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Home Sweet Homicide

By Tony Schwartz & Marylou Ambrose

Cast of Characters:      

Hemlock Holmes: Famous detective who doesn’t have a clue

Whatsun: Holmes’s female assistant; the brains of the partnership 

Elmira: Refugee from a sanatorium, who has a mysterious disease

Dr. Charles Ovary: Freudian psychiatrist who treats Elmira

Frau Franksenbeans: Dr. Ovary’s nurse

Mr. Drudgery: Holmes’s butler

Mrs. Drudgery: Holmes’s housekeeper and Drudgery’s wife

Setting:

Time: The late 1800s

Place: The entire play takes place in Holmes’s parlor.

All the action takes place during Victorian times, in the parlor of Hemlock Holmes. Why did Holmes travel to upstate New York to visit the Cozy Crypt Sanatorium? Who is this captivating “cousin” called Elmira -- and is she really a cousin? What mysterious disease afflicts Elmira, and can Dr. Ovary cure it? Keep your eyes and ears open for clues, because someone will be ruthlessly murdered at the end of the show, and it’s up to the audience to guess who-done-it! Every cast member is a suspect, including Holmes himself.