The Theatre Mysteries

The Theatre Mysteries
Start date:	February 4th, 1940
End date:	April 14th, 1940
# of strips:	66 (11 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Phil Davis
Preceded by:	"The Music Lesson"
Followed by:	"The Flame Pearls Pt.1: Attempted Assassination"

"The Theatre Mysteries" is the 13th Mandrake Sunday story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Phil Davis.

Plot Summary

Mandrake is to perform at a charity benefit when the famed tenor Faravelli recieves a death note, then dies mysteriously on the stage before a huge audience.

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• The Police Chief

One-time characters

• Faravelli, a famed tenor.
• Schmidt, the orchestra-leader.
• Percy, Mandrake's ventriloquist doll.
• Pop, the stage doorman.
• Gallo, the first violinist.

Locations

• New York
  • A theatre

Behind the scenes

• The title for the story is taken from the strip of February 4, 1940 (Beginning - The Theatre Mysteries).

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• "El misterio del teatro", Biblioteca Clarín de la Historieta #20 (2004)

Brazil

• "O Mistério do Teatro", Mandrake #93 (1964)

France

• "Mystère au théâtre", L'âge d'or Mandrake #3 (1980)

Italy

• "I misteri del teatro", L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake #3 (1980)

Spain

• "El Misterio del Teatro", Merlin el Mago Moderno #10 (194?)
• "Los Misterios del Teatro", Mandrake #5 (1999)

Turkey

• "no title, 1001 Roman - Özel Sayı #75 (1946)

USA

• King Comics (1941)

Yugoslavia

• "Osveta uvređenog kompozitora", Biblioteka Nostalgija #3 (1985)