The Agatha Christie Theatre Production of "And Then There Were None"

Some time ago, I went to see the latest production by The Agatha Christie Theatre Company. This was ‘And Then There Were None’ (currently riding high in the website poll for the best Agatha Christie novel).

Now, those of you who have read my book review of and then there were none will note that I commented that I couldn’t understand why the ending of the play had been made to differ from that of the book. (I have seen this play several times and have directed it myself.) I said at that time that I thought the original ending could quite easily be incorporated into the stage version, which lost some of its impact because of the change.

Now far be it from me to suggest that Bill Kenwright or any of the other producers and/or managers in The Agatha Christie Theatre Company read my website, but this latest production actually DOES keep to the original ending!! And benefits greatly from it, too.

Although I enjoyed the production, I have to say I did find it somewhat disappointing and lacking in suspense and atmosphere, I would not discourage anyone from going to see this play which is still on a nationwide tour. I am not a theatre critic and it could well be that what I consider below par acting and directing other people will think excellent. So if the play comes to a theatre near you, go along to see it. It’s certainly worth the price of a theatre seat, and please let me know what you think.

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I recently went to see this Agatha Christie play at my local theatre. This is one of Agatha’s works that I have never previously come across – there aren’t very many of those!

So what did I think? Well, I came away from the theatre feeling vaguely disappointed – this play is not really typical Agatha and although it is clever and has a few twists, it really failed to hold my interest to the extent I was expecting and looking forward to. The friend I was with, also an Agatha Christie fan, was slightly more impressed than I was, so maybe I was just in an unreceptive mood.

The actual production was very good – the Agatha Christie Theatre Company – the staging and the acting all good quality (although I do have difficulty in disassociating former soap stars from their soap characters!)

Please don’t let me put you off going to see this production if you get the chance, as always the opinions I am expressing is purely personal. Oh, and it’s a long time since I have witnessed a better opening to a performance – the audience jumped out of it’s collective skin!

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