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And Then There Were None

And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie

bookshelves: autumn-2010, play-dramatisation, mystery-thriller, published-1939, doo-lally, suicide, serial-killer, revenge, recreational-homicide, summer-2013, re-visit-2013

Recommended for: Saturday Play listeners
Read from November 13, 2010 to August 26, 2013, read count: 2

 



Ten little Soldier boys went out to dine;
One choked his little self and then there were nine.

Nine little Soldier boys sat up very late;
One overslept himself and then there were eight.

Eight little Soldier boys traveling in Devon;
One said he'd stay there and then there were seven.

Seven little Soldier boys chopping up sticks;
One chopped himself in halves and then there were six.

Six little Soldier boys playing with a hive;
A bumblebee stung one and then there were five.

Five little Soldier boys going in for law;
One got in Chancery and then there were four.

Four little Soldier boys going out to sea;
A red herring swallowed one and then there were three.

Three little Soldier boys walking in the zoo;
A big bear hugged one and then there were two.

Two Little Soldier boys sitting in the sun;
One got frizzled up and then there was one.[7]

One little Soldier boy left all alone;
He went out and hanged himself and then there were none.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/...

Agatha Christie's famous detective story without a detective, adapted by Joy Wilkinson.

Ten guests are separately invited to an island by a person none of them knows very well, if at-all. When they arrive, it seems they have all been invited for different reasons. Nothing quite adds up.

An anonymous voice accuses each of them of having murdered someone. By the end of the first night, one of the guests is dead. Stranded by a violent storm and tormented by the nursery rhyme 'Ten Little Soldier Boys', the ten guests fear for their lives. Who is the killer? Is it one of them?

Cast in order of appearance

Vera Claythorne ..... Lyndsey Marshal
Cyril ..... Harry Child
Captain Lombard ..... Alex Wyndham
Emily Brent ..... Joanna Monro
Dr. Armstrong ..... Sean Baker
Mr. Justice Wargrave .... Geoffrey Whitehead
Anthony Marston ..... Lloyd Thomas
Mr. Blore ..... Sam Dale
Narracott ..... Adeel Akhtar
General Macarthur ..... John Rowe
Mr. Rogers ..... Wayne Foskett
Mrs. Rogers ..... Sally Orrock
Hugo ..... Henry Devas
Gramophone Voice ..... Jude Akuwudike

Directed by Mary Peate.