The Long Red Herring
By Pat Cook
The Long Red Herring is a play that needs 8 or more performers (5 women, 3 men). Licensed by Dramatic Publishing.
- Type
- play
- Cast size
- 8 or more performers
- Roles
- 5 women, 3 men
- Cast notes
- 3m., 5w. (or 4m., 4w.)
- Recommended level
- High school
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- thriller
- Licensor
- Dramatic Publishing
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Synopsis
Professor Kleine, a creative literature instructor, has a rather unusual final exam. He sets up a murder in his own home and has his students try to solve it. After they are dropped off at the professor's house and told not to "tear up any wallpaper or make any long-distance calls to Bangkok," they begin the assignment. Somewhere along the way, however, one of the students begins to wonder if it really is just an assignment or a real murder has taken place. After all, no one has seen the profess
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