Show Plot Arsenic and Old Lace

Authors: Joseph Kesselring

Time Period: 1941

Setting: living room of Brewster family home in Brooklyn, NY

Summary: Arsenic and Old Lace is a classic dark comedy following drama critic Mortimer Brewster. His life spirals into chaos when he discovers his sweet, elderly aunts are serial killers who poison lonely old men with elderberry wine. Mortimer must navigate a house full of corpses while dealing with his two equally mad brothers.