The Murder of the Maharajah
based on H.R.F. Keating's Golden Dagger Award-winning 1980 novel
Dramatised by Neville Teller
First broadcast 20th November 1993, Saturday Night Theatre
Rebroadcast on Radio 7, 24 October 2010
160/44; 101.5 MB; sound quality excellent
In 1930s India, eminent guests arrive at the summer palace of the outrageous Maharajah, notorious for his practical jokes. The party is soon in full swing - until one prank leads to murder.
Cast
Zia Mohyeddin [The Maharajah], Sam Dastor [District Superintendent of Police Howard], Renu Setna [The Diwan, the Enigmatic Chief Minister], Lyndam Gregory [Porgy, the Maharajah's Heir], Philip Anthony [Sir Arthur, a British Resident], Luke Beeson [Michael, Sir Arthur's Son], Bhasker [The Schoolmaster], Rachel Atkins [Dolly Brattle, Porgy's English Chorus Girl Mistress], Sheila
Mitchell [Mrs. Alcott], Oona Beeson [Judy Alcott, Mrs. Alcott's Daughter], Steve Hodson [Joe Lloyd, Maharajah's Dam Builder and Brother to Mrs. Alcott], Dominic Letts [Lieutenant James Freer of the Indian Army, a Cambridge Friend of Porgy's], Barry J. Gordon [Henry Morton III, an American Businessman], and Amerjit Deu [Captain Ramsingh, the Aide-de-Camp to the Maharajah].
Directed by Matthew Walters
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Thanks for this Rick. Keating was a very clever, inventive writer and he is always enjoyable.
Robert Johnson
I am so looking forward to a good mystery so thanks so much for this offering.
Bob
Thanks for sharing. This is one of the best murder mysteries out there. Would you know, Rick, if this book was ever made into a movie?
IMDB has no record of any production (TV or movie) of this title. It does have a good compilation of other Keating scripts and works.
Thanks Bob, because I did not know until you replied. ----------------- Rick