Cluedo encircle the outer perimeter which correspond to each player's suspect token. Each character starts at the corresponding coloured space. † ‡ "denote secret passages to opposite corner" At the beginning of play, three cards—one suspect, one room, and one weapon—are chosen at random and put into a special envelope, so that no one can see them. These cards represent the facts of the case. The remainder of the cards are distributed among the players. Players are instructed to assume the token/suspect nearest them. In older versions, play begins with Miss Scarlett and proceeds clockwise. In modern versions, all players roll
The Two-Character Play of one version of this play, which premiered at the Ivanhoe Theatre in Chicago in July 1971. "Out Cry" later premiered on Broadway, directed by Peter Glenville and co-starring Michael York and Cara Duff-MacCormick, and which ran from March 1–10, 1973 at the Lyceum Theater after one preview on February 28.) The plot is confusing and difficult to follow, with little sense of a resolution. "The Two-Character Play" has a concurrent double plot with the convention of a play within a play scenario. The characters of Clare and Felice are psychologically damaged from witnessing the traumatic murder/suicide of their parents.