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Agatha Christie wraps up Acadia Rep season
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Is there any playwright more beloved by summer stock companies and
vacationing audiences than Agatha Christie? Murderers, suspects,
lawyers, aristocrats and secret-holders - many with British accents -
are the very stuff of warm-weather entertainment. Her plays have
become the signature August offering and specialty at Acadia
Repertory Theatre in Somesville, where the annual Dame Christie show
is among the most popular events of the summer.
As its final production of the season, Acadia...
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Agatha Christie wraps up Acadia Rep season
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
; Is there any playwright more beloved by summer stock companies and vacationing audiences than Agatha Christie? Murderers, suspects, lawyers, aristocrats and secret-holders - many with British accents - are the very stuff of warm-weather entertainment. Her plays have become the signature August
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Check out Acadia Rep's 'Web' and you'll be caught up in it
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
; SOMESVILLE - Agatha Christie wrote a comedy. Who knew the grande dame of mystery writers penned a delightful drawing room play that borders on farce? Acadia Repertory Theatre knows all about "Spider's Web" and Christie's comic. The company, located in Somesville in Mount Desert Island, has produced
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Oldway backdrop for Christie classic Death on the Nile is the theme of this year's Agatha Christie commemorative week.
Herald Express (Torquay UK)
; Death on the Nile is the theme of this year's Agatha Christie commemorative week. Torbay will be pulling out all the stops to wow visitors with their efforts to commemorate the popular crime writer. Torbay Development Agency says they have been working hard to attract tourists to the Bay and give
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Christie crime classics get cartoon treatment Classic crime capers have been caricatured into cartoons as part of this week's bumper festival dedicated to the life and works of Agatha Christie.
Herald Express (Torquay UK)
; Classic crime capers have been caricatured into cartoons as part of this week's bumper festival dedicated to the life and works of Agatha Christie. The first lady of crime has got surprisingly graphic in a series of books available from the English Riviera Agatha Christie Shop on Torquay's Palk
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Novel ways with windows A magical mystery competition has been launched in Paignton to mark Agatha Christie Week.
Herald Express (Torquay UK)
; ... Bookshop, Susan's Florist, Purrfect Pets, Outlook, Goldsmiths, Rodney Moorhouse jewellers, MI Bushby opticians, Toy Town and Tully's news agents. Other Agatha Christie Week events taking place today include: a guided walk along the Agatha Christie Mile, starting ...
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Agatha Christie sale should be a thriller
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)
; An auction of more than 700 lots from Agatha Christie's former Westcountry home has attracted interest from around the world, auctioneers have revealed. First-edition books, works of art and furniture, and other gems from Greenway House, in Churston, near Brixham, will be sold at a special auction
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Drive to put agatha in the spotlight A new chapter in Torbay's world reputation was written yesterday, aiming to further increase links with Agatha Christie's name.
Herald Express (Torquay UK)
; A new chapter in Torbay's world reputation was written yesterday, aiming to further increase links with Agatha Christie's name. Some of the Bay's top hoteliers met with the Queen of Crime's grandson, Mathew Pritchard, to discuss ways of developing business opportunities and promoting the fact that
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Timelord's TV date with dame agatha Riviera tourism bosses are hoping for a surge in interest in Torbay's most famous daughter as the BBC announces Dr Who is set to meet Dame Agatha Christie.
Herald Express (Torquay UK)
; ... heritage to be celebrated. "It is amazing news that she is to be featured on such a cult ... Festival a matter of weeks away, this news couldn't be better timed and we look forward to sharing the exciting news with all of the international visitors ...
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Agatha week is chance to have pride in town The grandson of the world famous Torquay-born author says Agatha Christie Week is the perfect opportunity to celebrate the life and works of someone who 'really loved Torquay'.
Herald Express (Torquay UK)
; The grandson of the world famous Torquay-born author says Agatha Christie Week is the perfect opportunity to celebrate the life and works of someone who 'really loved Torquay'. Mathew Prichard says the celebration is a perfect way for people to have pride in the town. Murder and mystery will be the
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'Proof' adds up to Acadia Rep's success
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
; When you think mathematician, you may picture geeky guys with broken eyeglass frames and mismatched clothes. Not so if you're talking about the characters in David Auburn's math-heavy drama "Proof," now at Acadia Repertory Theatre in Somesville. First of all, the central mathematician in the story
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