the murder at the vicarage by agatha christie

It was first performed at the New Theatre, Northampton on 17 October 1949 prior to moving to the Playhouse Theatre in the West End where it opened on 16 December 1949. This play, staged in 1949–1950, was the first time that the character Miss Marple was portrayed outside the novels and short stories. Whatever the truth of the authorship, Christie was enthusiastic about the play and attended its rehearsals and first night.

Christie's official biography suggests that the play was written by Christie with changes then made by Charles and Toy, presumably enough for them to claim the credit. Murder at the Vicarage is a 1949 play by Moie Charles and Barbara Toy based on the 1930 novel of the same name by Agatha Christie. Nether Wallop, Hampshire - St.The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie.Animosity between official investigators and the amateur detective – here, Inspector Slack thoroughly disregards Miss Marple's input until very late in the case.Ann Protheroe kills herself at the end of the episode whereas in the novel she was arrested and tried.Slack and his men are there to arrest him. As expected, Redding comes over to try to kill Mrs Salisbury. She tells him that the police had been around but she didn't say anything about having seen Redding around with Hawes earlier in the day because she thought he wouldn't want to be mixed up in the affair. Here, Hawes' landlady (Mrs Salisbury instead of Mrs Sadler) calls Lawrence Redding and mentions that Hawes is dead or dying. The way the murderer is exposed was different in the novel.The sound in the woods is not made by a rock falling on picric acid but by a loudspeaker wired to a tape recording of a gunshot.He is also present in the vicarage kitchen at various times, perhaps even when the murder is being committed. He trips on a wire in the woods behind the vicarage. Here he has a relationship with Mary Wright, the maid of the Clements. Bill Archer has a larger role here than in the book.A number of minor characters are not featured, including Raymond West, Dennis Clement.Stone and Gladys Cram and the entire sideplot of theft of silver from Old Hall are deleted. The vicar does not take part in the investigations like in the novel. The entire investigation is conducted by Slack, with the addition of Sgt Lake (who was not in the novel). The adaptation was generally very close to the original novel with a number of changes.(may contain spoilers - click on expand to read) Fletcher (mentioned by Inspector Slack).Robert Lang as Colonel Lucius Protheroe.Paul Eddington as Reverend Leonard Clement.Miss Marple, an elderly spinster with a talent for snooping and solving little everyday puzzles, promptly joins the investigation. When Colonel Protheroe, hated by all around, is found dead at the Vicarage, the villagers of St Mary Mead are left in an uproar.

The murder at the vicarage by agatha christie