Masquerade on Fleet Street

By Anna Klein
Players: 40
Genre: Victorian melodrama
London,
1900. It’s the turn of the century, and London is a city forging its name in
these new times. Culture is flourishing at the new opera house which boasts
rising stars and exotic performances, as well as stunning illusions. The
journals are filled with news of a fair and just legal system, new advances in
the field of medicine and psychiatry, human knowledge is advancing in leaps and
bounds. And of course, there is all the upcoming excitement and matchmaking of
the coming Season to look forward to!
Yet
there are dark things afoot in London, and there is great public unease about a
series of gruesome murders that have happened in the last month, a serial
killer whom the police have been unable to catch. And recently, two notorious
bandits have been holding the streets to ransom, and the wealthy no longer feel
safe in their carriages at night.
As
one of the opening events of the season, London’s pre-eminent judge, Rex
Solomon, is throwing a coming of age ball for his beloved daughter Bella.
Masquerade is the word of the night, and all the guests are expected to wear
full face masks. All the best people have been invited, and it promises to be a
night of glamorous mystery!
Masquerade
on Fleet Street is a gothic melodrama inspired by Sweeney Todd. Passions run
deep, and enmity deeper, loyalty is tested and revenge wrought bloodily. Amidst
the swirling fabrics and dizzying lights of the masquerade, who can say whether
a friend or foe lies behind the mask?
Request from author
Previous NZ runs
Wellington 2011
Wellington 2010
Category:Anna Klein
Category:35-40 player
Category:40-45 player
Category:Drama
Category:Historical