{"product_id":"a-death-in-gravy-by-toph-whitmore","title":"A Death in Gravy by Toph Whitmore","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs high-society party guests toast the new year at a posh London mansion, a man lies dead at the dinner table, his life snuffed out just minutes shy of the 1970s, and anyone in attendance could have done the snuffing. Sounds like a case for famed French inspector Jacques Hughes, except for one little problem: He's the one face down in the sauce.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA DEATH IN GRAVY \u003c\/em\u003eis a farcical, single-set, two-act comic whodunnit that both pays homage to and satirizes Agatha Christie: Everyone’s a suspect and anyone’s a sleuth. Who will step up to solve Jacques’ murder in his absence? And who killed “the last of the great French detectives”? Was it the gravy magnate? The high-society dowager? The indolent aspiring-actor son? The movie director? The right-hand man? The best-selling author? The loyal servant? The mischievous chef? The handsome accountant? Or perhaps all of the above?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKeywords: comedy, farce, whodunnit, mystery, gravy, female characters, whodunit, dark comedy, Agatha Christie\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenre: Dark Comedy, Mystery\u003cbr\u003eActs: 2\u003cbr\u003eRun time: 90 minutes\u003cbr\u003eSuitable for students 10+\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCast size: 9 actors\u003cbr\u003eMale roles: 5\u003cbr\u003eFemale roles: 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCHARACTERS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- CAMILLE: 20s-40s F, chef, French\u003cbr\u003e- PEMBERTON: 20s-40s M, butler, British\u003cbr\u003e- GERTRUDE GOLDFARB: 60s F, mother, business magnate, heiress to the “Gertie’s Good Gravy” fortune, British\u003cbr\u003e- LADY LESLEY LESLIE: 60s F, friend of GERTIE’s, British\u003cbr\u003e- GUILLERMO GOLDFARB JR.: 22 M, son of GERTIE, aspiring actor, British\u003cbr\u003e- NIGEL THROCKMORTON: 30s M, GERTIE’s financial advisor, British\u003cbr\u003e- JOHN SANDHURST: 40s M, assistant to detective Jacques Hughes, former Royal Navy lieutenant, British\u003cbr\u003e- KITTY CARDIGAN: 30s-40s F, journalist, chronicler of detective Jacques Hughes’ exploits, British\u003cbr\u003e- BENJY GOODBUTTER-SMYTHE: 50s M, film director, British\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PGC","offers":[{"title":"Digital (PDF)","offer_id":45938106728621,"sku":"SRS-TW-DIG","price":14.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2362\/0235\/files\/Gravy-poster.png?v=1776954402","url":"https:\/\/www.canadianplayoutlet.com\/products\/a-death-in-gravy-by-toph-whitmore","provider":"Canadian Play Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}