The Cocktail Party The Cocktail Party The Cocktail Party is a play by T. S. Eliot. Elements of the play are based on "Alcestis", by the Ancient Greek playwright Euripides. The play was the most popular of Eliot's seven plays in his lifetime, although his 1935 play, "Murder in the Cathedral", is better remembered today. It was written while Eliot was a visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in 1948. "The Cocktail Party" was first performed at the Edinburgh Festival in 1949. In 1950 the play had successful runs in London and New York theaters (the Broadway production received the 1950
Murder, She Wrote looked like then, it would be ridiculous. And I can't do that." She then expressed interest in revisiting the character again in 2017. The Third Season episode of "Murder, She Wrote" entitled "Magnum on Ice" concludes a crossover that began on the Seventh Season "Magnum, P.I." episode "Novel Connection". In the episode's plot, Jessica comes to Hawaii to investigate an attempt to murder Robin Masters' guests, and then tries to clear Magnum when he's accused of killing the hitman. The "Magnum, P.I." episode originally aired on 11/19/86 with the concluding "Murder, She Wrote" episode following four days later on 11/23/86.