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Invited by a mysterious Mr Owen whose arrival is delayed, the first boat delivers smoothie William Blore (Stuart Lawson) complete with South African accent, and dashing Captain Lombard (Ben Carden) who is looking forward to a romance with secretary Vera Claythorne (Debbie Dillon). She arrives with Dr Edwina Armstrong (Sue Wicks), General MacKenzie (David Tettersell), elderly judge Sir Lawrence Wargrave (Bill Colbourne), and grim Emily Brent (Nan Crofton), complete with knitting and Bible. Young Anthony Marston (Joe Ottaway) breezes in to complete the party<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Self-important introductions over, they are assembled to dine when an anonymous, recorded voice addresses each person present, accusing them of heinous crimes for which they have escaped conviction. They are on the island to now pay for these crimes. Mrs Rogers collapses, but gung ho Anthony Marston, who in the past has callously run down two children, helps himself to a drink. It\u2019s poisoned and he chokes and dies. One of the little soldiers on the mantelpiece is discovered to be broken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The next morning there is no breakfast and, on further\ninvestigation Mrs Rogers is discovered dead in bed and yet another soldier is\nbroken on the mantel. A frantic search\nof the island by the guests reveals that they are alone and so they come to the\nconclusion that one of those present must be the murderer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A storm is brewing, and they are cut off from the mainland by either boat or telephone. The bodies then begin to pile up; General MacKenzie is old, lonely and haunted by his wife whose lover he sent off to his death. He\u2019s dispatched with a knife in his back and Rogers who, in collaboration with his wife, has killed their employer, is struck down with an axe. We\u2019re glad when Emily Brent, an evil and self-righteous hag, who abandoned her pregnant maid to commit suicide, also meets with an unpleasant end and still the soldiers continue to be broken inexorably.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then, just when it couldn\u2019t seem to get any worse, the\ngenerator fails and in an atmospheric candle-lit scene the tension between the remaining\nguests is palpable. Vera, (who is no angel, having apparently left a young lad in\nher charge to drown) swings between hysteria and common sense. She is convinced\nDr Edwina Armstrong \u2013 a reformed drunk who has operated and killed under the\ninfluence – is the most obvious killer. But then the doctor goes missing after\nSir Lawrence Wargrave is shot by Captain Lombard\u2019s mislaid gun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
William Blore investigates outside and is crushed by a heavy\nclock in the shape of a bear. Goodness \u2013only two are left. However, it wouldn\u2019t\nbe an Agatha Christie if there wasn’t a surprising twist at the end. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Under the sure guidance of director, Susie D\u2019Arcy, the Ditchling Players gave us a gripping and entertaining evening with sterling performances put in by all the cast. As the curtain came down the enthusiastic applause was well deserved, as was the vigorous hissing that greeted Bill Colbourne for his creepy and devious Sir Lawrence Wargrave. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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