While snooping about on the internets to learn more about Evans and why Miss Marple got roped into it on the televisions (basically just to give them a reason to make a new adaptation, seems like), we found this super interesting article about the most recent (aka 2011 [or 2009 depending on what country you live in, apparently]) adaptation of this story plus Miss Marple (aka Julie McKenzie). We actually learned lots, not only about this adaptation starring some of your favorite British people #asusual (Oliver Wood AND Mr. Weasley from Harry Potter! Lady Rosamund from Downton Abbey/Frances from Home Fires! The Doctor's daughter Jenny from Doctor Who!) but also about Agatha on tv. A highlight:
"Until the intervention of TV producer Pat Sandys - mother of Samantha Bond [AKA LADY ROSAMUND], who plays Sylvia Savage - the Agatha Christie estate had a marked aversion to TV adaptations of her novels. 'My mother persuaded the estate that if it was done with love and care, her work could translate to television,’ says Samantha. ‘They had previously taken the view the books could only be made into films. I even helped my mother type the 1980 version at our kitchen table!’"
OH OUR STARS. Without Lady Rosamund's mom (Pat, not Lady Grantham. This could get confusing.) we might never have been able to see Miss Marple or Poirot brought to life! No David Suchet as Poirot?? OMG Lady Rosamund's mom saved us from a terrible parallel universe. We can just imagine Agatha's grandson Michael up in Torquay, pooh-poohing television adaptations while having tea with the Queen and Lady Rosamund's mom and then PHEW she saves the day by reminding him that Jane Austen novels had been on tv [probably. Or at least eventually.] Anywho, we definitely feel like both the Miss Marple and Poirot television series [p.s. not possible to make that word plural #wut #oops #sorry] were made with tons of love and care, and engendered the same for the seriessss (dammit, how?), Agatha, and her books!
We also learn from this article that Julia McKenzie, who had just started playing Marple in this season (season 4), was SUPER surprised by how famous she became playing Agatha's most famous lady detective, but the we loved her reasoning as to why people are fans:
‘One of the problems of the modern world is a lack of trust, and I think people yearn for an innocent, more trusting time. There are always villains in Miss Marple but you can be pretty sure they’re going to get their comeuppance by the end!’
As we finish up our books for the week, we certainly recommend giving the Daily Mail article a read for some fun and slightly nostalgic #2011 (ah, 2011; Lana Del Rey, Ryan Gosling, Twitter... ok maybe not that nostalgic) Agatha info! See you Saturday.
- E. & A.
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