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Article: WCT's whodunit captures suspense
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- October 29, 2009
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By MARILYN JOZWIK
Agatha Christie's classic murder mystery "And Then There Were
None" gets an update in the capable hands of the Waukesha Civic
Theatre.
Christie wrote the play in 1944 with a contemporary setting on an
island off the coast of England.
WCT keeps the locale but moves the action smack dab into 2009,
with references to e-mails and cell phones which make the suspense
even more palpable as audience members can easily imagine themselves
confronted by the terror of knowing there's a killer in their midst.
Opening night got off to a bit of shaky start with some awkward
pauses in dialog, but moved like a freight train in Act II as the
action picked up.
The play, also known as "Ten ...