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| SUSPICION AT THE STRATFORD |
On a dark and stormy night, The Travelling Toe and 7 other members of the Single Friends Sunday School attended a mystery dinner theater production at First United Methodist
Church -Hurst. The play, "Suspicion at the Stratford" was presented by the Faithful Disciples Sunday School Class and was written by Elaine Plybon, David Plybon and Danny Macchietto.
The play takes place at the Stratford Towers. The proprietor, Basil Loudon, is not happy being the owner and neglects his duties so he can write trivia questions. Polly is the housekeeper and wants to purchase the inn but lacks the funds to do so. Fran Penny, a long term guest, who is behind on her payments to Basil, and tries to write a novel and uses the inn and it's guests as characters for the yet to be completed novel. Two sisters, Betty and Judy Hayes are staying at the Stratford during their travel trip. Betty is alwasy on the hunt for little-known tourist attractions (think largest ball of string) and they search antique shows for treasures. Chet Robinson, a frequent guest, is a not very good golfer and is always losing games and money to Bill Duvane, a neighbor. The last of the group is Sherman, one of the caddies at the golf course, with a dream of becoming a pro golfer.
Church -Hurst. The play, "Suspicion at the Stratford" was presented by the Faithful Disciples Sunday School Class and was written by Elaine Plybon, David Plybon and Danny Macchietto.
The play takes place at the Stratford Towers. The proprietor, Basil Loudon, is not happy being the owner and neglects his duties so he can write trivia questions. Polly is the housekeeper and wants to purchase the inn but lacks the funds to do so. Fran Penny, a long term guest, who is behind on her payments to Basil, and tries to write a novel and uses the inn and it's guests as characters for the yet to be completed novel. Two sisters, Betty and Judy Hayes are staying at the Stratford during their travel trip. Betty is alwasy on the hunt for little-known tourist attractions (think largest ball of string) and they search antique shows for treasures. Chet Robinson, a frequent guest, is a not very good golfer and is always losing games and money to Bill Duvane, a neighbor. The last of the group is Sherman, one of the caddies at the golf course, with a dream of becoming a pro golfer.
The mystery centers around an old German Bile that Betty and Judy find. They think it is worth a lot of money. When the Bible goes missing, Fran starts trying to find out who took it. Each guest has their own reason for stealing it for monetary purposes. Who did it? The Travelling Toe will not reveal the ending as you had to be an audience member to name the villain.
A fun part of the play was a trivial game between scene 2 and scene 3. The Travelling Toe does not like to brag, but a decisive victory by the "Red" team was led by yours truly, and due to an extensive knowledge of murder and mayhem and mundane things, victory was ours!! We won beautiful plastic leis of various colors.
The dinner was prepared by Jackie Harper and was so delicious!
Not only did we have fun and win a prize, but the proceeds from the Mystery Dinner Theater benefited the following missions:
Adopt-a-School
African Immigrant Missions
Panama Missions
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| Cast of Characters |
Good times with good friends, sharing a delightful evening of entertainment and the joy of helping others....doesn't get any better than that!!!
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