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Marple zero7/6/2023 Angus McWhirter is perhaps the most important character missing from Verner’s text but makes a very significant contribution to Christie’s original. Moreover, the setting is different Christie’s is set open air on the terrace of Lady Tressilian’s house whereas Verner’s takes a more familiar path and is set in the drawing room.īoth plays contain a familiar core group of characters however there are some important roles that differ. Christie’s adaptation is a three-act, five-scene drama set over eight days with thirteen actors whilst Verner’s version is again three acts but with six scenes set over seven days involving eleven actors. However, there are some important distinctions between the texts. Both explore the idea that murder shouldn’t be the beginning of a story but the end. The events of both plays explore how the characters, through their various interactions move towards a ‘zero hour’ of murder. However, a few years ago, it was discovered that Agatha Christie had in fact written her own stage adaptation of the novel which was commissioned by the Shuberts in 1944 and we present both plays as part of The Collection.īoth versions of the text follow a similar narrative pattern. Arguably the best known adaptation of Agatha Christie’s novel, Towards Zero, was that of prolific writer, Gerald Verner, in 1956.
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