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Agatha Christie

AGATHA CHRISTIE

  (1890 - 1976)
Nationality:    English
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Literary Agent:    licensing@agathachristie.com

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, DBE (nee Miller; 15 September 1890  12 January 1976) was an English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright. She also wrote six romances under the name Mary Westmacott, but she is best known for the 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections she wrote under her own name, most of which revolve around the investigations of such characters as Hercule Poirot, Miss Jane Marple, Mr Satterthwaite, and Tommy and Tuppence. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, The Mousetrap. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha_Christie

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         Afternoon At the Seaside         Akhnaton         Alibi         And Then There Were None         Appointment With Death         Black Coffee         Butter In A Lordly Dish         Cards On the Table         Chimneys         Daughter's A Daughter, A         Fiddlers Three         Go Back For Murder         Hollow, The         Lie, The         Love From A Stranger         Mirror Crack'd         Mousetrap, The         Murder At the Vicarage         Murder Is Announced, A         Murder Is Easy         Murder On the Nile         Mysterious Affair At Styles         Patient, The         Peril At End House         Personal Call         Rats, The         Secret Adversary, The         Secret Of Chimneys, The         Spider's Web         Stranger, The         Tea For Three         Ten Little Niggers         Towards Zero         Unexpected Guest, The         Verdict         Wasp's Nest, The         Witness For the Prosecution         Yellow Iris, The
Afternoon At the Seaside

Afternoon At the Seaside
Owners of three beach huts are placidly enjoying the seaside when a police inspector arrives searching for a necklace

Notes:
Part of "Rule of Three"

1st Produced:
Aberdeen, Scotland     1962

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French Ltd. London   

Music:
-

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One act Drama

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Male:  7            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Akhnaton

Akhnaton
the exploits of Pharaoh akhnaton and his wife Nefertiti and his successor Tutankhaton - who took the name Tutankhamen when he succeeded. akhnaton tries to subvert the old religion and turn the people from the God amon and worship the new Sun God aton

Notes:
Written in 1937 but never staged. Christie revised the script before publication in 1973

1st Produced:
A Cut Down Version Played In New York In 1979 Under The Title "Akhnaton And Nefertiti" And In London In 1980 As "Akhnaton"     1979

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Collins, London    

Music:
-

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Drama

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Alibi

Synopsis:
novel adapted for stage by Michael Morton

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And Then There Were None

And Then There Were None
Ten people of a remote island. a mysterious voice indicts each of them with murder; then first one and then another dies. the killer must be one of the ten.

Notes:
Original title "Ten Little Niggers" which was later changed to "Ten Little Indians". Based on the novel (with the changing title) by Agatha Christie. ending changed from novel to A happy one. Novel Also Adapted for stage by Kevin elyot

1st Produced:
Wimbeldon Theatre, London     1943

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French Ltd, London, 1944   

Music:
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Mystery adaptation

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Male:  9            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Appointment With Death

Appointment With Death
1945, the King Solomon Hotel, Jerusalem. there are an assortment of guests - a young english woman doctor, an alderman from Lancashire, Lady Westholme and her timid companion. also staying is the rich, elderly invalid from America - Mrs Boynton and her step children. the step children seem to be very attentive but one of them has an appointment - an appointment with death

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Glasgow, Then Piccadilly Theatre, London     29 Jan 1945

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, London   

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Genre:
Sensational Drama

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  7            Other:  extras

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Black Coffee

Black Coffee
Lucia, wife of Sir Claude amory's son Richard, Dr Carelli and Barbara are all having coffee when Sir Claude announces that a new explosive formula has been stolen from his safe and that he has sent for Hercule Poirot. To enable the thief to replace the formula he orders the lights to be turned out but when they are switched on again and as Poirot enters, Sir Claude is found poisoned. Poirot sets about his investigation, foils the murderer in a second attempt and cleverly tricks him into betraying himself.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
London     08 Dec 1930

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1st Published:
ashley, London 1934   

Music:
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Butter In A Lordly Dish

Butter In A Lordly Dish
Julia Keene is leaving a boarding house in Pimlico where she has been staying for a short while. The landlady's daughter Florrie, wonders why she has been staying there as Julia was seen leaving a posh cocktail party in Mayfair. Florrie and her mother talk about a famous trial where Sir Luke Enderby successfully prosecuted Henry Garfield for a series of murders dubbed "The Blondes On The Beach" by the newspapers. Meanwhile at Sir Luke's home a society lady arrives to see him but he is still at the Old Bailey. Luke arrives home and then his wife. Luke has obtained a guilty verdict in the trial. He announces he is leaving for Liverpool for a trial there. When he has gone the society lady commiserates with the wife for Luke's infidelities. Luke does not go to Liverpool - he meets Julia Keene. They go to an isolated cottage that Julia has stocked with provisions. She prepares a meal and when she brings in the butter she says it is "butter in a lordly dish" this phrase worries him and he cannot place where it comes from. After they have had their coffee he starts to feel numbness in parts of his body and his vision blurs. Julia reveals that she had drugged the coffee and that her name is not Keene but Garfield. She was Henry's wife and she committed the murders he was hung for doing. The women were Henry's ex-lovers. The quotation comes from the Bible the story of Sisera and Jael. Jael kills Sisera by hammering a nail in his head. Julia produces a hammer and nail

Notes:
Originally broadcast on BBC Light Programme in 1948

1st Produced:
Agatha Christie Theatre Festival, Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex     2001

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Contained in: "Murder In The Studio" published by Samuel French   

Music:
Original radio recording: "Agatha Christie The Lost Plays" BBC

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Cards On the Table

Synopsis:
novel adapted for stage by Leslie Darbon

Notes:
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Chimneys

Synopsis:
Written in 1931 and withdrawn from its first production in London just weeks before opening. a curious mixture of John Buchan, the Prisoner of Zenda and a Christie country-house whodunit at its clanking worst. Joyce McMillan, ScotsMan

Notes:
UK premier of A play written in 1931 - previously performed in Calgary, Alberta in 2003

1st Produced:
Pitlochry     01 Jun 2006

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Genre:
Mystery

Parts:
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Daughter's A Daughter, A

Daughter's A Daughter, A
a fascinating, psychological portrayal of widowed ann Prentice (and her only daughter Sarah and how their intense relationship unravels. the action takes place at first in 1945 when Sarah returns home from aTS service only to find her mother's new man, Richard Caulfield, firmly established with her mother and ready to marry her the following Tuesday. However, single-minded Sarah doesn't like change and she quickly drives a wedge between the couple. the incessant rows are too much and ann finally gives up Richard, because, after all, 'a daughter's a daughter'. the second half takes us to three years later and both mother and daughter are leading frivolous lives, fuelled by a significant amount of cocktails and some unsavoury male company. Neither are happy, and, when Sarah asks her mother's advice on whether to marry the seductive but threatening Lawrence Steene, it's plain that ann can neither engage nor care, with old resentments still festering. Sacha Voit, British theatre Guild

Notes:
Written As A play in the 1930s (under the pen name of Mary Westmacott) which she then turned into A novel. It was revised by Christie for the Bath premier

1st Produced:
Theatre Royal, Bath     09 Jul 1956

Organisations:
Smith and Whiley Productions

1st Published:
Samuel French   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Fiddlers Three

Synopsis:
For a lark a group of young people hide the body of a dead tycoon but when it is discovered that he was murdered things turn ugly

Notes:
Originally entitled "Fiddlers Five" And retitled when it was revised

1st Produced:
Kings Theatre, Southsea     01 Jun 1971

Organisations:
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Music:
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Genre:
Black comedy

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Go Back For Murder

Synopsis:
Caroline Crale was sent to prison for poisoning her husband the painter amyas. Fifteen years later she dies in prison. Her daughter Carla now living in Canada and unaware of what had happened to her parents receives a letter from her mother claiming that she was innocent. Carla travels to england to find the truth. With the help of Justin Fogg who as a young man had a thing for Caroline she gathers all those involved with her parents to find out what they knew

Notes:
Based on the novel "Five Little Pigs" by Agatha Christie

1st Produced:
Edinburgh     1960

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French Ltd 1960   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Mystery adaptation

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Hollow, The

Hollow, The
a weekend at a country house. amongst the guests is Dr John Cristow, his wife, his current and ex mistresses. Veronica, the current mistress wants to marry Cristow - but he refuses to divorce his wife. Veronica says that if she cannot have him no one can. Five minutes later Cristow is dead

Notes:
from her own novel. Wearing, 51.128, gives 1st performance Cambridge, 1951

1st Produced:
Cambridge     1951

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French Ltd 1952   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Mystery

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Lie, The

Synopsis:
A young wife's dalliance with another man puts her marriage which is already rocky, in jeopardy

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Rehearsed reading at Palace Theatre, Paignton, Devon     2018

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Drama

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Love From A Stranger

Synopsis:
novel adapted for stage by Louise Page
novel adapted for stage by Frank Vosper

Notes:
-

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-    

Organisations:
-

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Mirror Crack'd

Synopsis:
Everyone has a secret. Miss Marple has her work cut out when she has seven suspects to a murder. Marina Gregg a Hollywood starlet has moved to St Mary Mead. She throws a cocktail party and one of the guests is poisoned

Notes:
Based on "Mirror Crck'd" by Agatha Christie

1st Produced:
U K tour     2019

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
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Adaptation

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Mousetrap, The

Mousetrap, The
the ???? did it. . .

Notes:
there was A radio version broadcast in 1952 before the play was staged

1st Produced:
Theatre Royal, Nottingham     06 Oct 1952

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, London 1956   

Music:
-

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Mystery

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Murder At the Vicarage

Synopsis:
novel adapted for stage by Moie Charles
novel adapted for stage by Leslie Darbon
novel adapted for stage by Barbara Toy

Notes:
-

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-    

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Murder Is Announced, A

Synopsis:
novel adapted for stage by Leslie Darbon

Notes:
-

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Murder Is Easy

Synopsis:
novel adapted for stage by Clive exton

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Murder On the Nile

Murder On the Nile
Simon and Kay Mostyn are honeymooning on the Nile. Simon's ex-girlfriend is also on board the cruiser. She shoots Simon and wounds him. Moments later Kay is found dead

Notes:
Based on the novel "Death On the Nile" by Agatha Christie. the play was originally entitled "Hidden Horizon"

1st Produced:
The Repertory Theatre, Dundee     17 Jan 1944

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French Ltd, London 1946   

Music:
-

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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Mysterious Affair At Styles

Synopsis:
Lieutenant Hastings is staying at Styles Manor when his hostess is murdered. Was it her much younger second husband, her companion or her ne'er do well son?

Notes:
novel Adapted for stage by David Hansen

1st Produced:
Park Square Theatre, Minnesota     2012

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-

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-   

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Genre:
Mystery

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Patient, The

Synopsis:
When Mrs Wingfield fell over the balcony was it an accident, a suicide attempt or attempted murder? Mrs Wingfield is unable to speak but her doctor has an ingenious idea of how to get to the truth

Notes:
Part of "Rule of Three"

1st Produced:
Aberdeen, Scotland     1962

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French Ltd, London 1963   

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act Mystery

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Peril At End House

Synopsis:
novel adapted for stage by Arnold Ridley

Notes:
-

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-    

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-

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-   

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Personal Call

Personal Call
During a cocktail party James Brent receives a telephone call from a woman calling herself "Fay" and she is at Newton Abbot station. The next night he receives another call from her again saying she is at Newton Abbot station. She asks him to look at his watch it is 7.15. Next day Pam, James' wife receives a call from her solicitor asking where she would like to keep her will, he then asks her if she is feeling all right after the dizzy spells she has been having. Then Pam receives a call from "Fay" warning her not to go to Newton Abbot station with James. James and Pam are going to France they are at Newton Abbott station. James tells her that his late wife who he gave the nickname "Fay" had a dizzy spell and fell under the 7.15 express train. It is coming up to 7.15 James sees a woman approaching it is Fay in a panic he falls under the 7.15 express. Pam faints. When she comes to a police inspector explains to her that James had killed three wives by pushing them under trains and that she was to be the next. the woman "Fay" was in fact her mother made up to look like her daughter. She says that she had made three telephone calls to James - two he answered and one no one was home. Pam asks about the call she made to her warning her about James but she says she never made it

Notes:
Originally broadcast on BBC Home Service in 1954

1st Produced:
Agatha Christie Theatre Festival, Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex     2001

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French   

Music:
Original radio recording: "Agatha Christie The Lost Plays" BBC

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Mystery

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Rats, The

Rats, The
David and his lover Sandra arrive at a flat for a party - but there is no party. their friend alec arrives. He shows them a Kurdish knife, they handle it and alec drops it out of the window. alec leaves and locks them in the flat. then they discover the body of Sandra's husband. they realise that they are being framed for his murder by alec who was secretly in love with him and blames them for his death

Notes:
Part of "Rule of Three"

1st Produced:
Aberdeen, Scotland     1962

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French Ltd, London 1963   

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act Mystery. - - Gay theme/character, one act

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Secret Adversary, The

Synopsis:
novel adapted for stage by Johann Hari
novel adapted for stage by Sarah Punshon

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-

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-    

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-

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Secret Of Chimneys, The

Secret Of Chimneys, The
A young drifter is asked by a friend to deliver a parcel to Chimneys the Brent family estate. He gets more than he bargained for

Notes:
This is the first ever staging of this play

1st Produced:
Vertigo Theatre, Calgary     2003

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Thriller

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Spider's Web

Spider's Web
Clarissa discovers a body in her drawing room. This is awkward because her husband is expected home shortly with a VIP guest. Clarissa believes that the murderer is her step daughter - anyway she sets about clearing up the murder and has it all solved and out of the way by the time her husband and guest arrive

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Theatre Royal, Nottingham     27 Sep 1954

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French Ltd, London 1957   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Mystery

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Stranger, The

Synopsis:
Enid rejects fiance Dick Lane and marries Gerald Strange. They leave for his remote cottage. Gerald is not all he seems to be

Notes:
Based on: "Philomel Cottage" by Agatha Christie

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Mystery

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Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Tea For Three

Synopsis:
short story accident adapted for stage by Margery Vosper

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Ten Little Niggers

Synopsis:
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Notes:
from her own novel. As Ten Little Indians, NY, 1944. See "and then there Were None"

1st Produced:
Wimbledon, London     1943

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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1944; Samuel French, NY, 1946   

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Towards Zero

Synopsis:
the scene is a house-party of a lovely old house on the coast of Cornwall. Lady Tressilian has invited as guests Kay and Nevile Strange, and Audrey, Nevile's former wife, whom Nevile deserted for the beautiful, glamorous Kay. also on hand, among others, is Mary aldin, Lady Tressilian's companion-secretary, a quiet, efficient and rather mysterious young woman. Nevile hoped that Kay and Audrey, by being together, would become friends, but that plan quickly goes awry and he finds himself between two women who appear to dislike one another intensely. after a short time in Audrey's company, Nevile asks Kay for a divorce; he wants to marry Audrey again. Kay is furious and tells Nevile that she'll see them both dead before she'll allow him to go back to Audrey. the next morning Mary has apparently taken a sleeping pill and can't be wakened-Audrey goes in to attend to Lady Tressilian and to her horror, finds she has been murdered. at first the police are inclined to believe that Nevile is the murderer-but the evidenc

Notes:
adapted by Agatha Christie And Gerald Verner from Agatha Christie's book Towards Zero

1st Produced:
Nottingham: Theatre Royal     06 Aug 1956

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1957   

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Male:  7            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Wearing - the London Stage 56.184

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Unexpected Guest, The

Unexpected Guest, The
Michael Starkwedder walks into Richard Warwick's study and finds him dead - Richard's wife, Laura is there holding a gun. However, the police suspect Julian Farrar, Laura's lover of the crime. then Richard's half brother confesses and kills himself. But did he really do it?

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1st Produced:
The Hippodrome, Bristol     04 Aug 1958

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1st Published:
Samuel French Ltd, London 1958   

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Mystery

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Verdict

Synopsis:
Karl and his wife anya are refugees and they arrive in england. they are looked after by Lisa at her house. Karl gives lessons to earn money and one pupil Helen falls in love with him. When her love is not returned she murders anya. as she still cannot have Karl Helen kills herself. Karl and Lisa turn to each other

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1st Produced:
Wolverhampton: Grand     24 Feb 1958

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1st Published:
Samuel French Ltd, London 1958   

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Wearing - the London Stage 58.119

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Wasp's Nest, The

Wasp's Nest, The
Poriot is caught up with a love triangle

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1st Published:
Samuel French   

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Genre:
Short play

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Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Witness For the Prosecution

Witness For the Prosecution
Leonard Vole is on trial there is a lot of circumstantial evidence against him and he claims he is innocent of the murder charge. His wife contradicts his alibi. then his defence council is given letters that prove the wife has lied and Vole is acquitted. But the whole thing has been engineered by Mrs Vole

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1st Produced:
Nottingham: Theatre Royal     28 Sep 1953

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French Ltd, London 1954   

Music:
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Genre:
Mystery

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  4            Other:  15 extras male; 2 extras female

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Yellow Iris, The

Yellow Iris, The
A man commemorates the fourth anniversary of his wife's mysterious death. Everyone who was there has been gathered together at the Hotel Jardin des Cygnes - including Hercule Poirot

Notes:
Music by Michael Sayer; lyrics by Christopher Hassall; book by Agatha Christie

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1st Published:
Contained in: "A Poirot Double Bill" published by Samuel French    

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  2            Other:  -

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