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Go Back For Murder was a 1960 play written by Agatha Christie based on the Hercule Poirot novel Five Little Pigs.
The play omitted the character of Poirot. His function in the story is filled by a young lawyer named Justin Fogg, son of the lawyer who led Caroline Crale's defence. During the course of the play, it is revealed that Carla's fiancé is an obnoxious American who is strongly against her revisiting the case, and in the end, she leaves him for Fogg.
Go Back for Murder opened at King's Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland on 22 Feb 1960. It later came to London's Duchess Theatre on March 23, 1960, but it lasted for only thirty-seven performances. The director was Hubert Gregg, with décor by Michael Weight.
Characters[]
- Justin Fogg
- Turnball
- Carla
- Jeff Rogers
- Philip Blake
- Meredith Blake
- Lady Melksham
- Miss Williams
- Angela Warren
- Caroline Crale
- Amyas Crale
- Asprey (mentioned)
- Montagu Depleach (mentioned)
Original London cast[]
- Robert Urquhart as Justin Fogg
- Peter Hutton as Turnball
- Ann Fairbank as Carla
- Mark Eden as Jeff Rogers
- Anthony Marlowe as Philip Blake
- Laurence Hardy as Meredith Blake
- Lisa Daniely as Lady Melksham
- Margot Boyd as Miss Williams
- Dorothy Bromiley as Angela Warren
- Ann Fairbank as Caroline Crale
- Nigel Green as Amyas Crale
2013 U.K. tour[]
Tour by the Agatha Christie Theatre Company. It plyed in Bath, Blackpool, Cambridge, Cardiff, Guildford, High Wycombe, Swindon, Wolverhampton, among other places.
Cast[]
- Sophie Ward as Carla Le Marchant and Caroline Crale
- Liza Goddard as Miss Williams
- Gary Mavers as Amyas Crale
- Ben Nealon as Justin Fogg
- Mark Lisseman as Turnball
- Robert Duncan as Philip Blake
- Antony Edge as Meredith Blake
- Lysette Anthony as Lady Melksham
- Sammy Andrews as Angela Warren
Publication[]
Go Back for Murder was included in the 1978 Christie play collection, The Mousetrap and Other Plays.