Lost Agatha Christie play to be brought to life for first time

♦ A long-lost play by Agatha Christie, discovered by chance by a researcher nearly 100 years after it was written, is to be performed for the first time.

The play, called The Lie, was written in the Twenties and was found by author Julius Green after he was granted permission to access extensive archives as he researched a book about Christie.

It is now to be given its first staged reading on Christie’s birthday, Sept 15, as part of the International Agatha Christie Festival in her birthplace of Torquay.

Mathew Prichard, Christie’s grandson, said he was “delighted” the play was finally being brought to life.