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Having been driven to distraction by Geraldine McEwan's awful interpretation (to the point when I could no longer watch) I was fairly confident that this new series could only be an improvement on the last, but how would Miss Mackenzie compare with Joan Hickson?
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It was with a mixture of anticipation and apprehension that I tuned into to watch Julia Mckenzie's debut as Miss Marple in 'A Pocket Full of Rye' But I will, because as long as anything has Agatha Christie’s name on it, it’s got to be worth a look. I was so incensed by ‘Sleeping Murder’ that I almost decided not to watch any more. There is none of the ambience that there was in the Joan Hickson series – there’s a lack of warmth I don’t really care about any of the people involved, some of whom did not exist in the original stories. Sorry if that sounds a bit harsh, but I did say that this was a personal view. Too self-assured, don’t like the way she dresses and can’t bear her voice. Perhaps, like me, she just relished her comic genius. It has been said that Joan Hickson was Agatha’s ideal Miss Marple – if so, Margaret Rutherford was most certainly not. I often wondered what Agatha Christie herself thought about these films. You see, these films don’t take themselves too seriously, so somehow it’s ok. In a way, I suppose I divorce myself from the fact that this is supposed to be a Miss Marple mystery, and take pleasure from the film in it’s own right. Possibly because these films usually bore little or no resemblance to Agatha Christie’s original stories – I seem to think that ‘After the Funeral’ and ‘Mrs McGinty’s Dead’ were the bare bones for a couple of them - I could sit back and enjoy the, confident, public school character that Margaret Rutherford played. And although she was, in my opinion, a million miles away from my idea of Jane Marple, I loved the films where she played her. She was a joy to watch, and was never anything less than wonderful. If I see that she is in a film, I just know that I am going to enjoy it, if only for her performance.
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If you'd like to see the opening title sequences from "The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side" just click on the play button in the middle of the video screen below.īefore I discuss the present Miss Marple TV series, I want to talk about Margaret Rutherford’s Miss Marple.Īnd before I go any further, I wish to state that I absolutely adore her.
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Talking of which:īetween 19 the BBC screened 12 Miss Marple mysteries starring Joan Hickson. I never tire of watching the repeats on the television. There was a cosiness about the whole thing – if you like an Englishness – that took us back to a world that probably never really existed but we wish it had. I think Joan Hickson portrayal was beautifully understated and she perfectly conveyed Miss Marple’s self-deprecating brilliance.Īs I said, I thought the series was excellent – the music and opening credits created the just the right atmosphere – a kind of genteel menace - and the period costumes and settings were perfect. I hardly recognised it as the ‘Sleeping Murder’ I know! But more of Geraldine McEwan later.
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Unlike the recent ‘Sleeping Murder’ starring Geraldine McEwan as Marple. This is always the case on the large or small screen – but nothing too outlandish. Yes, they took some liberties with the plots and characters. Unhesitatingly, I plump for Joan Hickson and I really loved the television films she made of the Jane Marple stories. As with Hercule Poirot, we all have our own ideas about who is the best miss Marple.