Setting
The forward observation saloon of the steamer 'Lotus' on the Nile, Egypt, 1952.

Act 1

• 1 Scene 1 - Shellal, late afternoon
• Scene 2 - three days later, outside the temple at Abu Simbel, evening
• Scene 3 - five minutes later

Act 2

• Scene 1 - immediately following
• Scene 2 - the following morning

There will be one fifteen-minute intermission

Running Time
Murder on the Nile runs approximately 2 hours.