Agatha Christie The Lie

(4.4 stars; 127 reviews)

Agatha Christie's The Lie First broadcast: Sat 29th Aug 2020, 14:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM Trapped in an unhappy marriage and provoked by her husband's obsession with her younger sister, Nan disappears from the family home for a night – with devastating consequences. A series of dramatic revelations will lead either to divorce or reconciliation - but the outcome depends on whether Nan's sister will lie to protect her. Agatha Christie's extraordinary early play, which predates her famous stage thrillers, lay unread in her family's archives until it was discovered by theatre producer Julius Green. Seemingly written in the mid-1920s, during the breakdown of Christie's first marriage, The Lie is an intensely personal piece of writing - a hard-hitting domestic drama which bears many of the hallmarks of her later work for the theatre, and which offers a unique insight into her complex emotional response to events in her own life at the time. "In every life there comes a moment, one supreme and all-powerful moment, when we hold our fate in our hands, to decide our entire life for good or evil." Cast: Nan Gregg (the wife) - SARAH MOWAT Nell Reeves (her sister) - CHLOE NEWSOME John Gregg (the husband) - BEN NEALON Hannah Reeves (the mother) - ALISON SKILBECK Mrs Endicott (the grandmother) - TINA GRAY Jim Hayward (The suitor) - MIKE EVANS The drama was adapted for radio from Agatha Christie's stage play by Martin Lewton and Julius Green. Director - JULIUS GREEN Assistant Director - MARTIN LEWTON Producer - IAIN MACKNESS Executive Producer - ASHLEY BYRNE The music was composed by REBECCA APPLIN A Made in Manchester production for BBC Radio 4 by arrangement with The Agatha Christie Archive Trust 

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.