Christie classic comes to Chinese stages

And Then There Were None, a play by acclaimed British director Lucy Bailey will tour cities including Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, for the first time from May to July.

Based on Agatha Christie's classic crime novel published in 1939, which has been translated into over 50 languages and has sold over 100 million copies, the play follows 10 strangers who are invited to an isolated island. One by one, they are accused of murder and then start to die.

Bailey's earlier adaptation of Christie's gripping Witness to the Prosecution is currently in its sixth year of production in London.

The main cast members of And Then There Were None, including Joseph Beattie and Jeffery Kissoon, will be part of the Chinese tour.

Tickets for the Beijing shows, which will take place between June 26 and 30 at the Tianqiao Performing Arts Center, have been open since March 26.