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In the 1950s, "the theatre... engaged much of Agatha's attention." [138] She next adapted her short radio play into The Mousetrap, which premiered in the West End in 1952, produced by Peter Saunders and starring Richard Attenborough as the original Detective Sergeant Trotter. [136] Her expectations for the play were not high; she believed it would run no more than eight months. [12] :500 The Mousetrap has long since made theatrical history as the world's longest-running play, staging its 27,500th performance in September 2018. [136] [139] [140] [141] The play temporarily closed in March 2020, when all UK theatres shut due to the coronavirus pandemic, [142] [143] before it re-opened on 17 May 2021. [144]
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As a governess, allowed her young charge to drown so that his uncle could inherit the family estate and marry her Christie's autobiography makes no reference to the disappearance. [12] Two doctors diagnosed her with "an unquestionable genuine loss of memory", [49] [50] yet opinion remains divided over the reason for her disappearance. Some, including her biographer Morgan, believe she disappeared during a fugue state. [4] :154–59 [40] [51] The author Jared Cade concluded that Christie planned the event to embarrass her husband but did not anticipate the resulting public melodrama. [52] :121 Christie biographer Laura Thompson provides an alternative view that Christie disappeared during a nervous breakdown, conscious of her actions but not in emotional control of herself. [14] :220–21 Public reaction at the time was largely negative, supposing a publicity stunt or an attempt to frame her husband for murder. [53] [e] Second marriage and later life: 1927–1976 [ edit ] Christie's room at the Pera Palace Hotel in Istanbul, where the hotel claims she wrote her 1934 novel Murder on the Orient Express Many of Christie's works from 1940 onward have titles drawn from literature, with the original context of the title typically printed as an epigraph. [148] Soshite daremo inakunatta ( そして誰もいなくなった), a two-part Japanese-language adaptation by Shukei Nagasaka ( 長坂秀佳, Nagasaka Shukei ) set in modern times, aired 25 and 26 March 2017 on TV Asahi in Japan. It was directed by Seiji Izumi and adapted for television by Hideka Nagasaka. [57] [58]Result of world's favourite Christie global vote". Agatha Christie. 22 December 2015 . Retrieved 23 June 2023. Curtis, Fay (24 December 2014). "Desert Island Doc: Agatha Christie's wartime wedding". Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives. Archived from the original on 31 December 2014 . Retrieved 30 December 2014. From 1971 to 1974, Christie's health began to fail, but she continued to write. Her last novel was Postern of Fate in 1973. [4] :368–72 [14] :477 Textual analysis suggested that Christie may have begun to develop Alzheimer's disease or other dementia at about this time. [74] [75] Personal qualities [ edit ] Christie at Schiphol Airport, 17 September 1964
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During World War II, Christie moved to London and lived in a flat at the Isokon in Hampstead, whilst working in the pharmacy at University College Hospital (UCH), London, where she updated her knowledge of poisons. [65] Her later novel The Pale Horse was based on a suggestion from Harold Davis, the chief pharmacist at UCH. In 1977, a thallium poisoning case was solved by British medical personnel who had read Christie's book and recognised the symptoms she described. [66] [67] In September 1930, Christie married the archaeologist Max Mallowan. The pair travelled frequently on archaeological expeditions, and she utilized the experiences she had while on her many adventures as a basis for some plots, including Murder on the Orient Express (1934), Murder in Mesopotamia (1936) and Death on the Nile (1937). She also wrote the autobiographical travel book Come, Tell Me How You Live (1946), which described their life in Syria. Her biographer, Janet Morgan, reports that "archaeologists have celebrated... [Christie's] contribution to Near Eastern exploration". [3] Christie died in 1976, her reputation as a crime novelist high. [10] Novels [ edit ] First edition cover of The Mysterious Affair at Styles, published in 1920 The novel was originally published in late 1939 and early 1940 almost simultaneously, in the United Kingdom and the United States. The serialization was in 23 parts in the Daily Express from Tuesday 6 June to Saturday 1 July 1939. All of the instalments carried an illustration by "Prescott" with the first having an illustration of Burgh Island in Devon which inspired the setting of the story. The serialized version did not contain any chapter divisions. [25] The book retailed for seven shillings and sixpence.
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Christie's first published book, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, was released in 1920 and introduced the detective Hercule Poirot, who appeared in 33 of her novels and more than 50 short stories. Flood, Alison (2 September 2015). "And Then There Were None declared world's favourite Agatha Christie novel". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017 . Retrieved 16 May 2017.
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