Clarissa, wife of a diplomat, is adept at spinning tales of adventure but when a murder takes place in her drawing room she finds live drama much harder to cope with.
Category: Simon Jackson
2012
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Twelfth Night
Viola and her twin brother Sebastian have been shipwrecked; each believes the other to be drowned. Viola disguises herself as a young man and gets a job as a servant for Orsino.
2011
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And Then There Were None
Ten people, each with something to hide and something to fear, are invited to a lonely mansion on a remote island by a host who, surprisingly, fails to appear.
2010
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Victorian-era detective Holmes and his assistant, Dr. Watson, are called to Baskerville Hall in the mist-covered moors of Dartmoor in southern England.
2009
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Run For Your Wife
A London cab driver, John Smith, literally has two lives, complete with two different wives, Mary and Barbara. Somehow, he manages to juggle them both without arousing suspicion.
2008
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Badgers Green
A company has ambitious plans to redevelop the quiet, picturesque village of Badger’s Green. It is eventually decided to settle the future of the village by playing a cricket match.
2007
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Relatively Speaking
Greg and Ginny are living together, but Greg is becoming somewhat suspicious that he is not the only man in her life so he decides to follow her.
2007
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The Government Inspector
Witty, smart and wildly satirical, this timely and spirited adaptation of Nikolai Gogol’s classic play exposes the corruption of a provincial town with biting hilarity.
2005
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Murder in the Cathedral
This play by one of the world’s greatest poets tells of the martyrdom of Archbishop Thomas Becket who, though tempted, refuses to seize temporal control of England.
2004
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Loot
Dennis works as a hearse driver for an undertaker. Hal’s old Mum has just died. They rob the bank next door to the funeral parlour and find just the place to hide the loot.
2003
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The Hollow
An unhappy game of romantic follow-the-leader explodes into murder one weekend at The Hollow, home of Sir Henry and Lucy Angkatell, arguably Christie’s finest comic grande dame.
2002
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On The Razzle
The story is basically one long chase, chiefly after two naughty grocer’s assistants, who, when their master goes off on a binge with a new mistress, escape to Vienna on a spree.