The rewritten death
The case.... The curtain rises on the third act of a romantic thriller, you (Sherlock Holmes) and Dr. Watson attending the performance.
Leading man Roderick Garrick, dashingly costumed in a crimson unfirom,a cts to solve the puzzling death of a fellow officer.
In the wings Vincent Hillyard, Garricks understudy, stands silently relfecting on each movement the noted Thespian makes. Theatre owner Gill Bennett, fretting over declining ticket sales, paces nervously behind the scenery.
On stage, the lovely Regina Fulton, actress wife of playwright Stephen Pinter sobs under questioning. Albert Boswell, attire in a green officer's tunic to denote the Rifle Brigade, steps to her side.
In a stunning denouncement Garrick reveals Boswell to be the murderer. Cornered, Boswell draws a revolver - the two men grapple. A short rings out, a second shot ensues. Boswelll recoils, falling lifelessly between the footlights.
Applause is short. Regina Fulton hysterically screams for a doctor. Albert Boswell has been murdered.
Roberick Garrick swears the second shot did not result from the stages fight; prop master CLiff Mountjoy insists he loaded the gun with


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