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'''''Drood''''', originally entitled ''The Mystery of Edwin Drood'', is a 1985 musical comedy with music, lyrics, book, and orchestrations by Rupert Holmes, based on the [[The Mystery of Edwin Drood|unfinished novel]] of the same name by [[Charles Dickens]]. Because the source material was a murder mystery with an unfinished ending, the musical determines the ending each night by [[Audience Participation]]. The show uses the framing device of being a [[Show Within a Show]], performed each night by supposed members of a Victorian music
The original production won five Tony awards, and featured George Rose as the Chairman, Howard McGillin as the music hall's leading man and portrayer of John Jasper, and Betty Buckley as the guest artist and [[Gender Bender|"male impersonator"]] playing Edwin Drood.
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* [[Author Existence Failure]]
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: If [[Purity Personified|Rosa Bud]] gets elected murderer.
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* [[Brother-Sister Incest]]: Is actually one of the possible pairings. The actors traditionally keep as far apart as possible and give the audience a lecture about how sick they are.
* [[Cast as a Mask]]: The same actress plays both Drood and Dick Datchery. However, the actors vote that Drood is in fact really dead, so they can't actually be the same person.
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** "The Wages of Sin" for Princess Puffer
** "Two Kinsmen" and "Ceylon"/"A British Subject" count as We Are Songs for Jasper & Drood and Neville & Helena, respectively.
* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: Some of Durdles'
* [[The Ingenue]]: Rosa is the female one, Drood is the male one. Hey, [[Gender Bender|but wait a second...]]
* [[Insult Backfire]]: "You're next to an idiot!" "Why so I am! Pleased to meet you!"
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