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Volume VII, Number VII Montreat, NC 28757 Mareh 31, 2006
Murder Mystery at the Manor
staff Reports
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Montreat College Theatre
Series presents the college and
community production of Mys
tery in the Manor April 6“' — S*.
The comedy mystery, performed
at the Manor House of In the
Oaks is set in 1925 Black Moun
tains. The audience becomes
quests at Franklin and Lillian
Terry’s housewarming party for
an evening event the promises
jazz music, intrigue, food, history,
mystery and more.
Written by Carol Ander
son, Rebecca Williams and
Jerry Pope this comedy “who
done it” weaved in historical
characters, such as the Terry
family, together with a 1920’s
type-acting troupe who’ve been
hired for the evening’s enter
tainment. Lillian Emerson, the
Terry’s daughter, will fill in for
the ingenue in the evening’s
who done it mystery. At her
mothers insistence she will
“Shout joyfully to the LORD with the
lyre; Break forth and sing for joy and sing
praises. ”
- Psalm 98:4 NAS
also perform an Isadora Dimcan
dance accompanied by the cook
and some of the serving girls.
The actors of the theatre troupe
performing the murder mystery
seem like a happy lot, but in this
play within a play there is more
going on than meets the eye.
Assistant Theatre professor
Carol Anderson has produced the
Montreat College Theatre Series
for the last three years and says,
“I was searching for the right
show to do for our next college
and community theatre produc
tion. During a faculty meeting
at the manor house of In the
Oaks, I thought what a great set
ting this would be for a murder
mystery set in the 1920’s. We
could weave in some of the great
music of that time. I pictured
students performing Putting on
the Ritz in top hats and tails.
And not here we are actually
doing it; producing a very funny
play that lets people step back in
time and have a great evening of
entertainment.”
Anderson says, “One of our
library staff, Don Talley really
went at it researching about the
Terry’s for this production. We
had been told the Lillian Emer
son, their daughter, had been
a dancer in some Broadway
shows. So we used that in the
play and set the premise of her
having her acting debut with the
theatre troupe. Well art imitates
life in this case because Don
recently found out that she was
a dancer who became and actress
and was in a series of light com
edies and melodramas on Broad
way. Not only that, but in 1924
she acted in two radio plays on
the Lux Radio Hour; One with
Clark Gable and the other with
Edward G. Robinson.”
“Just last night Dan asked nie
why I had chosen ‘Putting on the
Ritz.’ He said that Harry Rick
man, a top entertainer of the late
20’s and early 30’s, made the
song famous by including it in an
early talkies film by that name. In
1934 Richman’s last Broadway
stage role was in a show called
‘Say When’ the opening number
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was a duet that he sang with none
other than Lillian Emerson.”
In addition to the entertain
ment, the evening will also
include heavy hor’deourves and
dessert. Performances of Mys
tery in the Manor are April 6-8 at
7:30 pm in the Manor House of
In the Oaks. Tickets are $20 for
adults and $10 for students.
For students there is a dress
rehearsal on Wed. Aril 5* at 7:30
pm. Admission is $5 and this is
just to cover food costs. Come
be the first to see the show.
To reserve tickets for Thurs-
day-Saturday performance nights
call 669-8011 ext.O. Tickets can
also be purchases at the Business
Office at Montreat College M-F,
8-4 pm or at Tlie Merry Wine
Market on W. State St. For more
information call 669-8011 ext
2278.
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