One of Agatha Christieâs most successful stories with her Belgian
detective Hercule Poirot was in itself controversial and a number of
books have been written about the detective story. Her fellow writers
at the time felt she had crossed the line in their ârules of the gameâ?
when creating a tidy cozy mystery. Iâll look briefly at the controversy
and youâll hear Orson Welles disappointing creation of her Belgian
detective in the Mercury Theaterâs production of this well-known
detective story.