Write Me a Murder is a mystery play in three acts by Frederick Knott, which premiered on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre on October 26, 1961, presented by the Compass Productions, Inc.,[3] directed by George Schaefer,[4] stage design by Warren Clymer, costume design by Noel Taylor.
[6] The play tells the story of the brothers Clive and David Rodingham, who inherit the family fortune upon the death of their father.
They then meet business man Charles and his wife Julie, a would-be thriller writer.
Charles is anxious to work with the brothers on property deals, and so encourages David, who is also a writer, to co-write a murder story with Julie.
Write Me a Murder opened at the Belasco Theater on October 24, 1961, and it ran for 196 performances.