Background
Christie disagreed with the change of her favourite character Caroline Sheppard, the inspiration for Miss Marple, into a beautiful girl called Caryl Sheppard. She only permitted this change because the alternative was turning Poirot into a young man called Beau Poirot and having "lots of girls in love with him". The other major changes from the book were:
- The characters of Mrs Russell, the housekeeper, and her son, Charles Kent, were dropped, as were the subplots concerning these characters.
- Roger Ackroyd was given a title and became Sir Roger Ackroyd.
- Poirot was stated several times not to be Belgian but French.
The play takes place in two sets - the hall at Fernley Park and in Poirot's study in his house in the village. Sir Roger's study is situated at the back of the centre stage of the hall set with two doors which are opened at various parts in the play to reveal the corpse at his desk and are closed at other times when events in the play dictate they should be.
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