Enter Sir John
Jan 2024 · Open Road Media
Ebook
315
Pages
family_home
Eligible
info
About this ebook
A celebrated English stage actor must prove an ingénue innocent of murder in this classic Golden Age mystery.
A touring troupe of actors has come to the English village of Peridu to stage a play featuring promising young star Martella Baring. But it's not the show that has everyone talking after Martella is found beside the body of the troupe manger's wife . . .
Actor and theater owner Sir John Saumarez recommended Martella for her role. So when he hears the news of the grisly murder, he rushes to Martella's trial. He's convinced the actress is innocent, but the jury believes otherwise. Enlisting the help of his friends—stage manager Nello Markham and his wife, Doucie—Sir John races to save Martella from the gallows and thrust the real killer into the spotlight . . .
Originally published in 1928, Enter Sir John was adapted into the 1930 British feature film Murder!, co-written and directed by Alfred Hitchcock.A celebrated English stage actor must prove an ingénue innocent of murder in this classic Golden Age mystery.
A touring troupe of actors has come to the English village of Peridu to stage a play featuring promising young star Martella Baring. But it's not the show that has everyone talking after...
Discover more
About the author
Clemence Dane (1888–1965) was the pseudonym of Winifred Ashton, an English novelist, playwright, editor, and schoolteacher. Between the first and second World Wars, she was arguably Britain's most successful all-round writer, with a unique place in literary, stage, and cinematic history. Dane won an Academy Award for her screenplay Vacation from Marriage. She wrote at least thirty plays and sixteen novels in her lifetime.
Clemence Dane (1888–1965) was the pseudonym of Winifred Ashton, an English novelist, playwright, editor, and schoolteacher. Between the first and second World Wars, she was arguably Britain's most successful all-round writer, with a unique place in literary, stage, and cinematic history. Dane won...
Rate this ebook
Tell us what you think.
Reading information
Smartphones and tablets
Install the Google Play Books app for Android and iPad/iPhone. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are.
Laptops and computers
You can listen to audiobooks purchased on Google Play using your computer's web browser.
eReaders and other devices
To read on e-ink devices like Kobo eReaders, you'll need to download a file and transfer it to your device. Follow the detailed Help Center instructions to transfer the files to supported eReaders.
