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WHO KILLED SANTA? A FILM NOIR CHRISTMAS COMEDY SPOOF

The time: Christmas Eve. The Place: Downtown. The Crime: Murder. A crime most foul and fatal. Somebody killed Santa. The real one. Who did it? Well, that, ladies and gentlemen, is what we’re here to find out. Nine times out of ten it’s always somebody the victim knows. Personally. And so we’ve brought these people here tonight. Each and every one of these people had either the means, motive or opportunity to commit this hideous crime. But only one of them had all three. The only question is….who?

The Name’s Hardboiled. Detective Hardboiled.  I work with the police. But I’m only brought in for the specialist stuff. You know. The true crimes. Like this one tonight. All these suspects are gathered in the room where Santa spent his final moments, to find out who did it. Could it be Mrs Claus, who’s just a little too jolly, suspiciously so? Or Alf, the Elf who works the toy run? Rudolph the reindeer, whose nose could be growing just that little bit longer? But what about drop dead gorgeous Blondie, moonlighting as Jimmy the Elf? Or even the suspicious kid in the corner? Find out who really did it in this Christmas Comedy Spoof. Not for the fainthearted….

PRODUCTION HISTORY

Private Production, USA – 2021
Kissing it better productions, Leed, UK – 2022

Watch a Zoom production by Yorkshire based Group, Kissing it Better

Other comedies by Claire Linda Demmer

One fine day at the Car Dealership – comedy satire about drivers who think they own the road
A Snitch in Time – time travelling teen adventure

Author: Claire Linda Demmer

Type: One act Play

Genre: Christmas Comedy, spoof, film noir

Cast: 5M, 2F, 1N

Ages of the actors: 1 child round the age of 8 and up to seniors.

Suitable for: All ages 8+ (little children may be upset Santa is dead) to watch and teens up to perform

Length: 30-40 minutes

Set: The living room of a house. Either the legs and body of Snata lying on the ground are seen or a chalk outline of the body can be drawn either on the floor or the backstage wall

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Copyright © September 2020 Claire Linda Demmer and Off The Wall Play Publishers

Like this play? Other Christmas Comedies you’ll love:

The Ladies Guild Annual Pre Christmas Planning Session – comedy about women’s groups
A Country Reunion – Comedy about a little hick Christmas
Santa’s Holiday – a South African Christmas Play

CHRISTMAS COMEDY SPOOF