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THE MOUSE

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Her mother is dead, the funeral is over and now Claire and her husband Rob must return to the family home to sort out the issue of the inheritance. After shocking revelations emerge, Claire desperately seeks to make amends with her troubled younger sister Beth, who, in turn, has her own dark motives for keeping Claire at the house.

Inspired by the myths and riddles behind the modern psychopath, The Mouse is a suspenseful thriller filled with intrigue and murderous intent.

  • thriller
  • 60
  • 3 total
  • 2 female identifying, 1 male identifying
  • women
  • 18+
  • young adult, adult
  • Australian Script Centre


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Claire

Female | 30s | Unspecified
Starts on page 36

EXTRACT: I don’t know. Honestly I don’t know why I did it. Maybe I wanted to hurt something. Maybe I wanted to hurt her. I don’t know. And then Mum and Dad came home and they saw what had happened and they thought it was Beth. They thought she killed her own pet. God, how must that have felt?


REVIEW

WHAT DID SHE THINK? SAMSARA DUNSTAN, SEPTEMBER 2018.

"Clancy Fraser is one of Melbourne's most talented stage writers of psychological thrillers..."

INTERVIEW

BEAT MAGAZINE, 2018.

"Inspired by the myths behind the modern psychopath, The Mouse is a thriller that follows two sisters who reunite at the family home following the death of their mother, where shocking revelations emerge surrounding their inheritance."

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