A murder mystery play centred on the suspicious death of a suffragette in 1913 will be performed at the Manor Pavilion Theatre on Friday, April 19 and Saturday 20.

Death of a Suffragette tells a fictional story, but contains many real facts about the events that took place in the early part of the last century.

It’s being staged by the Moonstone Theatre Company and was written by one of its members.

The play is set in 1935 when a historian is working on a new book about the women’s suffrage movement in the run-up to WWI. He chances upon the details of a tragic accident recorded on August 15th, 1913, when a protesting suffragette fell off a platform at Paddington Station and was hit by the Royal Train as it was returning from a trip to the Westcountry.

Looking into the background of the dead woman, he becomes suspicious and decides to call together all those who were involved with her, to see if he can unravel what he thinks may have been a murder. His invited guests are not aware that each of them has been contacted and shocked to have been brought back together after all these years.

As the evening unfolds, secrets are revealed, and tensions rise. The truth will be revealed before the evening is out.

Performances of Death of a Suffragette start at 7.30pm and tickets are £15, available from the Manor Pavilion box office on 01395 514 413 or via its website.