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Short Answer
What do you know about Agatha Christie’s best-known works? Why might Christie’s work continue to circulate today?
Teaching Suggestion: Famous for creating unforgettable detectives (Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple) and penning classic mystery novels (And Then There Were None, Death on the Nile), Agatha Christie is also the playwright of The Mousetrap, a work so enduringly popular that it set the world record for the longest continuous run before the COVID-19 pandemic forced the closure of its home at the Ambassadors Theatre in London. Consider discussing Agatha Christie, her more popular works, and the impact of her novels and plays on society, then use the link to broaden student understanding of Agatha Christie.
Short Activity
Reading a play such as The Mousetrap requires the audience to understand the vocabulary associated with drama and live performance. Use the following questions to draw conclusions about the purpose of each vocabulary term.
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A Murder Is Announced
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And Then There Were None
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A Pocket Full of Rye
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Crooked House
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Death On The Nile
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Murder at the Vicarage
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Murder on the Orient Express
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Poirot Investigates
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The ABC Murders
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles
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The Pale Horse
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Witness for the Prosecution
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