial ways…

Inspector Foot of the Yard, Class of '73, bronze medal in lifesaving and first aid certificate - the detective who finds himself in the middle of a perplexing murder
mystery…

A BRIEF'S ENCOUNTER

Murder in the legal profession

THE CATWALK KILLER

At a fashion show. Dressed to kill

THE CURSE OF THE WILLOUGHBY DIAMOND

A cursed artefact

DEATH BY RADIO

Murder during the Blitz

RETURN TO TALBOT MANOR

Back from the asylum...

SOAPSUDS

The soap opera

A BLOW TO THE HEAD
Cast 5M 3F
Flexibility Inspector Foot can be played by an actress
Alternative endings 3
Period Present day
Special costume requirements None
Staging requirements Nothing special
Suitability for family audiences 12+
Complexity +++
Comedy element +++
Atmosphere ++

A NASTY CASE OF BURNS

The Burns Night

A TASTE FOR MURDER

The 1970s Disco

OVER MY DEAD BODY

The 1920s Manor House Mystery

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NEW! TAUGHT A LESSON

The schoolroom mystery… for kids!

NEW! AN ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK

Murdernight noir

NEW! HELL HATH NO FURY

The Ladies Committee

NEW! ALL AFLOAT!

The 1920s cruise liner

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The hills are no longer alive

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