SHORT PLAY
Comedy
Comedy
In this Agatha Christie-esque farcical romp,
a runaway train is destined for doom.
An Inspector must identify the murderer
and find an escape before it crashes,
but not everything nor everyone is as they seem.
a runaway train is destined for doom.
An Inspector must identify the murderer
and find an escape before it crashes,
but not everything nor everyone is as they seem.
CHARACTER INFORMATION
Inspector - Man, Age 40s/older
Ms. Cris - Woman, Age 40s/older
Billy - Man, Age 20s
Train Conductor - Any gender, Any age
THEMES
murder mystery, train, farce
REVIEWS & RECOMMENDATIONS
“What fun! This is a delightful send-up of old-fashioned murder mystery conventions and larger than life characters. The mother/son dynamic is as funny as the dazzling word play. The laughs are as out of control as the train. And the resolution is everything one could wish for. As I said at the beginning, What fun!”
(Paul Donnelly)
“"Murder on the Southern Crescent" is a madcap mystery romp, populated with outsize characters. punny wordplay, and loving jabs at whodunnit literature. Setting the play on an out-of-control train was an especially clever touch, as it lends extra urgency to the plot and momentum to the language. Very well done.”
(Mathew Green)
(Paul Donnelly)
“"Murder on the Southern Crescent" is a madcap mystery romp, populated with outsize characters. punny wordplay, and loving jabs at whodunnit literature. Setting the play on an out-of-control train was an especially clever touch, as it lends extra urgency to the plot and momentum to the language. Very well done.”
(Mathew Green)
“"Murder on the Southern Crescent" is an unabashedly silly and wonderfully clever farce that gleefully sends up the classic drawing-room murder mystery with outrageous characters, delicious wordplay, and an ever-escalating series of comic revelations. John Mabey gives Ms. Cris a particularly marvelous comic voice, and the final image of this newly formed “family” united in heartwarming homicide is exactly the kind of wicked theatrical payoff the play promises from the start.”
(Donald Loftus)
(Donald Loftus)
“"Murder On The Southern Crescent" by John Mabey was an absolute delight! I’m a sucker for a good murder mystery, and I loved watching Mabey gleefully play with all the familiar conventions. The runaway train adds an extra layer of ridiculous urgency, and the escalating revelations and wordplay kept me laughing. I can imagine this being an absolute blast in performance!”
(Danielle Wirsansky)
“What a fabulous ride! JOHN MABEY has combined a world of old-fashioned accents and modern word play to create a simply delightful and devilish short play. Not only will actors ADORE bringing this to life, but the costumes would be fabulous and CHRISp. See what I did there? SOMEONE produce this!”
(Debra A. Cole)
(Danielle Wirsansky)
“What a fabulous ride! JOHN MABEY has combined a world of old-fashioned accents and modern word play to create a simply delightful and devilish short play. Not only will actors ADORE bringing this to life, but the costumes would be fabulous and CHRISp. See what I did there? SOMEONE produce this!”
(Debra A. Cole)