Witness For The Prosecution
Author: Agatha Christie — Genre: Courtroom Drama — Background and Summary — This is Agatha Christie’s crowning theatrical achievement. First presented on October 28, 1953, at the Winter Garden Theater, London. It was Adapted by Agatha Christie from her short story of the same name. Upon its move to be presented in the United States, December 16, 1954, it won the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award as the year’s best foreign play, an […]
The Hollow
Background and Summary -The Hollow is an adaptation of Christie’s book of the same name, a Hercule Poirot story. For the play, she eliminated Poirot and inserted Inspector Colquhoun. This story is barely a mystery; it primarily revolves around romantic interests of the characters and their infidelity resulting in murder. The play was first produced in London at Fortune Theater, June 7th , 1951.[…]
Dangerous Corner
Background and Summary – First presented on May 17, 1932 at the Lyric Theater, London, this play is termed by Priestly as the most popular play he ever wrote. It was first produced on October 27, 1932 at the Empire Theater, New York. […]
Spider’s Web
Background and Summary – This play was written at the request of Margret Lockwood, who wanted to play a part of a benign character—a contrary role to those she was typically cast into. Agatha Christie uses devices for this play that appeared in other works, Cheap Flat, The Case of the Buried Treasure, and Evil Under the Sun. This is her second longest-running play after The Mouse Trap. It was first presented on December 14, 1954, at the […]