River St Theatre to Host Screenings of CROOKED HOUSE

Crooked House was first published in 1949 and was the forty-ninth mystery novel written by Agatha Christie. The UK's Observer called it "one of her best seven... delicious red herrings... infinite suspense." A new film adaption written by Downton Abbey creator Lord Julian Fellowes has just been released. Agatha Christie's Crooked House stars Glenn Close and directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner (Dark Places, Sarah's Key, Pretty Things). The suspense thriller will play at Jaffrey's River Street Theatre this Friday, January 5 through Sunday, January 7.

In Agatha Christie's most twisted tale, the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of a wealthy patriarch is investigated by spy-turned-private-detective Charles Hayward (Max Irons), who is lured by his former lover to catch her grandfather's murderer before Scotland Yard exposes dark family secrets. On the sprawling estate, amidst a poisonous atmosphere of bitterness, resentment and jealousy in a truly crooked house, Hayward encounters three generations of the dynasty, including a theater actress (Gillian Anderson), the old man's widow 50 years his junior (Christina Hendricks), and the family matriarch Lady Edith de Haviland (Glenn Close).

Showtimes for Crooked House are Friday, January, 5 and Saturday, January 6, both at 7pm. Matinee showings will play at 2pm on Saturday, January 6 and Sunday, January 7.

Tickets for Crooked House (rated PG-13) are $8.00. Seniors, military, students, teachers are $7.00. More program and schedule information, as well as ticket purchases, can be found at riverst.org or by calling the RST Box Office (603) 532-8888. The after-hours box office can be reached by calling OvationTix at (866) 811-4111.

The River Street Theatre is located in downtown Jaffrey, New Hampshire at 6 River Street. The River Street Theatre is sponsored by Grove Street Fiduciary, Coca-Cola, the Board of Trustees of the Park Theatre, Janet S. Grant, Betty Locke, Owen Houghton and the James F. & Fernande Kelly Charitable Trust.