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Christie's Plays
Christie wrote over 19 plays in her lifetime - was she as good a playwrite as she was a novelist?
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GKCfan on 20 Mar 2009 at 5:35 p.m. GMT
Christie deleted Poirot from her own stage adaptations of The Hollow (The police are the detectives), Death on the Nile (Archdeacon Pennyfather becomes the detective, and the title is Murder on the Nile, or alternatively, Hidden Horizon), Five Little Pigs (retitled Go Back For Murder, with a different private detective as sleuth and love interest for the heroine), and Appointment With Death (Sarah King does most of the sleuthing). Also, when someone else adapted Cards on the Table for the stage, Poirot was similarly replaced.
Tommy_A_Jones on 21 Mar 2009 at 12:56 p.m. GMT
Thankyou GKCfan, I couldn't go to a production of 'Cards On The Table' when it was on near me but read that of the for sleuths only Battle and Ariadne appeared wehich I had forgotten, I will be starting Appointment With Death this weekend.
Tommy_A_Jones on 25 Oct 2009 at 3:26 p.m. GMT
Does anyone know who played Ariadne Oliver and Supt Battle in the Production that Toured Britain in the 90s? or does anyone know how I can find out, I thought the Collection I bought would have it but it doesn't, so if anyone could tell me how I could get a copy I would be grateful
Puffinjill on 26 Oct 2009 at 2:50 p.m. GMT
Is this the production you nearly went to see? If it is, and can remember which theatre it was appearing at, you could contact the theatre and ask if they can help. They must keep records of previous productions going right back. Perhaps you could email them and see if someone can help. Good luck!
RAlleyn on 28 Oct 2009 at 11:28 a.m. GMT
I have a strange recollection that it was Margaret Courtney who played Ariadne Oliver, but I have no idea why I think this.
I may be completely wrong.
RAlleyn on 28 Oct 2009 at 11:29 a.m. GMT
Also Try the theatre Royal Brighton as the first place it was produced. Again I have no idea why I think this but it's kind of a weird bell in the back of my mind.
Tommy_A_Jones on 29 Oct 2009 at 3:44 p.m. GMT
Thankyou RAlleyn, Margaret Coughtney would have been brilliant, I had to join the Brigton Theatre but then couldn't find where to emailthem, If I get no reply from The Everyman in Cheltenham I might write, I havew a neighbour who works at a Theatre in Bristol so I will ask her how I can find out.
Tommy_A_Jones on 31 Oct 2009 at 1:16 p.m. GMT
I havew found information that said the play starred Margaret Courtney (As you said RAlleyn and Gordon Jackson, As he is named I assume he played Battle
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I can't find what the name of the section is but somewhere on the site it states that in 4 Plays based on Poirot books Poirot is Ommitted What are the plays? I think 1 is Death On The Nile as I think I remember seeing an Am Dram version where the Sleuth is a Vicar.