Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie’s classic mystery is chock-full of delicious roles, providing ample opportunity for actors to stretch their wings. Here’s a look at the play’s dynamic cast of characters.

David Morris, author and editor of CollectingChristie.com, explores Agatha Christie’s theatrical work by sharing some fascinating highlights from his vast collection of Christie memorabilia.

Agatha Christie wrote female characters who were often as ambitious and independent as the masterful mystery writer herself. Dive into this article to discover Christie’s maverick women, and where you can read more of their stories.

Ken Ludwig’s theatrical rendering of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express is teeming with colorful characters. In this fun article, get the scoop on the suspects and contemplate how you might solve the crime.

Stamp your passports and celebrate World Book Night with these Agatha Christie titles sure to take you on a thrilling vacation from the comfort of your home.

The new stage adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express was a labor of love for writer Ken Ludwig and director Emily Mann. Read all about their process of bringing this classic whodunit to the stage.

After going through the long Midwest winters, Park Square Theatre in St. Paul, MN has made a tradition of offering suspenseful family entertainment in the summer months. We chatted with Neal Beckman, one of the actors from the recently concluded run of Agatha Christie’s Rule of Thumb, about the play and the production.

Michael Lochner discusses the design elements for the Alley Theatre’s production of Murder on the Orient Express.

Nearly all of Agatha Christie’s mysteries have a life outside of their existence as books.  The dramatic potential of many of her crime stories are well known by the Queen of Crime herself and by other playwrights.  While some of Christie’s plays are based on short stories or original ideas, over the course of her career, Christie dramatized several of her own novels for the stage. 

The undisputed Queen of whodunits had a few mysteries of her own. Untangle a complex and storied life with ten things you didn’t know about Agatha Christie.

CAUTION: SPOILERS AHEADMost Agatha Christie fans are aware that she wrote plays in addition to novels and short stories. The Mousetrap, Witness for the Prosecution, and And Then There Were None are the most famous and successful of her plays, but she wrote many more, some of which have never been published, and at least one has never been performed. Though some of her plays are original, most are adaptations of her previously released stories, some of which deviate substantially from her original work. From 1945 to 1960, Christie adapted four of her best novels featuring Poirot, and turned them into stage plays, none of which have Poirot as a character.

Several long-lost Christie plays are finally being made available to the general public– and to theater companies looking to put on Christie plays that have previously been seen by only a select few audiences.

With the release of expanded The Agatha Christie Collection, which features some plays that were unavailable to the general public for decades, actors have the opportunity to embrace some exciting and challenging new roles. 

Agatha Christie is well-known for writing for the page and the stage, but it is not common knowledge that she also wrote for radio and television as well. 

SPOILER ALERT: Artistic Director Mary Jane Hansen muses on Enid Bradshaw, and the central debate in Agatha Christie’s The Stranger.

Jenni Rushton and Keith Beattie share their experiences of directing an amateur production of Agatha Christie’s Murder in the Studio.

Director Lucy Bailey’s take on Witness for the Prosecution.

Discovering Agatha Christie’s lost manuscripts.

The 17th annual Master Playwright Festival celebrated the life and work of the best-selling novelist of all time, Agatha Christie. Her name and legacy brought in over 16,000 people.