Black Coffee...
BLACK COFFEE is a play by the British crime-fiction author Agatha Christie (1890–1976) which was produced initially in 1930. The first piece that Christie wrote for the stage, it launched a successful second career for her as a playwright. In the play, Hercule Poirot, her famous sleuth, is summoned to visit a famous physicist, Sir Claud Amory, but they discover on their arrival that he has been murdered. The plot revolves around a stolen formula, with Poirot deducing which of Sir Claud's house guests/family members is the killer.
The TRP version is done extremely well. The actors used British dialect throughout and it was often hard to tell if you were not in London's Ole Vic theater during the performance. In true Christie fashion, it is an ensemble cast with no central star of the show...rather, everyone contributes to the performance in their own way and the sum total is a very entertaining presentation for mystery-loving theater fans.
The TRP version is done extremely well. The actors used British dialect throughout and it was often hard to tell if you were not in London's Ole Vic theater during the performance. In true Christie fashion, it is an ensemble cast with no central star of the show...rather, everyone contributes to the performance in their own way and the sum total is a very entertaining presentation for mystery-loving theater fans.