By Monty Siekerman
Who is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare?

Answer: Agatha Christie, whose most popular murder mystery will be presented by Ada High School players on April 20-22.

“And Then There Were None” will be staged in the school auditorium at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday that weekend. Tickets, available at the high school office, are only $5.

The play, directed by Peg  Gordon and assistant directed by Amy Stover, stars  Acel Gamble, Reece Evans, Audrey Hazelton, and Ethan Hull. It also features, Josie Poling, Jacob Colwell, Brice Ferguson, Melina Temple, JD Schrader, Maddie Preston, and Noah Garmon.

The play introduces the audience to ten strangers, with presumable nothing in common, who are summoned to a remote island. Unbeknownst to them, each has been marked for murder. As the weather turns and the group is cut off from the mainland, confusion, mayhem and terror ensue.

Christie, an English author, (1890-1976), is the best-selling novelist of all time. Her books have sold 2 billion. She is best known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections. Several of her writings have been turned into popular plays.