The Diamond Necklace
Juliet Bagnall
Genre: Thriller/Mystery
Cast size: 9
Duration: 110 mins approx
Juliet Bagnall | Thriller/Mystery | Full-length | 6m, 3f
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'The Diamond Necklace' is a 1950s-style radio thriller in two 'episodes', very much in the style of the vintage BBC series 'Paul Temple' and designed to be read on stage, with both recorded and live sound effects.
Charles and Louise Maudesley are horrified to find that Louise’s friend Marjorie appears to be missing. Marjorie’s husband George immediately falls under suspicion. The couple had spotted him at an out of the way hotel with another woman, who was wearing a fabulous diamond necklace, and his explanation for his wife’s disappearance is far from satisfactory.
Meanwhile, George is under pressure from his disreputable cousin Howard to sell said necklace and come up with the money. Both appear to be involved with a dodgy nightclub owner, Alfredo Borso and his mistress Dorothy.
Scotland Yard is also looking into the goings on at the nightclub and, whilst at first they are dismissive of the Maudesleys’ fears for Marjorie, events take a sinister turn, forcing them to take the situation more seriously.
But with Scotland Yard’s attention focused on Borso and his gang, the Maudesleys feel they have no choice but to take matters into their own hands, very nearly costing them their lives.
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