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Towards Zero
Author(s):
Agatha Christie
The scene is a house-party of a lovely old house on the coast of Cornwall. Lady Tressilian has invited as guests Kay and Nevile Strange, and Audrey, Nevile's former wife, whom Nevile deserted for the beautiful, glamorous Kay. Also on hand, among others, is Mary Aldin, Lady Tressilian's companion-secretary, a quiet, efficient and rather mysterious young woman. Nevile hoped that Kay and Audrey, by being together, would become friends, but that plan quickly goes awry and he finds himself between two women who appear to dislike one another intensely. After a short time in Audrey's company, Nevile asks Kay for a divorce; he wants to marry Audrey again. Kay is furious and tells Nevile that she'll see them both dead before she'll allow him to go back to Audrey. The next morning Mary has apparently taken a sleeping pill and can't be wakened--Audrey goes in to attend to Lady Tressilian and to her horror, finds she has been murdered. At first the police are inclined to believe that Nevile is the murderer--but the evidence seems too clearcut, if anything. Then they learn that Mary had seen Lady Tressilian alive after Nevile had left the house that evening--and they wonder who hates him so much that they want him to be hanged for a murder he didn't commit. Then the evidence begins to point to Audrey--to the horror and disbelief of the entire party. Only when Matthew Treves, the family lawyer, together with Superintendent Battle, takes things under hand does the appalling truth come out in a scene of tremendous excitement.
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| Genre(s): | Mystery
| | Time Period(s): | Not Available | | Play Type: | Play | | Runtime: | Not Available | | Acts: | Not Available | | Set Complexity: | Not Available | | Set Information: | Not Available | | Year First Published: | Not Available | | Total Characters: | 11 | | Male Characters: | 7 | | Female Characters: | 4 | | Androgynous Characters: | Not Available | | Minimum Cast: | Not Available | | Maximum Cast: | Not Available | | Cost: | FEE: $50 per performance
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Please check with the publisher for the most accurate information. | | Publisher: | Dramatists Play Service
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