And Then There Were None

Graham Banville, Garrett McCrea, Hannah Smith, Oliver Parkins, Douglas Conners, Robert McMahon, Terry Wade, Damien Schaefer, Lyndsay Byrne, Barry Yuen, Sarah Knight

Left to right: Graham Banville, Garrett McCrea, Hannah Smith, Oliver Parkins, Douglas Conners, Robert McMahon, Terry Wade, Damien Schaefer, Lyndsay Byrne, Barry Yuen, Sarah Knight.


by Agatha Christie
directed by Matt Salton
Thurs.-Sat., Oct. 20-Nov. 5, 7:30 p.m.
The Davies Foundation Auditorium
52 Church St., Kingston, ON

And Then There Were None graphicAgatha Christie's theatrical adaptation from her original novel is a sinister, yet darkly playful mystery wherein no one's life is safe and no one is above suspicion.

Eight strangers with no apparent ties to each other are lured under false pretenses to a weekend getaway to a country home on isolated Soldier Island. Upon their arrival, they become dismayed to learn the only other residents on the island are two house servants and that their host and hostess are remarkably absent.

There is a curious decorative choice in the main room of the home—a framed nursery rhyme called "Ten Little Soldiers" that hangs above the fireplace along with matching figurines on the mantelpiece.

As the night grows dark, these ten strangers discover they are all pawns in an elaborate, Machiavellian plot with the intent to kill each of them one by one until there is no one left. Marooned and isolated, what was once a disparate group now finds they must choose alliances and trust each other if they are ever to survive the weekend.

And Then There Were None was originally a novel, published in 1939. It is among Agatha Christie's best-known novels and often considered to be one of her best. She herself said it was the most difficult to write of all her books. Christie wrote the first stage adaptation in 1943, with some changes from the original plot.

The cast and crew of And Then There Were None

Cast

Rogers Garrett McCrea
Mrs. Rogers Sarah Knight
Fred Narracott Robert McMahon
Vera Claythorne Hannah Smith
Philip Lombard Graham Banville
Anthony Marston Oliver Parkins
William Blore Damien Schaefer
General Mackenzie Barry Yuen
Emily Brent Lyndsay Byrne
Sir Lawrence Wargrave Terry Wade
Dr. Armstrong Douglas Connors
Voice Mary Barclay

Production Crew

Producers Liz Schell
John Corrigan
Director Matt Salton
Stage Manager Angelika Roberts
Set Design James Gow
Lighting Design Bob Brooks
Sound Design Lorna Jodoin
Costume Design Krista Berg
Set Dressing Liz Schell
Whitney Purdie
Props Gaby Parker
Chief Carpenter Mark Stanford
Lighting Operator Liz Martin
Sound Operators James Leslie
Lorna Jodoin
Set Builders Bob Brooks
Grant Buckler
John Corrigan
James Gow
Lorna Jodoin
D.T. McNichol
Set Painting Lily Baird
John Corrigan
Andrew Deveaux
James Gow
Pat Hurley
Liz Schell
Dialect Coach Frances Berry
Lobby Photography Claudia Wade
Archival Photography Grant Buckler
Poster Design Katie Flower-Smith
Lobby Art Curator Karen Peperkorn
Front of House Co-ordinator Steve Powell