The Blind Spot

Adapted by Burton Bumgarner
Based on the story by H.H. Munro (Saki)
6 m, 5 w, 1 flexible, doubling possible
Eldridge Plays and Musicals

Wealthy Uncle Lulworth eagerly awaits the next meal from his uncommonly skilled, but foul-tempered cook, Mrs. Sebastian. His niece, Ellen, visits him shortly before dinner after their aunt's funeral. As executor of the estate, Ellen has run across a series of letters to the aunt from another relative, Uncle Peter, who died years earlier under mysterious circumstances. Through re-enactments based on the letters, we learn Uncle Peter was a despicable human being and was probably killed by a "common" criminal, perhaps someone he knew, perhaps even someone close to Uncle Lulworth and Ellen! While this one-act adaptation has been embellished from the original story, all the humor, irony and wit is still retained which makes it so appealing.