And Then There Were None

Ten strangers are mysteriously invited as houseguests to an island off the coast of Devon.  Each has a guilty secret, one by one they meet their demise, but where is their missing host?

In a delightfully dramatic performance by Claire Wade, secretary Vera Claythorne has been engaged to look after the visitors, together with the calm and efficient butler Rogers, played by David Jones, who ensures that everyone has breakfast despite the death of his wife played by Sue Orme.

 The guests prove a strange mix with little in common.  The smooth Army Captain Phillip Lombard (Simon Paget), the bogus South African William Blore (Mike Asprey), the geriatric General MacArthur (Martin Illston), and the nervous Dr. Armstrong played by Paul Makinson.  Stu Morton played the selfish playboy  Anthony Marston, and Janet Townes was very convincing as the overbearing spinster Emily Brent.  David Hawley gave a commanding performance as retired Judge Sir Lawrence Wargrave.

Intrigue abounds in a secure well-honed production by Chris Davies, the experienced cast kept up the pace and tension playing colourful interesting  characters.

Costumes were very much of the period, with a well-dressed good looking set designed and build by the Players.

A light hearted evening of intrigue and mystery from the pen of the queen of crime writers, who gave murder an air of genteel respectability, Agatha Christie.

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