Arsenic and Old Lace

Arsenic and Old Lace, one of the first and funniest comedies of multiple murder, was the play that put black comedy well and truly on the theatrical map. It tells the story of two charming and gentle old ladies who poison their poor, orphan lodgers in order to save them from the sorrows of this world. "It is an inspired and delightful comic concoction, which combine the cosy charm and ingenious plotting of an Agatha Christie Whodunit with a much sharper and more knowing satirical perspective." (The Guardian) --4e de couverture