The Play That Goes Wrong (Modern Plays) by Henry Lewis,Jonathan Sayer,Henry Shields

By Henry Lewis,Jonathan Sayer,Henry Shields

Good night. i am Inspector Carter. Take my case. This has to be Charles Haversham! i am sorry, this must've given you all a rattling shock.

After benefitting from a wide and unexpected inheritance, the inept and accident-prone Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society embark on generating an bold Nineteen Twenties homicide secret. they're extremely joyful that neither casting concerns nor technical hitches at present stand of their method. besides the fact that, hilarious catastrophe ensues and the forged begin to crack lower than the strain, yet can they get the creation again heading in the right direction earlier than the ultimate curtain falls?

The Play That is going Wrong is a farcical homicide secret, a play inside a play, conceived and played by way of award-winning corporation Theatre Mischief. It was once first released as a one-act play and is released during this re-creation as a two-act play.

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