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Fifty Years On, Agatha Christie’s Grip on Readers and Stages Endures

The anniversary highlights enduring demand for her mysteries across print and stage.

Overview

  • The crime writer died on Jan. 12, 1976, making today the 50th anniversary of her death.
  • Her works have an estimated two billion copies in print, roughly half translated into 44 languages.
  • Original English editions still sell more than one million copies each year, with notable interest from younger women, according to booksellers.
  • The Mousetrap has played in London’s West End since 1952, pausing only during the pandemic.
  • Films, TV and radio retellings continue, alongside authorized new Poirot novels by Sophie Hannah.