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Towards Zero (Outdoor)

  • Agatha Christie
  • Full Length Play, Melodrama, 1940s / WWII
  • 8M, 5F
  • ISBN: 9780573706349

A clifftop murder mystery set entirely outdoors.

  • Full Length Play
  • Melodrama
  • 120 minutes

  • Time Period: 1940s / WWII
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Exterior Set
  • Cautions: Mild Adult Themes

  • Performance Group:
  • Dinner Theatre, College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre
When a house party gathers at Gull's Point, the seaside home of Lady Tressilian, Neville Strange finds himself caught between his old wife, Audrey, and his new flame, Kay. A nail-biting thriller, the play probes the psychology of jealousy in the shadow of a savage and brutal murder. With reflections on suicide, depression and redemption, the play is a layered drama of piercing intelligence.

A stage version of this story set inside the clifftop house is also available here.

  • Casting: 8M, 5F

  • O'DONNELL
    THOMAS ROYDE
    KAY STRANGE
    NEVILLE STRANGE
    LADY TRESSILIAN
    JANET COLLIER (COLLIE)
    MacGREGOR
    AUDREY STRANGE
    ANGUS McWHIRTER
    PETER DA COSTA
    INSPECTOR LEACH
    SERGEANT HARVEY
    DR. WILSON
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    When a house party gathers at Gull's Point, the seaside home of Lady Tressilian, Neville Strange finds himself caught between his old wife, Audrey, and his new flame, Kay. A nail-biting thriller, the play probes the psychology of jealousy in the shadow of a savage and brutal murder. With reflections on suicide, depression and redemption, the play is a layered drama of piercing intelligence.

    A stage version of this story set inside the clifftop house is also available here.

    $24.95