She’s a Marple with a past, and with her own pain which Blake portrays with great sensitivity. Marple has always been deceptively astute, and a great reader of people, and here we have a character with a big heart. There have been many portrayals of the character over the years and Blake’s performance is up there with the best. Leading the cast is Susie Blake as a classic Miss Marple. This is not just a play about finding the killer, though of course, that is a large element of it, but also of exploring some of the most basic human emotions – love and loss, grief and fear, and the desire for revenge. Where you often find sketchy, two-dimensional writing, here we have some emotional depth, real people with a past, with feelings and with vulnerabilities. Rachel Wagstaff has adapted the novel with sensitivity and brings some real humanity into the characters. ![]() Miss Marple is stuck at home after an accident, and then there’s a murder at the manor which has her and the police racing to find the killer before they strike again. Then to top it all, the manor house has been bought by a rich American film star. There’s a new housing development which unsettles many in the village, and there’s even now a supermarket. It’s the 1960s and things are changing in St Mary Mead. ![]() On the face of it this looks like a typical Country House whodunnit, but as it starts you realise that it is a long way from the typical formulaic detective story you might expect. ![]() Agatha Christie remains a firm favourite with theatre audiences, and this week you can find Original Theatre’s version of The Mirror Crack’d at the Royal & Derngate.
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