LEADER 04837nam 22007335 450 001 9910136084203321 005 20251213110101.0 010 $a9781137372925 010 $a1137372923 024 7 $a10.1057/978-1-137-37292-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000000915272 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-137-37292-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4722654 035 $a(Perlego)3489693 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6237227 035 $a(ODN)ODN0003475454 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000915272 100 $a20161021d2016 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAgatha Christie on Screen /$fby Mark Aldridge 205 $a1st ed. 2016. 210 1$aLondon :$cPalgrave Macmillan UK :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (XIV, 363 p.) 225 1 $aCrime Files,$x2947-8359 311 08$a9781349676958 311 08$a1349676950 311 08$a9781137372918 311 08$a1137372915 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- PART I. Destination Unknown -- Chapter 1. The Silent Adventures -- Chapter 2. Poirot Comes to the Silver Screen -- PART II. Appointment with Death -- Chapter 3. The Early Television Adaptations -- Chapter 4. New Prospects and Problems in Television -- PART III. Wasps? Nest -- Chapter 5. Christie Films Make an Impact -- Chapter 6. Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple -- PART IV. Evil Under the Sun -- Chapter 7. A New Era for Agatha Christie Films -- Chapter 8. Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot -- PART V. Partners in Crime -- Chapter 9. Christie Comes Back to Television -- Chapter 10. New Approaches -- PART VI. In a Glass Darkly -- Chapter 11. Agatha Christie?s Miss Marple -- Chapter 12. Agatha Christie?s Poirot -- PART VII. Hidden Horizon -- Chapter 13. European Adaptations -- Chapter 14. Adaptations in the Rest of the World -- PART VIII. While theLight Lasts -- Chapter 15. Christie with a Twist -- Chapter 16. Looking to the Future. . 330 $a?Mark Aldridge's book uncovers many hitherto unknown facts about screen adaptations of Agatha Christie. It is an important addition to Christie scholarship and required reading for all admirers of the Queen of Crime.? - Dr. John Curran, author of Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks ?The book is a mine of information. As well as a fascinating insight into the history of Agatha Christie adaptations, the book also throws much light on the whole area of adaptation and its participants on every side of the fence.? - Mathew Prichard, grandson of Agatha Christie Agatha Christie on Screen is a comprehensive exploration of 90 years of film and television adaptations of the world?s best-selling novelist?s work. Drawing on extensive archival material, it offers new information regarding both the well-known and forgotten screen adaptations of Agatha Christie?s stories, including unmade and rare adaptations, some of which have beenunseen for more than half a century. This history offers intriguing insights into the discussions and debates that surrounded many of these screen projects ? something that is brought to life through previously unpublished correspondence from Christie herself and a new wide-ranging interview with her grandson, Mathew Prichard. Agatha Christie on Screen takes the reader on a journey from little known silent film adaptations, through to famous screen productions including 1974?s Murder on the Orient Express, as well as the television series of the Poirot and Miss Marple stories and, most recently, the BBC?s acclaimed version of And Then There Were None. . 410 0$aCrime Files,$x2947-8359 606 $aLiterature, Modern$y20th century 606 $aFiction 606 $aLiterature and technology 606 $aMass media and literature 606 $aComparative literature 606 $aMotion pictures$xHistory 606 $aTwentieth-Century Literature 606 $aFiction Literature 606 $aLiterature and Technology 606 $aComparative Literature 606 $aFilm and TV History 615 0$aLiterature, Modern 615 0$aFiction. 615 0$aLiterature and technology. 615 0$aMass media and literature. 615 0$aComparative literature. 615 0$aMotion pictures$xHistory. 615 14$aTwentieth-Century Literature. 615 24$aFiction Literature. 615 24$aLiterature and Technology. 615 24$aComparative Literature. 615 24$aFilm and TV History. 676 $a809.04 700 $aAldridge$b Mark$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01060761 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910136084203321 996 $aAgatha Christie on Screen$92515546 997 $aUNINA