... gets a winning verdict by Diana Eccleston AUDIENCES always seem to flock in their droves to the Ashcroft whenever an Agatha Christie or Francis Durbridge is playing there This week is no exception with hardly an empty seat for the opening night of the ...

... generic title of “Murder They Wrote” It is fitting that Newpalm Productions have launched the season with a story by Agatha Christie the authentic mistress of suspense It is “Alibi” adapted by Michael Morton from “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd” A pleasing ...

... is hosting a summer season of suspense which this year will consist of two plays from the pen of the Queen of Mystery Agatha Christie presented by Newpalm Productions “Love From a Stranger” runs from September 6 to 10 (excluding September 9 when Cleo Laine ...

... for Murder Diana Eccleston THE FOURTH and final play in Newpalm Productions summer season of mystery and suspense is an Agatha Christie whodunnit vintage 1964 and the best have seen in terms of interesting storyline and characterisation is also the most ...

... 5th - Sat Sept 16th Ntwpalm Repertory Company present A TWO WEEK SEASON OF MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE Tues Sept 5th - Sat 9th AGATHA CHRISTIE S MURDER ON 1 1 Tues Sept 12th - Sat 16th JB PRIESTLEY’S FAMOUS PLAY DANGEROUS CORNER Both plays run T uesday - Saturday ...

... to dedicate two productions of the murder mystery season to her and since one of her great favourites was the work of Agatha Christie they chose two plays adapted from her stories: Murder Is Easy and Peril At End House On each Tuesday production a collec ...

... theatre that he came the other day to give a talk about two of Britain's most famous writers: the Dames du Maurier and Agatha Christie Shallcross knew du Maurier particularly well over of 20 years He was the only person allowed to write biography during ...

... Friday March 3 1989 News and reviews Cat Strange case of murder THAT all too rare breed an extraordinarily well acted Agatha Christie play has found a home at Bromley’s Churchill Theatre I’ve seen more poorly done Agatha’s than care to remember and the ...

... Caught in Barbara’s web Michael Essex WHO BETTER to revive the fortunes of the Thorndike Theatre than the ever-popular Agatha Christie ? It was probably a happy coincidence that this year marks the centenary other birth and the Theatre Royal Windsor had ...

... Street will be tak- JL ing on a very different role at the Ashcroft Theatre Croydon next week a new production of an Agatha Christie puzzler And Then There Were None Set in the 1930s it brings together ten people who are invited by an unknown host to ...

... able to borrow1 fiction books galore accusing finger points to the shelves No admonitory voice orders to: Take that Agatha Christie back this minute You can't have her and Charles Dickens For some reason I always take out about twice as much fiction ...

... that it would be “gripping” It is skilfully plotted and tautlv written: a million miles away from the run-cf-the-mill Agatha Christie whodunnit Here want know who the stranger is why he is tormenting an apparently decent couple and what they could possibly ...