Death by Fatal Murder
From: Monday, 12th September 2011
To: Saturday, 17 September 2011
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Synopsis
In this, the third in the series of Inspector Pratt plays, Pratt's record of crime detection at Bagshot House is not enviable. In his two previous visits, chronicled in 'Murdered to Death' and 'Secondary Cause of Death', the body count mounted disastrously as he looked on, helpless and hopeless! Well now he is back and, as usual, chaos reigns supreme.
Our Review:
Anne Morley-Priestman - 14 September 2011
Be careful out there. Very careful. Inspector Pratt, the most inept (and daftest) detective ever to lurch across a murder scene is back on stage. It’s the second part of Peter Gordon’s trilogy of comedy thrillers which poke affectionate fun at some of the sleuths and situations we all know so well from other media.
Cod endings are reasonably familiar. Cod openings are less so. During the Battle of Britain apparent war widow Nancy has retreated to just one wing of the spacious country house she has inherited. She’s recruited Ginny Farquar, a jolly-hockey-sticks chum, to organise the land girls and taken in a couple of paying guests. These include Blodwyn Morgan, a Welsh medium, and Enzo Garibaldi, an expatriate Italian who gives a new meaning to squashed-fly biscuits.
The corpse which brings Pratt and PC Thompkins into the house is that of Constable Atkins. Then there’s meddling spinster Miss Joan Maple (now, I wonder who she reminds me of?) an...
Cast
Leslie Grantham (early dates)
Paul David-Gough (from Oct 18 2011)
Michelle Hardwick
Richard Gibson
Katy Manning
David Callister
Creative
Peter Gordon (Author)
Ian Dickens Productions International Ltd (Producer)
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