An Heir of Mystery

An Heir of Mystery

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by Jim Christian
Synopsis: Following the death of tycoon Hamilton Winslow, his surviving family and servants gather for the reading of the will in his British mansion. Winner takes all and the body count begins to rise.


PLAY DETAILS:

  • ORDER #3089
  • Characters: 5m 3w
    Pippa Winslow – honest, straightforward daughter of the deceased
    Jonathan Bashford – sardonic butler of the Winslow household
    Fanny Putnam – bumbling, klutzy maid
    William Sledgepoole – dark, brooding groundskeeper and handyman
    Thaddeus Winslow – gruff, aging brother of Hamilton Winslow
    Malcolm Winslow – Thaddeus’s social butterfly son
    Sybil Winslow-Smythe – Hamilton’s treacherous sister
    Reginald Winslow-Smythe – Sybil’s overgrown 12-year-old son

PERUSAL COPIES

  • The PERUSAL PAGES file for An Heir of Mystery  is available by clicking Heir of MysteryPERUSAL The PDF file is the first act of the play and all other pertinent information about the play.
  • For rights and information, fill out our LICENSING APPLICATION. Be sure to give us anticipated performance dates and the address of your group and, if different, your theatre. Please also include a contact name and phone number.

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  • Fees for Amateur and Educational performances of Non-musicals:
    • $60 Royalty for the first performance + $30 (for Performance Package: 1 Script, 1 set of sleuthing sheets, other materials needed) (Order #3089a & 3089d)



    • Performance License & Performance Package emailed to you (you must return the license signed)
    • Permission to make multiple copies for your group only (up to 15 copies, including technical)
    • Following your performance run, you must also sign the “Certificate of Destruction” indicating that all copies of the script sent to you, including the electronic PDF original, have been destroyed, and that nothing has been distributed to others.
  • $45 Royalty for each additional performance (Order #3089e)







PRODUCTIONS

  • Green Canyon High School, North Logan, Utah — May 2019
  • Weber High School, Pleasant View, Utah — September 2019
  • Murder at Flint Creek Manor — Meridian, Texas — September 2, 2017
  • Wichita Theatre — Wichita Falls, TX –May 6, 12, 13, 14, 20,26,27, 2017
  • Sky View High School Theatre — Smithfield, UT — April 26 & 29, 2017
  • Chameleon’s Murder Mystery Theatre — 1988- 2014

BILLING CREDITS

The following is how the credits should read in all programs, posters, fliers, handbills and other promotional advertising for the show:
An Heir of Mystery

A Chameleons Murder Mystery
by
Jim Christian

NOTE: The names of the Playwright(s), Composer, Lyricist, and Bookwriter shall be equal in size, type, coloring, boldness, and prominence. No billing shall appear in type larger or more prominent than the billing to the Authors except for the title of the play.

ALSO:

THIS NOTICE MUST APPEAR IN ALL PROGRAMS, ON ALL POSTERS AND PUBLICITY MATERIALS AND INTERNET ADVERTISING/WEBPAGES FOR THE PLAY:
An Heir of Mystery is presented through special arrangement with Leicester Bay Theatricals.  All authorized materials are also supplied by LBT, www.leicesterbaytheatricals.com”


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