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murder mystery

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A murder mystery with more than a touch of humour. Taking its title from the traditional song "Green Grow the Rushes O" the play explores the events surrounding a murder which took place four years previously and how strangely the song lyrics seem to fit so well with the circumstances. Offering ten good acting roles, the story twists and turns, leaving your audience guessing until the very last speech of the play.

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Samuel French, London, 2007

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A case of mistaken identity leads to tragedy in this engaging thriller. In a snowbound guest house in the Peak District, Marjory Pike is wrongly identified by another guest as the author of a book declaiming certain mediums, one of whom had committed suicide as a result. The son of the deceased medium is staying at the guest house, so when he arrives in the lounge bloodied and bruised, and Marjory is found dead, the finger of suspicion naturally points at him. But the guest house may be haunted, other guests have their own secrets, and even the proprietors are not above suspicion . . . In true Norman Robbins fashion? the deepening mystery is rich with shocks and laughs as the play moves to its unexpected close.

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Samuel French, London, 1980

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Pantomime

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Traditional pantomime style based on the famous Charles Perrault story

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This spectacular pantomime, based on an English legend is full of vengeful fairies, knock-a-bout baliffs, a romantic leading lady and a handsome Principal Boy, plus the outrageous Dame

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Samuel French, London, 1981

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Pantomime

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Traditional pantomime style based on nursery rhyme

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Pantomime

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Although one of the best-known tales of the Brothers Grimm, for almost a hundred years theatrical versions of Hansel and Gretel have been childrens plays and seldom presented as traditional pantomimes. Norman Robbins, in his twentieth pantomime for Samuel French, has given us a stirring version of, to his mind, a wrongly neglected masterpiece with a strong storyline, a wicked witch (but not too wicked!) and with good triumphing over evil. Set in the village of Pumpernickel, the Forest Fairy and Attrocia, the Witch, battle for the villagers. Attrocia builds the Gingerbread House to entice the children, Hansel and Gretel, but events stop short before they are eaten, although the witch gets her just desserts! Full of fun, comedy routines and laughter, this is family entertainment at its best.

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1978

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Samuel French, London, 1979

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1982

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Samuel French, London, 1982

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Samuel French, London, 1975

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Comedy

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vengeance of an overbearing mother when son announces his intention to marry

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Suspense Play

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an elderly writer is dying, carers leave amidst mysterious phone calls and an increasingly nightmarish situation

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Dame Dallymore has not paid rent for ten years and now the squire is going to evict her and the orphans

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Play - One Act, Drama

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A Pocketful of Posies is the first one-act play by one of Britain's most popular authors. Scripted for five women in their forties, (all the characters named after flowers) and one in her sixties, this fascinating and delightful entertainment tells the story of a group of friends who revisit their old school on Founders Day and solve a twenty-five year old mystery with tragic overtones.

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comedy-thriller

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Prepare To Meet Thy Tomb follows Tomb With A View and Tiptoe Through the Tombstones to complete the trilogy of plays from Norman Robbins about the family that play together and slay together: the murderous Tombs. As night falls and fog descends on Monument House Hotel and Alternative Health Spa, Hecuba Tomb and her niece Drusilla receive a series of unexpected visitors. Novelist Philippa and her assistant Daphne are seeking refuge from a mysterious follower they fear may be the notorious "Norfolk Strangler". Hot on their heels come TV historian Quentin Danesworth and vacuous honeymooners Robert and Miranda. The uninvited guests are soon snooping around the secret passages of the creepy old mansion and asking too many questions for comfort. Sure enough, one by one they fall victim to violent deaths by devious techniques - no secret panel is unoccupied, no cup of tea untouched, and nobody is who they appear to be. This irresistible combination of spoof and baffling murder mystery, over-the-top characters and shocking plot twists will thrill and delight in equal measure.

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Samuel French, London, 2008

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the plot revolves around the local doctor's home, where a stranger arrives hoping to meet up again with his one-time fiancee and instead triggers off a deadly game of cat and mouse, cunningly orchestrated by a ruthless serial killer. The unsuspecting victim is drawn into a situation with no escape  death is not just a possibility, it's inevitable.

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Evans Bros, London, 1976

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Farce

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Samuel French, London, 1979

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children play game changing words and are overhead by the King changing flax to gold, Grettle is ordered to perform the change

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Samuel French, London, 1978

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Samuel French, London, 1990

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ageing horror star traps group of people in house, the finger of murderous suspicion is pointed at everyone in turn

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Comedy Thriller

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crusty old lawyer and his secretary have gathered the remaining members of the Tomb family at the house ostensibly to hear about their inheritance but in reality to kill them

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Comedy Thriller

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the reading of the Tomb family will (involving some millions of pounds) leads to more corpses than live members of the cast

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Samuel French, London, 1977

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Play - Full Length, Comedy

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Where there's a will---there's relations is an old Yorkshire saying, but even phlegmatic Northerners would raise an eyebrow when these dry-eyed mourners turn up for Edie Puddiphat's funeral. Each has a will naming them as sole heir to her millions, but the old lady was no fool and outwitted them all by leaving her final will in the hands of her caring god-child. As the vultures reel in shock, a fatal accident befalls the heiress, prompting a cunning plan for the others to get their hands on the cash. But even as they conspire, a ruthless killer stalks the house and bodies fall like flies.

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As he has no heir the king sets tasks for his three adopted sons to determine who will succeed him

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