
KIRBY-HILL HOUSE PRESENTS
“Murder on the Menu”
written by
Bill Hand
Produced by Special arrangement with Pioneer Drama, Denver, Colorado
Directors:
Ruthanne! and Basil Cassidy
Producer:
Nancy Gandy
​
The Cast of Characters
Artemus Ward -
Elderly Murder Victim, philanthropic, cranky and opinionated owner of Ward Books
​
Bernie Jones -
Artemus Ward's young nephew; an insecure loafer from the wrong side of the tracks; works in the Ward Books mailroom
​
Eileen Morrow -
Artemus Ward's attorney-at-law and executor of his will; crisp and professional, but cold and defensive
​
Jeannie Dell -
Young owner of The Manor, a barely surviving but tasteful little restaurant; a trifle daft
​
Alexis Ward-Regent-Middlefield-Abernathy-Gillicuddy-Boskowicz -
Artemus Ward's oft-widowed, Dickinson quoting daughter, whose sanity is more than a little suspect; acquisitions editor for Ward Books and signer of their one best-seller, Steamy Nights in N'Awlins; she and her brother are heirs to Ward Books
​
Reginald Ward -
Artemus Ward's son; warm as a fish, scheming as a snake; the other heir to Ward Books
Dr. Bullfinger -
the ambitious but incompetent, newly elected county coroner
​
Major Major Major -
an ambitious and quick-thinking journalist whose father was a big fan of Joseph Heller's Catch-22