Double Act drama group
presents
Murder Walk By The Castle
The year is 1834 and George IV rules over a Hanoverian Britain. The Industrial Revolution has been under way for over 70 years, with all its innovation and mechanisation. As a result, the working population has migrated from the countryside agricultural economy to the city-based industries. Railways are beginning to take over from the canals that had helped spread much of the industrial revolution.
The Anatomy Act has hopefully ended the Resurrectionists such as Burke & Hare. The Beer Act has created a proliferation of public beer shops. Chimney sweeps still use young boys, but reforms now prevent under 14’s being forced up the flues. Slavery has all but been abolished, but plantation owners in the Indies still seek substantial compensation for losing their slaves.
So, it is a time a great political, economic and social reform, but not everybody is happy with the changes. The rural workforce is in almost open revolt, with the Swing Rioters protesting against wage cuts and destroying the new machinery. Parliamentary constituencies have been reformed to eliminate all the 37 Rotten Boroughs around the country, such as Corfe Castle & Wareham, where the few voters were all in the pockets of the landowners who were able to keep the seats in the family or rent them out to the highest bidder.
But now, a prominent local doctor and politician, Sir Phillip Moore, is found shot in the head whilst staying at a local coaching Inn. So, a senior member of the newly formed professional police force in London, The Peelers, has been sent to add his deductive reasoning skills to the investigation. What will he discover in this seething hotbed of radical thinkers?
Can you help solve the murder?!
Tickets: £5 (under 5s free)
Available online here; Due to the popularity of these walks, numbers may be limited for safety – so book early! There may be a few tickets available on the gate (CASH ONLY – NO CARDS).
NB: The event will take place whatever the weather. The walk includes rough grass and paths that are not wheelchair accessible. Walkers take part at their own risk.
