Murdered to Death

by Peter Gordon

 

Directed by Timothy Hull

Comedy / PG

 

SYNOPSIS

This hilarious spoof of the best of Agatha Christie traditions is set in a country manor house with a cast of characters guaranteed to delight. Bunting, the butler; an English Colonel with the prerequisite stiff upper lip; a shady French art dealer and his moll; the bumbling local inspector and a well-meaning local sleuth who seems to attract murder wherever she goes, are all caught up in the side-splitting antics which follow the mysterious death of the house’s owner. Will the murderer be unmasked before everyone else has met their doom, or will readers and audiences die laughing first?

 

Audition Dates:

Sunday, November 23 @ 6:30pm

Monday, November 24 @ 6:30pm

Actors may audition either date

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Production Dates: January 15-18, 23-25, & 30-February 1, 2026*

*January 14 is a Pay-What-You-Will Performance. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Proceeds from this performance will benefit the actors and crew.

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This audition will consist of cold readings from the script

​Headshots and resume recommended but not required

​Questions? Contact the Director

 

Character Descriptions
(Note: These are general descriptions and can be adapted to fit specific needs of the performance)
Mildred - Late fifties. Moderately wealthy owner of Bagshot House 
Dorothy - Mildred’s niece. Late twenties and rather plain
Bunting - The butler. Sixties. Excessive focus on small details and rather creepy.
Colonel Charles Craddock - Early sixties. Loves to tell old war stories-repeatedly. Confident but blustering.
Margaret Craddock - The long-suffering wife of Charles. Critical and Direct.
Elizabeth Hartley-Trumpington – Mid-twenties. Attractive and stunningly dressed. Very high society.
Pierre Marceau - A shady art dealer in his early to late thirties. An exaggerated French accent.
Joan Maple - A spinster in her sixties. Amateur sleuth.
Constable Thomkins – Twenties to early thirties, bright uniformed village policeman.
Inspector Pratt – Forty-fifty. Inept, posing and clumsy.

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