Ten Little Ni**ers is a 1949 British television play which was based on Agatha Christie's 1943 stageplay adaptation of her original novel And Then There Were None. Like the stageplay, and unlike the original novel, this TV play had a more upbeat ending in that not all the main characters were killed off. Two were found innocent and survived.
The play was directed and produced by Kevin Sheldon and was performed and broadcast live on August 20, 1949 from Alexandra Palace, BBC's studios at Muswell Hill. Because of technical limitations in the early days of television, only those in the Greater London area were able to receive and watch the broadcast. No recording was made but the production is believed to follow the stageplay version fairly closely. There were a number of mishaps. In one instance, an actor, after being stabbed, got up and walked away not knowing that he was still on camera. Commenting on this, Agatha Christie said that it was just as well she did not see the show or else she should have been "livid".[1]
Cast[]
- Douglas Hurn as Anthony Marston
- Elizabeth Maude as Mrs Rogers
- Arthur Wontner as General Mackenzie
- Stanley Lemin as Rogers
- Margery Bryce as Emily Brent
- John Stuart as Dr Edward Armstrong
- Campbell Singer as William Blore
- John Bentley as Philip Lombard
- Sally Rogers as Vera Claythorne
- Bruce Belfrage as Sir Lawrence Wargrave
- Barry Steele as Narracot
References[]
- ↑ Mark Aldridge, Agatha Christie on Screen (London: Palgave MacMillan, 2016), 57-58, ebook edition.