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Christie's Plays
Agatha Christie wrote over a dozen plays, the most famous of which is The Mousetrap - the longest running play in the world. Here you can discuss each play in detail.
Warning: These discussions may contain spoilers!
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jane_poirot on 27 Sep 2009 at 4 a.m. GMT
I think the play's ending is just as good as the book's ending; perhaps not on the same masterpiece level, but still very good.
shaunabbkevrye on 27 Sep 2009 at 7:26 p.m. GMT
I saw the play for the first time when I was 12. I was hooked on Christie. I think that the ending in the book would be hard to adapt for the stage. In terms of sets, costumes and cast. I like the ending for the play a bit better, because I think I am too romantic. Its one of the reasons why Christie has always been my favorite mystery writers; she always adds love and a happy ending to her stories about murder and death.
Frndorfoe on 28 Sep 2009 at 6:54 p.m. GMT
I have not read And Then There Were None as a novel, only as a play, so all I can say is this I LOVE it as a play. In fact it is my favorite AC play. So what if the play's ending is happy? I like happy endings, maybe not all the time, but sometimes. A little happiness never hurt anyone, you know.
jane_poirot on 29 Sep 2009 at 1:09 a.m. GMT
Wow, just when I thought I was the only one who liked the play's ending! Nearly every post about the play I've read in the past had something negative to say about it, so I'm pleasantly surprised. I mean, don't get me wrong; I liked the book's ending, too, because it was so unexpected, but I also liked the play's ending. And yes, I admit it--I am a hopeless romantic, which is the main reason I liked this ending (to be vague enough not to spoil anyone).
mtrakas on 18 Jan 2010 at 1:53 p.m. GMT
CODA Presents: And Then There Were None
The Ashcroft Theatre, Fairfield Halls, Croydon
Thursday 18th to Saturday 20th March, 2010
Evening performances 7.45pm
Matinee Thursday and Saturday 2.30pm
Tickets available now from Fairfield Box Office
020-8688 9291 or on-line at www.fairfield.co.uk
atu_gelovanii on 22 Jan 2010 at 10:23 a.m. GMT
and then there were none is the best novel of agatha christie ! i like it very much ! and at last when you understood who is murderer its shock :O !
Antoniosgubba on 09 Mar 2010 at 9:44 a.m. GMT
I understand that the CODA production of ATTWN promises to be outstanding. The advance word is that the show will be well worth a look.mtrakas
CODA Presents: And Then There Were None
The Ashcroft Theatre, Fairfield Halls, Croydon
Thursday 18th to Saturday 20th March, 2010
Evening performances 7.45pm
Matinee Thursday and Saturday 2.30pm
Tickets available now from Fairfield Box Office
020-8688 9291 or on-line at www.fairfield.co.uk
AndreaWilkins on 09 Mar 2010 at 10:43 a.m. GMT
I read the book when i was on holiday last year and loved every minute of it - i certainly didn't expect the ending!! but how else could it have ended, absolutely fantastic. I would LOVE to see the play, i enjoy going to the theatre but so far haven't seen any AC plays 
Has anyone seen The Mouse Trap??
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Ten people are invited to an isolated island off the coast of Devon. They don’t know each other or, for that matter, their absent host and hostess. However, one by one they are being murdered. If no-one can get off the island it must be assumed that no-one can get on. Therefore, the murderer must be one of them. As the numbers left alive count down, the tension is racked up.
This is one of Christie’s best known stories and is often performed by amateur groups. It has often been imitated but has it been bettered? The ending of the play is quite different to that of the book but was Christie right to spare the audience from the book’s ending? Which do you think is better?