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The Mysterious Affair at Styles
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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.
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
Place
Styles Court—the Cavendish Family estate, near Styles St. Mary, Essex, England.
Time
The early 1920s.