The Opera House on the Strand

Victorian London · case 14 of 50 · Medium · 4×5
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A hundred subscribers have paid in advance for boxes at the Royal Albion Opera House, to open on the Strand next spring. Tonight one of them strolled past its building site on his way to Covent Garden, and found a cab rank and a man selling chestnuts.

Amirticket tout
Basiltheatre manager
Calbanker
Devbanker
Esmecritic
Felixticket tout
Gretatheatre manager
Hanapie seller
Idrisbanker
Joancritic
Kurtticket tout
Leomessenger
Mabelpie seller
Nedmessenger
Omartheatre manager
Petramessenger
Queeniepie seller
Rajcritic
Sukitheatre manager
Theocritic

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Victorian London: case 14

This Medium case seats 20 suspects on a 4×5 grid. 16 of them carry a clue; the other 4 only have something to say about themselves. 4 of the steps can only be proven by reading two or more clues together. Case 14 of the free Victorian London case pack. Same rules as every Clues & Culprits case: everyone tells the truth, and only proven verdicts stick.

← Case 13: Napoleon Is Held for Ransom · Case 15: The Ship That Sank in Calm Water →

SeatSuspectRole in this caseClass
A1Amirticket toutRogue
B1Basiltheatre managerOfficial
C1CalbankerMerchant
D1DevbankerMerchant
A2EsmecriticScholar
B2Felixticket toutRogue
C2Gretatheatre managerOfficial
D2Hanapie sellerCook
A3IdrisbankerMerchant
B3JoancriticScholar
C3Kurtticket toutRogue
D3LeomessengerCourier
A4Mabelpie sellerCook
B4NedmessengerCourier
C4Omartheatre managerOfficial
D4PetramessengerCourier
A5Queeniepie sellerCook
B5RajcriticScholar
C5Sukitheatre managerOfficial
D5TheocriticScholar

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