Like Hotspur, who could kill six dozen Scots at breakfast, complain of his quiet life, and then ask for work, she is not one to be concerned about a mere singleton corpse.
In Ten Little Niggers she shows an intense ingenuity in adapting that very lethal rhyme (so oddly deemed a nursery matter) to modern conditions."
"[6] Director: Irene Hentschel Decor by: Clifford Pember William Murray – Rogers Reginald Barlow – Narracott Hilda Bruce-Potter – Mrs Rogers Linden Travers – Vera Claythorne Terence De Marney – Philip Lombard Michael Blake – Anthony Marston Percy Walsh – William Blore Eric Cowley – General MacKenzie Henrietta Watson – Emily Brent Allan Jeayes – Sir Lawrence Wargrave Gwyn Nicholls – Dr Armstrong[7] A production in New York opened at the Broadhurst Theatre under the title Ten Little Indians on 27 June 1944.
[8] Director: Albert de Courville Neil Fitzgerald – Rogers Georgia Harvey – Mrs. Rogers Halliwell Hobbes – Sir Lawrence Wargrave Nicholas Joy – General MacKenzie Anthony Kemble Cooper – Anthony Marston Claudia Morgan – Vera Claythorne Patrick O'Connor – Fred Narracott J. Pat O'Malley – William Blore Michael Whalen – Philip Lombard Estelle Winwood – Emily Brent Harry Worth – Dr. Armstrong The play was first published by Samuel French Ltd as a paperback in 1944.
At some point after the end of the Second World War, a survivor of Buchenwald concentration camp contacted Christie and told her that the inmates had staged their own production there, undoubtedly writing their own script as they would not have had access to the author's version.
[9] In November 2007, Lakota East High School in West Chester, OH, was set to perform the play but plans were cancelled after the NAACP protested about the production because of the original title of the novel.
[10] Lakota East High School officials subsequently revised their plans and decided to perform the play on 29 November under the title "And Then There Were None".
[11] On 14 October 2005 a new version of the play, written by Kevin Elyot and directed by Steven Pimlott opened at the Gielgud Theatre in London.