Bishop, John.
The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940
. Garden City, NY: The Fireside Theatre, 1987.
A recent and popular parody of mystery melodramas.
Brockett, Oscar G.
The Essential Theatre
. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980.
A wonderful textbook for students and a resource for teachers which deals with the history of theater, as well as its basic concepts and production in America today.
Christie, Agatha.
An Autobiography: Agatha Christie
. New York, NY: Ballantine Books, 1977.
Agatha Christie’s own telling of her life’s story with her thoughts on
The Mousetrap
.
Haining, Peter, (Editor).
The Sherlock Holmes Scrapbook
. New York, NY: Bramhall House, 1974.
This book is an excellent resource for Sherlock Holmes fans.
Holmes, Rupert.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Inc., 1986.
A wonderful, mysterious musical.
Klinefelter, Walter.
Sherlock Holmes: In Portrait and Profile
. New York, NY: Schocken Books, 1975.
Another excellent book for learning about Sherlock Holmes and his background.
Morgan, Janet.
Agatha Christie
. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1984.
A very informative biography that deals with Agatha Christie’s life and also with her famous disappearance in 1926.
Richards, Stanley, (Editor).
Best Mystery and Suspense Plays of the
Modern Theatre
. New York, NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1971.
The source for such plays as
Arsenic and Old Lace, Sleuth
, and
Angel Street
.
Richards, Stanley, (Editor).
10 Classic Mystery and Suspense Plays
of the Modern Theatre
. New York, NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1973.
The source for such plays as
Ten Little Indians
and
Night Must
Fall
.
Riley, Dick and McAllister, Pam, (Editors).
The New Bedside
,
Bathtub, & Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie
. New York, NY: The Ungar Publishing Co., 1979, 1986.
This book tells the reader
everything
about Agatha Christie’s life, and her books.
Spolin, Viola.
Theater Games for the Classroom: A Teacher’s
Handbook
. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press, 1986.
The only place to begin for any teacher who wants to use improvisation and theater techniques in her classroom.
Steinbrunner, Chris and Penzler, Otto, (Editors).
Encyclopedia of
Mystery and Detection
. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1976.
This is a solid source book for information on Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie, and most elements of detective fiction.