About the Play
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“What happens when you mix the brilliant wit of Noel Coward with the intricate plotting of Agatha Christie? Set during a weekend in an English country manor in 1932, Death by Design is a delightful and mysterious “mash-up” of two of the greatest English writers of all time.
“Edward Bennett, a playwright, and his wife Sorel Bennett, an actress, flee London and head to Cookham after a disastrous opening night. But various guests arrive unexpectedly — a conservative politician, a fiery socialist, a nearsighted ingenue, a zany modern dancer — each with a long-held secret. When one of the guests is murdered, it’s left to Bridgit, the feisty Irish maid with a macabre interest in homicide, to solve the crime.”
— From the publisher
About This Production
Dates
November 14–16 and 21–22, 2013, 7:30 p.m.
November 23, 2 p.m. Matinee
Location
E.E. Bach Theatre in McKinley Hall, SPU campus
Director
Charlotte Tiencken
Scenery and Costume Designer
Don Yanik
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