Murder usually being a somewhat grave business, it was entertaining to see this troupe of actors transport their audience back to the dark days of 1205 with a tongue-in cheek-tempo striking a chord somewhere between travelling players and pantomime.
Cue an “honest” Sir Hugh Wallace, played by Matthew Watson, a bumbling drunk that just might know too much - beautifully played by Mike Spinney – and a self-righteous Abbot played by a fiery David Wellstead.
Complete the set with a scheming wife, Judith Jenkins, a nun too good to be true by the name of Sister Patience (Linda Coulson) and a “scarlet woman” called Maeve who had had overly intimate relations with just about everyone going, and you have your full set of “Whodunits” – the only things missing were the libraries and the candlesticks… but when you have spectacular views across the Purbecks and the romantic ruins of Corfe Castle instead, you can’t complain.
With dastardly plots, treacherous treason, stolen treasure, lustful lechery and murder most foul, this murder mystery had more twists than Alice’s maze and more heated accusations than Eastenders.
By the time darkness rolled in over the hills many an audience member was entangled in the web of lies and deceit.
An amusing night out in a beautiful setting.
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