Agatha Crispie - The Play

That's right, Crispie. Agatha Christie and her mystery stories are well known. But who has heard of her contemporary, the completely unknown writer of mystery stories, Agatha Crispie?

In the South of England not long after the Great War, Agatha Crispie scribbles away. Her second husband, Archibald Walloman is big on gravel and is digging up half of Gloucestershire. Agatha's mother-in-law and step-daughter are outstanding snobs and social climbers. They regard Agatha's literary efforts as nothing short of scandalous. Even Archibald demands that his wife should attend to dinner parties and flower arranging. Only Pimms, Agatha's long-serving tipsy maid stands by the unpublished author.

Mysteries and dead bodies abound and when Sir Henry Dithering and Miss Mary Mead investigate, the results are shocking. So shocking that Agatha is hounded into submission by her overbearing relatives. Does this mean Agatha's classics will never see the light of day? Will the world never read Murder on the Blaenau-Ffestiniog Express? Witness for the Defence? The Rat Trap?

Can Hercules Grey-Cells, Chief Inspector Bland and Pimms save the day?

Act 1 Scene 1

The library at Cranham Smiles, the home of Mr and Mrs Archibald Walloman.

Interval & Refreshments

Act 1 Scene 2

The library at Cranham Smiles, only seconds later

Act 2

The library at Cranham Smiles, one week later