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The Twisted Humour Of Edgar Harrison
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Reverend Ratbrain's Revenge
Two For Tea: One For The Pot
The Cup That Cheers
Too Clever By Half: The Gentleman Thief
he Bumper Book Of Stirring Stories For Boys And Girls

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

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

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

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

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

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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