Rule of Thumb
Collection / Anthology, Melodrama / 5m, 4f
A triple bill of short, contrasting plays comprising The Wasp's Nest, The Rats, The Patient.
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Cast Size
5m, 4fDuration
More than 120 minutes (2 hours)Target Audience
- Adult
Additional Info
This triple bill of one act murder mysteries combines: The Wasp's Nest which sees Hercule Poirot come between a bitter triangle of lovers to prevent a sinister murder before it takes place; The Rats, a dark and chilling tale in which a pair of adulterous lovers find themselves lured to a flat, trapped like rats and framed for murder; and finally, The Patient, a tense thriller in which a woman has been hospitalised after seemingly falling from her balcony.
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Reviews
ON BREAKING CHARACTER
On Performing Agatha Christie's Rule of Thumb
Jeremiah Hernandez
October 9, 2019
Considerations
Performing Groups
- College Theatre / Student
- Community Theatre
- Dinner Theatre
- Professional Theatre
License details
- Minimum Fee: $100 per performance
Production
Details
- Duration: More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
- Setting:
THE WASP'S NEST - The garden of Charles Harbourgh's house.
THE RATS - Michael Torrance's flat in Hampstead.
THE PATIENT - A private room in a nursing home.
Casting
5m, 4fTHE WASP'S NEST
CHARLES HARBOROUGH
CLAUD LANGDON
NINA BELLAMY
HERCULE POIROT
THE RATS
SANDRA GREY
JENNIFER BRICE
DAVID FORRESTER
ALEC HANBURY
THE PATIENT
LANSEN
NURSE
DR GINSBERG
INSPECTOR CRAY
BRYAN WINGFIELD
EMMELINE ROSS
WILLIAM ROSS
BRENDA JACKSON
THE PATIENT
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