Alibi
Agatha Christie
...screen, such as in the film Murder by Indecision, which featured the character "Agatha Crispy". 1928 Alibi (dramatized by Michael Morton from the novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd)
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Alibi (play)
For the 1931 film based on Christie's play, see Alibi (1931 film). Alibi is a 1928 play by Michael Morton based on The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, a novel by British crime writer Agatha...
Charles Laughton
...in Arnold Bennett's Mr Prohack (Elsa Lanchester was also in the cast), Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot in Alibi, the title role in Mr Pickwick after Charles Dickens, Tony Perelli in...
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
...not as successful as the British had been and closed after just 24 performances. Alibi is especially notable as it inspired Christie to write her first stage play, Black Coffee ''.
Hercule Poirot
...first actor to portray Hercule Poirot was Charles Laughton. He appeared on the West End in 1928 in the play Alibi '' which had been adapted by Michael Morton from the novel ''The Murder...
The Scoop and Behind the Screen
...on Saturday, January 17, 1931. First published in issue 106 of The Listener on January 21, 1931. 3): Fisher's Alibi, written and broadcast by E.C. Bentley. Transmitted on Saturday,...
And Then There Were None (1943 play)
...find financial backers. Finally, Bertie Mayer who had produced the 1928 play ''Alibi '' agreed to stage it. After a try-out at the Wimbledon Theatre starting on September 20, 1943, the...
The Hollow (play)
...Penny. Bertie Meyer, a backer of plays whose association with Christie's stage works dated back to Alibi '' in 1928, signed a contract to produce ''The Hollow in 1950 and plans were...
Prince of Wales Theatre
...the memorable Jerome Kern song "Look for the Silver Lining". These were followed by The Blue Train (1927), Alibi (1928, directed by Gerald du Maurier with Charles Laughton as Hercule...
Hayward Morse
...in many of William Shakespeare's plays internationally. Other stage roles include 'Hercule Poirot' in Alibi, the dual roles of 'Aunt' and 'Nephew' in Travels With My Aunt, Sleuth, and I...
