Archives - April 1993
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Produced by Cheree Hill
THE PLAY
Period drama, at a vicarage in 1950. Village life is carrying on as normal, the most contentious event being Colonel Protheroe's daughter wishing to be painted in her swimsuit by local artist Lawrence Redding. That is, until Colonel Protheroe comes to inspect the church accounts and is murdered. Suddenly, everyone is under scrutiny from the stolid Inspector Slack - and there are reasons why everyone is a suspect.
Both Redding and the Colonel's widow Anne confess to the crime, but are proved to be covering up for each other. It is established that Redding's gun was the murder weapon, but most people - even the vicar's wife Griselda - have had the opportunity to take it. The Inspector and - more importantly - Miss Marple have apparently reached a dead end.
The Redding befriends nerve-wracked curate Hawes and discovers that Hawes has been embezzling church funds to purchase books. Preying on Hawes' guilt, Redding persuades him to write a confession and then poisons him. Miss Marple interrupts the murder in progress, having worked out how Redding and Anne managed to establish their false alibis. Anne, too, arrives and is horrified by Redding's callousness. Just as he is about to shoot Miss Marple, she throws herself in front of the gun and is killed, at the same time destroying any hope he had of escaping.
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Worthing Herald, 8th April 1993
