Agatha Christie
Appointment with Death

To Richard and Myra Mallock
to remind them of their journey to Petra

First Published

UK

Collins, London, May. 1938

Daily Mail, Jan.19-Feb.19 1938 as 'A Date with Death'

US

Dodd Mead, New York, 1938

Collier's Weekly, Aug.28-Oct.23 1937

Plot

(from HarperCollins "The Agatha Christie Collection" cover)

Among the towering red cliffs of Petra, like some monstrous swollen Buddha, sat the corpse of Mrs Boynton. A tiny puncture mark on her wrist was the only sign of the fatal injection that had killed her.

With only 24 hours available to solve the mystery, Hercules Poirot recalled a chance remark he'd overheard back in Jerusalem: 'You do see, don't you, that she's got to be killed?' Mrs Boynton was, indeed, the most detestable woman he'd ever met ...

Characters

Emily Boynton, Lennox Boynton, Nadine Boynton, Raymond Boynton, Carol Boynton, Ginevra Boynton, Jefferson Cope, Dr.Sarah King, Lady Westholme, Colonel Carbury, Hercule Poirot

Movie & TV

Appointment with Death, 1988 (USA)

director Michael Winner

writer Anthony Shaffer, Peter Buckman, Michael Winner

cast Peter Ustinov(Poirot), Piper Laurie(Emily Boynton), Nicholas Guest(Lennox Boynton), Carrie Fisher(Nadine Boynton), John Terlesky(Raymond Boynton), Valerie Richards(Carol Boynton), Amber Bezer(Ginevra Boynton), David Soul(Jefferson Cope), Jenny Seagrove(Dr. Sarah King), Lauren Bacall(Lady Westholme)

Appointment with Death

Agahta Christie's POIROT XI, 2008

director Ashley Pearce

writer Guy Andrews

cast David Suchet(Hercule Poirot), Zakaria Atifi(Mahmoud), Zoe Boyle(Ginevra Boynton), Cheryl Campbell(Lady Boynton), Christina Cole(Dr. Sarah King), Emma Cunniffe(Carol Boynton), Tim Curry(Lord Greville Boynton), Jawad Elalami, Paul Freeman(Colonel Carbury), Mark Gatiss(Leonard Boynton), Beth Goddard(Sister Agnieszka), John Hannah(Dr. Gerard), Elizabeth McGovern(Dame Celia Westholme), Christian McKay(Jefferson Cope), Angela Pleasence(Nanny), Tom Riley(Raymond Boynton)

Link

1. Official Site: Appointment with Death
2. Wikipedia: Appointment with Death
3. IMDb: Appointment with Death (1988)
4. IMDb: Poirot: Appointment with Death (2008)

dramatised by Agatha Christie

Presented at the Piccadilly Theatre, London, on 31st March 1945, with the following cast of characters:
(in the order of their appearance)

SYNOPSIS OF SCENES

ACT I - The lounge of the KingSolomon Hotel, Jerusalem. Afternoon

ACT II

SCENE 1 The Traveller's Camp at Petra. Early afternoon. A week later

SCENE 2 The same. Three hours later

ACT III

SCENE 1 The same. The following morning

SCENE 2 The same. The same afternoon.

Time: the present

Link

1. Wikipedia: Appointment with Death (play)