Nursery Tea and Poison

Lucille Fletcher

Poul Ørum

Anne Morice

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Walter J. Black

Nursery Tea and Poison/80 Dollars to Stamford/Scapegoat (Detective Book Club)

<p>A drama for a cast of 5 men and 4 women. Unable to sleep, Elaine Wheeler paces the living room of her Manhattan townhouse, troubled by unsettling memories and vague fears. Her husband tries to comfort her, but when he steps away for a moment Elaine screams as she sees (or believes she sees) the body of a dead man in the window across the way. The police are called, but find nothing except an empty chair. Elaine's terror grows as shortly thereafter she sees still another body-this time a woman's-but by now the police are skeptical and pay no heed to her frantic pleas. Her husband, claiming that Elaine may be on the verge of a breakdown, calls in a lady psychiatrist, who agrees with his suggestion that Elaine should commit herself to a sanitarium for treatment. From this point on, the plot moves quickly and grippingly as those involved-Elaine's old friend and house guest Blanche; the inquisitive and rather sinister man who lives next door; and the nosy German maid Helga-all contribute to the deepening suspense and mystery of the play as it draws towards its riveting and chilling climax.</p>

Night Watch.

Literature & Fiction

Fletcher, Lucille

Dramas & Plays

Dramatist's Play Service

<p>In two plays, an invalid woman tries to stop an unidentified person from killing her after overhearing the plot over the phone, and a driver tries to rid himself of a ghostly hitchhiker that follows him during a cross-country road trip.</p>

Sorry, Wrong Number and The Hitch-Hiker

McGraw=Hill

When wires get crossed, a woman accidentally overhears the telephone conversation of two men plotting a murder. Suspense and terror mounts as the woman slowly realizes that the intended victim is herself. This legendary one-act became one of radio's most famous plays, and was later adapted into a now classic work of film noir starring Barbara Stanwyck and Burt Lancaster. A L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance starring Susan Sullivan as Mrs. Stevenson, alongside Pamela Dunlap, Sam McMurray, Andre Sogliuzzo, Kate Steele, and Sarah Zimmerman. Directed by Rosalind Ayres. Recorded at The Invisible Studios, Los Angeles in 2011.

Sorry, Wrong Number

L.A. Theatre Works

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