Verdict
by Agatha Christie

Verdict

Synopsis

Melodrama Characters: 6 male, 4 female Interior Set The Hendryks, refugees in England, have lost everything.

Karl with his talents, charm, and hard work rebuilds their lives.

But Anya, his wife, is fatally ill and so her old friend, Lisa, who secretly loves karl, lives with them and runs the house.

The three are very close.

Their serenity is shattered when wealthy, brainless but headstrong Hellen Rolander bribes her way into taking private lessons from Karl.

Her infatuation for him being unreturned she doesn't stop at murder to clear the way.

But after Anya's dead, Hellen realizing her schemes were futile commits suicide.

So Anya's death is pinned on Lisa backed by evidence from a scandal mongering char lady.

Lisa's found not guilty and after their mutual agony she and Karl build a new life from the wreckage.

Themes

Performance

Cast

A medium cast size of 10 total roles, 4 female and 6 male roles.

Publication

Publisher
Samuel French
Year Published
1958
ISBN 10
057361931X
ISBN 13
9780573619311
Binding
Paperback
Print Length
108 pages
Place Published
New York
Language
English
LCC
PR6005H66 V48
Print
Verdict is a British murder and mystery play written by and published by Samuel French in New York, 1958. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9780573619311 and an ISBN-10 of 057361931X.
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