Agatha Christie’s “And Then There Were None” opens on the Wimberley Players stage June 30 and runs through July 23.
Considered a masterpiece of dramatic construction and Dame Christie’s darkest work, the tale begins with 10 strangers arriving at a mansion on a remote island. Soon the mood, along with the weather, turns dark as the guests are subjected to a tape-recording reminding each of them of their own murderous past. Now they are trapped and, as in the classic nursery rhyme, one-by-one fall victim to their untimely death.
“And Then There Were None” is Christie’s most popular novel, with over 100 million sales to date, making it the world’s best-selling mystery of all time. It has been performed in multiple productions under various titles — on stage with acting greats like Richard Attenborough and Orson Wells, on the silver screen with Walter Huston and Barry Fitzgerald, and as the subject of a 2015 mini-series.
