Murder on the Nile
by Agatha Christie
directed by Liz Schell
Thurs.-Sat., Jan. 18-Feb. 3, 7:30 p.m.
The Davies Foundation Auditorium
52 Church St., Kingston, ON
 Left to right: Dale Jones, Terry Wade, Sydnee Wilson, Tyresha Edwards and Jarret Hains. |
Simon Mostyn has just married Kay Ridgeway, after jilting his former fiancé and Kay’s ex-best friend Jacqueline De Severac. The newlyweds set out for their honeymoon aboard a paddle steamer on the Nile River.
Also on the cruise are the ill-tempered Miss ffoliot-ffoulkes and her niece Christina, outspoken socialist William Smith, Dr. Bessner (who nurses a grudge against Kay's father), Kay’s maid Louise, her guardian Canon Pennefather and—Jacqueline, who has been stalking the couple ever since Simon broke off their engagement.
Jacqueline, increasingly hysterical, finally produces a gun. Her first shot misses the mark, but soon after there is a real murder.
Murder on the Nile is based on Christie's 1937 novel Death on the Nile, which she actually conceived as a play before deciding to write it as a novel instead. Five years later she adapted the story into a play, which opened in London in March 1946 and had a brief Broadway run later that year.
Although the novel was also made into a movie in 1978, the play and the movie are somewhat different. Most notably, Christie's famous detective Hercule Poirot appears in the book and the movie, but not in the play.
Left to right: Damien Schaefer, D.T. McNichol, Pat Gray, Susan Hazel, Lorna Jodoin, Dale Jones. |
Cast |
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| Canon | Terry Wade |
| Dr. Bessner | Damien Schaefer |
| Kay Mostyn | Tyresha Edwards |
| Jacqueline De Severac | Sydnee Wilson |
| Simon Mostyn | Jarret Hains |
| Miss Ffoliot-ffoulkes | Pat Gray |
| Christina Grant | Susan Hazel |
| Smith | Dale Jones |
| Louise | Lorna Jodoin |
| Steward | D.T. McNichol |
| Beadseller and McNaught | Chris Barry |
Production Crew |
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| Producers | Bob Brooks Liz Schell |
| Director | Liz Schell |
| Stage Manager | Michelle McNichol |
| Asst. Stage Manager | Linda Hamstra |
| Set Design & Chief Carpenter | Bob Brooks |
| Lighting Design | Vishmayaa Jeyamoorthy |
| Sound Design | Kim Dressel |
| Costume Design | Whitney Purdy |
| Costume Assistants | Esme Purdy Teresa Petrocco |
| Costume Assistants | Liz Schell |
| Arabic Advisor | Wadi |
| Backstage Crew | Pauline Jodoin Rick Jodoin Gregory Britt |
| Sound Operation | Kim Dressel James Leslie |
| Lighting Operation | Morgan Mainguy |
| Set Construction | Grant Buckler Dave Oliver James Gow Lorna Jodoin John Corrigan Tony McDermott Rick Jodoin D.T. McNichol Ian Rutherford Liz Schell |
| Set Painting | Lorna Jodoin James Gow Kim Dressel Liz Schell Noah Purdy Esme Purdy Whitney Purdy Susan Hazel Ian Rutherford |
| Lobby Photography | Claudia Wade |
| Archival Photography | Grant Buckler |
| Lobby Art Curator | Karen Peperkorn |
| Front of House Co-ordinator | Steve Powell |
| Featured Artist | Margaret Brackley |