Black Coffee is a 1930 play featuring Hercule Poirot and Captain Arthur by English mystery writer Agatha Christie. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
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| 1930/12/08 | Agatha Christie | Playwright | Agatha Christie's first play, "Black Coffee", premieres at the Embassy Theatre in Swiss Cottage with Francis L Sullivan as Poirot and featuring Donald Wolfit. | ||||
| 1931/04/09 | Christie's play, "Black Coffee", opens at the St Martin's Theatre, where it will run until 1 May. | St Martins Theatre | London | ||||
| 1931/05/04 | "Black Coffee" moves to the Wimbledon Theatre. | ||||||
| 1931/05/11 | "Black Coffee" begins a run at the Little Theatre, finally closing on 13 June 1931. | ||||||
| 1931/08/19 | Produced by Julius S Hagan, Twickenham Film Studios releases an 80 minute film version of "Black Coffee" with Austin Trevor in the role of Hercule Poirot. | ||||||
| 1998/11/02 | HarperCollins | Publisher | HarperCollins publishes Charles Osborne's novelization of Agatha Christie's "Black Coffee". | ||||
| 1998/11/02 | Hercule Poirot | Private Detective | HarperCollins publishes Charles Osborne's novelization of Agatha Christie's "Black Coffee". | ||||
| 1998/11/02 | Arthur Hastings | Associate Private Detective | HarperCollins publishes Charles Osborne's novelization of Agatha Christie's "Black Coffee". | ||||
| 1998/11/02 | Inspector Japp | Police Detective | HarperCollins publishes Charles Osborne's novelization of Agatha Christie's "Black Coffee". | ||||
| 2012/07/15 | David Suchet and company perform a staged reading of "Black Coffee" at the Chichester Festival Theatre. David Suchet plays Poirot, George Layton takes the part of Inspector Japp while David Yelland depicts Captain Arthur Hastings. | Chichester Festival Theatre | Chichester |
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| Art Type | Book | a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers. | |
| Narrative Arts | Detective | a person, especially a police officer, whose occupation is to investigate and solve crimes. | |
| Narrative Arts | Fiction | prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people | |
| Suitcase | Gladstone Bag | small portmanteau built over a rigid frame which separates into two equal sections | |
| Narrative Arts | Murder | the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another | |
| Narrative Arts | Mystery | something not understood or beyond understanding | |
| Narrative Arts | Narrative | an account of connected events | |
| Art Type | Novel | long form fiction narrative that is at least 40,000 words in length | |
| Art Type | Play | a story that is written to be performed by actors, especially in a theatre | |
| Narrative Arts | Prose | ordinary written language | |
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