The Keys
By Burton Bumgarner
The Keys is a one-act play that needs 6 performers (2 women, 4 men). Licensed by Eldridge Publishing.
- Type
- one-act play
- Cast size
- 6 performers
- Roles
- 2 women, 4 men
- Cast notes
- 4 m, 2 w
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- drama
- Licensor
- Eldridge Publishing
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Synopsis
Adapted by Burton Bumgarner from the tale by W.W. Jacobs. A wife demands that her husband leave the house unless he can get help for his gambling problem. He murders her with a paring knife and tries to hide her body from the maid. While he's still frantically searching for his wife's car keys to dump her body, a burglar breaks into the house. Thinking fast, the husband tries to cover up the murder by framing the burglar. The husband calls the police and while waiting for them, scuffles in the d
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