And Then There Were None [DeliciousDeath]

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

[MV] And Then There were None, 1945(USA) 97min. B/W: [direct] Rene Clair; [script] 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)
[MV] Ten Little Indians, 1965(UK) 92min.: [direct] George Pollock; [script] 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)
[TV] Zehn kleine Negerlein, 1969(Ger/ZDF) 110min.: [direct] Hans Quest; [script] 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)
[MV] And Then There were None, 1975(It/Fr/Gr/Sp/UK) 100min.: [direct] Peter Collinson; [script] 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")
[MV] Desyat negrityat, 1987(USSR) 137min.: [direct] Stanislav Govorukhin; [script] Gennadi Engstrem; [cast] Vladimir Zeldin, Tatyana Drubich, Alexander Kaidanovsky, Alexei Zharkov, Anatoli Romashin, Lyudmila Maxakova, Mikhail Gluzsky, Alexei Zolotnitsky, Irina Tereschenko, Alexander Abdulov
[MV] Ten Little Indians, 1989(USA) 101min.: [direct] Alan Birkinshaw; [script] 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.