A Murder is Announced
written by Agatha Christie
Adapted for the stage by Leslie Darbon
The setting is two drawing rooms in an early Victorian house
in Chipping Cleghorn which have been made into one room.
Time: Agatha Cristie-time
First performance at the Vaudeville theatre Wednesday 21st September 1977
| Act 1 | |
| Scene 1 | The morning of Friday the 13th |
| Scene 2 | 6:10pm the same day |
| Scene 3 | The next morning - Saturday |
| Act 2 | |
| Scene 1 | The next afternoon - Sunday |
| Scene 2 | The next morning - Monday |
| Scene 3 | 6:00pm the same day |
| Cast List | (In order of appearance) |
| Julia Simmons | Patricia Brake |
| Letitia Blacklock | Dinah Sheridan |
| Dora Bunner | Eleanor Summerfield |
| Patrick Simmons | Christopher Scoular |
| Mitzi | Mia Nadasi |
| Miss Marple | Dulcie Gray |
| Phillipa Haymes | Barbara Flynn |
| Mrs Swettenham | Nancy Nevison |
| Edmund Swettenham | Gareth Armstrong |
| Rudi Scherz | Michael Dyerball |
| Inspector Craddock | James Grout |
| Sergeant Mellors | Michael Fleming |
| for 'Peter Saunders Ltd' | |
| Directed by | Robert Chetwyn |
| Scenic and Costume design by | Anthony Holland |
| Lighting by | Robert Bryan |
| Company & Stage Manager | Peter Fox |
| DSM | Roger Bruce |
| ASM | Alexandra Sebastian |
| Production Secretaries | Wendy Rimon, Shirin Haque |
| Wardrobe Mistress | Evelyn Ranells |
| Press Representatives | Torrington Douglas |
| thanks to; | |
| Scenery built and painted by | Vic Mara Ltd. |
| Miss Sheridans hair styled by | Bruno and John |
| Miss Brake's hair styled by | Simon and Peter St. John |
| Miss Barbara Flynn's hair by | Carvers |
| Ladies Costumes by | R St. John Roper Ltd. |
| Miss Nadasi and Miss Nevison's costumes by | Vidrobes Ltd. |
| St. Michaels Ladies tights by | Marks and Spencer |
| Sherry by | Harvey's of Bristol |
| Cake supplied by | Beatons |
| Silverplated ware courtesy of | Viners of Sheffield |
| China kindly supplied by | Worcester Royal Porcelain Co. Ltd. |
| Telephone equipment lent by | Post Office |
| Lighter by | Ronson |
| for Vaudeville Theatre | |
| General Manager | Verity Hudson |
| Manager | Harold Claber |
| Chief Electrician | K.A.Lidstone |
| Master Carpenter | Phil Nicklin |
| Box Office | O. Sansum |
Production Photographs by Rex Coleman of Argent Studios
