Agatha Christie was the most successful female playwright of all time. She also wrote some detective novels you might have heard of.

Julius Green is the author of Agatha Christie: A Life in Theatre, available in paperback now at all good booksellers. 

There are no spoilers in this episode.

Find links to all the books mentioned in this episode at shedunnitshow.com/thetheatricalworldofagathachristie.

Sources and further information:

— Agatha Christie: A Life in Theatre by Julius Green

— The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie

— Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie

— Spider's Web by Agatha Christie

— An Autobiography by Agatha Christie

— Black Coffee by Agatha Christie

— And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

— The Stranger by Agatha Christie

— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

— Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie

— Look Back in Anger by John Osborne

— The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

— Alibi by Michael Morton

— Verdict by Agatha Christie

— A Daughter's A Daughter by Agatha Christie

— The Mary Westmacott episode of Shedunnit

— Giant's Bread by Mary Westmacott

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