About the Play:

And Then There Were None is a full-length mystery comedy by Agatha Christie. This mystery masterpiece centers on the tale of ten strangers who are called to the isolated mansion of a mysterious gentleman. One by one they are murdered in accordance with the lines of a sinister nursery rhyme. But whodunit? And will there be anyone left at the end? The excitement never lets up in this ideal play for schools, colleges and community theatres.

And Then There Were None is a superlative thriller. Ten strangers who have never met each other, or their apparently absent host and hostess, are lured to a stylish party at a lovely estate on Soldier Island off the coast of Devon in the 1940's. When a terrible storm cuts them off from the mainland, and with their hosts mysteriously absent, the true reason for their presence on the island becomes horribly clear, as secrets from their past come back to haunt each and every one of them. A mysterious voice accuses each of a specific crime committed in the past, offences that are impossible to prove or somehow beyond the law's reach. After this unsettling episode, the accused begin to die, one by one. Their causes of death eerily follow the pattern of the children's rhyme "Ten Little Soldiers," which counts down from ten to "none." No one knows who to trust. Alliances are made and broken, and with no way off the uninhabited island, safety is a dangerous illusion. Based on the best-selling thriller of all time, with over 100 million copies sold worldwide, Agatha Christie's own stage adaptation of this dark and captivating tale will keep audiences guessing until the final curtain.

Agatha Christie's adaptation of her novel And Then There Were None was her first successful play. It premiered in 1943 at St James' Theatre in London and opened on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York City in 1944. Agatha Christie claimed this play to be her best piece of craftsmanship. It's still enormously popular, and has become a popular choice for school and community theatre productions.

Cast: 3 female, 8 male

What people say:

"A perfect combination of thriller and detective story, this much-copied plot is Christie's greatest technical achievement." —The Guardian

"And Then There Were None endures with a no-nonsense plot – straightforward and entertaining in a subdued British way." — News Works

"Deaths might be incredibly gory – Christie, a nurse, was a poisons expert – but her dialogue was often nothing short of hysterical." — Broadway World

About the Playwright:

Agatha Christie (1890-1976) is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in English with another billion in foreign languages. She is the most widely published author of all time and, in many languages, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. In a writing career that spanned more than half a century, Agatha Christie wrote 66 crime novels, 150 short story collections, over 20 plays, and six novels written under the name Mary Westmacott. Her work includes Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile, and the genre-defining And Then There Were None. In addition several of her original works were adapted for the stage by third parties.