Witness for the Prosecution

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Witness for the Prosecution

Agatha Christie

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Full Length Play, Drama

8m, 5f

ISBN: 9780573618000

Winner! New York Critics Circle Award

"A walloping success." - Herald Tribune

"Packs plenty of surprise in its cargo of suspense." - Daily Mirror

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Description

Full Length Play

Drama

Mystery/Thriller

105 Minutes

Time Period - Present Day, 1950s

Settings Of Play - The Chambers of Sir Wilfrid Robarts QC and The Central Criminal Court, London (the Old Bailey)

FEATURES / CONTAINS

Interior Set, Unit Set/Multiple Settings

Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes, Period Costumes

CAUTIONS

Mild Adult Themes

THEMES

Aging, Betrayal, Death, Love, Marriage

TARGET AUDIENCE

Appropriate for all audiences

PERFORMANCE GROUP

High School/Secondary, College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Dinner Theatre, Professional Theatre, Senior Theatre, Reader's Theatre, Large Stage

RECOGNITION / AWARDS

From Broadway, From West End

Winner! New York Critics Circle Award

Leonard Vole stands in the dock, accused of murder. His wife can prove his innocence but when she takes the stand she denies his alibi. Can he escape the hangman’s noose?

"A walloping success." - Herald Tribune"Packs plenty of surprise in its cargo of suspense." - Daily Mirror

Produced by Peter Saunders at The Winter Garden Theatre, London 28th October 1953

Characters

CASTING

8m, 5f

CASTING ATTRIBUTES

Reduced casting (Doubling Possible)

Rental Materials

MUSICAL STYLE

N/A (Not a musical)

Author

Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie (1890-1976) is the author not only of The Mousetrap, the longest running stage production in history but also Witness for the Prosecution and And Then There Were None to name but a few of her greatest stage successes. Her novels have sold more than 2 billion copies around the world, and she is only outsold by the Bible and Shakespeare. Born in 1890, in Torquay, Devon, England, to ... view full profile