THEATRE OF DEATH
Written by Dave Watson
Walk Through by Dorothy Millard (Spectrum Version)
Scenario
You must prevent an assignation attempt on the King at the Alhambra theatre while he attends for a
Royal command Performance.
Notes
1. The bomb can be defused while you wait for Dan to arrive, in which case the game will end when
you deal with Dan.
2. Instead of typing WAIT which is somewhat slow, simply type something like E and you will be told
you can't go in that direction, but it will waste some time.
Walk Through
(Start at your desk at Scotland Yard), ANSWER PHONE (tonight the king attends a Royal Command
Performance of a play when an attempt will be made on his life), LOOK (see your desk), EXAMINE DESK
(see a drawer), OPEN DRAWER, EXAMINE DRAWER, GET GUN, N (outside New Scotland Yard where you see
your car), IN CAR (the driver asks where to), ALHAMBRA THEATRE (you drive through the streets with
blue lights flashing to outside the Alhambra theatre), OUT (of car).
N (lower foyer of theatre where someone gives you a program for tonight's show), EXAMINE
PROGRAM ("The Deathtrap"), N (auditorium), N (orchestra pit), E (band room), U (wings),
SEARCH (see a large key hanging on the wall), GET KEY, W (empty stage), W (wings), SEARCH (see a
large metal toolbox), OPEN TOOLBOX (contains a hammer, a screwdriver, some spanners and a saw), GET
SCREWDRIVER (leave the rest), E, E, N (stairs), U (outside dressing rooms), W (outside star dressing
room), RIGHT (star dressing room), SEARCH (see a jacket over a chair and a telegram), EXAMINE JACKET
(find a theatre ticket for tonight's show), EXAMINE TICKET (west box), READ TELEGRAM (addressed
to Dan Smith and is signed Sir Larry), S, E, D.
S, D (band room), W, S, S, U (upper foyer), N (in the gods), SEARCH (find a ring hidden beneath a
carpet), GET RING, EXAMINE RING (costume jewellery), S, W (corridor), SEARCH (see a small door),
UNLOCK DOOR (with key), W (on the roof), N (lighting box), SEARCH (find an old man slumped in the
corner and a curious piece of metal shaped like a Z on the floor), WAKE MAN (he's the lighting
man and he tells you that someone hit him on the head), TALK MAN (whoever hit him has taken his
torch), GET METAL, S, E, E, D (lower foyer where you see an usherette), TALK USHERETTE, SEARCH, GIVE
RING (she gives you a torch in return).
U (upper foyer), S (bar) N, E (corridor), N (royal box), SEARCH (the box has been made ready for His
Majesty), S, W, W, N (a box), SEARCH (note it is opposite the royal box), WAIT (until you hear a
bell ring to say that the king is about to arrive), WAIT (until the king is arriving and you are
escorted to the upper foyer), W, N (back to a box), WAIT, (until you hear the National Anthem and
the show is about to start), WAIT (until 8.15 pm), WAIT (until 8.30 pm.), WAIT (until you hear a
bell ring), WAIT (until you hear music and the second act commences), WAIT (until 8.45 pm.), WAIT
(until 9.00 pm.), WAIT (until Dan Smith enters and is amazed to see you), SHOOT DAN (he sees that
there is no escape, gives himself up and you handcuff him to the seat), SEARCH DAN (you find a set
of instructions in a foreign language), READ INSTRUCTIONS (note the numbers), S, E, D (lower
foyer).
S (outside theatre), E (alley), N (outside stage door), W (stairs), D (boiler room), SEARCH (see
marks on the floor made by the dragging of something heavy and a large rostrum in the corner, DRAG
ROSTRUM, W (under the stage), DROP ROSTRUM, SEARCH (see a heating duct covered by a heavy metal
grill), CLIMB ROSTRUM, USE SCREWDRIVER (you unscrew the grill), LIGHT TORCH, U (into heating duct),
SEARCH (see a large bomb), EXAMINE BOMB, INSERT METAL (the switches are freed), 1, 2, 5, 3, 4 (the
bomb stops ticking).
CONGRATULATIONS
You have foiled the foul plot to kill the king.
As he watches the show from his box only you know how close he
came to the hand of death.
Taken from Dorothy Irene's site: http://dorothyirene.fateback.com/
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