A Real Mystery-Real People-Real Motives
THEATRE 40 will open it’s 2010-2011 season with BLACK COFFEE, Agatha Christie's first staged mystery and the only one to feature her most memorable character, HERCULE POIROT.
Christie’s thriller marks the start of Theatre 40’s 45th Season!
By Diana Hale
Event dates: July 07-August 01, 2010
Hercule Poirot's first case involves Sir Claud Amory's formula for a powerful new explosive has been stolen, presumably by a member of his large household.
Sir Claud assembles his suspects in the library and locks the door, instructing them that when the lights go out, the formula must be replaced on the table -- and no questions will be asked. But when the lights come on, Sir Claud is dead.
Now Hercule Poirot, assisted by Captain Hastings and Inspector Japp, must unravel a tangle of family feuds, old flames, and suspicious foreigners to find the killer and prevent a global catastrophe.
