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Return of the Maniac

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  4w, 2m

Audiences scream their way to the harrowing climax of this bloody mystery set in modern London. When Emma Lorrison is called away from her rooming house by a fake telegram, her daughter Ann is left to rent the garret where a horrible murder took place three years before. Despite the housekeeper's fe…

Return of the Maniac

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    4w, 2m
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Mystery/Thriller
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences

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Summary
Audiences scream their way to the harrowing climax of this bloody mystery set in modern London. When Emma Lorrison is called away from her rooming house by a fake telegram, her daughter Ann is left to rent the garret where a horrible murder took place three years before. Despite the housekeeper's fears, Ann rents it to a young artist Peter Blake, who refuses to believe there's anything fearful about the room. When another roomer becomes romantically interested in Peter, Ann realizes she too is in love with him but suspects he's concealing something. Terror and suspense grow as an incomplete painting hidden in the garret quite possibly holds the identity of the mad killer; a killer who may be still in the house! Ann realizes she was the intended earlier victim and is still being stalked!

ANN LORRISON, pro tem proprietress of a rooming house

HETTY LATHROP, housekeeper for Ann and her mother

EMMA LORRISON, Ann's mother, owner of the rooming house

PETER BLAKE, an artist in search of lodging

SALLY BENTON, a roomer at the Lorrison house

HENRY ARMSTRONG, retired Colonel, Her Majesty's Lancers

  • Time Period Present Day
  • Setting A garret in the Lorrison house, in a no-longer-fashionable part of London.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Additional Features Not Applicable
  • Duration 90 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Alcohol

Music

  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)
  • Vocal DemandsN/A (Not a musical)
  • Chorus Size N/A (Not a musical)

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  • Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

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Authors

Mike Johnson

Mike Johnsonis one of several pen names for prolific playwright Jack Sharkey (1931-1992). Mr. Sharkey was born on May 6, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois. He began writing when he was 10 years old. He graduated from college with a BA in Creative Writing and taught school from 1953 t ...
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