Overview
- Features exclusive interviews with Christie's grandson, giving an unparalleled insight into the mind of the world's greatest crime novelist
- Draws on rare archival material, revealing the development and history of both well known and unmade adaptations of Christie's work
- Reviews comprehensively the canon of Christie adaptations, ranging from silent film adaptations to the 2015 BBC adaptation of And Then There Were None
Part of the book series: Crime Files (CF)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Finding the Agatha Christie Film Form, 1928–37
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Experiments in Television, 1937–62
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Agatha Christie Films, 1945–65
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Prestige Films and Beyond, 1965–87
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Rethinking Agatha Christie Adaptations, 1979–95
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Televising the Canon, 1984–2013
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About this book
Reviews
“This has been a book I have been dipping into over the past few months and for anyone who is interested in film and TV adaptations of Agatha Christie’s work then this is certainly the book to buy. It covers adaptations as early as 1928 and as late as the BBC’s And Then There Were None adaptation in 2015 and it even has two chapters devoted to non-UK and USA adaptations. … So overall I would recommend this book.” (crossexaminingcrime, crossexaminingcrime.wordpress.com, March, 2017)
“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 adaptation and its participants on every side of the fence.” (Mathew Prichard, grandson of Agatha Christie)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
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 The Birth of British Television, also published by Palgrave Macmillan. He has been a fan of Agatha Christie since he first saw Agatha Christie’s Poirot when he was seven.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Agatha Christie on Screen
Authors: Mark Aldridge
Series Title: Crime Files
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-37292-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-67695-8Published: 02 November 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-37292-5Published: 21 October 2016
Series ISSN: 2947-8340
Series E-ISSN: 2947-8359
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 363
Topics: Twentieth-Century Literature, Fiction, Literature and Technology/Media, Comparative Literature, Film History