Plays by John Goodrum
Original plays:
SCHUBERT FOUNTAIN (fictional biographical) - 1m
BLOOD RELATIONS (whodunit thriller) – 2f, 2m
THE RIPPER FILES! (whodunit thriller) – 1f, 2m
THE COMEDY OF TERRORS! (farce) – 1f, 1m
ONE FLING AFTER ANOTHER (farce) – 2f, 4m
SORRY, I LOVE YOU … (romantic comedy) – 1f, 2m
THE ELEVENTH HOUR (WW1 drama) – 2f, 3m plus voice only 1 boy
AS IT COMES! (farce) - 2f, 3m
Plays based on classic stories:
THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM (from Edgar Allan Poe) - 2m
THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH (from Edgar Allan Poe) – 1f, 1m
THE TELL-TALE HEART (from Edgar Allan Poe) – 2m
THE GHOST’S TOUCH (from Wilkie Collins) – 1f, 1m plus voice only 2f, 1m, 1 girl, 1 boy
THE SIGNALMAN (from Charles Dickens) – 3m
THE BLACK VEIL (whodunit thriller, from Charles Dickens) – 1f, 2m
THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD (whodunit, from Charles Dickens) – 1f, 2m with doubling (or up to 6f, 9m without doubling)
CAPTAIN MURDERER (from Charles Dickens) – 1f, 1m
THE HAUNTED BRIDE (from Charles Dickens) – 1f, 1m
THE HAUNTED HOUSE (from Charles Dickens) – 1f, 2m with doubling (or up to 3f, 7m without doubling) plus voice only 1 boy
DRACULA’S GUEST! (contemporary forensic thriller, from Bram Stoker) – 1f, 1m
THE JUDGE’S HOUSE! (from Bram Stoker) – 1f, 1m
TREASURE ISLAND (from Robert Louis Stevenson) – 2f, 2m with doubling
THE NIGHTMARE ROOM (contemporary psychological thriller, from Arthur Conan Doyle) – 2f plus voice only 1m
SHERLOCK HOLMES – A Study in Fear (from Arthur Conan Doyle) – 3m
SHERLOCK HOLMES – The Scandal of the Scarlet Woman (from Arthur Conan Doyle) – 1f, 1m plus voice only 1m
RAFFLES – The Mystery of the Murdered Thief (from E W Hornung) – 5m (or 4m with doubling) plus voice only 2f, 7m
FATHER BROWN – The Curse of the Invisible Man (whodunit, from G K Chesterton) 2f, 2m
FATHER BROWN – The Murderer in the Mirror (whodunit, from G K Chesterton) – 2f, 4m plus voice only 1m
FATHER BROWN - A Crime at Christmas (light-hearted mystery, from G K Chesterton) - 3f, 5m