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Collins, London, 1939 as "Ten Little Niggers"
Saturday Evening Post, May.22-Jul.1 1939
Dodd Mead, New York, 1940
To Carlo and Mary
This is their book, dedicated to them with much affection
Plot
(from HarperCollins "The Agatha Christie Collection" cover)
Ten strangers, apparently with little in common, are lured to an island mansion off the coast of Devon by the mysterious U.N.Owen.
Over the dinner, a record begins to play, and the voice of the unseen host accuses each person of hiding a guilty secret. That evening, former reckless driver Tony Marston is found murdered by a deadly dose of cyanide.
The tension escalates as the survivors realise the killer is not only among them but is preparing to strike again... and again.
Characters
Mr. Justice Wargrave, Vera Claythorne, Captain Philip Lombard, Emily Brent, General Macarthur, Dr. Armstrong, Anthony Marston, Mr. Blore, Fred Narracott, Mr. and Mrs. Rogers, Sir Thomas Legge, Inspector Maine
Play
- Ten Little Niggers
- dramatised by Agatha Christie
- at the St.James's Theatre, London, on November 17, 1943
- with the title "Ten Little Indians", at the Broadhurst Theatre, New York, on June 27, 1944
- Presented by Bertie Meyer at the St James' Theatre, London, on 17th November 1943, with the following cast of characters:
- (in the order of their appearance)
| Rogers | William Murray |
| Narracott | Reginald Barlow |
| Mrs Rogers | Hilda Bruce-Potter |
| Vera Claythorne | Linden Travers |
| Philip Lombard | Terence de Marney |
| Anthony Marston | Michael Blake |
| William Blore | Peny Walsh |
| General Mackenzie | Eric Couley |
| Emily Brent | Henrietta Watson |
| Sir Lawrence Wargrave | Allan Jeayes |
| Dr Armstrong | Gwyn Nicholls |
- The play directed by Irene Hentschel
- Decor by Clifford Pember
- Soshite dare mo inakunatta
- direct: Kazuya Yamada
- theater: The Globe Tokyo
- date: 22 June - 11 July, 1999
- cast
| Sir Lawrence Wargrave | Asao Sano |
| Vera Claythorne | Miki Fujitani |
| Philip Lombard | Yoichi Miura |
| Emily Brent | Minako Osanai |
| General MacKenzie | Syuntaro Emi |
| Dr.Armstrong | Katsuhiko Sasaki |
- Soshite dare mo inakunatta
- direct: Kazuya Yamada
theater: Art Sphere Theatre, Tokyo
- date: 24 June - 2 July, 2000
cast
| Sir Lawrence Wargrave | Yasutaka Tsutsui |
| Vera Claythorne | Miki Fujitani |
| Philip Lombard | Ryo Amamiya |
| Emily Brent | Minako Osanai |
| General MacKenzie | Kazuhisa Seshita |
| Dr.Armstrong | Katsuhiko Sasaki |
Movie & TV
- And Then There were None, 1945 (USA)
- director Rene Clair
- writer Rene Clair, Dudley Nichols
- cast Walter Huston(Dr. Armstrong), Barry Fitzgerald(Judge Quincannon), Louis Hayward(Philip Lombard), Roland Young(Detective Blore), June Duprez(Vera Claythorne), C. Aubrey Smith(General Sir John Mandrake), Judith Anderson(Emily Brent), Mischa Auer(Prince Nikki Starloff), Richard Haydn(Rogers, the butler), Queenie Leonard(Mrs. Rogers)
- Ten Little Niggers, 1949 (UK/TV)
- cast John Bentley(Philip Lombard), Bruce Belfrage(Sir Lawrence Wargrave), Campbell Singer(William Blore), Stanley Lemin(Rogers), Barry Steele(Narracot), John Stuart(Dr. Edward Armstrong), Elizabeth Maude(Mrs. Rogers), Sally Rogers(Vera Claythorne), Douglas Hurn(Anthony Marston), Arthur Wontner(General Mackenzie), Margery Brice(Emily Brent)
- Ten Little Niggers, 1959 (UK/TV)
- "ITV Play of the Week" Season 4, Episode 20
- writer Robert Tronson
- cast Felix Aylmer(Sir Lawrence Wargrave), Laidman Browne(General Mackenzie), John Gabriel(Doctor Armstrong), Mary Hinton(Emily Brent), Viola Keats(Mrs. Rogers), Harry Locke(Rogers), Norman Mitchell(Narracot), Wensley Pithey(William Blore), Christine Pollon(Vera Claythorne), Michael Scott(Anthony Marston), John Stone(Philip Lombard)
- Ten Little Niggers, 1959 (USA/TV)
- director Paul Bogart, Philip F. Falcone, Leo Farrenkopf, Dan Zampino
- writer Philip H. Reisman Jr.
- cast Nina Foch(Vera Claythorne), Barry Jones(Mr. Justice Sir Lawrence Wargrave), Romney Brent(Dr. Edward Armstrong), Peter Bathurst(Det. William Henry Blore), Kenneth Haigh(Philip Lombard)
- Ten Little Indians, 1965 (UK)
- director George Pollock
- writer Enrique Llouet, Dudley Nichols, Peter Welbeck, Peter Yeldham, Erich Krohnke
- cast Hugh O'Brian(Hugh Lombard), Shirley Eaton(Ann Clyde), Fabian(Mike Raven), Leo Genn(Gen. Mandrake), Stanley Holloway(William Blore), Wilfrid Hyde-White(Judge Cannon), Daliah Lavi(Ilona Bergen), Dennis Price(Dr. Armstrong), Mario Adorf(Herr Grohmann), Marianne Hoppe(Frau Grohmann)
- Gumnaam, 1965 (India)
- director Raja Nawathe
- scipt Dhruva Chatterjee, Charandas Shokh
- cast Nanda, Manoj Kumar, Pran, Helen, Mehmood, Dhumal, Madan Puri, Tarun Bose, Manmohan, Naina, Laxmi Chhaya
- Zehn kleine Negerlein, 1969 (W.Germany/TV)
- director Hans Quest
- writer Gerd Krauss, Fritz Peter Buch
- cast Alfred Schieske(Sir Lawrence Wargrave), Fritz Haneke(General MacKenzie), Nora Minor(Emily Brent), Ingrid Capelle(Vera Claythorne), Rolf Boysen(Philip Lombard), Alexander Kerst(Dr. Armstrong), Werner Peters(William Blore), Peter Fricke(Anthony Marston), Guenther Neutze(Rogers), Edith Volkmann(Mrs Rogers), Mathias Hell(Narracot)
- Dix petits nègres, 1970 (FR/TV)
- director Pierre Sabbagh
- writer Pierre Brive, Meg Villars
- cast Jean Degrave(Roger), Alix Mahieux(Marie), Juliette Villard(Véra), Henri Garcin(Lombard), Bernard Tiphaine(Martone), Jean-Claude Arnaud(Blore), Henri Crémieux(Mackenzie), Viviane Gosset(Émilie), Raymond Gérôme(Malgrave), Maurice Teynac(Lewis)
- And Then There were None, 1974 (IT/FR/DE/ES)
- director Peter Collinson
- writer Ench Krohnke, Enrique Lovet
- cast Oliver Reed(Hugh Lombard), Richard Attenborough(Arthur Cannon), Elke Sommer(Vera Clyde), Herbert Lom(Edward Armstrong), Stéphane Audran(Ilona Morgan), Charles Aznavour(Michel Raven), Gert Frobe(Wilhelm Blore), Adolfo Celi(Andre Salve), Alberto De Mendoza(Otto Martino), Maria Rohm(Elsa Martino), Orson Welles("voice")
- Desyat negrityat, 1987 (USSR)
- director Stanislav Govorukhin
- writer Stanislav Govorukhin, Gennadi Engstrem
- cast Vladimir Zeldin, Tatyana Drubich, Alexander Kaidanovsky, Alexei Zharkov, Anatoli Romashin, Lyudmila Maxakova, Mikhail Gluzsky, Alexei Zolotnitsky, Irina Tereschenko, Alexander Abdulov
- Ten Little Indians, 1989 (USA)
- director Alan Birkinshaw
- writer Jackson Hunsicker, Gerry O'Hara
- cast Donald Pleasence(Judge Wargrave), Brenda Vaccaro(Marion Marshall), Frank Stallone(Captain Lombard), Herbert Lom(General Romensky), Sarah Maur Thorp(Vera Claythorne), Warren Berlinger(Mr. Blore), Yehuda Efroni(Dr. Werner), Neil McCarthy(Anthony Marston), Paul Smith(Mr. Rodgers), Moira Lister(Mrs. Rodgers)
Nursery Rhyme
- TEN LITTLE INDIANS, by Septimus Winner, 1868
- Ten little Injuns standin' in a line,
One toddled home and then there were nine;
- Nine little Injuns swingin' on a gate,
One tumbled off and then there were eight.
- One little, two little, three little, four little, five little Injuns boys,
- Six little, seven little, eight little, nine little, ten little Injuns boys.
- Eight little Injuns gayest under heav'n,
One went to sleep and then there were seven;
- Seven little Injuns cutting up their tricks,
One broke his neck and then there were six.
- Six little Injuns kickin' all alive,
One kick'd the bucket and then there were five;
- Five little Injuns on a cellar door,
One tumbled in and then there were four.
- Four little Injuns up on a spree,
One he got fuddled and then there were three;
- Three little Injuns out in a canoe,
One tumbled overboard and then there were two.
- Two little Injuns foolin' with a gun,
One shot t'other and then there was one;
- One little Injuns livin' all alone,
He got married and then there were none.
- TEN LITTLE NIGGERS, by Frank Green, 1869
- Ten little nigger boys went out to dine;
One choked his little self, and then there were nine.
- Nine little nigger boys sat up very late;
One overslept himself, and then there were eight.
- Eight little nigger boys traveling in Devon;
One said he'd stay there, and then there were seven.
- Seven little nigger boys chopping up sticks;
One chopped himself in half, and then there were six.
- Six little nigger boys playing with a hive;
A bumble-bee stung one, and then there were five.
- Five little nigger boys going in for law;
One got in chancery, and then there were four.
- Four little nigger boys going out to sea;
A red herring swallowed one, and then there were three.
- Three little nigger boys walking in the zoo;
A big bear hugged one, and then there were two.
- Two little nigger boys sitting in the sun;
One got frizzled up, and then there was one.
- One little nigger boys living all alone;
He got married, and then there were none.
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