Felicity Fortescue-Smyth – Fashionable, frail, fun, frivolous and flirtatious, with a fondness of frequently using the “f“ word! Married for several years to John Smyth, but childless. A retired receptionist, but now an influential chairwoman of several local societies, she is always the life and soul of the party and lives her life to the full with her heavy involvement in many social activities. She spends as much money as she can on new clothes, jewelry or shoes. She rarely does any housework, cooking or gardening, so can preserve her beautifully manicured long nails. Her husband walks her beloved Great Dane, Biba, as the dog is far too big for her to control on a walk. Although she rarely does any cooking, except for the odd cake or two, she always does the washing up, wearing rubber cloves of course! She volunteered for that task on this holiday. She shares the twin room on the first floor with John Smyth and Biba.
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I have always enjoyed hosting Murder Mystery Parties for my social group who are latent thespians it seems, and after many corny murders acted out at my house, I decided to start writing this Murder Mystery play for them all to perform. I have, of course, based the characters on the various characters in my social group, and tailored their parts to suit them. I am sure they will forgive me for the misdemeanors and atrocities I shall be attributing to their characters! I assure you, they are entirely fictitious.
Tragically, one of my close friends, and one of the central characters in this play, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. I wanted to complete the play so that she would be able to perform it, but before I was able to finish the first act she suffered a rapid decline and I stopped writing. However, I will modify the play, and finish it when I am able, and it will be dedicated to her memory.
Murder at Hardstonecourt Hall – Introduction
1st January 2008. A group of “recycled teenagers“, including an elderly Great Dane, are spending a New Year self-catering break, in a remote, supposedly haunted, late 17th century imposing stone manor house, Hardstonecourt Hall on the borders of Scotland.