Aberdeen Central Presents...
The Musical Comedy
Murders of 1940
by John Bishop
SYNOPSIS
"The creative team responsible for a recent Broadway flop (in which three chorus
girls were murdered by the mysterious "Stage Door Slasher") assemble for a
backer's audition of their new show at the Westchester estate of a wealthy "angel."
The house is replete with sliding panels, secret passageways and a German
maid who is apparently four different people—all of which figure diabolically
in the comic mayhem which follows when the infamous "Slasher" makes his
reappearance and strikes again—and again. As the composer, lyricist, actors,
and director prepare their performance, and a blizzard cuts off any possible retreat,
bodies start to drop in plain sight, knives spring out of nowhere, masked figures drag
their victims behind swiveling bookcases, and accusing fingers point in all directions.
However, and with no thanks to the bumbling police inspector who snowshoes in to
investigate, the mystery is solved in the nick of time and the "Slasher" unmasked—
but not before the audience has been treated to a sidesplitting good time and a
generous serving of the author's biting, satiric and refreshingly irreverent wit.
Setting: An estate in Chappaqua, New York. The time is December 1940. When the play
opens, it is midnight...naturally.
ACT I
Scene 1: Midnight
Scene 2: A Short Time Later
ACT II
Scene 1: Five in the Morning
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The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940
is presented through special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service.
440 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016
Phone: 212-683-8960 Fax: 212-213-1539
www.Dramatists.com/
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