And Then There Were None: A Mystery Play in Three Acts

by Agatha Christie

First presented at St James' Theatre in London on November 17, 1943. The play opened on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York City on June 27, 1944. It was directed by Albert deCourville.

Ten guilty strangers are trapped on an island. One by one they are accused of murder; one by one they start to die.

Genres: Plays, Mystery, Agatha Christie, Fiction, Classics, Crime, Theatre

95 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1944

About the author

Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End of London since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies.

This best-selling author of all time wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in romance. Her books sold more than a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. According to Index Translationum, people translated her works into 103 languages at least, the most for an individual author. Of the most enduring figures in crime literature, she created Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. She atuhored The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theater.

Associated Names:
Agata Christie
Agata Kristi
Агата Кристи (Russian)
Агата Крісті (Ukrainian)
Αγκάθα Κρίστι (Greek)
アガサ クリスティ (Japanese)
阿嘉莎·克莉絲蒂 (Chinese)

Reviews

[Carol · Rating 5 out of 5]

And Then There Were None aka Ten Little Indians by Agatha Christie
5★’s

This is a new one for me!! I have often said I was the only breathing human on the planet that didn’t like Agatha Christie..so where in the world did those 5 stars come from? I will have to reevaluate my statement to I am the only breathing human on the planet that doesn’t like Agatha Christie…EXCEPT for And Then There Was None

A group of ten strangers is invited or hired for a long weekend on Indian Island, a mile off the Devon coast. It is somewhat improbable that these ten would all accept such a vague invitation from a host they do not know to a place they have never seen before, but each for his or her own reasons accepts. They include a doctor, a games mistress, a soldier of fortune, a rich playboy, a retired policeman, a judge, a spinster, a retired general and a married couple who are to be the servants. They arrive on a bleak rocky island to a completely modern house with all the amenities. The fires are welcoming, there is an ample supply of food, the servants are impeccable, but their host is absent. In each of the bedrooms, the Ten Little Indians nursery rhyme is posted on a prominent wall. It begins:

"Ten Little Indian boys went out to dine…
One choked his little self, and then there were nine.---

Drinks are served, and one guest chokes, turns blue and falls over dead. Now the tension begins to build. Fright runs in the hearts of the stranded people as one by one they are picked off…each in accordance with that cursed nursery rhyme. As the number of victims increase, the survivors' suspicions of each other also increase. When the police arrive and find them all dead….the question remains “Who is the murderer? It has to be one of the survivors…but which one?

And Then There Were Noneis told in short choppy chapters. The strange thing is that none of the characters are even likable. Christie toys with the idea of a serial killer long before such an animal was even heard of. This is an excellent story, and the author is so far ahead of the reader’s reasoning that you will never guess who the guilty party is. If you do manage to figure out the “who" and the "how" then you have my highest respects.

[Shirley Revill · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely brilliant. Recommended.

[Vita Luna · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great play, very exciting and also funny! I may be a bit biased, since I'm a backstage for it - I read a version with both endings, and not sure which ending I like the most!

[Mack · Rating 5 out of 5]

It really is superb.

[Γιώτα Παπαδημακοπούλου · Rating 5 out of 5]

Νομίζω ότι το να μπω στην διαδικασία να κάνω συστάσεις ανάμεσα στο αναγνωστικό κοινό και την Agatha Christie θα ήταν κάτι περισσότερο από περιττό. Ποιος άλλωστε δεν γνωρίζει την μικροσκοπική συγγραφέα με την ζωηρή φαντασία που καθιερώθηκε ως ένα από τα δημοφιλέστερα ονόματα της παγκόσμιας αστυνομικής λογοτεχνίας που μεταφράστηκε σε δεκάδες γλώσσες, πούλησε εκατομμύρια και εκατομμύρια αντίτυπα ανά τον πλανήτη ενώ οι ιστορίες της μεταφέρθηκαν πολλάκις και στην μεγάλη οθόνη. Και είναι πολύ πιθανόν κάποιοι να σκεφτούν ότι ανοίγω παλιά, σκονισμένα μπαούλα, και ίσως να μην έχουν άδικο ωστόσο, ο χρόνος δεν έχει και τόσο μεγάλη σημασία, ειδικά όταν μιλάμε για ένα έργο που η αξία του είναι διαχρονική και αδιαμφισβήτητη. Άλλωστε, ένα καλό λογοτεχνικό κείμενο, σε όποιο είδος και αν ανήκει, είναι σαν το καλό κρασί. Όσο περισσότερο καιρό μένει στο κελάρι, τόσο καλύτερη είναι και η γεύση που έχει.

Οι "Δέκα Μικροί Νέγροι" είναι το πιο μοσχοπουλημένο βιβλίο της συγγραφέως και βρίσκεται στη λίστα με τα δέκα πιο ευπώλητα βιβλία όλων των εποχών, ξεπερνώντας στις μέρες μας τα 100 εκατομμύρια αντίτυπα, ένας αριθμός που φαντάζομαι αντιλαμβάνεστε από μόνοι σας πόσο τεράστιος είναι. Ουσιαστικά το βιβλίο παίζει με την ιδέα του ομώνυμου παιδικού τραγουδιού στον οποίο και βασίστηκε ο τίτλος του. Δέκα άνθρωποι, οχτώ καλεσμένοι και δύο υπηρέτες, βρίσκονται σε ένα νησί έπειτα από την πρόσκληση κάποιου άγνωστοι και μυστηριώδους οικοδεσπότη ο οποίος ωστόσο, απουσιάζει τόσο από το σπίτι, όσο και από το ίδιο το νησί όταν οι προσκεκλημένοι φτάνουν σε αυτό. Πολύ σύντομα θα διαπιστώσουν πως ο λόγος που δέκα τόσο διαφορετικοί άνθρωποι βρίσκονται την ίδια στιγμή στο ίδιο μέρος, δεν είναι διόλου τυχαίος αφού ο μυστηριώδης οικοδεσπότης γνωρίζει το σκοτεινό μυστικό του θανάτου που κρύβει ο καθένας από αυτούς και φαίνεται πως είναι αποφασισμένος να μην αφήσει κανέναν ζωντανό προκειμένου να αποδοθεί δικαιοσύνη.

Οι δέκα καλεσμένοι γίνονται δέκα υποψήφια θύματα σε ένα αρρωστημένο παιχνίδι δικαίωσης από το οποίο κανένας δεν μπορεί να ξεφύγει αφού ο θύτης έχει φροντίσει να λάβει όλα τα απαραίτητα μέτρα προκειμένου κανείς να μην είναι σε θέση να ξεφύγει. Και τότε είναι που ένας-ένας αρχίζουν να πεθαίνουν κάτω από μυστηριώδεις συνθήκες, ακολουθώντας την μοίρα του παιδικού τραγουδιού που αναφέρθηκε παραπάνω. Τα πράγματα ωστόσο παίρνουν διαφορετική τροπή όταν οι υποψίες όσων παραμένουν ζωντανοί, ακόμα, παύουν να στρέφονται σε ένα ξένο πρόσωπο αλλά, σε κάποιον από αυτούς που βρίσκονται ανάμεσά τους. Και μπορεί να μην διαπιστώνεται τίποτα το πρωτότυπο σε όλο αυτό το σενάριο ωστόσο η συγγραφέας κάνει την μεγάλη έκπληξη και σκοτώνει όλους του ενοίκους, την ίδια στιγμή που το ενδεχόμενο μιας ενδέκατης ύπαρξης πάνω στο νησί έχει αποκλειστεί. Αναρωτιέστε τότε ποιος κάνει τους φόνους και γιατί; Μόνο αν το διαβάσετε θα μπορέσετε να λύσετε και τις δύο απορίες σας.

Πραγματικά βρίσκομαι σε δύσκολη θέση όποτε καλούμαι να μιλήσω για ένα αστυνομικό μυθιστόρημα. Συνήθως είναι τόσα πολλά αυτά που θέλω να πω αλλά τόσα λίγα αυτά που μπορώ να αποκαλύψω προκειμένου να μην καταστρέψω το αίσθημα αγωνίας που κάθε μυθιστόρημα του είδους που σέβεται τον εαυτό του πρέπει να έχει. Αυτό που μπορώ να πω μετά βεβαιότητας είναι πως, οι "Δέκα Μικροί Νέγροι" είναι ένα βιβλίο που δεν στερείται φαντασίας, σε καμία των περιπτώσεων, και το σενάριο του οποίου ξετυλίγεται με τέτοιον τρόπο ώστε να αποκαλύπτονται τόσα όσα πρέπει προκειμένου να μην πλήττουμε ούτε λεπτό αλλά από την άλλη, τόσα ώστε να μην μπορούμε να καταλήξουμε σε κανένα λογικό συμπέρασμα, σε κανέναν επιβεβαιωμένο ένοχο, μέχρι την στιγμή που η αυλαία πέφτει με έναν εντυπωσιακό τρόπο, με την συγγραφέα να μας αποδεικνύει πως όταν η φαντασία και η ευστροφία δίνουν ραντεβού, όλα μπορούν να συμβούν.

Μπορεί στο παρελθόν να έχετε διαβάσει αναφορές μου στην Agatha Christie μέσα από τις οποίες να διαπιστώσατε ότι ναι μεν μου αρέσουν οι ιστορίες της και ο τρόπος που αυτές εξελίσσονται ωστόσο, κάποιες από αυτές με κουράζουν ως προς τον τρόπο αφήγησης. Οι "Δέκα Μικροί Νέγροι" σίγουρα δεν είναι ένα από αυτά τα βιβλία της. Ο μηχανισμός εξέλιξης της πλοκής είναι εξαιρετικός, η δράση κυλάει με σταθερά γρήγορο αλλά όχι αποπνικτικό ρυθμό και το γεγονός ότι όλοι είναι ένοχοι αλλά και αθώοι συνάμα, θύτες και θύματα στο ίδιο παιχνίδι, καθιστά γοητευτική την ανάγνωση από την αρχή μέχρι και το τέλος όπου η δίνεται η πολύπλοκη και ταυτόχρονα, η πολύ απλή λύση, σε ένα σταυρόλεξο για δυνατούς λύτες, από μια ευφυή και ευφάνταστη συγγραφέα. Αν το έχετε στην βιβλιοθήκη σας, ξεθάψτε το. Αν όχι, όλο και σε κάποιο βιβλιοπωλείο θα το βρείτε.

[eme czerny. · Rating 5 out of 5]

ㅤ❛ㅤ Cuando se calme la marejada, vendrán en nuestro socorro. Encontrarán sobre la isla del Negro diez cadáveres y un problema indescifrable. ㅤ❜

ㅤ Calificación: ✦✦✦✦✦

ㅤ Trigger warnings: asesinatos y suicidio.

ㅤ Y no quedó ninguno es la primera obra que leo de Agatha Christie y decir que me fascinó hasta podría ser una opinión sutil. La composición de una atmósfera de misterio sumerge al lector a un sinfín de teorías respecto a lo que sucede a lo largo del libro, uno se convierte tanto detective como víctima de los perversos juegos del enigmático U. N. Owen.

ㅤ El libro comienza con la presentación de los diez personajes que son invitados a la célebre Isla del Negro. Cada uno de ellos acude con un móvil distinto, alentados por un propósito personal que va desde una propuesta laboral hasta el dinero sin más.

ㅤ La variedad de individuos es notoria, son de distintas clases sociales, con diferentes profesiones y fuertes personalidades. Ninguno tiene algo en común con el otro y sin embargo se encuentran en la isla.

ㅤ Durante la primera noche se manifiesta una grabación en la que se acusa a cada individuo de verse involucrado en la muerte de una persona con las que han coincidido en cierto momento a lo largo de sus vidas. En efecto los personajes desmienten las declaraciones, alegando que se trataron de accidentes o medidas laborales justas. Sin embargo las sospechas se alzan y empeoran en el momento en que comienzan a suceder las misteriosas muertes.

ㅤ Atrapados en la isla los días pasan, el número de muertes crece, la confianza comienza a carecer desde el momento en que especulan que su anfitrión se encuentra entre ellos y los está asesinando uno a uno, siguiendo los macabros versos de una canción de cuna.

ㅤ Esta obra resulta atrapante desde el comienzo, un clásico que vale muchísimo la pena leer.

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really enjoyed comparing the play to the book, which I read a few years ago.

Subtext: *chef's kiss*
Character dynamics and relationships: *chef's kiss*
Mystery & plot: *chef's kiss*

Reading this play and "The Unexpected Guest" have me started on a big Agatha Christie kick! Will be reading more of her work soon and watching theatrical and film adaptations of her works!

[Rebekka Pi · Rating 1 out of 5]

the novel >>> the play

[Jai · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5/5

The murderer is highly insidious and cunning and is literally the original Jigsaw. Characters tend to fall a bit flat at times but they overall work really well to drive the story and generate a myriad of red herrings. Loved it!

[Fred · Rating 5 out of 5]

SECOND READING - 5 STARS:
I adored this play even more than the first time. I ravenously gobbled it up in a day (yet again) and it was just another of those wonderful books which widened my appetite for reading to an addictive boundary. Amazing!! :-)

FIRST READING:
4.5 stars.

I read this whole play in one glorious sitting. I love Agatha Christie’s novels but this is the first play of hers that I have read.

Very interesting to see how Christie adapted this from her original book. Lots of fun to read! (Though it did whizz by very quickly.)

[lids ☆彡 · Rating 5 out of 5]

my adrenaline was literally pumping during my first read

[Loc'd Booktician · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow! This book had me hooked from the beginning to the end. If you are looking for a murder mystery get into this book.

[Meaghan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good, solid whodunnit.

[Arun Singh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Again brilliant.

I liked it that there is different ending than the novel.

[Mia · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5

Interesting play. It’s nice to finally read the original concept of so many tropes in novels. I was pleasantly surprised by the play having not been fully familiar with the concept. I would prefer the play to be longer but it certainly wasn’t bad.

[Amy · Rating 2 out of 5]

I loved this mystery story as a novel, and I really expected the play to be every bit as good as the novel. Agatha Christie wrote both of these works, she streamlined the plot for the play so that it would work better on stage than the dramatizations that people were trying to do of her novel, so it seems like it should have been wonderful. Maybe it's just something you have to see performed, but I didn't care for the play version of this work much at all.

Ten murders is a lot to cover in the course of a three act play. You have to have characters dropping dead constantly, and that really doesn't lead to much build up of suspense, anxiety, or tension, and it doesn't give the reader much time to study the characters or to form pet theories about whodunit. There simply was no time for the reader to get involved, or edgy, because the murders were practically back to back. For me, reading this was like reading a slasher play, and I'm pretty sure that's not the effect Dame Agatha was trying to achieve. Although, what do I know? Maybe she liked slasher stuff just as much as the next Dame.

[brad · Rating 2 out of 5]

I have to say that the this is my favorite novel of all Agatha Christie's books. The play, on the other hand, not so much. I hated the happy ending version of this play. It just does not fit the darker, and in my opinion, better ending in the original book. It wasn't until I finished reading the copy of the play that I had, that I found out that other copies of the play have BOTH endings included. Also, it really bothered me how the male characters treat the female characters in this play. They really patronize them and talk down to them. Calling them "hysterical." Wouldn't you be too, knowing that a killer is loose on the island, killing off the guests one by one, and you have no way off the island?!?! Also, most of the killings happen offstage, which in my opinion, lessens the dramatic impact of the show. And one in particular, I laughed out loud because it was so preposterous. I am sure the audience for this show will too. I am not sure if there are other versions of this play out there, but I'm hoping that they adapt the 2015 BBC version with Charles Dance, Sam Neil, Miranda Richardson, and Aiden Turner. That version is top notch and the tension is so palatable, you can cut it with a knife.

[Lăcră Grozăvescu · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Zece negrii mititei au mâncat la cină ouă
Unul s-a-necat din ei şi-au rămas doar nouă.
Nouă negrii mititei au stat noaptea până-n zori
Unu-a adormit din ei şi-au rămas doar opt.
Opt negrii mititei au mers la Devon în noapte
Unul nu s-a-ntors din ei şi-au rămas doar şapte.
Şapte negrii mititei spărgeau lemne lânga casă
Unul s-a tăiat din ei si-au rămas doar şase.
Şase negrii mititei se jucau cu-albine mici
Pe unul l-au pişcat din ei şi-au rămas doar cinci.
Cinci negrii mititei îndrăgeau legea,nu teatrul
Unul s-a făcut jurist şi-au rămas doar patru.
Patru negrii mititei merg la mare,drăguţeii
Unul fu-necat din ei şi-au rămas doar trei.
Trei negrii mititei merg la zoo-n papuci noi
Pe-unul ursul l-a mâncat şi-au ramas doar doi.
Doi negrii mititei făceau plajă ca nebunii
Unul s-a prăjit din ei şi-a ramas doar unul
Unu negru mititel trăia singur-singurel
Întro-zi s-a spânzurat şi n-a mai rămas nici el "

[Desiree]

rating: 4.5/5 stars

overall, i liked this. i didnt hate the happy ending like i thought i was going to. i prefer the original but the play ending was fine. the only thing i noticed was the change in Vera's character for no good reason. technically, they could have left her character the same and still had the happy ending.

she could have still killed the kid kind-of on purpose like in the novel, but for some reason in the play she really sells this idea that it was the guy who did it?

as well as her figuring out the nursery rhyme, among other things i've probably forgotten. but like i said, i still enjoyed the play, including both endings. makes me want to reread the novel :)

[Ryan Chang · Rating 2 out of 5]

Perhaps the greatest mystery of all is why Agatha Christie changed the ending when adapting her own story to the stage. I get that audiences probably want a happy ending but it feels so out of nowhere when compared to the darker ending in the book. Sped through this thing while listening to the Glass Onion soundtrack. Decent vibes were had but the changed ending really soured the experience

[Micca · Rating 4 out of 5]

A serious case of whodunnit til the very end! Such a page turner filled with colourful characters. I was suspicious of everyone, and the culprit and how they committed the crime left me breathless. This was my first Agatha Christie book and I can't wait to read more!

[Liza Ruda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Интересно... и страшно)

[Alex]

Love this play and the ending is a lot happier but I think the book is quite a bit better and does more of what Agatha was going for...I think she tried to appeal to her audience here a bit more.

[Brogan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Author-
I think that with the author of and then were none did a amazing job at creating this play book that makes people actually want to read it. I think that with how old this book is it makes sense to me that the author did a really good job with writing something that makes people want to read something that it pretty old. but I think that the author did a great job. I think that the idea of what the author had was a great idea.

Book review-

And then there was none, which was a really good book about a play, and when I was reading it, I thought it was really cool because I don't normally read books about a play. I normally am a person who reads books that are about history or that are about something that happened in the past, or like a story, but not a play-type book. I always thought that books about a play aren't the best to read and wont be a fun and cool book. But when I was reading and there were none, I think it changed the way I think about books about plays. Here is what I thought about, and then there were none. I know that reading it has differently sparked a interest in reading more books like this. I think that from the story it tells about the interest of how human nature and how it acts is really cool because it made me more curious about what was happening and I feel that it made me more into the book the more I read. I think reading it in two days made me want to keep reading more, and I kinda wanted more to have something that brings me into reading more. I think that with reading and there were none has help me to understand what the books are more like. With having to read a shorter book about a play, I think that the way they had to explain everything was like a play in my head, and I kept going and doing it.

If I had to give a rating 1 out of 5 I would give this a 5 because I really liked it and I didn't have anything that I didn't like on there. I was very engded in reading it because it helps me want to read more. That is why I would want to read it again and why I gave it a 5 out of 5.

[Aden · Rating 2 out of 5]

"And then there were NONE" This is the name of the novel and also my favorite quote of the book because it really gives you a cliffhanger/Red herrings and foreshadowing the books theme. This is a book about 10 characters that have killed people in there life and got away with it. They are all invited to a house on an island over a holiday. They all have there reasons to go but as the book goes on one by one a killer in the house kills them all tell there is none as the title hints. I am not a big fan of the book i think it was long and drawn out when we already know what is going to happen at the end. Its interesting in the ways we get to find out how people get killed and what order but I wasn't interested in the book when I know the final outcome. My favorite scene was when they all show up at the house and they are all judging each other especially the snotty girl. I don't think the book or movie was the best they had the same scene but used in different ways but if I had to choose one it would be the movie i think it went through the plot more smoothly. I think the read was long and not very much excitement in it so I believe a older reader would like it more.

[Lady Shalott · Rating 2 out of 5]

(For my personal records only.)
Well this is no Mousetrap or Witness for the Prosecution. Perhaps some luster is lost in the change in medium (novel to play), but I found this story rushed and slapped together compared to other Christie stories.

Full disclosure, I read this while on a family holiday stay, so distractions were ample. However, I felt more confused trying to visualize the scenes and the characters before another huge plot point was revealed. The plus side to confusion: I was not able to guess the murderer. Even at the play’s conclusion I left with many questions.

I’ll have to reread or read the original novel to have all the details slowly unveiled as this play left me hanging jn many ways.

As far as use in the classroom, my impulse says this was not work well, but perhaps I could use the original format OR supplement with a film version. I also have reservations about teaching a text that uses a problematic nursery rhyme as its base—especially the n-word in the middle. With so many other great mystery play options, I don’t know that it’s worth trying to defend its merits.

[Gail Sacharski · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a play adapted from the novel aka Ten Little Indians. It was very interesting to see how it had been changed to accommodate having all the action take place in one stage set. It seemed to still retain much of the tension & suspense of the book & the film productions with the wide range of area. I am an Agatha Christie purist & I believe plays & movies adapted from her stories should be performed as they were originally written. The whole point of And Then There Were None is in the title & is why it was such a clever & puzzling mystery--who killed all these people when there were only themselves on the island? I was disappointed that this adaption left the last two people as survivors to make for a romantic & happy ending just as has been done in some of the film adaptions. This, to me, defeats the whole purpose of the story, but, other than that, I enjoyed it.

[Keith Moser · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was in this play about a decade ago as first-to-die, young Marston (and double cast as boatman Fred Narracott). I wanted to reread it before auditioning for it again tomorrow. I think maybe there’s a chance to be Lombard, Blore, or Armstrong... I guess we’ll see what the director thinks!

Anyway, I’ve always meant to read more Agatha Christie—this is an interesting adaptation (with a happy ending featuring two accused innocents outlasting the murderer and getting their happy ending. I’d be curious to read the original novel to see how much changed & how many clues are in the story pointing toward the real killer (assuming that wasn’t also a change in the adaptation).

[Malcolm · Rating 2 out of 5]

The play is a pretty faithful adaptation of the novel with only a few minor exceptions.

Exception the First: The action of the piece has been altered to support a box set style, where everything the audience sees happens in one room.

Exception the Second: The ending.

I understand Christie's reason for changing the ending but as scripted here, it just doesn't work. The killer's cold and calculating presence is reduced to that of a cackling madman to support the ending. The love subplot is rather forced. It just weakens the entire piece.

Which is to say that 95% of it is stellar but that last 5% really brings down the whole.

[Dave · Rating 4 out of 5]

I directed this at the high school where I taught in 1980. Then it was called “Ten Little Indians.” By the time the local community theater produced this show in 2009 the title had become “And Then There Were None.” P.C. at work.

Regardless of the title this is one of Christie’s best. IMHO. Eight murders following the nursery rhyme about the deaths of ten indians. Eight guests and two servants isolated on an island off the coast of southern England, each accused of the death of someone in their pasts. Ten people on the island - so who is killing them?! She keeps you guessing until the last two pages. Classic Christie.