Agatha Christie's Plays

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1. Which of Agatha Christie's plays celebrated its 50th anniversary on November 25, 2002, and is typically billed as "the world’s longest continuously running play"? The Mousetrap Spider's Web Towards Zero Witness for the Prosecution

2. Agatha Christie did not like script-writers to convert her novels to plays but preferred to re-write them herself. What was her reason for this? She felt the script-writers made unnecessary and illogical plot changes She felt the script-writers "Americanized" her dialogue She felt the script-writers stuck too closely to her original novels She felt the script-writers deleted too many minor characters

3. Which of Agatha Christie's novels was the first to be made into a play? Death on the Nile The Mousetrap The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Witness for the Prosecution

4. Which of the following plays was the first original play that Agatha Christie wrote (one which was not created from a novel or short story)? Black Coffee The Hollow Spider's Web Unexpected Guest

5. "I didn't want to write it. I was terrified of writing it." "It was one of my plays that I liked best myself." To which of the following plays was Agatha Christie referring? Verdict Murder at the Vicarage Unexpected Guest Witness for the Prosecution

6. Agatha Christie wrote the play "Spider's Web" specifically for which of the following actresses? Margaret Lockwood Margaret Rutherford Sheila Sim Marlene Dietrich

7. Which of the following novels did Agatha Christie re-write as a play, re-titling it "Go Back for Murder"? Five Little Pigs Poirot Loses a Client Appointment with Death Murder After Hours

8. What do the following plays all have in common – "Appointment with Death", "Go Back for Murder", "The Hollow" and "Murder on the Nile"? All were original plays and were not adapted from her novels Agatha Christie gave each play a new title different from the original book title Agatha Christie replaced Hercule Poirot as the major character All were written prior to the Second World War

9. The central character and victim in this novel/play is Mrs Boynton, a former prison wardress with a sadistic streak who terrorises her unfortunate family. She dies from an overdose of digitoxin (heart medication). What is the name of this play? Death on the Nile Murder in Mesopotamia Appointment with Death Evil Under the Sun

10. Which of Agatha Christie's novels, which she re-wrote as a play, had to be retitled because the original title caused a controversy? Murder on the Orient Express Black Coffee Ten Little Indians Hickory, Dickory Dock