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Dial M for Murder

A three act drama for five men and one woman about a murder-for-hire gone wrong. A consistently delightful, thoroughly ingratiating comedy which takes the revolutionary position that men and women can simply be friends—without the distracting factor of sex to complicate their relationship.

Genre
thrillermysterynoircrimeliterary fiction
Themes
theatremovies
Setting
1950s
Audience
adult
Length
short · 182 pages
Form
plays

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