Something’s Afoot

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Something’s Afoot is a comedic murder-mystery stage musical that parodies Agatha Christie–style whodunits.

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instanceOf musical theatre work
stage musical
basedOn Agatha Christie–style detective fiction
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstProductionDate 1976
genre comedy
murder mystery
parody
hasCharacterType detective
eccentric guests
servants in a country house
hasForm two-act musical
hasPart ensemble cast
murder investigation plot
musical numbers
hasSetting English country house
isolated mansion
hasTheme comic murder investigation
parody of Agatha Christie mysteries
satire of detective fiction tropes
inspiredBy Agatha Christie’s country-house mysteries
intendedAudience adult theatre audiences
language English
mainSubject whodunit
medium live theatre
narrativeDevice comic plot twists
locked-room mystery elements
red herrings
narrativeFocus group of guests trapped in a house
series of mysterious deaths
narrativeLocation England NERFINISHED
style comic pastiche
parody of classic whodunit conventions
workType comedic murder-mystery stage musical

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Jean Stapleton appearedIn Something’s Afoot