The Spider's Web

Full Length Play / Dark Comedy(Mystery/Thriller) / More than 120 minutes
written in 1954
Samuel French, 1957

Characters

Sir Rowland Delahaye • Hugo Birch • Jeremy Warrender • Clarissa Hailsham-Brown • Pippa Hailsham-Brown • Mildred Peake • Elgin • Oliver Costello • Henry Hailsham-Brown • Inspector Lord • Constable Jones • Doctor(off stage voice)

SYNOPSIS OF SCENES

The action of the play passes in the drawing-room of Copplestone Court, the Hailsham-Browns' home in Kent

ACT I - An evening in March
ACT II
SCENE 1 - A quarter of an hour later
SCENE 2 - Ten minutes later
ACT III - A few minutes later

Time: the present

Films & TV

The Spider's Web, 1955
TV drama list
Das Spinnennetz, W.Germany, 1956
TV drama list
The Spider's Web, UK, 1960
Film list
The Spider's Web, US, 1961
TV drama list
La toile d'araignée, FR, 1969
TV drama list
The Spider's Web, US, 1982
Film list

Spider's Web (Novelize)

adapted as a novel by Charles Osborne, HarperCollins, 2000

UK/US covers

Samuel French
Samuel French
Samuel French, 2011; ISBN:9780573014277
Samuel French, 2014; ISBN:9780573702334
Samuel French

Novelisation by Charles Osborne

Minotaur Books, 2000; Hardcpver; ISBN:9780312266509
St.Martin's Press, 2001; ISBN:9780312979508
HarperCollins, 2003; Hardcover; ISBN:9780002261982
HarperCollins, 2003; ISBN:9780007154869
HarperCollins; Masterpiece edition; ISBN:9780006514930
HarperCollins, 2017; ISBN:9780008196660
HarperFiction, 2017; ISBN:9780008255633

Western Europe covers

La toile d'araignée

French index

Grand Format Christie, 2001; ISBN:9782702479643
L'Œil du Prince, 2018; ISBN:9782351051658
Masque poche, 2022; ISBN:9782702431672

Het spinneweb

Dutch index

Luitingh-Sijthoff, 2001

Im Spinnennetz

German index

Scherz, 2002
Scherz, 2003
Fischer, 2011; ISBN:9783596169894

Northern Europe covers

Seitti

Finnish index

WSOY, 2001; ISBN:9789510256169
WSOY, 2012; ISBN:9789510387641
Paasilinna; ISBN:9789525856521

Southern Europe covers

La Tela del Ragno

Italian index

Mondadori, 1991; I Classici del Giallo(627)
Il Giallo Mondadori(#2754), 2001
Mondadori, 2012; Oscar scrittori moderni; ISBN:9788804618935
Hachette Fascicoli, 2006
Mondadori, 2018; ebook; ISBN:9788852089756

La telaraña

Spanish index

Plaza & Janés, 2001
Plaza &Janés, 2001; ISBN:9788401328619
Plaza &Janés, 2002
De Bolsillo, 2003; ISBN:9788497593595
Planeta-DeAgostini, 2024; Colección Agatha Christie: Sus mejores novelas(66)

A Teia da Aranha / A Teia de Aranha

Portuguese index

A Teia da Aranha; L&PM, 2008; ISBN:9788525417756
A Teia da Aranha; L&PM Pocket, 2011; ISBN:9788525417756
A Teia de Aranha; ASA(#74), 2013; ISBN:9789892320229

Ο ιστός της αράχνης

Greek index

Λυχνάρι(M046), 2005
Λυχνάρι(A215), 2007
Ψυχογιός, 2022; ISBN:9786180143812

Paukova mreža

former Yugoslavia index

Narodna knjiga & Politika (Beograd), 2004; ♦Svetlana Andjelic
BDR Media, 2018; ISBN:9788660120542

Paukova mreža

former Yugoslavia index

V.D.T., 2012; ISBN:9789537679293

Пајаковата мрежа

former Yugoslavia index

ЃУРЃА, 2010; ♦Svetlana Andjelic

Eastern Europe covers

Pavučina

Czech index

Knižní klub, 2016; ISBN:9788024254883

Pókháló

Hungarian index

Európa Kiadó, ; Madaras Sorozat; ♦Horváth Tamás
Európa Kiadó, 2011; Madaras Sorozat; ISBN:9789630792660
Helikon Kiadó, 2021; ISBN:9789634795087

Паяжината

Bulgarian index

Селекта, 2000; ISBN:9789548371636

Pajęczyna

Polish index

Prószyński i S-ka, 2001; ISBN:9788372559944
Prószyński i S-ka, 2003; ISBN:9788373375697
Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, 2004; ISBN:9788373840843
Hachette Polska, 2004; Kolekcja Hachette: Agatha Christie(82); ISBN:9788371847431
Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, 2010; Agata Christie - Królowa Kryminału; ISBN:9788324588619
Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, 2013; ISBN:9788327150165
Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, 2013; Klasyka Kryminału; ISBN:9788324592814
Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, 2015; Agatha Christie Kolekcja Kryminałów(30); ISBN:9788327153067

Pânza de păianjen

Romanian index

Excelsior-Multi Press, 1999

Павутиння

Паутина

Russian index

Амфора, 2005; ISBN:9785942787929
ВИНИТИ, 2002
*OMNIBUS*
Эксмо, 2009; Вся Кристи
Эксмо, 2011
Эксмо, 2012; ISBN:9785699576913
Эксмо, 2013
Эксмо, 2015; Pocket book; ISBN:9785699796830
Эксмо, 2018; Агата Кристи. Серебряная коллекция; ISBN:9785699770151
Эксмо, 2016; Minibook; ISBN:9785699890422
Коллекция Агата Кристи, 2019
Эксмо, 2021; Агата Кристи. Первая леди детектива; ISBN:9785041055370
Эксмо, 2021; Агата Кристи. Любимая коллекция; ISBN:9785041182274

Middle East & Asian covers

Örümcek Ağı

Turkish index

Örümcek Ağı, Altın Kitaplar, 2018; ISBN:9789752124165

شبكة العنكبوت / نسيج الحمام / خيوط العنكبوت / نسيج العنكبوت / العنكبوت

Arabic index

شبكة العنكبوت
spider web
JARIR Reader, 2014; ISBN:6281072079345
JARIR Reader, 2014; ISBN:6281072079345
دار أسامة
2008
نسيج الحمام
bathroom fabric
الحرية للنشر
خيوط العنكبوت
spider webs
الحرية للنشر; ISBN:9779786484512
نسيج العنكبوت
spider web
مركز الاهرام
1975
العنكبوت
spider
دار ميوزيك
2000; ISBN:9789953414140

تار عنکبوت / کمند عنکبوت

Persian index

تار عنکبوت
Spider web
کمند عنکبوت
Spider's lasso
تلاش
A.P.1390; ISBN:9789645750396

මකුළු දැල

South Asia index

(Charles Osborne) Sarasavi Publishers, 2010; ISBN:9789555739368

ฆ่าตัดหน้า

Thai index

ฆ่าตัดหน้า, TSG Publishing, 2546; ♦Rattanachai Lueangwongngam

蜘蛛网

Chinese index

新星出版社(阿加莎·克里斯蒂侦探作品集63), 2017; ISBN:9787513328937

蜘蛛の巣

Japanese index

早川書房, 1980, 1983(3th); ハヤカワ・ミステリ文庫(HM1-58); ISBN:9784150700584; Cover by Hiroshi Manabe
早川書房, 2004; クリスティー文庫(68); ISBN:9784151300684
早川書房, 2025; クリスティー文庫; ISBN:9784151301087

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