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In this section, we present information about the theatre - including both British and American productions in the same pages. First we present:
- the two featured Dossiers of the month
- the alphabetical Index to entries
-an Incompleat, Complete list of thrillers, detective and mystery plays. The listing is in order of first nights.
The Friends of Mr. Cairo is adding material to this website on a daily basis. TFOMC will soon become an online webmagazine as well. Until it is fully functional, we will present selected articles on these Dossier Index pages.
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Selected features for January/February
The Dossier on The plays of Agatha Christie.
The Dossier on Cruficer of Blood, a Sherlock Holmes play.
THEATRE - American and British
The Incompleat Complete List of Thrillers, Mystery, and Detective plays
| Play | Playwright | Theatre | Opening Night |
| Under the Clock | ?/Arthur Conan Doyle | England | 1893 |
| Sherlock Holmes | ?/Arthur Conan Doyle | England | 1894 |
| Sherlock Holmes | William Gillette/Arthur Conan Doyle | Garrick Theatre, Broadway | Nov 6, 1899 |
| The Painful Predicament of Sherlock Holmes | William Gillette | England | 1905 |
| The Speckled Band | Arthur Conan Doyle | England | 1910 |
| The Bat | Avery Hopwood/Mary Roberts Rinehart | Morosco Theatre | Aug 23, 1920 |
| The Crown Diamond | Arthur Conan Doyle | England | 1921 |
| The Cat and the Canary | John Willard | National Theatre, Broadway | Feb 7, 1922 |
| The Return of Sherlock Holmes | ?/Arthur Conan Doyle | England | 1923 |
| Alibi | Michael Moore/Agatha Christie | Prince of Wales, West End | May 15, 1928 |
| Rope | Patrick Hamilton | West End | March 3,1929 |
| Murder on the Second Floor | Frank Vosper | Eltinger Theatre, Broadway | Sep 11, 1929 |
| Keeper of the Keys | Valentine Davies/Earl Derr Biggers | Broadway | Oct 18, 1933 |
| Black Coffee | Agatha Christie | Embassy Theatre, West End | December 8, 1930 |
| Invitation To A Murder | Rufus King | Theatre Mosque, Broadway | May 17, 1934 |
| A Slight Case of Murder | Damon Runyan, Howard Lindsay |
48th St. Theatre, Broadway | Sept 11, 1935 |
| Love From A Stranger | Frank Vosper/Agatha Christie | New Theatre, West End | March 31, 1936 |
| Merely Murder | A. E. Thomas/Georgette Heyer | Plymouth Theatre, Broadway | Dec 3, 1937 |
| Gas Light | Patrick Hamilton | West End | Dec 5, 1938 |
| Peril At End House | Arnold Ridley/Agatha Christie | Vaudeville Theatre, West End | May 1, 1940 |
| Ten Little Niggers | Agatha Christie | St. James Theatre, West End | November 17, 1943 |
| Appointment With Death | Agatha Christie | Picadilly Theatre, West End | March 31, 1945 |
| Murder on the Nile | Agatha Christie | Plymouth Theatre, West End | September 19, 1946 |
| Murder at the Vicarage | Moie Charles and
Barbara Toy/ Agatha Christie |
Playhouse Theatre, West End | December 14, 1949 |
| The Hollow | Agatha Christie | Fortune Theatre, West End | June 7, 1951 |
| Dial 'M' For Murder | Frederick Knott | Plymouth Theatre, Broadway | Oct 29, 1952 |
| The Mousetrap | Agatha Christie | Ambassador's Theatre, West End | November 25, 1952 |
| Witness For The Prosecution | Agatha Christie | Prince of Wales, West End | 1953 |
| The Great Detective | ?/Arthur Conan Doyle | Sadler Wells (ballet) | 1953 |
| Sherlock Holmes | Ouida Rathbone/Arthur Conan Doyle | New Century Theatre, Broadway | October 30, 1953 |
| Spider's Web | Agatha Christie | Savoy Theatre, West End | December 14, 1954 |
| Towards Zero | Gerald Verner/Agatha Christie | St. James Theatre, West End | 1956 |
| The Unexpected Guest | Agatha Christie | Duchess Theatre, West End | August 12, 1958 |
| Go Back For Murder | Agatha Christie | Duchess Theatre, West End | March 25, 1960 |
| A Murderer Among Us | music: Paul Reif playwright: Yves Jamarque |
Morosco Theatre, Broadway | March 25, 1964 |
| Baker Street | ?/Arthur Conan Doyle | Broadway (musical) | 1965 |
| Sleuth | Anthony Shaffer | St.Martin's Theatre, West End | Feb 1970 |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles | /?Arthur Conan Doyle | England | 1971 |
| Sherlock's Last Case | Mathew Lang | USA | 1974 |
| Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street | ?/Arthur Conan Doyle | Ipswich Theatre, England | 1975 |
| Murderer | Anthony Shaffer | West End | 1975 |
| Murder Among Friends | Bob Barry | John Golden Theatre, Broadway | Dec 28, 1975 |
| Me Jack, You Jill | Robert Kossez | John Golden Theatre, Broadway | March 2, 1976 |
| A Murder Is Announced | Agatha Christie | Vaudeville, Theatre, West End | September 21, 1977 |
| Deathtrap | Ira Levin | Music Box Theatre, Broadway | Feb 26, 1978 |
| A Talent For Murder | Jerome Chodorov, Norman Pancone | Biltmore Theatre, Broadway | Oct 1-Dec 6, 1981 |
| Cards on the Table | Leslie Burnham/Agatha Christie | Vaudeville Theatre, West End | December 9, 1981 |
| Corpse! | Gerald Moon | Provincial stage in USA | 1983 |
| Sherlock's Last Case | Charles Marowitz | Nederlander Theatre, Broadway | Dec 6, 1987 |
| Getting Away With Murder | Stephen Sondheim, George Furth | Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway | Mar 17, 1996 |
| Holmes! | ?/Arthur Conan Doyle | USA (musical, workshopped) | 2000 |
| Deadly Manouvres | Gerald Moon | England | 2001 |
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