AGATHA CHRISTIE (1890 - 1976)
| Nationality: | English |
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Plays by Agatha Christie
Afternoon At The Seaside |
| 1st Produced: | Aberdeen, Scotland | 1962 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1963 | ||
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| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: part of Rule Of Three | ||||
Synopsis: owners of three beach huts are placidly enjoying the sea when the inspector arrives in search of a necklace | ||||
Akhnaton |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1973 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Collins, London | 1973 | ||
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Notes: - | ||||
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Alibi |
| 1st Produced: | Prince of Wales Theatre, London | 1928 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Based on the novel "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" by Agatha Christie | ||||
Synopsis: - | ||||
And Then There Were None |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | Mystery | Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Ten people on a remote island, a mysterious voice indites each of them with murder - then first one then another dies. | ||||
Appointment With Death |
| 1st Produced: | Glasgow | 1945 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1956 | ||
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| Genre: | Sensational Drama | - | Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 7 |
| Parts Other: | Fxtras | |||
Notes: from her own novel | ||||
Synopsis: devilish plans to possess and torment the children death as in life, set in a Jerusalem Hotel | ||||
At Betram's Hotel |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1965 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
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Black Coffee |
| 1st Produced: | London | 1930 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Ashley, London | 1934 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: 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. | ||||
Burden, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1956 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: as Mary Westmacott | ||||
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By The Pricking Of My Thumb |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1968 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Cards on the Table |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1981 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Caribbean Mystery, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1964 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Cat Among The Pigeons |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1959 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
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Chimneys |
| 1st Produced: | Pitlochry | 2006 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: premiere of 1931 play by Agtha Christie | ||||
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 | ||||
Clocks, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1963 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
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Curtain : Hercule Poirot's Last Case |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1975 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Daughter's, Daughter, A |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1950 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Based on a book by Mary Westmacott | ||||
Synopsis: - | ||||
Dead Man's Folly |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1956 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
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Elephants Can Remember |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1972 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Endless Night |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1967 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Fiddlers Three |
| 1st Produced: | Southsea | 1971 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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From Paddington |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1957 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: aka What Mrs McGillicuddy Saw!, and Murder She Said | ||||
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Go Back For Murder |
| 1st Produced: | Edinburgh | 1960 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1960 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 5 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: from her novel Five Little Pigs | ||||
Synopsis: uses flashback as each character offers a differing viewpoint on the narrative until one scene reveals the unreliability of recall | ||||
Hallowee'en Party |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1969 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
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Hollow, The |
| 1st Produced: | Cambridge | 1951 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1952 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: from her own novel. | ||||
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Love Froma a Stranger |
| 1st Produced: | Queens Theatre, London | 1936 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Ltd, London | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Adapted by Frank Vosper. Based on the short story "Philomel Cottage" by Agatha Christie | ||||
Synopsis: - | ||||
Mirror Crack'd From Side To Side, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1962 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: aka The Mirror Crack'd | ||||
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Mousetrap, The |
| 1st Produced: | Nottingham | 1952 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1956 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Thriller | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: broadcast 1952 before play | ||||
Synopsis: The ???? Did it. | ||||
Murder at the Vicarage |
| 1st Produced: | New Theatre, Northampton | 1949 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Adapted by Moie Charles and Barbara Toy. Based on the book and play adaptation by Agatha Christie | ||||
Synopsis: - | ||||
Murder is Announced, A |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Ltd, London | - | ||
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| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Adapted by Leslie Darbon from the book by Agatha Christie | ||||
Synopsis: - | ||||
Murder is Easy |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Adapted by Clive Exton from the book by Agatha Christie | ||||
Synopsis: - | ||||
Murder On The Nile |
| 1st Produced: | Wimbeldon, London | 1945 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1946 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: from her own novel. | ||||
Synopsis: | ||||
Nemesis |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1971 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: | ||||
Ordeal By Innocence |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1958 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: | ||||
Pale Horse, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1961 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: | ||||
Passenger To Frankfurt |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1970 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: | ||||
Patient, The |
| 1st Produced: | Aberdeen, Scotland | 1962 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1963 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: part of Rule Of Three | ||||
Synopsis: | ||||
Peril at End House |
| 1st Produced: | Richmond Theatre, London | 1940 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Ltd, London | 1945 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Adapted by Arnold Ridley from the book by Agatha Christie | ||||
Synopsis: - | ||||
Postern Of Fate |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1973 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: | ||||
Rats, The |
| 1st Produced: | Aberdeen, Scotland | 1962 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1963 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: part of Rule Of Three | ||||
Synopsis: | ||||
Scoop, The, And Behind The Scene |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1983 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: written with others | ||||
Synopsis: | ||||
Sleeping Murder |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1976 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been pu | |||