null
  Loading... Please wait...

Categories

Agatha Crusty And The Village Hall Murders

    by Derek Webb



Customers in Australia and New Zealand should contact David Spicer Productions

Synopsis

Comedy Play Script: 'Agatha Crusty And The Village Hall Murders' by Derek Webb

Agatha Crusty (pronounced Croosty) is a crime novelist. She's also pretty adept at solving crimes. And when her sister-in-law Alice invites her to spend a few days with her in the village of Chortelby, it's not long before she gets caught up in a series of murders which seem directed at members of the All Saints Village Hall committee.

From Toby, the Vicar, and Eleanor, Chair of the committee, to Harry Knott the caretaker and identical twins Olivia and Oliver Truscott-Pratt, there are plenty of suspects. And with an investigating officer as incompetent as D.I. Twigg, there are plenty of laughs as the murders begin to pile up.

But, while packed full of wit and very funny scenes, this is also a genuine murder mystery with an ingenious plot which will tax the little grey cells of the audience at the same time!

'Agatha Crusty And The Village Hall Murders' has already had more than ninety-five productions, and hundreds of performances, in the UK, Australia and the US.  Without exception, audiences have loved it and the cast and crew too.

This play is the first in a series of Agatha Crusty titles. See also:


Duration

110 mins approx

Characters

(4m, 6f or 3m, 7f)

  •   Harry - 30's-60's, the village hall caretaker, cynical, worldly-wise, down-to-earth
  •   Agatha - 30's-60's, crime novelist, unassuming, but very smart
  •   Alice - 30's-60's, Agatha's sister-in-law, pleasant, unpretentious
  •   Olivia - 30's-60's, upper-crust, landed gentry type with less land than she'd like
  •   Oliver - 30's-60's, Olivia's brother, who, except for the hair, looks the same as Olivia (played by the same actor)
  •   Eleanor - 30's-50's chair of the hall committee, mother-superior type
  •   Twigg - 30's-50's, Detective Inspector of extraordinary incompetence
  •   Maisie - 30's-50's, cleaner, pleasant but not afraid to call a spade a spade
  •   Toby - 30's-50's, vicar, generally genial and a little naïve, but can be forceful
  •   PC Lockett - 30's-60's, village bobby, Harry's cousin
  •   Isabella - 30's-60's, pub landlady, mumsy type with definite pretensions
  •   Mandy - 18-25, model, young, streetwise girl
NOTE: Harry and PC Lockett can be played by the same actor. Oliver and Olivia should obviously be the same actor - they can be dressed identically, except Olivia has longer hair and Oliver usually sports a gun and some dead animals.


This play is the first in a series of Agatha Crusty titles. See also:


Customers in Australia and New Zealand should contact David Spicer Productions

Get your free preview script or order other items now ...

  • Preview E-Script (Agatha Crusty And The Village Hall Murders)
    £0.00 Preview E-Script (Agatha Crusty And The Village Hall Murders)
    A free preview script containing a significant part of the full script and provided as a pdf file sized for A4 paper.
  • Play Reading Set
    £0.00 Play Reading Set
    For UK customers only, a set of printed scripts to borrow for 4-6 weeks to use at a play reading.  The set will be lent to you at no charge (other than the return postage costs) to assist in the decision-making...
  • E-Script (Agatha Crusty And The Village Hall Murders)
    £3.99 E-Script (Agatha Crusty And The Village Hall Murders)
    The full script provided as a pdf file for A4 size paper. You have a maximum of three attempts to download the file within a period of 30 days after the order date. You are licensed to print this once for your personal use...
  • Printed Script (Agatha Crusty And The Village Hall Murders)
    £7.95 Printed Script (Agatha Crusty And The Village Hall Murders)
    A printed script provided as an A5 paperback acting edition. You are licensed to use this for your personal use. If you want to make multiple copies for use at rehearsals, a Script Copying Licence is required in addition...
  • Director's A4 Script (Agatha Crusty And The Village Hall Murders)
    £9.99 Director's A4 Script (Agatha Crusty And The Village Hall Murders)
    This script is designed for use by the Director for planning purposes and at rehearsals where the actors are using our A5 Printed Scripts only. It is formatted with larger gaps between the character's lines, and the page...
  • Script Copying Licence (Agatha Crusty And The Village Hall Murders)
    £29.99 Script Copying Licence (Agatha Crusty And The Village Hall Murders)
    If you've bought an e-script or a printed script, this licence permits you to make copies of it for rehearsal use.  PLEASE NOTE: The licence will be e-mailed to you as an A4 pdf file - it is not instantly downloadable...
  • Royalty Quotation Form (FL)
    Royalty Quotation Form (FL)
    The rights to perform and record for all the titles in our catalogue are managed by Stagescripts Ltd. You should not assume that a licence to perform will always be granted. Please request a quotation at the earliest...