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Mystery at Greenfingers

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  6w, 4m

A snowstorm traps a group of guests and crew into the Greenfingers Palace Hotel. A detective is sent to the hotel to investigate a top secret crime, but it is Miss Tracey and new hostess who solve everything.

Mystery at Greenfingers

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    Cast Size
    6w, 4m

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Summary
In the closed Greenfingers Palace Hotel part of the staff is enduring a violent snowstorm. They include the chef who is secretly married to the housekeeper, the new social hostess, two maids, the assistant manager and the sleek bartender. Into this group comes Robert Crowther, the rather stupid house detective sent to investigate something secret. As the snowstorm intensifies, a Miss Tracey appears and has a passenger brought in from her car. That night there is a shot and Miss Tracey's passenger disappears from her room even though the doors and windows are locked from the inside. There is an inquisition by Crowther, but it is Miss Tracey and new hostess who solve everything.

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J.B. Priestley

John Boynton Priestley (1894 - 1984) was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, son of a schoolmaster. He left Belle Vue School at 16 and worked in a wool office, beginning to write in his spare time. He volunteered for the army in 1914 and served throughout the First World War, surviv ...
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