Editing Cards on the Table (section)

===Stage adaptation===
The book was adapted as a stage play in 1981, although without Poirot. It opened at London's [[Vaudeville Theatre]] on 9 December 1981 with [[Gordon Jackson (actor)|Gordon Jackson]] as Superintendent Battle and a cast that included [[Derek Waring]], [[Belinda Carroll]], [[Mary Tamm]] and [[Patricia Driscoll]].<ref>Programme for ''Cards on the Table'': Theatreprint, No. 80, May 1982</ref>