Murderer (play)

Murderer is a 1975 comedy/thriller play written by Anthony Shaffer. Set in Dorset, England, the play tells the story of Norman Bartholomew, a painter who is obsessed with famous murderers of the past. He takes great pleasure in recreating their crimes, and hopes to one day join their ranks by performing a murder of his own.

Cast of Characters

Norman Cresswell Bartholomew
Sergeant Stenning
Millie Sykes
Elizabeth Bartholomew

Anthony Shaffer

Films written

Mr. Forbush and the Penguins (1971)
Frenzy (1972)
Sleuth (1972)
The Wicker Man (1973)
Death on the Nile (1978)
Absolution (1978)
Evil Under the Sun (1982)
Appointment with Death (1988)
Sommersby (1993; story credit with Nicholas Meyer)

Plays

Sleuth (1970)
Murderer (1975)
Whodunnit (1977)

Novels

as "Peter Anthony" (with Peter Shaffer)	How Doth the Little Crocodile? (1952) Withered Murder (1955)

with Robin Hardy	The Wicker Man (1978)

Adaptations

The Wicker Man (2006)
Sleuth (2007)

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