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MURDER MYSTERY Synopsis You are invited to join Lord Bartholemew (Barty) and his wife Lady Penelope (Pe) for dinner at Griffin Lodge. Also living there is Lady Winifred (Lady Pe´s mother), the gardener Bob and his girlfriend Tilly, who is the family´s maid. The show begins as everyone is running around and organising the house for dinner. Lady Winifred is terrified her jewels are going to be stolen. Barty´s wife is suspicious of her husband and Lady Penelope is very fond of Bob the gardener. However, he has plans to run off with Tilly and get married in secret. To add to the confusion Lily, Tilly´s twin sister, appears. Just when things seem to be getting really complicated, a dead body is found. Someone has been murdered… www.bluemangotheatre.com
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MURDER MYSTERY LADY WINIFRED Appendix 1 LORD BARTHOLEMEW LADY PENELOPE LILY TILLY BOB Appendix 2 Lily: Look, my name´s not Tilly. It´s Lily. I´m Tilly´s twin sister. Barty: Oh Ho! Twins! Two for the price of one! What luck! Lily: And I´ve dropped in as a lovely surprise for my sister, before she runs away to marry Bob. Barty: Bob? Bob is going to marry Tilly? Lily: Oh, didn´t you know? Oh whoops,. She´s going off this evening to get married to Bob. I wanted to get hold of her before they went. A little family reunion shall we say. I used to go out with Bob, he was my boyfriend, until Tilly took him off me. Ah, it should have been me getting married. I loved Bob, I still do. Barty: Tilly´s running away to marry Bob?I can´t believe it! Tilly and Bob? Bob and Tilly?!! Well, we´ll see about that. Please, excuse me Lily. I have to see about something, or rather someone. Lily: Oh dear!-he looks rather upset. I hope I haven´t messed things up for my darling sister. N.B We’ve included a poster which you can fill in and display in your school, library or cultural centre. www.bluemangotheatre.com
MURDER MYSTERY WORKSHEET 1 • Murder Mystery is a play set in an English Manor house. These houses were normally owned by upper class families and were passed from generation to generation. To maintain the house and family, there was a large number of domestic workers all doing different jobs. • Female domestic workers were often called maids. Domestic workers performed typical chores such as cooking, ironing, washing and cleaning the house, taking the family dog for a walk and taking care of the children. Maids were often expected to work at least fifteen hours per day. Manor houses were normally set in huge gardens and the family would employ one or more gardeners to maintain the grounds. The gardeners were not normally allowed in the house. • Up until the end or the 20th century there were hundreds of houses like these, where the rich upper class often have the title “Lord” before their name. “Lady” is the female counterpart. • Who do you think works in the house? • Who do you think has the title “Lord”? • Who do you think is the maid? • Who do you think is the gardener? • Who do you think has the title “Lady”? • Who do you think is working class? • Who do you think is upper class? 1 4 2 3 5 www.bluemangotheatre.com
MURDER MYSTERY WORKSHEET 2 Tilly works in the house, she’s the maid. She’s in love with Bob and is planning to run away with him and get married, but she is waiting for the right moment. She knows a secret about Lady Winifred… TILLY Lady Winifred is Lady Penelope’s mother and Barty’s mother in- law. She is also rich and doesn’t work. Everyone thinks she is a batty old lady, but in fact, she’s up to something. LADY WINIFRED “WINNIE” This is Lady Penelope, or “Pe”. She is Barty’s wife. She is rich and lives a life of leisure. Pe is always bossing Barty about. In fact, she bosses everyone about, including Bob, whom she is having a secret affair with. LADY PENELOPE “PE” This is Lord Bartholemew, otherwise known as “Barty”. He is the rich Lord of the manor house and never works. He is married to Lady Penelope but he’s sick of her. Barty is having an affair with the maid, Tilly. LORD BARTHOLEMEW “BARTY” www.bluemangotheatre.com
MURDER MYSTERY WORKSHEET 2 Finally, this is Lily: she is Tilly’s twin sister. She doesn’t live or work in the house; she has come to visit Tilly. They haven’t seen each other for years. Bob is Lily’s ex-boyfriend. Lily is angry that Bob is now in love with Tilly. LILY Bob works in the house, he is the gardener. He is good- looking but not very intelligent. He’s in love with Tilly and is planning to run away with her and get married. He’s having an affair with Lady Penelope. BOB www.bluemangotheatre.com
MURDER MYSTERY WORKSHEET 3 • CON ARTIST • TO BE SICK OF SOMEONE • ONE SANDWICH SHORT OF A PICNIC • OLD BATTLE-AXE • TO HAVE THE MEMORY OF A GOLDFISH • TO HAVE AN AFFAIR • TO BE UP TO SOMETHING • TO BOSS SOMEONE ABOUT • BATTY/Not 4 times 25 • 10. TO PLAY HARD TO GET • 11. REVENGE • BLACKMAIL • INSURANCE MONEY • To do something you shouldn´t do. • Mad. • Someone who tricks someone by first gaining their confidence. • Stupid. • To have a romantic relationship outside of your marriage. • Bossy old woman. • To be domineering and demanding. • To be unable to remember anything. • To pretend that you are less interested in someone than you really are as a way of making them more interested in you. • To be tired of someone. • To try to obtain money by intimidation. • Money you get from the legal act of protecting your property or life against specified contingencies. • Something done as a means of vengeance. www.bluemangotheatre.com
MURDER MYSTERY WORKSHEET 4 TRACK 27 – MURDER MYSTERY SCRIPT LILY: Look , my name’s not Tilly. It’s Lily. I’m Tilly’s twin sister. BARTY: Oh ho! Twins! Two for the price of one! What luck! LILY: And I’ve dropped in as a lovely surprise for my sister, before she runs away to marry Bob. BARTY: Bob? Bob is going to marry Tilly? LILY: Oh, didn’t you know? Oh woops. She’s going off this evening to get married to Bob. I wanted to get hold of her before they went. A little family reunion shall we say. I used to go out with Bob, he was my boyfriend, until Tilly took him off me. Ah, it should have been me getting married. I loved him, I still do. BARTY: Tilly’s running away to marry Bob? I can’t believe it! Tilly and Bob? Bob and Tilly?!! Well, we’ll see about that. Please excuse me Lily, I have to see about something, or rather someone. LILY: Oh dear, she looks rather upset. I hope I haven’t messed things up for my darling sister. • TO VISIT SOMEONE UNEXPECTEDLY • TO ESCAPE • TO ARRANGE OR CONSIDER SOMETHING • TO STEAL SOMEONE´S BOYFRIEND OR GIRLFRIEND • TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEONE • TO TALK TO SOMEONE • TO CREATE A STATE OF CONFUSION OR TROUBLE • TO LEAVE WITHOUT SAYING GOODBYE • TO GO OFF • TO GO OUT WITH SOMEONE • TO SEE ABOUT • TO RUN AWAY • TO DROP IN • TO TAKE OFF • TO GET HOLD OF SOMEONE • TO MESS UP www.bluemangotheatre.com
MURDER MYSTERY WORKSHEET 5 Readthetext and fill in the gaps withthe PAST SIMPLE of thefollowingverbs: WRITE SELL HOPE HAVE READ MARRY FIND SEE THINK LEAVE LIVE TELL CONTINUE DISAPPEAR WANT BE Agatha Christie ____(1)the most successful writer of detective stories of all time. People all over the world ______(2) her stories of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. But when she died in 1976 there was a final mystery: why did she _______(3) for eleven days in December 1926? Agatha Christie was born in September 1890. She______(4) with her family in Devon, England. In 1914 she ______(5) Colonel Archibald Christie. She _______(6) her first detective story in 1920 and soon she was very successful. But Agatha Christie didn´t ______(7) a happy marriage. On a cold night in December 1926 she ________(8) home in her car. The following morning, the police ________(9) the empty car but there was no sign of Agatha Christie. Two days later, they told the newspapers that they didn´t know where she was. Everyone ________(10) she was dead. But 250 miles away in Yorkshire, a waiter in a hotel ________(11) a guest who looked like Agatha Christie and he _______ (12) the police. Eleven days after her disappearance, her husband found her again in the hotel dining room. The couple were soon divorced. She married Sir Max Mallowan, an archaeologist, in 1930 and she _______(13) to write her mysteries. But she didn´t explain what happened in 1926. Did she ________(14) to kill herself? Did she want to show her husband that she didn´t love him? Did she _______(15) to sell more books? Over the years, Agatha Christie wrote more than 80 mysteries and _____(16) over 300 million books. But she never told anyone why she disappeared in December 1926. www.bluemangotheatre.com
MURDER MYSTERY WORKSHEET 6 POST SHOW QUESTIONNAIRE What did you like best about the show? What didn’t you like about the show? • What did Lady Winifred steal during the show? • What did Bob lose and Lady Penelope hide? • Who was the murderer? Can you explain what happened? • Lily d) Barty • Bob e) Lady Pe • Tilly f) Lady Winifred Give a number from 1-10 to show how much you enjoyed the show. (1= I didn’t like the show, 10= I loved the show) www.bluemangotheatre.com
