Chetwyn Glyde, played by Cedric Hardwicke
Chetwyn Glyde is a wealthy and notoriously ruthless American media owner in his early sixties. He has fingers thrust into many pies and his enemies – of whom there are many – say that any meat in those pies soon starts to smell rotten.
Despite being rumoured to be on the edges of organised crime, he has friends in high places, which has seen him awarded government contracts. Exposure of his investment in a leaky oil pipeline, along with reports of fraudulent tax returns, have seen him taking an extended holiday in Europe, accompanied by one of his sons and his beautiful mistress. His love of chemin de fer at the gambling tables might also be another reason.
Glyde has been married twice: an early marriage that ended in divorce and the subsequent death of his wife, leaving him free to marry the lovely (and fragile) heiress Annalisa Dunwoody of Maryland (yes, one of THE Maryland Dunwoodys) in 1903. Three children later, Mrs Glyde had a nervous breakdown and, since 1920, has resided in a nursing home. Her family refuse to countenance a divorce.
Shortly before the collapse of his marriage, at a point where Glyde had become a well-known figure in New York society on account of his vast fortune (accrued through profiteering in the Great War), he met a young chorus girl called Nellie Nolan. She has been his mistress for the last fifteen years.
His two sons by Annalisa (Ian and Kevin) are employed in the business – and are, like Glyde, under investigation by the FBI, although those in the know have suggested that they are as likely to have been duped by their father as his unfortunate investors. He is said to treat them worse than the average employees, keeping them short of cash and working long hours. He also has a daughter (Miranda) who is rumoured to have some of her mother’s fragility.
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Chetwyn Glyde is a NonPlayer Character in Murder at Christmas. This means that he will be written by Mel Mason, who is running the game.
You can learn more about other characters here.
Murder at Christmas is an online email game that will run over (approximately) the Twelve Days of Christmas – from December 21st 2016 until January 6th 2017. There are eight writers, working collaboratively (see the Rules of the Game). Regular updates will be posted on the website, with links that you can follow on Twitter, Facebook and Google+ so that people can follow the story, root for their favourite characters, and keep up with the twists and turns of the plot.
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