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Checkmate (Sands)

Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy  /  2w, 3m

Leslie Sands

As this witty and unconventional whodunit opens, British television star Peter Conway arrives home to find his wife Stella dead from a drug overdose. Police Sergeant Drummond is assigned to investigate.

Checkmate (Sands)

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 3m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Mystery/Thriller

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Summary
As this witty and unconventional whodunit opens, British television star Peter Conway arrives home to find his wife Stella dead from a drug overdose. Police Sergeant Drummond is assigned to investigate. He is properly starstruck as Conway relates the events which led to his wife's death, all of which are dramatized in a series of flashbacks in which we meet Stella, Conway's agent, and his beautiful young American lover. When Drummond learns that Conway's career is on the skids and that he is in deep financial straits, he begins to wonder if this is a case of suicide or murder.
PETER CONWAY
STELLA CONWAY
SGT DRUMMOND
LORI NILSSON
RICHARD SHAW
BBC DRESSER (non-speaking)
TV VOICE (female, unseen)
  • Setting An attractive mews-cottage, situated not far from the Thames Embankment in London.

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  • Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

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Leslie Sands

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