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Agatha Christie on Screen

eBook - Crime Files
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
ISBN/EAN: 9781137372925
Umbreit-Nr.: 4052918

Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: 0 S., 3.55 MB
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Erschienen am 21.10.2016
Auflage: 1/2016


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  • Zusatztext
    • This book is a comprehensive exploration of 90 years of film and television adaptations of the worlds best-selling novelists work. Drawing on extensive archival material, it offers new information regarding both the well-known and forgotten screen adaptations of Agatha Christies stories, including unmade and rare adaptations, some of which have been unseen 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and debates that surrounded many of these screen projects something that is brought to life through previously unpublished correspondence from Christie herself and a new wide-ranging interview with her grandson, Mathew Prichard.<i>Agatha Christie on Screen</i> takes the reader on a journey from little known silent film adaptations, through to famous screen productions including 1974s<i>Murder on the Orient Express</i>, as well as the television series of the Poirot and Miss Marple stories and, most recently, the BBCs acclaimed version of<i>And Then There Were None</i>.                        
  • Kurztext
    • This book 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 been unseen 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and debates that surrounded many of these screen projects - something that is brought to life through previously unpublished correspondence from Christie herself and a new wide-ranging interview with her grandson, Mathew Prichard.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.                                               
  • Autorenportrait
    • <p>Dr Mark Aldridge is a senior lecturer in Film and Television at Southampton Solent University, UK, specialising in film and television history. Previous publications include<i>The Birth of British Television</i>, also published by Palgrave Macmillan. He has been a fan of Agatha Christie since he first saw<i>Agatha Christies Poirot</i> when he was seven.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b></b></p>