The Games Afoot in Minnedosa

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Published on Sunday, December 13, 2015

Photo by John Drinkwater.

By John Drinkwater

The Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press

The Minnedosa Drama Club presented “The Game's Afoot”, written by  Ken Ludwig. The community drama club provided a flawless performance aided by a wonderful set, sound and lighting.

The play won the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best Mystery Play in 2012. The play mixes real-world events and characters with an imagined Christmas Eve murder at Gillette Castle. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle encouraged William Gillette, an actor and playwright, to write and star in a play featuring Sherlock Holmes. He went on to perform this role more than 1,300 times over a period of 35 years. This success enabled him to build his dream home, a steel and stone castle filled with gadgets, secret rooms and hidden doors. Gillette Castle still stands along the Connecticut River and is now a state tourist attraction.