Murder on the Nile

Synopsis

Opened at the Ambassadors Theatre in London on 19 March 1946. Simon and Kay Mostyn are honeymooning aboard a Nile steamer. With them, apparently by accident, are Canon Pennefather, Kay's guardian and Jacqueline, Simon's ex-girlfriend. During the course of the voyage Jacqueline works herself into a state of hysteria and shoots as Simon, but only wounds him in the knee. A few minutes later Kay is found shot. Canon Pennefather lays bare an audacious conspiracy and ensures that the criminals shall not go free.

Our Review:

Paul Lucas-Scott - 13 February 2012

As the lights dim in the auditorium, the air is filled with sounds that immediately take the audience from a cold and wintery Sussex to the dry, dusty heat of Egypt. The curtain then rises to reveal the observation deck of the paddle steamer Lotus, which is being prepared for a voyage that promises so much to the assembling passengers – and even more to the eager amateur detectives waiting to see what events unfold.

Ready to greet the tourists onboard are Harun, the boat steward Sydney Smith and Musa Hambi Pappas, the over-enthusiastic souvenir seller with a fabulous supply of trinkets and an even better line in “British” phrases to entice tourists to part with their money. The first passengers to arrive are the wonderfully toffee-nosed Miss ffoliot-ffoulkes [Kate O’Mara] , who is devastated to discover that the passenger list has her name spelled with capital letters, accompanied by the woman she uses as a personal dogsbody, her niece Christina ...

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