Postmortem (Ludwig)

This clever thriller by the author of Lend Me a Tenor and Sullivan & Gilbert has delighted audiences nationwide. Actor manager and playwright William Gillette, best known for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes in his hugely successful adaptation of Conan Doyle a popular play available from Samuel French, has invited his sister and the cast of his latest revival of the play for a weekend at his magnificent pseudo medieval castle on a bluff overlooking the Connecticut River. For entertainment Gillette has arranged a seance. Now the scene is set for his greatest role. Someone is trying to murder William Gillette and he suspects it is one of his guests. Intrepid, eccentric Gillette plans to solve the case himself a la Sherlock Holmes.

"Zestfully trots out all the classic murder mystery devices: shots in the dark and darkly held secrets, deathbed letters, guns and knives and bottles bashed over the head, ghosts and hiders behind curtains and misbegotten suspicions. There are moments when you'll jump. Guaranteed." - The Telegraph

"A Sherlock Holmes whodunnit kind of mystery packed with suspects and tinged with suspense and laughter." - The London Times

PostMortem was first presnted at  the American Stage Festival in Miford, New Hampshire in July, 1983. Directed by Larry Carpenter.

MACREADY - a butler
BOBBY CARLYLE - an actor and man-about-town
MAY DISON - an ingenue
MARION BARRETT - an actress, Gillette's sister
LEO BARRETT - Marion's husband, plays Professor Moriarty
WILLIAM GILLETTE - writer and star of Sherlock Holmes
LILLY WARNER - Gillette's aunt
LOUISE PARRADINE - a former actress