1. Script: VENENUM
Characters:
Detective- Max Johnson
Femme Fetale-Charlotte Bell
Forensic Scientist-Alex Van Log
Husband-Nick Wotton
Scene 1
Detective: How did it happen?
Forensic Scientist: Natural causes it looks like
Detective: any witnesses?
Forensic Scientist: only the wife
Scene 2
Detective: Are you Mrs Rose?
Femme Fetale:Yes?
Detective: Would it be possible to ask you some questions about your husband?
Femme Fetale: If you must
Detective: Could you tell me exactly what happened around the time of his death?
Anything suspicious?
Femme Fetale: We’d just gone out for a walk. Like we do every week. We only got
to the tunnel when he started having a go at me. Shouting and screaming like he
normally does, and then he just collapsed. Straight to the floor. I started to panic
and that’s when I called the ambulance.
He was horrible you know.
Detective: Well I’m sorry for your loss. Did he always get mad at you?
Femme Fetale: What do you mean?
Detective: Did he usually have a temper?
Femme Fetale: Let’s just say he was an awful person
Detective: I’m sorry to hear Mrs Rose
Femme Fetale: Please call me Grace

2. Detective: Is there anything you need my help with, Grace?
Femme Fetale: I don’t suppose you want to get coffee sometime?
Detective: Sure I’d love that.
Femme Fetale: Later around 4?
Detective: Perfect
Femme Fetale: I’ll see you then detective?
Detective: Doug
Scene 3
Detective:So that day I met her for coffee. Before I knew it I was falling for her. She
told me all about her horrible husband. I couldn’t help but feel sorry for her. How
could a girl that nice have been with a guy like him? We met up more and more.
Her smile, it was infectious. She makes me so happy and I hope I make her happy
too. I think I’m falling in love.
When will I see you again?
Femme Fetale: Can you come round tonight?
Detective: Of course
Femme Fetale: see you tonight (kiss on cheek)
Scene 4
Forensic Scientist: Doug?
Detective: I’m taking myself off of the case
Forensic scientist: What why?
Detective: It’s complicated are you at the lab now?
Forensic scientist: Don’t get too involved with her Doug, I’m on to something and I
don’t want it to get in the way of the case.
Detective: Why does my involvement with her have anything to do with you?
Forensic Scientist: Just be careful
Detective: I can take care of myself

3. Scene 5
Femme Fetale: Hi
Detective:hello, I got you these, but by the looks of it you don’t need them
Femme Fetale:no they’re lovely, thank you, you can go into the living room, I will
be right though
Detective: okay
(phone rings)
Hello?
Forensic scientist: Poison
Detective: Poison?
Forensic scientist: He was poisoned Doug
Detective: What do you mean!? Do you have any leads?
Forensic scientist: (blah .she must have been poisoning him for weeks; I can’t
believe I didn’t figure it out sooner. Are you with her now? You have to leave blah)
Detective: What? , I’m going to have to call you back
Forensic scientist: Doug you’re going to have to leave now…. (Doug hangs up)
(Doug reading book, Femme Fetale walks in, hides the book behind his back)
Femme Fetale: Something interesting?
Detective: Oh just browsing
Femme Fetale: Found Anything?
Detective: Just this book
Femme Fetale: about what, may I ask?
Detective: I know
Femme Fetale: What?
Detective:I know about your late husband
Femme Fetale: I don’t understand
Detective: don’t play dumb with me
Femme Fetale: I wondered how long it would take you to find out!
Detective: Well now I know

4. Femme Fetale: You know I expected my husband to fall for it. But not you.
Detective: How could you do this to me, I thought you loved me
Femme fetale: HA! Love doesn’t last long
Detective: How?
Femme Fetale: Isn’t it obvious? Drinks, cake, dinner?
I did the same to my husband. You didn’t really think he died of natural causes?
We hated each other. I wanted a divorce, but he would have taken everything the
house, the car, the money.
Detective: so that’s what this is about money?
Femme fetale: All I had to do was get rid of him. Then I’d have everything. I took
him on one of our usual walks. We walked and walked to make it seem like he’d
over exerted himself. We stopped for lunch and that was the final dose. I knew he’d
be dead within the next hour. We started walking home and that was it. He died
there and then right in front of me and I didn’t feel anything. That’s when I called
you.
(falls)
Detective: Why are you doing this to me?
Femme Fetale:You were in the way. I knew you’d solve the case and I’d be in jail.
Detective: So what? You’re just going to leave me to die?
Femme Fetale: I’m sorry it had to end this way. You shouldn’t have got involved.
Five minutes.
Detective: What?
Femme fetale: Bye doug
Detective: Wait… (dies)