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Columbo Prescription: Murder

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7:30pm | July 14th, 20th, 21st, 27th, 28th | Augus

$20 / $15 / $12

Bookings & Enquiries: Phone 3379 4775 or Email nashtheatre4@bigpond.com

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Columbo. Prescription: Murder
Written by William Link & Richard Levinson
Directed by Sandra Harman

Synopsis
Dr. Roy Flemming, a brilliant New York psychiatrist can no longer tolerate his marriage to his neurotic, possessive wife. With the aid of his mistress, he evolves an ingenious murder plan that depends on a bizarre impersonation to create a perfect alibi. The scheme is carried out successfully, but the police officer assigned to the case, Lieutenant Columbo, grows suspicious and he and Flemming engage in a cat-and-mouse duel of wits, in which the psychiatrist has to improvise at top speed in order to counter Columbo’s sly tactics. Whether Dr. Flemming gets away with murder, or whether the unprepossessing yet tenacious policeman solves the case, is revealed in a surprising climax.

Columbo’s First Case ......
In 1961 PRESCRIPTION: MURDER premiered as a stage play, and starred Thomas Mitchell (Gone With the Wind/It’s A Wonderful life) as Lieutenant Columbo and Joseph Cotton (Citizen Kane) as the villain Dr. Flemming. As it transpired, Columbo was Thomas Mitchell’s last role – he sadly died while the show was on tour and before it could make its Broadway Premiere. In 1968, the play by William Link and Richard Levinson was made into the two-hour television movie that aired on NBC starring Peter Falk as Lieutenant Columbo and Gene Barry as Dr. Flemming, and became one of two pilots for the long running Television Series which premiered in 1971.

The Authors, William Link and Richard Levinson were also responsible for the highly popular mystery series “Murder, She Wrote”

Just One More Thing....
New Farm Nash Theatre are proud to bring to the stage the original play which inspired the TV series.

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