Actors take to Stourbridge streets to promote Agatha Christie classic
Actors and actresses took to Stourbridge town centre to promote their upcoming performance of an Agatha Christie favourite.
The Enville Street Dramatic Society were at the Ryemarket Shopping Centre on Saturday(20) ahead of their performances of A Murder Is Announced next month.
The play, which has been adapted by Leslie Darbon, will be at Amblecote Holy Trinity Church Hall between November 7 and November 10.
An announcment in the local paper states the time and place when a murder is to occur in Miss Blacklock's Victorian house. The victim is not one of the house's several occupants, but an unexpected and unknown visitor.
What follows is a classic Christie puzzle of mixed motives, concealed identities, a second death, a determined Inspector grimly following the twists and turns and Miss Marple on hand to provide the final solution at some risk to herself in a dramatic confrontation just before the final curtain.
Wendy Hemming, director and publicity officer, said: "We were publicising the play out and about in Stourbridge, and people were in costume handing out leaflets.
"Tickets are selling well but we still have a long way to go.
"It is one of Agatha Christie's most famous plays – the version we are doing has been adapted for the stage. It is quite a light version with some humour it and not a lot of long sequences. It is very modern but still very traditional Agatha Christie."
Tickets cost £10.
To book tickets, call Carey on 07941 906069 or Sue on 01384 356600, or visit www.envillestreetdramatic.org.uk.
