Tag: Hercule Poirot
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Poirot is Back:
Live at the O’Reilly & Streaming on HuluHercule Poirot enters in a swirl of mist–walking stick in hand, overcoat draped across his shoulders, and a great mustache perched atop his upper lip. In all, he seems to have stepped from the pages of one of Agatha Christie’s novels. Played with great flair by Pittsburgh-based actor, director, and playwright Martin Giles, this Poirot…
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Prime Stage Mystery Theatre:
Bringing Mystery to the Virtual StageAgatha Christie had quite a formula. She didn’t discover it. Others employed similar elements before her, and many more have practiced it since. But Christie perfected it with her cozy who-done-its featuring Hercule Poirot. Above: Hercule Poirot (Albert Finney) explains his solution to the story’s mystery in Sidney Lumet’s adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Murder on…
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Countdown to Mystery: Locked Doors
A woman enters a room. Closes the door. Then, from inside, a voice cries “Murder!” When her father breaks down the door, he finds her bleeding on the floor. She is alone. The windows are barred. There is no other exit. Yet the perpetrator is gone! And so begins The Mystery of the Yellow Room…