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| Last Edit: mikem 12:02 am EDT 07/18/21 | |
| Posted by: mikem 11:53 pm EDT 07/17/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Saw it when it was released - Jax 09:08 pm EDT 07/17/21 | |
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| Jax, these sound great -- thank you! I've read Mirror Crack'd and will have to look for the film, as well as that of Masquerade and Malice. I've read about 90% of Agatha Christie's novels, but there are still a few I haven't gotten to yet. The only Christie plays I've ever seen are The Mousetrap and And Then There Were None. Here's some interesting trivia: Christie wrote 165 short stories, but only 164 of them have been published in the UK. Christie asked that the one that tells the same story as The Mousetrap not be published until after the London run closed. (Both the short story and the play are based on an earlier radio play by Christie.) I hope to see Witness for the Prosecution at some point. I was debating whether to see it when I was in London in 2019. There is a site-specific run in an old government building that I believe is set up somewhat like a courtroom. I ended up seeing Follies and The Lehman Trilogy instead, which I think was probably the right decision. |
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| Thank you, everyone! | |
| Posted by: mikem 07:28 pm EDT 07/19/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Saw it when it was released - mikem 11:53 pm EDT 07/17/21 | |
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| Thank you to dlittle, chrismpls, Jax, showtunetrivia, Wayman, and everyone else for their great suggestions! A lot of wonderful things to explore! | |
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| Posted by: chrismpls 05:37 pm EDT 07/19/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Saw it when it was released - mikem 11:53 pm EDT 07/17/21 | |
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| From the same producers of the '70s "Orient Express" (albeit with a different Poirot, Peter Ustinov"), "Death on the Nile" is terrific. Maggie Smith and Angela Lansbury, in particular, are hilarious. | |
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| Posted by: Jax 02:37 am EDT 07/18/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Saw it when it was released - mikem 11:53 pm EDT 07/17/21 | |
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| Director Billy Wilder's 1957 version of WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION with Charles Laughton and Marlene Dietrich is a classic. You couldn't find a better version of the play and it is available on DVD and, probably, streaming. | |
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| Posted by: showtunetrivia 01:40 am EDT 07/18/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Saw it when it was released - mikem 11:53 pm EDT 07/17/21 | |
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| I highly recommend CURTAIN UP: AGATHA CHRISTIE, A LIFE IN THE THEATRE by Julius Green, a meticulous study of all of Christie’s plays. Laura |
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