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Fatal Combination, A

  • Peter DePietro
  • Full Length Play, Mystery/Thriller, Comedy, Present Day, Contemporary
  • 6M, 6F
  • ISBN: 9780573690068

Adapted from Paging Death.

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Mystery/Thriller, Comedy

  • Time Period: Present Day, Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set
  • Cautions: Mild Adult Themes

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, Dinner Theatre, College Theatre / Student, Professional Theatre
A flamboyant, aging and lovable Greek art dealer, a reticent and revengeful librarian, a not so shallow bleached blonde actress, and a literary scholar all descend upon a posh Boston hotel to retrieve a rare Byzantine treasure secured in the hotel vault where it awaits an upcoming museum exhibition.

Each wants the treasure enough to kill for it. George and Margaret Manning, a sharp eyed husband and wife detective team skin to Charlie Chan and Number One Son, work hand in hand to solve this deliciously sinister plot of international intrigue. Margaret gets in the way of the calculating killer and becomes the fourth and final victim. This is a thriller to the end.
REVIEWS:

"[The audience], at times, hurled suspicious accusations at one another with the vigor and purpose of discus throwers at a championship meet... A dramatic resolution."

Boston Globe

Premiere Production: A Fatal Combination was first performed at the Parket House Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts on January 24, 1986. Directed by Peter DePietro.

Characters

  • Casting: 6M, 6F
  • Casting Attributes: Room for Extras

  • DETECTIVE GEORGE MANNING - Assertive FBI agent. Grandfather turned investigator after a career as a law enforcement officer. Organized and articulate, conservatively dressed. 55 years old.

  • MARGARET MANNING - Wife of George. Housewife turned detective. Loves action, always butting in, sometimes a nuisance but extremely lovable. 50 years old.

  • DIMITRI - Flamboyant Green art dealer. Has an accent, flaming unnatural red hair. Oblivious to the effects of his often biting tongue, outwardly warm. 32-40 years old.

  • BUNNIE BERINGER - Ostensibly shallow and dumb blonde. Genuinely sensitive and caring. Hard-edged Brooklyn accent. Ex-playboy bunny. An actress. 28-35 years old.

  • LILY PARKER DOOMSBURY - Psychiatric patient trying to increase her social skills. Charmingly pleasant yet eccentric. Has a fabricated past. Obsessed with death and dying. Dresses bizarrely, a gossip. 50-55 years old.

  • SEAN O'REILLY - Mischevious, short-tempered waiter. Smooth talking thief. New to the job. 25 years old.

  • STEPHANIE REDDING - Self-confident assistant hotel manager. Dresses with a conservative Boston flair. Overly stern with employees, impatient with guests. Slight drinking problem. 35-40 years old.

  • ELAINE PETERS - Blonde, suburban, middle-class housewife. Here for a good time. 45 years old.

  • AL PETERS - Husband of Elaine. Soft-spoken. 47 years old.

  • JANET STAFFORD - Meek librarian outside, revengeful ex-con inside. Appears calm and quiet, slightly mysterious in her reticence, but not a wallflower. 35-40 years old.

  • TOM BOGWATER - Serious, quiet scholar. Uneasy with socializing. Bespectacled. 30-35 years old.

  • HOST - Anonymous liaison between reality and villainous fantasy.

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    A flamboyant, aging and lovable Greek art dealer, a reticent and revengeful librarian, a not so shallow bleached blonde actress, and a literary scholar all descend upon a posh Boston hotel to retrieve a rare Byzantine treasure secured in the hotel vault where it awaits an upcoming museum exhibition.

    Each wants the treasure enough to kill for it. George and Margaret Manning, a sharp eyed husband and wife detective team skin to Charlie Chan and Number One Son, work hand in hand to solve this deliciously sinister plot of international intrigue. Margaret gets in the way of the calculating killer and becomes the fourth and final victim. This is a thriller to the end.

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