View source for The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 (1995)

[[Image:CHANGETHISNAME.jpg|thumb|300px|Poster by [[Alan Buckman]]]]

by [[John Bishop]]

Designed & Directed by [[Alan Buckman]] 

Performances: Tue 2nd– Sat 6th May [[1995]], [[Bell Theatre]]


== Introduction ==

The action of the play takes place in Elsa Von Grossenknueten's mansion in Chappaque, New York. The time is December 1940.

When the play opens it is midnight..............naturally.
It is not long before the phone goes dead....then the lights go dead. Soon it is not only the phone and lights that are dead.

This is a send-up of the Agatha Christie type of murder mystery. It is also a spoof of stock characters of the 30s and 40s. It is not a musical!!

== Cast ==


*Helsa Wenzel - [[Karen Nott]]
*Elsa Von Grossenknueten - [[Ruth Lidyard|Ruth Shettle]]
*Michael Kelly - [[Peter Medd]]
*Patrick O'Reilly - [[Alan Buckman]]
*Ken De La Maize - [[Peter March]]
*Nikki Crandal - [[Eileen Bicaragui|Eileen Coan]]
*Eddie McCuen - [[Toby Grimshaw]]
*Marjorie Baverstock - [[Gail Arnold]]
*Roger Hopewell - [[John Mead]]
*Bernice Roth - [[Maggie Cearns]]

== Crew ==

*Stage Management - [[Anton Krause]], [[Helen Chadney]] & [[Betty Gibson]]
*Lighting - [[Keefe Browning]]
*Set Construction - [[Anton Krause]] & [[Alan Buckman]]
*Prompt - [[Alan Jarvis]]
*Special Props - [[Val Williams]] & [[Peter Rochford]]

== Reviews ==

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== Gallery ==
<gallery caption="Photos by [[Brian Fretwell]]" widths="100px" heights="100px" perrow="5"> 
Image:MCM001.jpg|Ensemble
Image:MCM002.jpg|Gail Arnold & Peter March
Image:MCM003.jpg|Peter March, Alan Buckman, Karen Nott & John Mead
Image:MCM004.jpg|Ruth Shettle
Image:MCM005.jpg|John Mead & Peter Medd
Image:MCM006.jpg|Eileen Coan & Toby Grimshaw 
Image:MCM007.jpg|Eileen Coan
Image:MCM008.jpg|Peter March & Toby Grimshaw
Image:MCM009.jpg|Gail Arnold
Image:MCM010.jpg|Maggie Cearns
Image:MCM011.jpg|Karen Nott
Image:MCM012.jpg|Toby Grimshaw & John Mead


</gallery>

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