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When his leading lady (and fiancée) Monica Welles (Redgrave) is found dead from an apparent suicide after the opening night of her Broadway stage debut, playwright Alex Dennison (Preston) is left heartbroken.
- Drama Mystery Thriller
Rehearsal for Murder: Directed by David Greene. With Robert Preston, Lynn Redgrave, Patrick Macnee, Lawrence Pressman. A year after his fiancée's death, a playwright schedules a rehearsal for his new play, which proves to be a trap for her killer.
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- Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- David Greene
- 1982-05-26
A playwright is convinced that his wife's murder wasn't a suicide, so he concocts an elaborate stage rehearsal with his collegaues/prime suspects to catch the killer. A couple of his tricks made me lol.
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- David Greene
They could do little. Van Gogh died shortly after one o’clock on the morning of July 29. He had shot himself by the wheatfields as depression returned. A clear case of suicide. Or was it ...
Mar 8, 2016 · The Classic Thriller Theatre Company’s Rehearsal for Murder poses an exciting prospect. The play follows playwright Alex Dennison, who investigates the suspected suicide of his fiancée, the famous actress Monica Welles.
Written by Richard Levinson and William Link, the creators of "Columbo" and "Murder, She Wrote," the story takes place in an empty theater as playwright Alex Dennison stages an elaborate plan to reveal the truth behind his movie star fiancée's supposed suicide.
A noted playwright is devastated by the apparent suicide of his fiancée, a famous film actress, after her Broadway debut in one of his plays. On the first year anniversary of her death, he arranges a reunion of cast and crew from that fateful opening night.
