Agatha Christie Plays

Alibi (1928)

adopted by Michael Morton from The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Black Coffee (1930)

original; novelized by Charles Osborne in 1998

Chimneys (1931)

adopted by Agatha Christie from The Secret of Chimneys

Love from a Stranger (1936)

adapted by Frank Vosper from the short story Philomel Cottage

Akhnaton (1937)

original; never produced, published in 1973

A Daughter's A Daughter (1937 or 1939)

original non-mystery play written by Agatha Christie under pseudonym of Mary Westmacott

Peril at End House (1940)

adapted by Arnold Ridley from the novel

Ten Little Indians (1943)

adapted by Agatha Christie from Ten Little Niggers, which later became And Then There Were None

Appointment with Death (1945)

adopted from the novel

Murder on the Nile (1946) US Title: Hidden Horizon

adopted from Death on the Nile

Murder at the Vicarage (1949)

adapted by Moie Charles and Barbara Toy from the novel

The Hollow (1951)

adopted from the novel

The Mousetrap (1952)

adapted by Agatha Christie from her radio play Three Blind Mice

Witness for the Prosecution (1953)

adapted by Agatha Christie with Peter Saunders from her short story

Spider's Web (1954)

original; novelized by Charles Osborne in 2000

Towards Zero ((1956)

adapted by Agatha Christie with Gerald Verner from her novel

Verdict (1958)

original

The Unexpected Guest (1958)

original; novelized by Charles Osborne in 1999

Go Back for Murder (1960)

adopted from Five Little Pigs

Rule of Three (1962)

original; three one-act plays: Afternoon at the Seaside, The Rats, The Patient

Fiddlers Three (1972)

original play based on the earlier Fiddlers Five, never published