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  1. Murder Takes A Holiday

    Murder Takes A Holiday

    By Tim Kelly.

    Product Code: MN5000

    • Comedy
    • College | Community
    • 6m., 6w.

      Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available

    • 120 min.
    A brother and sister, Harry and Diane, are sent to an isolated ski lodge on an undercover mission in this murder mystery where two guests have already been murdered. The play will keep the audience guessing to the very end. Learn More
    $39.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $65/perf

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  2. An Open and Shut Case

    An Open and Shut Case

    By John Mattera.

    Product Code: A24000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College
    • 5m., 5w.

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    • 35 min.
    Young, handsome Harold is married to elderly, wheelchair-ridden Elizabeth because of that age-old attraction—money. So naturally, Harold plans to murder her and inherit all that glorious money. He convinces Elizabeth that he can no longer tend to the big house by himself, and she reluctantly agrees to let him hire the people he claims are so urgently needed: a nurse/companion, a housekeeper, a cook and a groundskeeper. Who-done-it? Your audience will be shocked when they finally find out the answer. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  3. Murder By Membership Only

    Murder By Membership Only

    By Thomas Hischak.

    Product Code: MN3000

    • Comedy
    • College | Community
    • 9w.

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    • 120 min.
    Olivia Sturges, the most successful mystery writer of the day, has been poisoned by the very poison she is so fond of using in her stories. This all-female cast play takes place at an exclusive club for women mystery writers in London. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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  4. The Potman Spoke Sooth

    The Potman Spoke Sooth

    By David Fulk.

    Product Code: P41000

    • Comedy | Farce
    • High School | College
    • 6m., 2w. (1 voice.)

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    • 35 min.
    Agatha Christie is spoofed hilariously as a respectable murder mystery turns into a farcical game of illusion and reality. Detective Sergeant Gallagher informs Colonel Winthrop Wiggins and his wife that a notorious "Peanut Murderer" is on the loose. Laughs abound as they engage in a zany intrigue of murders, accusations and arrests. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $50/perf

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  5. The Very Great Grandson of Sherlock Holmes

    The Very Great Grandson of Sherlock Holmes

    By Bill Majeski.

    Product Code: V11000

    • Comedy | Drama | Melodrama
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 4m., 7w.

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    • 70 min.
    The great grandson of the master sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, does not quite match up to his illustrious ancestor, but he is thrust into a marvelous and complex murder mystery and tries desperately to rise to the occasion. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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  6. Agatha Christie Made Me Do It

    Agatha Christie Made Me Do It

    By Eddie Cope.

    Product Code: AG5000

    • Comedy
    • High School | College | Community | Professional
    • 6m., 5w.

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    • 100 min.
    Police Officer Hootspah decided that writing about crime is better than his real-life job of dealing with it on the street. He takes Agatha Christie's murder mysteries as his model and starts out. Learn More
    $9.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $85/perf

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  7. A Ghost for Rosanda

    A Ghost for Rosanda

    By Herman O. Ammann.

    Product Code: GB5000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | TYA
    • 2m., 6w.

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    • 45 min.
    Four teenage girls spend the night in a rundown old house to help conjure up ghost stories, but they get more than they had bargained for. Learn More
    $7.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $40/perf

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  8. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

    The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

    By Charlotte Chorpenning. From Mark Twain.

    Product Code: A43000

    • Comedy | Drama
    • Middle School | High School | College | Community
    • 9m., 5w. (5 boys, 1 girl, extras as desired.)

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    • 110 min.
    This Mark Twain novel adapted by Charlotte Chorpenning, provides an especially good look at traditional U.S. values. Tom Sawyer's attempt to avoid them, keeping the familiarity of the tale alive. Learn More
    $10.95 /script

    Min. Royalty Rate: $90/perf

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