Three Act Tragedy

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crime novel detective novel

Three Act Tragedy is a 1934 detective novel by Agatha Christie featuring Hercule Poirot, centered on a series of murders staged like a three-act play.

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Label Occurrences
Three Act Tragedy canonical 2
Three Act Tragedy (television adaptation) 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf crime novel ⓘ
detective novel ⓘ
adaptationFeaturesCharacter Hercule Poirot ⓘ
adaptedFor television ⓘ
author Agatha Christie ⓘ
containsCharacterRole clergyman ⓘ
doctor ⓘ
stage actor ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
featuresCharacter Hercule Poirot ⓘ
Mr Satterthwaite ⓘ
firstPublicationFormat book ⓘ
firstUSPublisher Dodd, Mead and Company ⓘ
followedBy Death in the Clouds ⓘ
genre mystery fiction ⓘ
whodunit ⓘ
hasAdaptation Three Act Tragedy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Three Act Tragedy (television adaptation)
hasClueType poison administration ⓘ
psychological clue ⓘ
timing of events ⓘ
hasCoverArtist noted Collins Crime Club house style (first edition) ⓘ
hasCrimeType poisoning ⓘ
hasDetective Hercule Poirot ⓘ
hasInvestigationMethod logical deduction ⓘ
hasMotiveTheme inheritance ⓘ
romantic obsession ⓘ
hasMurderer stage actor (identity revealed in novel) ⓘ
hasTheme deception ⓘ
love and manipulation ⓘ
performance and reality ⓘ
hasTitleVariant Murder in Three Acts ⓘ
literaryPeriod Golden Age of Detective Fiction ⓘ
mainCharacter Hercule Poirot ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
narrativeStructure three-act play structure ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOfSeries Hercule Poirot novels ⓘ
plotElement series of murders staged like a three-act play ⓘ
precededBy Murder on the Orient Express ⓘ
publicationYear 1934 ⓘ
publisher Collins Crime Club ⓘ
setting Cornwall ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
titleVariantUsedIn United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

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Murder on the Orient Express → followedBy → Three Act Tragedy ⓘ
Three Act Tragedy → hasAdaptation → Three Act Tragedy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Three Act Tragedy (television adaptation)
Murder in the Calais Coach → followedBy → Three Act Tragedy ⓘ