Martin Carroll as Sir William Rollander (January - March 2011).Lyndon Ogbourne as Lester Cole (from July 2011).Matthew Lewis as Lester Cole (January - June 2011).Susan Penhaligon as Lisa Koletzky (from May 2011).Dawn Steele as Lisa Koletzky (January - April 2011).The play was directed by Joe Harmston, and the set designer was Simon Scullion. Gerald Sim played Police Sergeant PearceĢ011 Agatha Christie Theatre Company production.Michael Golden played Detective Inspector Ogden.Norman Claridge played Sir William Rollander.Gerard Heinz played Professor Karl Hendryk.Late afternoon.ġ958 West End production Cast of 1958 London production Time: not clear but probably in the 1950s.
The action of the play passes in the living-room of Professor Hendryk's flat in Bloomsbury. Karl and Lisa have suppressed feelings for each other, and the situation is further disturbed when a young rich student, Helen Rollander, takes on private lessons with the professor.ġ958 Birmingham Alexandra Theatre programme
Her cousin and close friend, Lisa Koletzky, has moved with them to care for Anya and to manage the professor's home. His wife, Anya, an invalid suffering from a progressively debilitating disease, bitterly regrets having been forced to leave her home and her friends and is unhappy with all aspects of her life in England. The professor is contentedly ensconced in a British university, where he is respected by students and faculty alike. It is not explicitly mentioned that they are Germans persecuted by Nazis - and Agatha Christie has probably deliberately given the characters names that are not evidently traceable to any national origin. The play tells the story of Karl Hendryk, a brilliant professor who, with his wife and her cousin, have fled persecution in their country.
4 2011 Agatha Christie Theatre Company production.