Film, TV or Theatrical Adaptations
Christie adapted the book into a highly successful stage play in 1951 but omitted Poirot from the narrative.
In 2004, the novel was broadcast as a television movie featuring David Suchet as Poirot, Sarah Miles as Lady Angkatell and Megan Dodds as Henrietta Savernake, as part of the series Agatha Christie's Poirot. Some details are omitted; the drawing of the card representing death and Edward's attempted suicide, for example. Others - such as the dénouement involving poisoned tea - are altered (Gerda instead injects herself with potassium cyanide), but overall this adaptation is much more faithful to the book on which it is based than are many others in the series.
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