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Reverend Ratbrain's Revenge by Edgar Harrison 7m 5f
Suave and sinister curate
Reverend Runcible Ratbrain hatches a fantastic and malignant plot
to dominate the world. Can debonair sleuth for hire Simon
Temple-Meads and his enigmatic sidekick Carteblanche rescue the
plucky heroine and save civilisation as we know it? Before
Thursday?
Approx running time 2 hours |
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Two For Tea by Edgar Harrison
4m 5f
Two spoof
whodunnits starring the tea drinking amateur sleuth Lily Punnet
and the seedily incompetent Inspector Hardy. In The Unfortunate Cup Of Tea It's murder at Montcalm Manor as Lily is ensnared in the evil machinations of
oily foreign nobleman Baron Ximeca de Cha and his attempts to
destroy the great British Cuppa. In One For The Pot
Lily's night at the theatre
is ruined as flamboyant tea-swilling magician Signor Tetera is
murdered on stage. Can Inspector Hardy expose the vaudevillian
villain before the tea goes cold?
Approx running time 1 hour 50 mins |
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The Cup That Cheers by Edgar Harrison 4m
6f
Tea
drinking amateur sleuth Lily Punnet and the incompetent Inspector
Hardy encounter ghastly goings on at Grimston Grange as they
investigate the ancient relic known as The Cup That Cheers. Can
they solve a series of grotesque and implausible murders before
the house is overrun by killer whelks?
Approx running time 2 hours.
"A riotous and bawdy murder mystery spoof full to the brim
with gags" Hull Daily Mail |
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Brief Encounters On The Orient Express
by Edgar Harrison 4m 3f
Debonair sleuth for hire Simon Temple-Meads is engaged to escort a valuable
painting to Venice on the Orient Express and finds himself caught up in a tangled web of mayhem,
intrigue, murder and clothespegs!
Approx running time 35 mins |
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Too Clever By Half by Edgar
Harrison 9m 13f (Can be performed by 4m 5f)
A mystery in four parts. Is
debonair sleuth for hire Simon Temple-Meads really responsible for the
mysterious break in at the British Library? What is the sinister connection between a baffling
back to front murder and the bloodless corpses washed up by the Thames? Has the
centuries old Cardington Curse claimed yet more victims? Only indolent occult
investigator Count Braggadocio can piece together all the clues and save the
day. But can he be arsed?
Approx running time 2 hours |
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The
Bumper Book Of Stirring Stories For Boys And Girls By Edgar
Harrison 16m 18f (Can be performed by 4m 4f)
Allegedly
based on a long suppressed 1930's collection of
adventure stories -
with a difference! A thrill-packed evening of fearless
heroes, plucky heroines and dastardly villains that will
hold you breathless with laughter.
Approx running time 2 hours |
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