The Witness for the Prosecution

"The Witness for the Prosecution" is a short story and play by British author Agatha Christie. The story was initially published as "Traitor's Hands" in Flynn's, a weekly pulp magazine, in the edition of 31 January 1925.^[1]

For other uses, see Witness for the Prosecution (disambiguation).

In 1933, the story was published for the first time as "The Witness for the Prosecution" in the collection The Hound of Death that appeared only in the United Kingdom. In 1948, it was finally published in the United States under that title in the collection The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories. The story has been adapted for stage, film and television.

Leonard Vole, the accused

Emily French, the victim

Janet Mackenzie, Emily French's maid

Romaine (subsequently renamed as Christine) Heilger/Vole, "wife" of the accused

Mr Mayhew / Mayherne, the solicitor of the accused

Sir Wilfrid Robarts, QC, senior counsel of the accused

Mr Myers, QC, the Crown prosecutor

Mr Justice Wainwright, the judge

Inspector Hearne, the arresting officer

Greta, Sir Wilfrid's typist

Carter, Sir Wilfrid's clerk

1925: Flynn's Weekly, 31 January – as Traitor's Hands

1933:

The Hound of Death

1948:

The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories

1993:

The Mousetrap & Other Plays

was adapted as a play by Agatha Christie. The play opened in London on 28 October 1953 at the Winter Garden Theatre, produced by Peter Saunders, and directed by Wallace Douglas. The premiere cast included Derek Blomfield as Leonard Vole, Patricia Jessel as Romaine Vole, and David Horne as Sir Wilfrid Robarts.

Witness for the Prosecution

The play opened on on December 16, 1954.^[3]

Broadway

2002 Свидетель обвинения (Russia)

2005 Khara Sangaycha Tar ()

Marathi

2011 (検察側の証人 [Kensatsugawa no shonin] ) Witness for the Prosecution (Japan)

2018 "奪命証人" Witness for the Prosecution by , Paul Chun Pui and Tse Kwan Ho (Hong Kong)

Carina Lau

2018 Tomar Kono Satyo Nei ()

Bengali

2024 presents Agatha Christie’s Witness for the Prosecution starring Graham Hopkins, Sharon Spiegel Wagner, Mike Huff, Peter Terry, Craig Jackson, Brett Kruger, Dianne Simpson, Matthew Lotter, Micah Stojakovic and Jordan Soares (South Africa)