Cards on the Table (Leslie Darbon adaptation)

Cards on the Table is a 1981 stage adaptation of the Agatha Christie novel with the same name. Leslie Darbon followed Christie's trend of adapting Poirot novels as plays, but without Poirot as a detective.

1981 production
It opened at the Theatre Royal, Brighton, on October 26th, 1981 and toured until December 5th. On December 9th the play transferred to London's Vaudeville Theatre, where it was performed until September 4th, 1982. The play was directed by Peter Dews.

1981 cast in order of their appearance

 * Lynette Edwards as Mary
 * William Eedle as Shaitana
 * Margaret Courtenay as Mrs Oliver
 * Belinda Carroll as Anne Meredith
 * Pauline Jameson as Mrs Lorrimer
 * Derek Waring as Dr Roberts
 * Gary Raymond as Major Despard
 * Gordon Jackson as Superintendent Battle
 * Charles Wallace as Butler
 * James Harvey as Sergeant O'Connor
 * Patricia Driscoll as Miss Burgess
 * Mary Tamm as Rhoda Dawes
 * Jeanne Mockford as Doris
 * Henry Knowles as Stephens

1983 U.K. tour
In 1983 the play toured the U.K.. It was directed by Roy Purkis.

1983 cast

 * Georgina Moon as Anne Meredith
 * Peggy Ashby as Doris
 * Robert Tunstall as Dr Roberts
 * Nigel Williams as Major Despard
 * Catherine Crewe as Miss Burgess
 * Jacqueline Lacey as Mrs Lorrimer
 * Margaret Ashcroft as Mrs Oliver
 * Anne Sedgwick as Rhoda Dawes
 * Tony Parkin as Sergeant O’Connor
 * Roy Purkis as Shaitana
 * Frank Barbara as Stephens
 * Garfield Morgan as Superintendent Battle
 * George Sewell as Superintendent Battle (from May 1983)