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Written by
  
Fred Carmichael

Setting
  
1928

Author
  
Fred Carmichael

4/5
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Characters
  
12: 7 Male, 5 Female

Originally published
  
1965

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Original language
  
English or Acting language

Similar
  
Done to death, The Robin Hood caper, Out of sight ‑ out of murder

Any number can die


Any Number Can Die premiered at the Dorset Playhouse, Dorset, Vermont by the Caravan Theatre Summer Stock Company. The Dorset Playhouse was owned by Fred and his wife Patricia from 1949-1975.

Contents

Any number can die


Plot

The play takes place in Raven's Head, an old mansion on a deserted island off the coast of North Carolina.

Scene Breakdown

  • Act I
  • Scene One:Late afternoon
  • Scene Two:After dinner
  • Act II
  • Scene One:Short time later
  • Scene Two:An hour later
  • Act III
  • Scene One:Short time later
  • Scene Two:An hour later, just before dawn.

    • Cast

    The show was directed by Fred Carmichael, staged by Patricia Carmichael, set design by Judith Page Murray, and lighting design by George Blanchard. It starred Nicholas (Chuck), Colette Bablon (Judy), Susan Kaslow (Zenia), Charles Dickens (Roger Masters), Victoria Camargo (Celia Lathrop), M. Emmet Walsh (T.J. Lathrop), Peter von Mayrhauser (Edgars), Elizabeth Franz (Ernestine Wintergreen), Barbara Greacen (Sally VanViller), Anthony Dingman (Carter Forstman), Nick Masi Jr. (Jack Regent), and Fred Carmichael (Hannibal Hix).

    References

    Any Number Can Die Wikipedia
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