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  • Murder Game
    Cover art by Stephen Mellor

    Murder Game

    Tim Kelly
    Acting Edition$11.95
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    Play Description

    This chilling whodunnit is about a woman who runs “Mystery Weekend Tours” at Coldblood Cottage, her ancestral home. Paying guests costume themselves as their favorite crime character and follow a fascinating path of clues, motives, and alibis. When a real murder happens, suddenly it's not so clear where the game has ended.

    Production Info

    Cast: 10 total (6 female, 4 male)
    Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
    Minimal Set Requirements
    Contemporary Costumes
    Categories: The Plays Tags: Murder
    • About the Author(s)
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    Author(s)

    • Tim Kelly

      Tim Kelly was born in Saugus, Massachusetts on October 2, 1932. He graduated from Emerson College with a bachelor's degree and received a masters degree in playwriting from Yale University. His first stage play was WIDOW'S WALK, published in the 1960s. At the same time, three of his plays opened: A DARKER FLOWER at New York's Pocket Theatre, THE TRUNK AND ALL THAT JAZZ at Boston's Image Theatre, and DIE BLUM IN GERMANY. He wrote over three hundred plays, which have been performed by the Royal Court Rep, the Studio Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, Los Angeles Actor's Theatre, the Aspen Playwright's Festival, and the Seattle Repertory Company. Additionally, Kelly was a drama critic and journalist in Phoenix, Arizona (1957–1967) and was particularly noted for the broad scope of his work, which covered everything from mysteries to musicals to serious drama. He was also a screen and television writer (1968–1978). In 1995, he became a member of the College of Fellows of the American Theatre. On December 7, 1998, Tim Kelly died suddenly of a brain hemorrhage (age 61) in his Hollywood home. A Tim Kelly Collection has been established at the University of Wyoming's American Heritage Center. Emerson College has twice honored him for his contributions to the field of playwriting.

    Book Information

    Publisher BPPI
    Publication Date 7/15/1985
    Pages 90
    ISBN 9780881450279

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