vermidian 's review for:

Akhnaton: A Play in Three Acts by Agatha Christie

2.0

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I really enjoy Agatha Christie’s works in general, but this play just could not hold my attention at all. Akhenaton, for whom the play is named, is written at the best of times like a preachy teenager who may or may not be high. Everyone else in the play has more interesting story lines, if I’m honest, but he takes up the bulk of it as one might expect. His monologues about the light of Aton go on for pages at times. They really did put me off the script to the point where I wanted to put it down or skip them entirely, since they all roughly said about the same thing.

I can’t speak much to the historical accuracy of Akhenaton’s life, but it is probable our understanding of Egyptian history has radically been improved since this was written in 1937.

All in all, not one I could recommend.