The Classic Whodunit, And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, (originally called Ten Little Indians) is considered the world’s best selling whodunit mystery, having sold over 100 million copies since 1939.
The story opens with ten visitors being invited to and visiting their unknown guest’s home on a remote island. Upon arriving, each person realizes they were tricked into coming, but have no way to return to the mainland.
After a couple guests are murdered, they realize that the murderer is one of them, dispensing their own form of sadistic justice.
Scotland Yard investigates but finds all ten guests dead, and must try to solve the ten murders.
Christie wrote the original book, then changed the ending for the play, and it was later made into several movies.
Arlington Players - And Then There Were None
Thomas Jefferson Community Center
3501 2nd Street
Arlington, VA, 22204 (map it)
Dates and Times - Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.,
Sundays at 2:30 p.m., Feb. 1st - 16th
Tickets - Adults - $15.00, Seniors and kids, 18 and under - $12.00, and are available online.
Nearest Metro Subway Station - Balston-MU, Orange line, then a 2½ mile walk. It’s recommend that you take a cab from the Metro.
Parking - Street parking is available.
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3 Comments
I read the book when I was in middle school and it utterly freaked me out. I only just recently got back to Christie after two decades off…
That happened to me with Dean Koontz. After a few books, I was just a bit too disturbed.
The Christie play/book is a great story, and not one that you can easily figure out. It also had a different original title in the UK, using a word that today would be VERY, VERY insulting.
It’s my favorite Christie mystery ever!
If folks are interested in a film version, I highly recommend you rent the 1945 one. The later versions get increasingly wacky and stray from the original text.