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Agatha Christie: Ten Little Niggers - theatrical version (1973 / France Culture). Broadcast on France Culture on October 7, 1973. NB: This is the theatrical adaptation of the novel, written by Agatha Christie herself (which explains this different ending from the first story). Photography: Agatha Christie © Sipa. Director: Jacques Reynier. French adaptation by Pierre Brive and Meg Villars. By the Société des Comédiens-Français. Ten people who seem to have no common point find themselves on the island of the Nigger, invited by a mysterious Mr. Owen, unfortunately absent. A couple of servants, recently hired, ensure the comfort of the guests. On a table in the living room, ten statuettes of Negroes. In the bedrooms, a nursery rhyme recounting the meticulous elimination of ten little Negroes. After the first meal, a mysterious voice rises in the house, reproaching each one for one or more crimes. One of the guests strangles himself and dies, like the first victim in the nursery rhyme. A statuette disappears. And the deaths follow one another, following the text to the letter. Psychosis rises. Is the culprit hiding on the island, among the guests? (Summary taken from the Babelio website: https://www.babelio.com/livres/Christ...) With: Michel Etcheverry (Judge Lawrence John Wargrave) René Camoin (William Henry Blore) René Arrieu (Philip Lombard) Alain Pralon (Roger / Thomas Rogers) Marcel Tristani (The voice) Jean-Noël Sissia (The narrator) André Reybaz (Doctor Lewis / Armstrong) Louis Arbessier (General McKenzie / Macarthur) Philippe Rondest (Tony Marton / Anthony Marston) Denise Gence (Emily Brent) Claude Winter (Vera Elizabeth Claythorne) Virginie Pradal (Marie) Piano improvisation: Alain Marconi Source: France Culture #AgathaChristie #DixPetitsNègres #LeSémaphore #TheatricalVersion #DetectiveNovel #Literature #England #Devon #FrenchComédie #RadioAdaptation #PierreBrive #MegVillars #Director #JacquesReynier #MichelEtcheverry #RenéCamoin #RenéArrieu #AlainPralon #MarcelTristani #JeanNoëlSissia #AndréReybaz #LouisArbessier #PhilippeRondest #ClaudeWinter #VirginiePradal #Piano #AlainMarconi #FranceCulture