The Case of the Lost Last Act

Season 2, Episode 21, Aired

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Playwright Ernest Royce is found shot to death in the same manner as a character in one of his unproduced plays. The play dealt with characters very close to real people and the real life murder of a New York underworld figure years before. Perry's client, Frank Brooks, is charged with Royce's murder and Perry must find the missing final act of the play in order to clear Brooks.moreless
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  • Ernest Royce is a successful theatrical writer. Frank Brooks is an ex-gangster whose girlfriend is in a play of Royce's.Royce bases his play on the murder of a gangster.When Royce is murdered, Brooks is charged.Perry Mason hasmoreless

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    By coreybryant, Jul 28, 2005
    The story is pretty good.It is about a play
    based on the murder of a gangster that a man
    writes---and he is murdered exactly the way his
    play goes.An ex-gangster who now runs a chain of
    hamburger restaurants is charged with the murder,
    but when Perry shows that the murder went exactly
    the way his play was written,the real murderer
    is exposed.
    An above average episode.
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    • Mason: Why didn't you like Royce, Mr West? West: The theater is something very special to me Mr. Mason. It's been my family, my home, everything I've ever wanted. When I'm inside a theater, I'm in a church. When I see a great play, I hear angels singing. When I see great performances, I'm walking the streets of heaven. Those streets are very clean and beautiful Mr. Mason. They should stay that way. Mason: I repeat, why didn't you like Ernest Royce? West: He was a litterbug.

    • Burger: If the court please -in any event the question is incompetent and immaterial and irrelevant. The content of the play has nothing to do with our murder case. Mason: Has Mr. Burger read the play? Burger: Yes, Mr. Burger has. And if he may quote Shakespeare: "It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury signifying nothing". Mason: Shakespeare also said: "Nature's above art in that respect".

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    • "It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury signifying nothing." From Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5 by William Shakespeare. "Nature's above art in that respect." From King Lear Act 4, Scene 6

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