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"black coffee] (Original title: Black Coffee) IsUnited KingdomThe novelistAgatha Christie OfDrama.Hercule PouloIt is a detective story of things.1930/Once upon a timeUKPremiered at the Embassy Theater in Swiss Cottage in the northwest, the following year in the same cityWest EndPerformance at. The drama of Christie's work1928/ToKilled acroidThere is "Alibi" based on "Alibi", but this is the first play written by Christie himself.1997/It was made into a novel by. As of 2008, the Japanese versionHayakawa PublishingBoth the drama version and the novel version have been published by.

Synopsis

Sir Claude Amory, a scientist, said he had called the detective Hercule Poirot home in front of his family. He was studying newatomOf the explosionequationSaid he was stolen and advised him to return the envelope containing the equation while keeping the room pitch black. After that, the lights turned on and the envelope was on the desk, but Claude was dead and the envelope was empty.

Character

Hercule Poulo^[1]

BelgianProminent private detective.

Arthur HastingsCaptain^[1]

Poirot's friend (so-called Watson).

Sir Claude Amory

Nuclear scientist. A man about 60 years old. Leader in the modern scientific community^[2]At the same time, he is an inventor and holds a patent for a special lock.

Richard Amory

Claude's son. An English gentleman with a good feeling.

Lucia Amory

Richard's wife. A beautiful woman about 25 years old, half Italian and half British.

Caroline Amory

Claude's sister. An old-fashioned but kind middle-aged woman.

Barbara Amory

Claude's niece. A modern 21 year old woman.

Edward Reiner

Claude's secretary. This is a 28-year-old man with no characteristics.

Treadwell

Butler of the Amory family.

Dr. Carelli

A guest of the Amory family. Italian man.

Graham

Claude's family doctor.

Inspector Japp^[1]

Inspector of Scotland Yard.

Detective Johnson

A police officer brought by Inspector Japp.

Constitution

A three-act structure set in the reading room of Sir Claude Amory's residence. Amory House is about 3 from LondonMilesLocated in a remote Abbott Clave.

• Act 1-8:30 pm
• Act 2-The next morning
• Act 3-15 minutes later

Bibliographic information

Only the Japanese translation version is listed.

Drama version

• Translated by "Black Coffee", Hayakawa Publishing (Christy Bunko),2004/Published in January, ISBN-4 15-130065-1 etc.

Novel version

• "Black Coffee Novel Edition"Taeko NakamuraTranslated by Hayakawa Publishing (Christy Bunko), published in September 2004,ISBN-4 15-130034-1 etc.

footnote

1. ^ ^{a b c} It is a character that appears in many other works of Christie.
2. ^ Quoted from Richard's line in Act 1.