Something's Afoot

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Something's Afoot is a "hillarious" murder mystery musical spoof on all things detective, mainly the works of Agatha Christie.

The book, music, and lyrics were written by James McDonald, David Vos, and Robert Gerlach, with additional music by Ed Linderman.

The play is offered by Samuel French, Inc.

The play involves a group of people who are invited to the lake estate of Lord Dudley Rancour. When the wealthy lord is found dead, its a race against the clock to find out whodunnit.

The cast is comprised of:

Lettie – The saucy maid.
Flint – the caretaker.
Clive – the butler
Hope Langdon – the ingenue
Dr. Grayburn – the family doctor
Nigel Rancour – the dissolute nephew
Lady Grace Manley-Prowe – the Grande Dame
Colonel Gillweather – the old army man
Miss Tweed – the tweedy, elderly amatuer detective
Geoffrey – the juvenile

It is worth noting that the butler is the first suspect to die, promting a song expressing shock at the fact that the butler didn't do it.

The rest of the show is a "hysterical romp" in which the the characters are killed of by "ridiculously complex" booby traps and a tangled web of deception.

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