Rule of Thumb

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Rule of Thumb

Collection / Anthology, Melodrama  /  4w, 5m

Agatha Christie

A triple bill of short, contrasting plays comprising The Wasp's Nest, The Rats, The Patient.

Image: 2019 Park Square Theatre Production (Petronella J. Ytsma)

Rule of Thumb

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    4w, 5m
  • Duration
    Duration
    More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary
This triple bill of one act murder mysteries combines: The Wasp's Nest which sees Hercule Poirot come between a bitter triangle of lovers to prevent a sinister murder before it takes place; The Rats, a dark and chilling tale in which a pair of adulterous lovers find themselves lured to a flat, trapped like rats and framed for murder; and finally, The Patient, a tense thriller in which a woman has been hospitalised after seemingly falling from her balcony.   
Performing Groups

THE WASP'S NEST 

CHARLES HARBOROUGH
CLAUD LANGDON
NINA BELLAMY
HERCULE POIROT

THE RATS 

SANDRA GREY
JENNIFER BRICE
DAVID FORRESTER
ALEC HANBURY 

THE PATIENT 

LANSEN
NURSE
DR GINSBERG
INSPECTOR CRAY
BRYAN WINGFIELD
EMMELINE ROSS
WILLIAM ROSS
BRENDA JACKSON
THE PATIENT
  • Duration More than 120 minutes (2 hours)

Media

ON BREAKING CHARACTER

On Performing Agatha Christie's Rule of Thumb
Jeremiah Hernandez
October 9, 2019

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  • Rule of Thumb

    Image: 2019 Park Square Theatre Production (Petronella J. Ytsma)

  • Rule of Thumb

    Image: 2019 Park Square Theatre Production (Petronella J. Ytsma)

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Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in English with another billion in foreign languages. She is the most widely published author of all time and, in many languages, outsold only by the Bible and Shake ...

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