Description
Characters: 6 males, 2 females
Scenery: Interior
For the mere sake of adventure, danger, and the "fun of the thing," Wyndham Brandon persuades his weak minded friend, Charles Granillo, to assist him in the murder of a fellow undergraduate, a perfectly harmless man named Ronald Raglan. They place the body in a wooden chest, and to add spice to their handiwork, invite a few acquaintances, including the dead youth's father, to a party, the chest with its gruesome contents serving as a supper table. The horror and tension are worked up gradually; thunder grows outside, the guests leave, and we see the reactions of the two murderers, watched closely by the suspecting lame poet, Rupert Cadell. Finally they break down under the strain and confess their guilt.
Author: Patrick Hamilton
Publisher: Samuel French Ltd
Published: 02/17/2004
Pages: 108
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.22d
ISBN13: 9780573019890
ISBN10: 0573019894
BISAC Categories:
- Drama | European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
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