Ivor Case Mysteries

Murder mysteries and other stories

Ivor Case Mysteries offers a number of one-hour long Murder-Mystery scripts suitable for social events, fund-raising or just plain having fun.

The plays are set in a variety of locations – a school, a manor house, a castle, a country estate – and involve usually around ten actors with an evenly split cast of female and male characters.

We have been presenting the plays since 2006 and helped raise funds for a variety of charitable causes.

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Murder is academic

Murder is Academic has a private school as its setting. The headmistress has many a murky secret she does not wish revealed and all the staff, both teaching and non teaching, have an axe to grind where she is concerned. One day she is found by a member of staff and the school secretary slumped over her desk. The staff were forced to break in to her office as she had locked the door from the inside and the key was still in the lock. This is a mystery for DCI Ivor Case and DS Jo Bluett to solve.

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Deadbeat

There is no doubt that Sir Henry Etheringham is a very nasty piece of work. When his father, the Earl, dies at a ripe old age leaving nothing in his will except debts, Sir Henry is very upset. It is compounded when he discovers that the housekeeper and butler have each been bequeathed considerable sums for past services rendered to the old philandering Earl. Sir Henry refuses to bury his father in a specially built vault and has it knocked down for a piggery. During a family vigil for the old man, Sir Henry is murdered in front of the Earl's coffin. Did the dead spirit exact revenge or is the answer to who killed Sir Henry found in a more down to earth location? Another mystery for Ivor Case and Jo Bluett.

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From Macmillan

“I heard laughter and many people commenting on a lovely evening. Your many hours writing the play was certainly worth every minute!” (Jenny J)

“It was a great evening, and such fun to be back together again.

Well done Howard for writing such a clever script, and good that so much money was raised for such a good cause.”

Such a good evening

We had such a good evening yesterday – reading Chilled Murder. We enjoyed the play and are impressed by your ingenuity. There is even talk of doing another one sometime.

Judith from Durham

One of the best

I just wanted you to know that we performed your play last night and it was a great success. Everyone agreed that it was one of the best fundraisers that we have had.

Anne England

Thank you so much!

Thank you so much for a successful evening. We had lots of positive feedback on how much people enjoyed the play.

Lesley Hollis

Excellent – a great success!

The play was excellent and during the interval provoked much good comment. The evening was a great success and so many people have told us how much they enjoyed the play.

Sue Hall

News & events

2023

During March we revisited 'Chilled Murder' in aid of Cirencester Macmillan. This was performed by members of Stratton Drama group as one of their 40th Anniversary celebrations. "I heard laughter and many people commenting on a lovely evening. Your many hours writing the play was certainly worth every minute! We raised £1430 for Macmillan."

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