{"id":432,"date":"2006-07-16T14:34:40","date_gmt":"2006-07-16T18:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/steelypips.org\/weblog-test\/?p=432"},"modified":"2024-03-24T21:45:45","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T01:45:45","slug":"christie_mirrors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steelypips.org\/weblog\/2006\/07\/christie_mirrors\/","title":{"rendered":"Christie, Agatha: They Do It with Mirrors<\/cite> (radio play)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Agatha Christie’s They Do It with Mirrors<\/cite><\/strong>, Miss Marple is asked to go check on an old friend Carrie-Louise, whose sister fears she is in danger. Miss Marple goes to stay at Carrie-Louise’s home, which is on the grounds of a rehabilitation center for delinquent boys that’s run by her husband. Shortly after her arrival, a troubled young man shoots at Carrie-Louise’s husband; Carrie-Louise’s step-son is killed; and poison is found in Carrie-Louise’s medication.<\/p>\n

I listened to this as a BBC radio play, a particularly admirable adaptation in that the fine shadings of the dramatization led me right to the solution. I don’t think the printed page would have had the same effect. For that, I’ll forgive it the exceptionally<\/em> bad American accent of Carrie-Lousie’s grandson-in-law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Agatha Christie’s They Do It with Mirrors, Miss Marple is asked to go check on an old friend Carrie-Louise, whose sister fears she is in danger. Miss Marple goes to stay at Carrie-Louise’s home, which is on the grounds of a rehabilitation center for delinquent boys that’s run by her husband. Shortly after her … <\/p>\n

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