sentences:  Desperate to make up these losses, he cast around for a play that he could take on tour which would not involve too much expense and which would be sure to attract a paying audience.Charles and Toy's adaptation of Christie's "Murder at the Vicarage" was just about to finish a four-month run at the Playhouse Theatre and, desperate to minimise his costs, he hit upon the idea that the name of the actors who starred in the production wouldn't really matter as Christie herself was enough of a public name to attract the audience.He therefore deliberately advertised the play as "Agatha Christie's "Murder at the Vicarage"" rather than ""Murder at the Vicarage" by Agatha Christie".