{"id":45,"date":"2013-01-27T20:03:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-27T20:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cavparktheatre.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=45"},"modified":"2020-03-02T21:15:44","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T21:15:44","slug":"112-a-murder-is-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cavparktheatre.org.uk\/?p=45","title":{"rendered":"111 A Murder is announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">A Murder Is Announced<\/h1>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">By Agatha Christie<\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9.1pt; color: #333333;\">When Penelope shoots her husband, rather than calling the police or an ambulance, she calls her neighbours in the hope they will understand, but then can&#8217;t bring herself to tell what she&#8217;s done. 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