A SAMUEL FRENCH, LTD. TITLE
A Tomb with a View
Full-Length Play, Comedy / 6w, 4m
A Tomb With A View is set in as sinister an old library as one is likely to come across presided over by a portrait of a grim faced, mad eyed old man. There, a dusty, lawyer reads a will (involving some millions of pounds) to an equally sinister family one member of which has were wolf tendencies,…
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Cast Size
6w, 4m -
Duration
120 minutes (2 hours) -
Subgenre
Mystery/Thriller -
Target Audience
Appropriate for All Audiences
Details
Summary
A Tomb With A View is set in as sinister an old library as one is likely to come across presided over by a portrait of a grim faced, mad eyed old man. There, a dusty, lawyer reads a will (involving some millions of pounds) to an equally sinister family one member of which has were wolf tendencies, another wanders around in a toga of Julius Caesar and a third member is a gentle old lady who plants more than seeds in her flower beds. By the third act, there are more corpses than live members left in the cast and what about the sympathetic nurse and the author of romantic novels are they all, or more than, they seem to be? All is revealed as the plot twists and turns to its surprising conclusion.
History
24th October 1977, St Giles Player
As of 2016 over 1,760 productions worldwide
Translations in German and Dutch
Cast Attributes
Keywords
- Time Period Contemporary, Present Day
- Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
- Additional Features Not Applicable
- Duration 120 minutes (2 hours)
- Cautions
- No Special Cautions
Media
"This is a well written and well constructed play with more twists and turns than a corkscrew and you will never work out who the murderer is, so you ahve to wait to the end of the play to find out" – Seaford and Newhaven News, May 2013
"Laughter with a chilly spine" – Sussex Express, May 1979
Music
- Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)
- Vocal DemandsN/A (Not a musical)
- Chorus Size N/A (Not a musical)
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
Authors
Norman Robbins
Norman Robbins, one of Amateur Theatre's most popular authors, wrote his first stage show almost 60 years ago whilst working for the Yorkshire Evening Post. An avid theatregoer from the age of three (his grandparents ran the pub near the local theatre so free tickets were al ...