Upper Tidley is a small, sleepy village where everyone knows everyone and nothing much ever happens but anything that does is gossiped about LOADS! There’s a pub, a village shop/post-office, a church, a tiny village school and a park, and a couple of farms. There’s a Pub Quiz once a month and a farmer’s market on Saturday mornings, Mothers Union meetings and choir practice. That’s the village life.
This is what has happened. Rumours that Ellen Browning, the seventeen-year-old daughter of the pub land-lord, is pregnant are spreading through the village. These are found to be true! People say that it’s not her boyfriend’s (Tom Hench, a farmer’s son) baby... But Ellen won’t say who the father is. And then the girl is murdered! Who is it- her jealous boyfriend, the secret father or the mad old lady on the hill? Opinions differ.
You are villagers. Try to make your characters interesting and a little bit eccentric, and not all teenagers. You will have to decide who you think the murderer is, and you can get up to all sorts in your spare time e.g. love affairs, arguments etc. I will be the detective, Ms. Worthington-Smythe, who comes to stay with the Browning’s and investigates the case.
So- here are some ideas of your characters.
Necessary characters that I will play if no-one else takes them-
Mr Browning- Being the pub land-lord, he could be a drunkard. Maybe even violent? Think about how he will be affected by his daughter’s death, and what he’ll do to whoever he thinks the murderer is.
Mrs. Browning- She could have an affair, or she could go crazy with grief. Whatever you think.
Tom Hench- How will he feel about his possibly-unfaithful girlfriend’s death? Might he even be the murderer? Will he find a new love?
Mad Old Lady On The Hill- There’s one in every village, isn’t there? What are her views on the girl’s pregnancy? What madness will she do? I don't mind being her, should be a laugh!
Optional suggested characters-
The Shop-Owner/ Post-People- Could be good gossipers? Have relationships?
The Vicar- If you make this character a stereotypical elderly male fool I will be annoyed and not accept him. Could be female? Could be young?
The Teacher- Make this character whoever you like.
The Browning Children- How will they deal with their sister’s death? What will they do?
Farmers and Families- As well as the Hench farming family, there ought to be a couple of other farmers.
Any other villager you want to be
Rules:
No Swearing. Use expressions like ‘Darn it!’, ‘I say!’, ‘Wotho!’, ‘Crikey!’ or just stars.
No Blasphemy. I count this as swearing.
Nothing beyond kissing described.
No magical powers.
No killing other people’s characters without asking them!
No bad grammar or spelling!
Only take three characters maximum each.
I think that’s it....
I hope people get involved. I’ll P.M. you if I think you should be the murderer (feel free to say you don’t want to, and think of an alternative motive)!
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