A woman of many talents, Agatha Christie loved writing plays as well as novels and short stories. Although not all plays made it to theatre productions, she is credited with having written the longest-running and most successful play ‘The Mousetrap’ which has run continuously since 1952 and has only recently stopped due to the outbreak of COVID-19. (We hope it will be back up and opening again soon!). 

Recently new plays written by Agatha Christie have also been discovered and ‘The Lie’ was dramatised and played on radio 4 in September as part of the 100 years of the Agatha Christie celebration. (Unfortunately, I have not yet included this in the character lists below though!)  

Agatha Christie plays covered her usual subject of murder and mystery and interestingly one is set in ancient Egypt and feels much more like a Greek Tragedy in tone, written in 1937. Many of you will know Christie also wrote a novel set in Ancient Egypt 2000BC ‘Death Comes at the End’ written in 1944. 

The plays are definitely worth a read and if you’ve not been lucky enough to see the Mousetrap yet, I’ll keep my fingers crossed that you’ll soon be able to – its a real treat and an absolute Christie classic!