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AGATHA CHRISTIE (1890 - 1976) |
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Nationality: English Email: n/a Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: Chorion |
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Plays by Agatha Christie |
Afternoon At The Seaside | ||
| 1st Produced: | Aberdeen, Scotland | 1962 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Ltd. London | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0573020049 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #6900 | |||
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Genre: | One act Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Part of "Rule of Three" | |||||
| Owners of three beach huts are placidly enjoying the seaside when a police inspector arrives searching for a necklace | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Akhnaton | ||
| 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 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Collins, London | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0002110389 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #6901 | |||
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Genre: | Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Written in 1937 but never staged. Christie revised the script before publication in 1973 | |||||
| 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 | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Alibi | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #84255 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | novel adapted for stage by Michael Morton | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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And Then There Were None | ||
| 1st Produced: | Wimbeldon Theatre, London | 1943 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Ltd, London, 1944 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0573014413 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #6902 | |||
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Genre: | Mystery Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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 | |||||
| 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. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Appointment With Death | ||
| 1st Produced: | Glasgow, then Piccadilly Theatre, London | 29 Jan 1945 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0573110191 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #6903 | |||
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Genre: | Sensational Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| 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 | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Black Coffee | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 08 Dec 1930 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Ashley, London 1934 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0573618857 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #6905 | |||
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Genre: | Mystery | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| 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. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Cards on the Table | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #84256 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | novel adapted for stage by Leslie Dabron | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Chimneys | ||
| 1st Produced: | Pitlochry | 01 Jun 2006 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #55345 | |||
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Genre: | Mystery | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | UK premier of a play written in 1931 - previously performed in Calgary, Alberta in 2003 | |||||
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 | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Daughter's A Daughter, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatre Royal, Bath | 09 Jul 1956 | ||||
Company: | Smith and Whiley Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #84257 | |||
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Genre: | Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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 | |||||
Synopsis: | 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 | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Fiddlers Three | ||
| 1st Produced: | Kings Theatre, Southsea | June 1971 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #6915 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Originally entitled "Fiddlers Five" and retitled when it was revised | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Go Back For Murder | ||
| 1st Produced: | Edinburgh | 1960 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Ltd 1960 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #6917 | |||
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Genre: | Mystery Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Based on the novel "Five Little Pigs" by Agatha Christie | |||||
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 | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Hollow, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Arts Theatre, Cambridge | 10 Feb 1951 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Ltd 1952 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0573011825 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #6919 | |||
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Genre: | Mystery | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | from her own novel. Wearing, 51.128, gives 1st performance Cambridge, 1951 | |||||
| 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 | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Love From a Stranger | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #84258 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | novel adapted for stage by Louise Paige | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Mousetrap, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatre Royal, Nottingham | 06 Oct 1952 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London 1956 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0573015229 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #6921 | |||
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Genre: | Mystery | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | There was a radio version broadcast in 1952 before the play was staged | |||||
| The ????Did it. . . | |||||
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Murder at the Vicarage | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #84259 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | novel adapted for stage by Moie Charles | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Murder is Announced, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #84260 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | novel adapted for stage by Leslie Dabron | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Murder is Easy | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #84261 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | novel adapted for stage by Clive Exton | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Murder On The Nile | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Repertory Theatre, Dundee | 17 Jan 1944 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Ltd, London 1946 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0573012983 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #6922 | |||
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Genre: | Mystery Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Based on the novel "Death On The Nile" by Agatha Christie. The play was originally entitled "Hidden Horizon" | |||||
| 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 | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Mysterious Affair At Styles | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2012 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #136124 | |||
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Genre: | Mystery | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | novel adapted for stage by David Hansen | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Patient, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Aberdeen, Scotland | 1962 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Ltd, London 1963 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #6927 | |||
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Genre: | One act Mystery | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Part of "Rule of Three" | |||||
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 | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Peril at End House | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #84262 | |||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | novel adapted for stage by Arnold Ridley | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Rats, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Aberdeen, Scotland | 1962 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Ltd, London 1963 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0573022234 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #6929 | |||
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Genre: | One act Mystery | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Part of "Rule of Three" | |||||
| 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 | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Secret Adversary, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #6904 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | novel adapted for stage by Johann Hari | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Spider's Web | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatre Royal, Nottingham | 27 Sep 1954 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Ltd, London 1957 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0573014272 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #6932 | |||
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Genre: | Mystery | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| 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 | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Tea For Three | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #6906 | |||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | short story Accident adapted for stage by Margery Vosper | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Ten Little Niggers | ||
| 1st Produced: | Wimbledon, London | 1943 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1944; Samuel French, NY, 1946 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #6933 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | from her own novel. As Ten Little Indians, NY, 1944. See "And Then There Were None" | |||||
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Towards Zero | ||
| 1st Produced: | Nottingham: Theatre Royal | 6 Aug 1956 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1957 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #6935 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Adapted by Agatha Christie and Gerald Verner from Agatha Christie's book 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 | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Unexpected Guest, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Hippodrome, Bristol | 04 Aug 1958 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Ltd, London 1958 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0573014673 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #6936 | |||
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Genre: | Mystery | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 3 | ||
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| 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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Verdict | ||
| 1st Produced: | Wolverhampton: Grand | 24 Feb 1958 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Ltd, London 1958 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #6937 | |||
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Genre: | Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 4 | ||
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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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Witness For The Prosecution | ||
| 1st Produced: | Nottingham: Theatre Royal | 28 Sep 1953 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Ltd, London 1954 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0573015007 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #6938 | |||
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Genre: | Mystery | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | 15 extras male; 2 extras female | |||||
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| 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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