And Then There Were None [Radio Play, BBC]

by Agatha Christie, BBC Radio

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Someone has orchestrated a series of murders based on a nursery rhyme. The diabolical killer must be found before all ten guests trapped on an isolated island are dead.

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This excellent radio adaption of Christie’s well-known novel should not be missed. It tells the story quite nicely, but don’t expect it to be like the Hollywood movie or the play. The ending is faithful to the novel, which is not at all like the play and movie. The actors do a good job in creating the scary atmosphere, complete with sound effects. This tale is always entertaining, no matter which version you are reading, or how many times you’ve heard it before.
I misunderstood what "radio dramatization" really meant and, while this was a fun listen, was disappointed in the end. I enjoy books for the whole of the book, not just the dialogue, no matter how well-presented the lines are or how interesting the background sounds are. It was a good radio play, but that wasn't what I wanted. So heads-up for anyone else considering this!
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This was a good adaptation of the novel, and the actors were great. In this story, 10 people on an island begin to die, one by one. Who is doing it? How? Why? A gripping radio drama with nice sound effects, this interpretation really made me feel as though I were on the island with them. I listened all the way to the end, and I was sorry when it was over. An exciting mystery that I didn’t want to end.

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One of the most successful and beloved writer of mystery stories, Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie was born in 1890 in Torquay, County Devon, England. She wrote her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, in 1920, launching a literary career that spanned decades. In her lifetime, she authored 79 crime novels and a short story collection, 19 show more plays, and six novels written under the name of Mary Westmacott. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language with another billion in 44 foreign languages. Some of her most famous titles include Murder on the Orient Express, Mystery of the Blue Train, And Then There Were None, 13 at Dinner and The Sittaford Mystery. Noted for clever and surprising twists of plot, many of Christie's mysteries feature two unconventional fictional detectives named Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. Poirot, in particular, plays the hero of many of her works, including the classic, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926), and Curtain (1975), one of her last works in which the famed detective dies. Over the years, her travels took her to the Middle East where she met noted English archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan. They married in 1930. Christie accompanied Mallowan on annual expeditions to Iraq and Syria, which served as material for Murder in Mesopotamia (1930), Death on the Nile (1937), and Appointment with Death (1938). Christie's credits also include the plays, The Mousetrap and Witness for the Prosecution (1953; film 1957). Christie received the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for 1954-1955 for Witness. She was also named Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1971. Christie died in 1976. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Canonical title
And Then There Were None [Radio Play, BBC]
Original title
And Then There Were None
Alternate titles
Ten Little Niggers
Original publication date
2010-10-14
People/Characters
Lawrence John Wargrave (justice); Vera Elizabeth Claythorne; Philip Lombard; John Gordon Macarthur (general); Emily Caroline Brent; Anthony James Marston (show all 8); Edward George Armstrong (doctor); William Henry Blore
Important places
Soldier Island
First words
What a magnificent sand castle.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Except for me and I'm already gone.

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Fiction and Literature, Mystery
DDC/MDS
823.912Literature & rhetoricEnglish & Old English literaturesEnglish fiction1900-1901-19991901-1945
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PR6005 .H66 .A53Language and LiteratureEnglishEnglish Literature1900-1960
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