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Tiptoe Through the Tombstones

  • Norman Robbins
  • Full Length Play, Comedy, Present Day
  • 4M, 6F
  • ISBN: 9780573019173

A glorious spoof - a worthy sequel to A Tomb with a View - although previous acquaintance with the Tombs is not required.

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Comedy
  • 120 minutes

  • Time Period: Present Day
  • Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set

  • Performance Group:
  • Dinner Theatre, Community Theatre, High School/Secondary, Professional Theatre, College Theatre / Student
Some months have passed since the ghastly events in Monument house, well known to those familiar with A Tomb with a View. Now Mortimer Crayle, the crusty old lawyer, and his secretary Zoe, have gathered the last remaining Tomb family members (as offbeat a bunch as the original occupants) at the old house, ostensibly to inform them about their inheritance. But Crayle has designs on the inheritance which demand the death of all Tombs.

Fog descends on the gloomy mansion and in the cobwebby corridors things - and people - are seldom what they seem. With poison in every decanter and mysterious disappearances into secret passageways, host and guests like join the increasing number of bodies in the cellar. 

A glorious spoof - a worthy sequel to A Tomb with a View - although previous acquaintance with the Tombs is not required.

Premiere Production:

First productions in 1997.
Translations in German and Dutch.
To date over 300 productions worldwide.

Characters

  • Casting: 4M, 6F
  • Casting Attributes: Parts for Senior Actors
  • Casting Notes: Tomb characters are all larger than life - but truly believe in themselves.
    Is useful for ease of performance to have someone of similar build to the Clown (Larry) to don the costume for the 'quick change' parts of the script.

VERNON PREWITT - mid 30s
EDNA HONEYWILL - 18-20
ZOE MAPLETON - mid 30s
MORTIMER CRAYLE - late 70s
OCTAVIA TOMB - 60s
HENRIETTA TOMB - mid 50s
AUGUSTUS TOMB - mid 50s
ATHENE TOMB - late 50s
LARRY LEWISS - mid 20s
FABIA TOMB - early 40s

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Tiptoe Through the Tombstones Script Order Now

Some months have passed since the ghastly events in Monument house, well known to those familiar with A Tomb with a View. Now Mortimer Crayle, the crusty old lawyer, and his secretary Zoe, have gathered the last remaining Tomb family members (as offbeat a bunch as the original occupants) at the old house, ostensibly to inform them about their inheritance. But Crayle has designs on the inheritance which demand the death of all Tombs.

Fog descends on the gloomy mansion and in the cobwebby corridors things - and people - are seldom what they seem. With poison in every decanter and mysterious disappearances into secret passageways, host and guests like join the increasing number of bodies in the cellar. 

A glorious spoof - a worthy sequel to A Tomb with a View - although previous acquaintance with the Tombs is not required.

$24.95

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