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Death Walked In

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  4w, 3m

Bettine Manktelow

Celia, lonely and highly strung, is struggling to run her small country hotel. Her charming, rakish step-son, Rex, is no help. Joan and her tearaway sister, Eva, are staying at the hotel which represents something of a romantic pilgrimage for Joan who, after ten years, still believes herself in love.

Death Walked In

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    4w, 3m
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Mystery/Thriller
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences

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Summary
Celia, lonely and highly strung, is struggling to run her small country hotel. Her charming, rakish step-son, Rex, is no help. Joan and her tearaway sister, Eva, are staying at the hotel which represents something of a romantic pilgrimage for Joan who, after ten years, still believes herself in love with Rex. Events lead to a suicide (or is it murder?). The climax involves mistaken identity and mislaid cyanide!
History
1977:   First produced by The Acorn Players at the Granville Theatre, Ramsgate.
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Performing Groups

Angela Webster:  The maid at the hotel, a simple country girl.

George Carter:  A gossipy and gloomy old man, also works at the hotel.

Joan Mountstevens:  A schoolteacher, prim and plain, repressed.  Pre-occupied with her sister's problems.  40s

Celia Randolph:  The proprietor of the hotel, sophisticated, self-possessed and imperious.  40s

Cdr. Roy Boothby:  A permanent guest at the hotel.  Smooth, charming and affable with a military bearing.50s

Eva Mountstevens:  Joan's wayward younger sister, pretty and precocious. 18+

Rex Randolph:  Celia's stepson, attractive, confident and suave but weak. 35

  • Time Period 1980s
  • Setting The bar-lounge of a country hotel in Sussex.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Additional Features Not Applicable
  • Duration 90 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Smoking

Media

"an intriguing plot" - Thanet Times

Music

  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)
  • Vocal DemandsN/A (Not a musical)
  • Chorus Size N/A (Not a musical)

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Bettine Manktelow

Bettine Manktelow
Bettine Manktelow was born Bettine Stratton in Gillingham in Kent, and is the middle daughter of three.She became stage-struck at an early age andworked in a repertory company atChatham Theatre Royalat the age of sixteen as an assistant stage-manager, learning stage craft fro ...
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