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"Robert Powell is to star as Agatha Christie&amp;#039;s Hercule Poirot in a production of Black Coffee. The play is Christie&amp;#039;s only stage production to feature the world-famous sleuth.  Powell, whose stage credits include Alan Bennett&amp;#039;s Single Spies and Oscar Wilde&amp;#039;s The Picture of Dorian Gray, will be supported by Liza Goddard, star of TV show Bergerac, Gary Mavers, best known for playing Doctor Andrew Attwood in Peak Practice, and Ben Nealon, who played Captain Forsythe in ITV drama Soldier Soldier. Mathew Prichard, Christie&amp;#039;s grandson and chairman of Agatha Christie Ltd, said: &amp;quot;I am so pleased that Robert Powell has agreed to play Poirot in the Agatha Christie Theatre Co&amp;#039;s production of Black Coffee starting in January. &amp;quot;He will be the latest in a long line of distinguished actors to play the role, and a real treat lies in store in 2014 for all those around the country who go to see the play.&amp;quot; The extensive UK-wide tour of Black Coffee kicks off at the Theatre Royal, Windsor on January 7, 2014. The full tour dates are as follows: Jan 7 - Jan 18: Theatre Royal, Windsor Jan 20 - Jan 25: Arts Theatre, Cambridge Jan 27 - Feb 1: Theatre Royal, Bath Feb 3 - Feb 8: Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton Feb 10 - Feb 15: Richmond Theatre, Richmond Feb 17 - Feb 22: Regent Theatre, Stoke March 4 - March 8: New Theatre, Cardiff March 10 - March 15: Congress Theatre, Eastbourne March 17 - March 22: Palace Theatre, Southend March 24 - March 29: King&amp;#039;s Theatre, Edinburgh March 31 - April 5: Grand Opera House, York April 7 - April 12: Festival Theatre, Malvern April 14 - April 19: Hall for Cornwall, Truro April 22 - April 26: Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford April 28 - May 3: Milton Keynes Theatre, Milton Keynes May 6 - May 10: Belgrade Theatre, Coventry "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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