Voice of Jerome Keddle, The
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Title
Voice of Jerome Keddle, The
Subject
Law and Justice
Murder
Murder
Description
Play Length: Three Acts: Five Scenes
Synopsis: A murder mystery. A young couple, Jim and Enid Elder, arrive at their new house, Stormont station. The housekeeper's husband, Jerome Keddle, acts insanely. He believes the house is his property and orders the new owners to leave. In a heated moment, Jim threatens him. Jerome is murdered. His wife is a suspect, as is the neighbour Strom who loves Esma and wants to take her away. Another neighbour, Eddy Quilton, is also a suspect. The police Sergeant assembles all the characters. The disembodied voice of Jerome Keddle is heard moning, ""Don't let the get my gold."" Acts Two and Three revolve around police investigations. The voice turns out to be a gramopohone recording played by Esma to flush out the killer-ironically, the sympathetic character Strom who loves her and offers her a better life.
Setting:
The hall of ""Stormont"" station, a lonely house, ten miles out from a small country town. The action all takes place in one night, from soon after dusk until dawn.
I The hall of ""Stormont"" station
II The same. An hour later.
III The same. Several minutes later.
Characters:
ESMA KEDDLE
JIM ELDER
ENID, Jim's wife
CRISBY, Emma's nephew
SGT. WRIGHT, A Police Sargeant
MRS MAXWELL
JEROME KEDDLE, Esma's husband
DAYNE STROM, a neighbour
EDDY QUILTON
TROOPER GORDON
Synopsis: A murder mystery. A young couple, Jim and Enid Elder, arrive at their new house, Stormont station. The housekeeper's husband, Jerome Keddle, acts insanely. He believes the house is his property and orders the new owners to leave. In a heated moment, Jim threatens him. Jerome is murdered. His wife is a suspect, as is the neighbour Strom who loves Esma and wants to take her away. Another neighbour, Eddy Quilton, is also a suspect. The police Sergeant assembles all the characters. The disembodied voice of Jerome Keddle is heard moning, ""Don't let the get my gold."" Acts Two and Three revolve around police investigations. The voice turns out to be a gramopohone recording played by Esma to flush out the killer-ironically, the sympathetic character Strom who loves her and offers her a better life.
Setting:
The hall of ""Stormont"" station, a lonely house, ten miles out from a small country town. The action all takes place in one night, from soon after dusk until dawn.
I The hall of ""Stormont"" station
II The same. An hour later.
III The same. Several minutes later.
Characters:
ESMA KEDDLE
JIM ELDER
ENID, Jim's wife
CRISBY, Emma's nephew
SGT. WRIGHT, A Police Sargeant
MRS MAXWELL
JEROME KEDDLE, Esma's husband
DAYNE STROM, a neighbour
EDDY QUILTON
TROOPER GORDON
Creator
Oakes, Russell J.
Source
NUNE: Campbell Howard Collection.
Publisher
[not stated in UNE collection record]
Date
1930
Contributor
University of New England Library, New South Wales, Australia
Rights
No known copyright restrictions
Relation
NUNE: Campbell Howard Collection
Format
PDF 10MB
Language
en
Type
Text
Identifier
oake-voicejeromekeddle-a4.pdf
Coverage
Australia; 1920-1955
Collection
Citation
Oakes, Russell J., “Voice of Jerome Keddle, The,” Campbell Howard Project, accessed April 23, 2024, https://campbell-howard-collection.une.edu.au/items/show/11.