Charles Osborne

Christie, Osborne weave a tangled ‘Spider’s Web’ (2000)

Charles Osborne (1927-2017) wraps up his trilogy of Agatha Christie play novelizations with “Spider’s Web” (2000), based on her 1954 play. It’s another tasty snack

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‘Unexpected Guest’ (1999) a basic but enjoyable puzzle 

Agatha Christie was more hit-and-miss with her plays than with her novels. In one of the hits, “The Unexpected Guest” (1958, novelized by Charles Osborne

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Osborne dusts off ‘Black Coffee’ in 1998 novelization 

Charles Osborne, who acted in this very play in 1956 and went on to become an opera critic, transfers Agatha Christie’s 1930 play “Black Coffee”

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