Deadly doctors Harold Shipman and John Bodkin Adams are examined in an unusual theatre show coming to two Norfolk towns. 

The show Dial Medicine for Murder is described as a stage ‘docu-drama’ combining chat, role-playing and film footage to explore the stories and similarities of the two once-trusted GPs.

The show was created by Norfolk-born Dr Harry Brunjes and his medical school friend Dr Andrew Johns, and will be at Sheringham Little Theatre on Friday, June 16 and St George's Theatre in Great Yarmouth on Saturday, June 17.

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Dr Brunjes said: “Both were ultra-nice to their patients, but rude to staff. They were devoted to their mothers and isolated personalities.

“People love cops and robbers stories and TV mysteries. 

“This real-life story began when Andrew and I talked about the two doctors during a dinner party.”

Dr Brunjes said the show evolved from an academic lecture they did for the Royal Society for Medicine.

He said: “We also look at the trials, victims’ stories, the legacies of their cases, how they got away with it for so long and whether it could happen again.”

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They took the show to the Edinburgh Festival and then on a national tour. 

Harold Shipman killed at least 250 of his patients in Greater Manchester between 1971 and his arrest in 1998. He was sentenced to life in prison where he hanged himself in 2004.

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John Bodkin Adams was suspected of killing 150 of his patients between 1935 and 1956 in Eastbourne – many of them wealthy widows who left him their fortunes.

Both shows will start at 7.30pm and will raise money for the theatres.

For tickets, visit www.sheringhamlittletheatre.com or call 01263 822347, or www.stgeorgestheatre.com, 01493 331484.