The Producer Did It: Ten Lost Agatha Christie Plays Discovered

As reported in The Stage, British theatre producer Julius Green has recently discovered ten lost Agatha Christie plays - five full lengths and five one-acts - among stacks of the playwright/novelist's archive material.

David Hutchison writes, "Christie's stage adaptation of her novel TOWARDS ZERO is among the newfound plays, as well as what Green described as a 'hard-hitting domestic drama' titled THE LIE, written around the time of the breakdown of Christie's first marriage.'"

"The other full-length plays discovered are THE CLUTCHING HAND, THE STRANGER - adapted from her short story Philomel Cottage - and SOMEONE AT THE WINDOW, which was adapted from another short story, "The Dead Harlequin."

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Aside from creating the iconic detective novel characters Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot, Christie is arguably the English language's most popular playwright; author of the world's longest running play, THE MOUSETRAP, which has been playing on the West End for sixty-three years, TEN LITTLE INDIANS and WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION.

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