Mystery In The Library

Alice (from Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll) – “I came to a bottle saying ‘Drink Me,' but ‘the bottle was not marked poison,’ so I drank it. I ‘shut up like a telescope’ till I was only ‘ten inches high.’ Then I found a cake marked ‘Eat Me’ and I ate it and grew very tall. King Henry said he didn’t like little girls.

Gretel (from Hansel and Gretel recorded by the Brothers Grimm) – The old hag we met in the woods tricked us into thinking she was nice. She locked poor Hansel up in the stable and tried to fatten him up. Boy was Hansel pleased when I got rid of the hag and set him free.

Cinderella (from Cinderella by various authors) – My stepsisters saw me covered in cinders after cleaning the fireplace and, my name being Ella, they gave me the nickname of “Cinder-ella.” We were invited to the ball. You all know the rest. King Henry thought that if I had no slippers, that the Duke’s son would not find me and I would be free to marry him instead.

Dorothy (from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum) – I defeated the Wicked Witch of the West. I came back to the Wizard only to find out he had no powers at all. He offered to take me back to Kansas in his balloon, but then took off without me. Fortunately, someone told me to use my magic slippers.

Little Red Riding Hood (from this book by various authors) – The Big Bad Wolf locked my grandmother in the cupboard. So I said to the Wolf, who was dressed in my grandmother’s nightgown, “Why, Granny...what big eyes you have got.” You have probably all heard the story. The King kept asking me to lend him my red riding hood.

Mrs. Elinor Ferrars (from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen) – Although King Henry was also from England, his manners in no way be cometh him to me. He was capable “of the utmost meanness of wanton ill-nature.” I found him detestable. I hid from him the library repair shop.

Goldilocks (from Goldilocks and the Three Bears by various authors) – I ate porridge at the bears’ house. The bears hadn’t locked their front door, so that’s permission to eat their porridge, isn’t it? King Henry kept saying I was a spoiled little girl and that if I was his child, he would lock me in the tower.

Lady Macbeth (from Macbeth by William Shakespeare) – My late husband's nature was “too full o’ the milk of human kindness”. My husband was slain by the sword of Macduff. So now I a widow be. Although of royal blood both King Henry and I be, he filled “me from the crown to the toe top full of direst cruelty; make thick my blood.”

ALICE

ACT ONE

Alice – Act One

During this act, you must reveal the following points after Miss Marple asks you a question:

1. At night, I liked to skip around the library, singing tunes to amuse myself. The King yelled at me and said I gave him a headache.
2. I told him to not be angry about it. I offered to show him some of the comic books. I was sure they would make him smile.
3. To this he replied gruffly, that Kings had more important things to think about than comic books.
4. Goldilocks and I often team up for a game of hide and seek around the library. It’s lots of fun.
5. One time I was hiding and the King came along with Snow White when the King caught sight of me. I’d forgotten that I’d come out of my book when I was ‘nine feet high’ and hiding wasn’t easy.
6. He called me a spy, made me bend down and pulled my pig tails till tears I cried.
7. I was still ‘nine feet tall’. Thankfully Snow White stopped me in time so that my tears didn’t cause any flood damage.

Melissa

“Everything I needed to complete the party was explained in a logical and easy to follow manner. I was able to choose how much extra effort I wanted to put into the process as far as food choices or decorations.

The mystery itself was engaging and entertaining. The guests had fun. It was a great birthday party for kids aged 8 through 14 year olds. The 12-14 year olds did the roles that involved reading. I think the younger ones would have been intimidated by reading aloud so much. But I had them be involved by picking their own favorite book character to dress up as and then letting them participate in deciding who they thought committed the crime at the end. They also participated in the best costume contest.

The mystery wasn’t too easy for them to solve, and it sparked some lively role playing and conversation. They will definitely remember it for years. I appreciated that this mystery wasn’t as involved as others I saw on the market with participants having to mingle and individually ask each other questions or bribe each other. That would have been too much for the younger ones in my opinion.

It turned out to be exactly what we were wanting. Also, the price was half of other options that I saw on the market, and I really appreciated that I was given options for varying numbers of participants.”

Alexis Taylor

“Did the party for a church group . It was amazing! Everyone had so much fun and talked about for days after. It’s still one of my favourite parties.”

K Ames

“We had a great time. It was nice it wasn’t gruesome.”