Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Play

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Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Play:

Winners

1950-1999

YearWriter(s)Title
1950 Sidney Kingsley Detective Story
1953 Frederick Knott Dial M for Murder
1955 Agatha Christie Witness for the Prosecution
1962 Frederick Knott Write Me a Murder
1971 Anthony Shaffer Sleuth
1980 Ira Levin Deathtrap
1981 Paul Nathan Ricochet
1982 Jerome Chodorov and Norman Panama A Talent for Murder
1986 Rupert Holmes The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1990 Larry Gelbart City of Angels
1991 Rupert Holmes Accomplice
1998 David Barr III The Red Death
1999 John Pielmeier Voices in the Dark

2000-2012

YearWriter(s)TitleResultRef.
2000 Joe DiPietro The Art of MurderWinner
2003 Philip DePoy EasyWinner
2005 Neal Bell Spatter Pattern(Or, How I Got Away With It)Winner
2006 Gary Earl Ross Matter of IntentWinner [1]
2007 Steven Dietz Sherlock Holmes: The Final AdventureWinner [2]
2008 Joseph Goodrich PanicWinner [3]
2009 Ifa Bayeza The Ballad of Emmett TillWinner [4] [5]
2011 Sam Bobrick The PsychicWinner
2012 Ken Ludwig The Game's Afoot Winner [6]
Jeffrey Hatcher Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Suicide ClubShortlist [6]

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