Body Double

When a partially decomposed body falls onto the stage of the Grand Theatre during a performance of Macbeth Inspector Brackenried is startled. The body is identified via dental records as that of Virgil Smart, the owner of the theatre prior to his death a year before. With Mr Smart having known to be dead they exhume the body previously believed to have been Mr Smart. Dr Odgen does a facial reconstruction to identify the man in the grave. In questioning the players about the death of Mr Smart Detective Murdoch realises that their recollections and accountings are rather detailed and similar for an event of more than a year previous. Constable Crabtree finds a hidden room in the theatre.