The Rule of Three

Agatha Christie has done it again with this collection of three one-act plays. An Afternoon by the Seaside follows the lives of a group of people vacationing at the sea. News spreads quickly of an emerald necklace stolen from the wealthy and formidable Lady Beckman. When the Inspector shows up to search the beach huts, it becomes clear that everyone’s a suspect.

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Set in a tiny, stark apartment, The Rats features a couple who rendezvous for a little extra-marital fun. But things quickly take a sinister turn when they discover a body … and that they’ve been secretly locked in.

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The Patient, Mrs. Wingfield, lies in a hospital bed in a state of paralysis after falling from the balcony of her house. She is surrounded by family, but all is not what it seems. Did she fall, or was she pushed? Is there someone else in the room who knows the truth? Family bonds are tested as everyone begins to turn on each other.