![]() ![]() Lord Caterham's eldest daughter Bundle is dead set set against the idea but it all takes a very serious turn when the Count is found murdered. Everyone is surprised when Count von Stainach says that in addition to signing the trade agreement, he also wants to purchase Chimneys. Except for a maid who disappeared with a valuable diamond in the 1920s, not much of note has happened there for a long time. Chimneys was once the 'in' place to be for a fancy weekend but over many years, it has become somewhat run-down. The weekend has something of a diplomatic air to it as the Austrian Count Ludwig von Stainach is also there to negotiate a trade agreement with the British that will give it access to iron ore. It has been written and directed by Hugh Laurie, and will air on BritBox next year.Miss Marple finds herself spending the weekend at Chimneys, the stately home of Lord Caterham whose late wife was her cousin. In the meantime, the Christie estate has greenlit a three-part adaptation of Why Didn’t They Ask Evans, a 1934 murder mystery that did not feature one of the author’s famous detectives. Mr Prichard was speaking at the launch of a Death on the Nile mobile game, developed by the British company Outplay Entertainment, in which players solve the mystery alongside Poirot.Īs the new Marple adaptation is only at the development stage, it will hit screens in 2023 at the earliest. The Christie estate is keen to bring the author’s works to a new audience. “Growing up, I always was far more of a Poirot fan than a Miss Marple fan, but I’ve re-read a lot of Marples and gained a new respect for her.” It’s in the very early stages,” he explained. In early 2022, Sir Kenneth will star in an adaptation of Death on the Nile.īut Mr Prichard said it was time to bring back Miss Marple. Since then, television and film have concentrated on Hercule Poirot, including a BBC drama starring John Malkovich and Sir Kenneth Branagh’s film version of Murder on the Orient Express. Christie wrote that Marple’s voice was ‘rather breathless, for she had run violently up the back stairs”. In Sleeping Murder, for example, Christie thwarted a murderer’s next attack by suddenly appearing at the scene and squirting him in the eyes with a jet of soapy water. “In some of the stories, she’s quite active,” he said. ![]() Mr Prichard said the Marple stories “jump over time” and no definitive age was given for her. “I think we could make quite a good case for Miss Marple in the books being in her 60s, rather than her 70s or 80s.” “This is almost heresy, but even the Joan Hickson portrayal, which the family considers to be the gold standard… Joan was very old when she started playing her and got older as she played more. I think she’s far more lively and physically able,” he said. “It’s quite an interesting concept of age. While the character is described in the first Marple story, Murder at the Vicarage, as “a white-haired old lady with a gentle, appealing manner”, Mr Prichard suggested that was deceptive. I just don’t think she is as old as we have portrayed her,” Mr Prichard told the Telegraph. “I think she’s certainly portrayed in the books slightly differently than we have portrayed her on TV before. James Prichard, who is in charge of the Christie estate, said the new Miss Marple will be younger and more sprightly - a mere 60-something. According to the author’s great-grandson, all previous screen incarnations have been too old. The Agatha Christie estate is planning to bring Marple back to television after more than a decade away.īut she will look different. But have we been getting her wrong all this time? Think of Miss Marple and images of a little old lady spring to mind. ![]()
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