week 1 - trial

[productions]

week one trial



[At 9 AM precisely, the old grandfather clock chimes once again, and the doors to the drawing room are opened. They will remain open until everyone has come inside, after which they will shut behind them. It is not possible to leave on your own, although perhaps if you have a specific purpose the hostess will allow you to go. The room is set up comfortably, with several tables by the fireplace set out to assist with the trial. The Hostess will also remain in a seat near the fireplace, next to the scales on the mantle. At lunch, the doors will open to bring in a large meal on an automatically rolling buffet, and at 3 PM, tea and finger sandwiches will be served. You'll be able to enjoy the trial in comfort, of course, but the information cards set out on tables will not allow you to forget your true purpose here.]

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Setting
Manor Rules
Voting

Comments

[miraculous]

S.S. Van Dine and Ronald Knox. These are the ones who wrote the rules any lover of mysteries should know.

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Are those in the library?

[miraculous]

Van Dine's Twenty Rules were published in 1928, and Father Knox's Decalogue in 1929. Of course you wouldn't realize, but the 1920s, which this manor seems to be built around, comprises part of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction.

[She giggles.] I'd say their inclusion is probable. If they're not included, it was surely to deliberately deprive you of the lists.

[speakveryclearly]

Is that what's going on with the whole anachronistic aesthetic?

[miraculous]

I can't be certain, of course, but it's quite the coincidence if so. Of course, houses such as this are very common in mysteries. There are many rooms and options to be used in a murder. There is also no escape--that's important, you understand? The murderer should always be someone among the options we've seen, or it's not fair to the audience trying to solve the mystery.