Full-Length
Comedy, Drama,
Adaptation
4W, 6M

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The Mysterious Affair at Styles


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Synopsis

When Agatha Christie invites you to spend the summer at an estate in the English countryside, you know you won’t be sipping tea and playing croquet. Indeed, when John Cavendish invites his dear old friend Nick Hastings to Styles Court, murder ensues. And who better to solve it than Hercule Poirot, in his debut? Come along as Poirot and Hastings unravel the delicious and mysterious affair at Styles.

Casting & Production


Casting

THE OUTSIDERS:

Nick HASTINGS, Our Narrator

Detective Inspector JAPP, of Scottland Yard
(also playing Solicitor WELLS, and Dr. BAUERSTEIN)

and… Hercule POIROT

THE FAMILY:

Mrs. EMILY Cavendish-Inglethorp
ALFRED Inglethorp, Emily’s Husband
JOHN Cavendish, Emily’s Stepson
MARY Cavendish, John’s Wife
LAWRENCE Cavendish, Emily’s Younger Stepson, John’s Brother

And…

Evelyn “EVIE” Howard, Emily’s friend and confident, distantly related to Alfred
CYNTHIA Murdoch, Emily’s Ward


Setting

Place
Styles Court—the Cavendish Family estate, near Styles St. Mary, Essex, England.

Time
The early 1920s.