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Blood Temperature – A Murder Mystery written
by Chris Hall for
the King’s Somborne School Association 24th April 2009
Blood
Temperature Setting: ' motto: "Dulce et decorum est pro patria
mori" (A
quotation from Horace described by the war poet Wilfred Owen as 'The old Lie' "How sweet and fitting it is to die
for one's country") Occasion: A PTA fundraising dinner. Time: 1958 Character Cast
The victim: Grant Worcester
A Boiler repair man John
Cartwright Suspects: Cecilia Tweet The Headmistress Leslie
Evans Robin
Tweet Her Husband Andrew Flanagan Miss Primrose
Posey The School Secretary Pam Flanagan Mrs. Beryl
Bullseye The School
Cleaner Sue
Spurling Reverend
Terrence Turn The local Vicar Alan
Glynne-Jones Lottie
Lovespoon The local Pharmacist Lynda
Waggot William
Weighbridge An engineer friend
of Robin Tweet's Nigel
Coleman Tamsin Takeover The Chair of the school PTA Vanessa Sharpe Dr. Delia Dedly The local Doctor Sue
Jackson Investigators: Whatson The Detective: Chris Hall Miss Stately
Holmes The Detective’s niece Catherine Cartwright Plot development: Pam
Flanagan, Catherine Cartwright, Vicky Burden, Chris Hall. “Miss Terry” revealed as unqualified doctor denies gender
reassignment charge For Mr Winning
it must have felt like any other day in the life of a primary school head. A
torrid love triangle featuring the school
secretary, the headmistress and a boiler repair man, his Chair of
Governors brutally murdered by the Chair of the PTA before being targeted
again by a cleaner who appeared fonder of guns than “gumption”. The plot for
the Murder Mystery evening put on by KSSA and the Somborne Players was based
around “ Leslie Evans,
Andrew and Pam Flanagan, Sue Spurling, Alan Glynne Jones, Lynda Waggot, Nigel
Coleman, Vanessa Sharpe and Sue Jackson played the suspects, John Cartwright
the bloodied victim whilst Chris Hall and Catherine Cartwright played the detective
and his assistant desperately trying to keep abreast of a plot whose outcome
had only been finalised on the day in question. The removal of
the corpse was handled by four members of the audience with a delicacy that
must make their present day jobs a matter of question. Hot food was
effortlessly provided by the KSSA, despite the fact that the Village Hall
kitchen was out of action because of the refurbishment. Teams “Clueless” and “Never
going to win” came closest to providing the missing clues, six other teams all
selecting a different suspect. The evening was
light hearted and great fun and if you are not careful may well be
repeated! Nearly £500 was
raised for the school. Thank you to everyone involved. review written for the Gauntlet by Chris
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