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| Where There's A Will... | |||||
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comedy | 4m 4f or 3m 5f | full length | ||
| Linda Parkinson | The play opens amid a lengthy blazing row
between Linda and husband Derek. Linda accuses him (quite rightly) of
being unfaithful, but during the row it transpires that the other woman
is Linda's younger sister. Derek is unaware that Linda is also having
an affair - with Derek's younger brother! Each avows revenge, and as
the result of a series of bungled murder attempts the bodies fall thick
and fast. The vicar is the first to go, if only they can get rid of
that annoying body - and his bike! Despite their attempts to dispose of
one another, Linda and Derek survive to the close, where, perhaps
inevitably, they manage to murder each other. By the end of the play the entire cast has been killed - but most of them deserved it anyway! An alternative version uses 3m 5f to suit casting - the visitors Julie and Peter are replaced by "maiden aunts" Margaret and Barbara.  |
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| Derek Parkinson |
her husband |
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| Mary |
their housekeeper |
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| The Vicar | |||||
| Colin Parkinson |
Derek's brother |
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| Carol Hargreaves |
Linda's sister |
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| Julie |
a friend |
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| Peter |
Julie's husband |
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| Alternative casting | |||||
| Margaret |
instead of Julie |
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| Barbara |
instead of Peter |
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