Perfect Crime | |
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Written by | Warren Manzi |
Characters | Margaret Thorne Brent Inspector James Ascher W. Harrison Brent Lionel Mcauley David Breuer |
Date premiered | April 18, 1987 |
Place premiered | Courtyard Playhouse, Grove Street, West Village, New York City |
Original language | English |
Perfect Crime is a 1987 murder mystery/thriller play by Warren Manzi.[1][2] It tells the story of Margaret Thorne Brent, a Connecticut psychiatrist and potential cold-blooded killer who may have committed "the perfect crime." When her wealthy husband, W. Harrison Brent, turns up dead, she gets caught in the middle of a terrifying game of cat and mouse with her deranged patient, Lionel McAuley, and Inspector Ascher, the handsome but duplicitous investigator assigned to the case.
Perfect Crime is the longest-running play in New York City history, with over 14,000 performances.[3][1]