The Wrong Box

“The Wrong Box” is a wonderful, farcical black comedy co written by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne (Stevenson’s stepson) in 1889.

The story is built around that mainstay of many a farce, a family squabbling over money. In this case it is the proceeds of a Tontine, a once popular investment scheme.

A cast of colourful characters, worthy of Dickens, are thrown together, either in the pursuit of money, or in the disposal of a mysterious corpse which makes surprising and gruesome appearances throughout the story.

1. Opening Credits
2. Chapter 1: In Which Morris Suspects
3. Chapter 2: In Which Morris Takes Action
4. Chapter 3: The Lecturer at Large
5. Chapter 4: The Magistrate in the Luggage Van
6. Chapter 5: Mr. Gideon Forsyth and the Gigantic Box
7. Chapter 6: The Tribulations of Morris: Part the First
8. Chapter 7: In Which William Dent Pitman Takes Legal Advice
9. Chapter 8: In Which Michael Finsbury Enjoys a Holiday
10. Chapter 9: Glorious Conclusion of Michael Finsbury's Holiday
11. Chapter 10: Gideon Forsyth and the Broadwood Grand
12. Chapter 11: The Maestro Jimson
13. Chapter 12: Positively the Last Appearance of the Broadwood Grand
14. Chapter 13: The Tribulations of Morris: Part the Second
15. Chapter 14: Bent Pitman Hears Something to His Advantage
16. Chapter 15: The Return of the Great Vance
17. Chapter 16: Final Adjustment of the Leather Business
18. Closing Credits