Ten Little Indians

Authors

Alvin Community College

Files

Description

"Ten Little Indians" is a mystery thriller based on Agatha Christie's novel And Then There Were None about ten strangers who are invited to a secluded island under false pretenses. Once they arrive, they are accused of past crimes that went unpunished. Soon, they begin dying one by one in ways that mirror a sinister nursery rhyme. As fear and suspicion grow, the survivors realize the killer must be among them. The play is a tense whodunit that explores guilt, justice, and paranoia.

Publication Date

Winter 1994

Document Type

Playbill

City

Alvin

Keywords

Theater, play, mystery, Agatha Christie

Disciplines

Theatre and Performance Studies

Comments

"Ten Little Indians" is a stage adaptation of Agatha Christie’s famous mystery novel (also widely known as And Then There Were None). The story follows ten strangers who are invited to a remote island estate under different pretexts. None of them knows the host personally, and upon arrival they discover that their mysterious host is absent. Instead, a recorded message accuses each guest of having committed a serious crime in the past, acts that led to someone’s death but for which they were never legally punished.

The play builds tension through claustrophobic setting, psychological pressure, and unexpected twists. Themes of guilt, justice, revenge, and moral responsibility run throughout the story. In the end, Christie delivers a shocking and carefully constructed solution that reveals how the murders were planned and why the killer carried them out.

Recommended Citation

Alvin Community College, "Ten Little Indians" (1994). Season 1994-1995. 1.
https://archives.alvincollege.edu/productions_1994-1995/1