Akhnaton

About “Akhnaton”

Akhnaton is a play written by Agatha Christie in 1937, during the same period she worked on Death on the Nile. The play is set in Ancient Egypt and follows the story of Pharaoh Akhnaton, his wife Nefertiti, and his successor Tutankhaton. Christie received assistance from Stephen Glanville, an esteemed Egyptologist and a friend of hers and her husband, Max Mallowan. The play draws on historical figures and events, though it is a fictionalized account. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)