《奥莉安娜》是美国当代最有成就的作家和导演之一戴维·马梅特20世纪90年代重要的剧作，对其主题的解读应该建立在作者构建的语境基础之上，而不应只着眼于其表层意义。该剧揭示了后现代社会中人们交流的困境：一方面双方渴望理解，另一方面语言被误用和滥用，体现出男女争夺话语权的焦虑。同时，对美国现有的教育制度也进行了无情的抨击。
Act I
Carol, a female college student, is in the office of her professor, John. She expresses frustration that she does not understand the material in his class, despite having read the assigned books and attending his lectures. Of particular concern is a book written by John himself, wherein he questions the modern insistence that everyone participate in higher education, referring to it as "systematic hazing."
While talking with Carol, he is often interrupted by the phone ringing. John is about to be granted tenure, along with a handsome raise. Anticipating this, he is to about to close on a new house, but his wife repeatedly calls with last-minute issues, demanding that he meet her at the home as soon as possible.
After initially appearing insensitive, John eventually decides to help Carol, telling her that he "likes her" and that he also felt similar frustrations as a student. He takes the blame for her not understanding what he is talking about and agrees to give her an "A" if she'll return to his office several more times to discuss the material. At one heated point in the discussion he goes to put his hand on her shoulder to comfort her, but she violently shakes it off.
Finally, Carol has warmed to John and is on the verge of divulging a secret when the phone rings again and John's wife tells him that the realtor problems were all a scheme to get him back to the house for a surprise reception in his honor. He departs for home immediately.
Act II
Carol is back in John's office, but more poised than before. John's tenure is threatened because Carol has filed a formal complaint with the committee, accusing him of being sexist and pornographic. His hand on her shoulder is described as sexual harassment.
John hopes to resolve the matter privately with Carol so that the complaint may be withdrawn from the tenure committee. He tries to understand how his actions could have offended her so and attempts to convince her that he was only trying to help her without any ulterior motive.
Carol will not hear any of his pleas and gets ready to leave. As she does, John stands in front of the door and grabs hold of her. Carol screams for help.
Act III
John has been dismissed and is packing up his office. He has not been home, staying at a hotel for two days trying to work out in his head what has happened. He has asked Carol to speak to him once more and she has obliged.
Carol is even more forceful to name her instructor's flaws. She finds it hypocritical that a college professor could question the very system that offers him employment and gives him an academic platform to expound his views. She also makes references to "her group", which she is speaking for and which seems to be working to oust teachers like John.
In passing, John mentions that he has not been home recently. Carol reveals that if he had, he would have learned that her charges against him now amount to attempted rape. She then says she would be willing to drop her charges if John would agree to her group's list of books to be removed from the university, which includes his own.
With this, John decides to take a stand. He is willing to sacrifice his career to stand up to her assault on academic freedom. He angrily tells her to leave his office as his phone rings again. It is his wife, whom he calls "baby." Carol tells him not to refer his wife that way, causing John to snap. He savagely beats her and holds a chair above his head as she cowers on the floor. The play ends with Carol cryptically saying, "That's right."

From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.

In a Russia where fear has become an everyday currency, Stalin and Beria are the classic double act to end them all. With the Kremiln as their stage and the Politburo as their stooges, Stalin signs death warrants while Beria chases women. United by their Georgian heritage and moral depravity, they trust each other only as much as they have to. A humorous look at Stalin - dictator and family man.

Kevin, Sam and Rob have an unusual hobby: planning foolproof heists, without intending to actually perform them. The game goes wrong when their latest plan is stolen and carried out. Things get even worse when a mysterious man approaches them with an offer: plan a heist for him, or go to jail. As the clock ticks, they find that the risk might be higher than just their freedom.

波洛接到侦探小说家奥利弗太太的电话，邀请他去德文郡的一个乡村庄园。富翁乔治爵士安排了一个游园会，请奥利弗太太设计了一个类似寻宝游戏的破案游戏。但奥利弗太太始终觉得那有些不对劲，于是她请波洛以为游戏颁奖的身份来到了庄园。在这，波洛认识了乔治爵士，一个有着乡绅风度的富翁，他的太太，一个只知道衣服珠宝、被人认为“低能”的漂亮女人，迈克，一名建筑师，弗利亚特太太，庄园的前主人，莱利夫妇等人。波洛在与他们的交谈中，并未发现有奥利弗太太所说的异常之处。游园会当天清晨，乔治夫人收到了一封信，写着她的表哥将乘游艇过来，顺便探望她，这封信引起了乔治夫人的紧张不安。下午，游园会进行的很热闹，有很多人赶过来，包括住在附近青年旅游公寓的一些外国青年。破案游戏也照常进行，只是奥利弗太太似乎把它搞得太复杂了，以至于几乎没有人可以取得进展。最后，奥利弗太太决定和波洛一起去看一看装扮成“受害人”的那位姑娘，不料当他们来到设定的案发地点时，却发现姑娘真的死了

Distant cousins and childhood friends Elinor Carlisle and Roddy Welman are happily engaged to be married. One day Elinor receives an anonymous letter in the post, claiming that someone is trying their hardest to work their way into the affection, and subsequently also bank account, of her wealthy aunt Laura Welman, who is presently bedridden at her home since after a stroke and from whose death Elinor and Roddy both expect to inherit a large fortune. Not knowing what to make of the letter, the young couple eventually decide to pay Laura a visit in order to see for themselves what is really going on at the house. When they arrive, Elinor immediately becomes suspicious towards Mary Gerrard, the lodge keeper's daughter, recently returned to England after having studied in Europe and whom everyone else at the house seem to absolutely dote on. No one else however seem to share Elinor's suspicions or dislike of the young woman, and in particular not Roddy, whom Elinor one night discovers kissing Mary Gerrard in her aunt's drawing room. When Mary suddenly turns up dead, poisoned by a salmon sandwich, Elinor's dislike of Mary makes her the obvious suspect and hardly has time to take in what has happened before she finds herself on trial and condemned for murder. The only person who is not entirely convinced of Elinor's guilt is Doctor Peter Lord, who decides to contact his old friend Hercule Poirot in order to help him prove her innocence.

故事发生在风景如画的度假胜地意大利，正在享受自己难得的假期的波罗（大卫·苏切特 David Suchet 饰）邂逅了名叫帕梅尔（Frances Low 饰）的女士，后者声称自己是波罗的超级粉丝，并且热情的邀请波罗和自己一起享受这段度假时光。之后，波罗和帕梅尔又认识了两对同样在此休憩的夫妻，他们一对拥有雄厚的财力，另一对刚刚结婚，还沉浸在新婚燕尔的幸福之中。随着时间的推移，波罗渐渐察觉到这两对夫妻间藏着另一端古怪的关系。
就在波罗准备结束自己的休假之际，凶杀案发生了，年轻的瓦伦蒂娜（Annie Lambert 饰）死于中毒，而波罗亦背负上了莫名其妙的罪责被限制了行动。于是，被迫留下的波罗决定和帕梅尔夫人联手，破获凶案的真相。

波洛侦探（大卫·苏切特 David Suchet 饰）接到了莱蒙太太（保琳·莫兰 Pauline Moran 饰）的电话，邀请他去她家里做客。莱蒙太太的丈夫是国防部官员，他邀请了名为乔安娜（Carmen du Sautoy 饰）的女人去家中小住。莱蒙太太对这个女人的印象极为糟糕，她坚信她正在策划一个阴谋，一个同国家机密息息相关的阴谋。
拗不住莱蒙太太的坚持，波洛勉强赴约。让大家都没有想到的是，当晚，一份机密文件不翼而飞，乔安娜则成为了最大嫌疑人。当所有人都将矛头指向乔安娜的时候，波洛发现了事件的漏洞，他坚信事情一定不是表面看上去的那么简单。

培杰蕾夫人（阿曼达·沃克尔 Amanda Walker 饰）坚信自己的丈夫想要致自己于死地，并且在除掉她之后和他那金发碧眼的漂亮助手结婚。为此，培杰蕾夫人找到了波洛侦探（大卫·苏切特 David Suchet 饰）向他求助，可是，当波洛赶到康沃尔时，培杰蕾夫人已经死了，这让波洛感到非常的懊悔。
家庭医生告诉波洛，培杰蕾夫人死于胃炎。培杰蕾夫人的侄女福莱达（Chloe Salaman 饰）亦否定了培杰蕾夫人对于丈夫出轨的种种猜想。但对此，家中的仆人却是完全另一种说法，在他们口中，男主人对待女主人一直都算不上好。尽管众说纷纭，但波洛侦探还是很快就理清了自己的思绪，锁定了最大的嫌疑人。