Publication and Further Adaptations
The play was first published by Samuel French in 1957 as French's Acting Edition No. 834.
Like Black Coffee (1998) and The Unexpected Guest (1999), the script of the play was turned into a novel of the same name by Charles Osborne. It was published in the UK by HarperCollins in 2000.
In 1960, the play was turned into a film with the slightly extended title of The Spider's Web. Glynis Johns played the part of Clarissa with none of the actors from the stage production making the cross-over to the film. The screenplay, adapted from Christie's text, was by Eldon Howard and direction was by Godfrey Grayson.
In 1982, the BBC produced the work as a one hour and forty-five minute television play which starred Penelope Keith in the role of Clarissa. Cedric Messina was the producer with Basil Coleman directing. This version was broadcast on 26 December.
Cast of the 1982 BBC production:
- Penelope Keith - Clarissa Hailsham-Brown
- Robert Flemyng - Sir Rowland Delahaye
- Thorley Walters - Hugo Birch
- David Yelland - Jeremy Warrender
- Elizabeth Spriggs - Mildred Peake
- Jonathan Newth - Henry Hailsham-Brown
- Holly Aird - Pippa Hailsham-Brown
- Brian Protheroe - Oliver Costello
- John Barcroft - Inspector Lord
- Mark Draper - Sergeant Jones
- David Crosse - Elgin
- Lee Fox - Doctor
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