And Then There Were None

The great thing about arriving early is the ability to run around and shoot random things.

I heard Jason remark that this portrait reminded him a little too much of Lizzie Borden. That's exactly what I had thought when I saw it!

The soldier boys are on the mantle in this production. I came into this assignment utterly cold and didn't realize that they will be an integral part of the story. I will be positioned where I won't be able to see them so I was glad to capture them when I did.

Last minute adjustments to the set.

John ran the soundboard for this show. I think this is the only time I caught him aware of me shooting.

Act I is underway. This is Fred Narracott who's the boatman. Since we need the guests trapped on the island, we don't see him for long.

For some plays there's action on the floor in front of the stage, so I had my camera ready for it. I realized soon after that there wouldn't be any, so I re-adjusted.

Mrs. Ethel Rogers (Stephanie McNabb), the cook and Mr. Rogers' wife. She is described as a pale-faced, ghostlike woman with shifty light eyes, who is scared easily. Despite her respectability and efficiency, she was obliged to help her domineering husband, Thomas, to kill their former elderly employer, Miss Jennifer Brady, by withholding her medicine, in order to inherit her money.

Mr. Thomas Rogers (Howard Amsden), the butler and Mrs. Rogers' husband. He and his weak-willed wife, whom he dominates, killed their former elderly employer by withholding her medicine, causing the elderly woman to die from heart failure, to inherit the money she had left them in her will.

Vera Elizabeth Claythorne (Jennifer Simpson), a young teacher, secretary, and ex-governess, who takes mostly secretarial jobs since her last job as a governess ended in the death of her charge. She let young Cyril Hamilton swim out to sea and drown so that his uncle, Hugo Hamilton, could inherit his money and marry her; however, the plan backfired, as Hamilton abandoned her when he suspected what she had done.

This happens every play! Dang loud Nikon shutters!

Anthony James Marston (Ryan Clark), a rich, spoiled, good-looking man with a well-proportioned body, crisp hair, tanned face and blue eyes known for his reckless driving. He was born to a wealthy family. Mr. Owen accused Anthony of running over and killing two children, for which Marston felt no remorse. Wargrave notes that Martson did not have the remorse and responsibility that others had.

William Henry Blore (Henry Corning), a retired police inspector and now a private investigator, is accused of having an innocent man, James Landor, sentenced to lifetime imprisonment as a scapegoat after having been bribed. The man later died in prison.

Philip Lombard (Jack Finley), a soldier of fortune. Literally down to his last square meal, he comes to the island with a loaded revolver. Though he is reputed to be a good man in a tight spot, Lombard is accused of causing the deaths of a native African tribe. Unlike the other characters, he admits openly that the accusation against him was true, but feels no remorse for his actions. It is said that he stole food from the tribe, thus causing their starvation and subsequent death.

Emily Caroline Brent (Sue Bitetto), a rigid, repressed elderly woman of harsh moralistic principles who uses the Bible to justify her inability to show compassion or understanding for others. She dismissed her maid, Beatrice Taylor, as punishment for becoming pregnant out of wedlock. As a result Beatrice, who had also been rejected by her own family, threw herself into a river and drowned. Miss Brent privately felt incredible guilt though publicly considered that Beatrice's suicide was an even greater sin.

Justice Lawrence John Wargrave (David Bownes), a retired judge, well known for liberally handing out the death penalty and "the hanging judge." He is accused of murder due to his summation and jury directions of one accused murderer Edward Seton, although there were some doubts about his guilt at the time of the trial.