Agatha Christie: A Life in Theatre. Julius Green
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Agatha Christie on the set of Witness for the Prosecution (1953).
‘Agatha has the gift of doing what all women want to do, but only men have the chance. She achieves something. Men climb Everest, race fast cars, invent atom bombs, fight wars, become famous surgeons and man lifeboats. In her heart every woman, too, would like to do these things. But all we can do is dream. It is all we can do. It’s a man’s world. The only consolation I get is that Agatha kills off a few of you.’
Margaret Lockwood
17 January 1954
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First published as Curtain Up 2015
Text © Julius Green 2015, 2018
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Source ISBN: 9780007546961
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Version: 2018-02-21
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Contents
Act One: The People’s Playwright
Scene Two: Poirot Takes the Stage
Scene Three: Stranger and Stranger
Act Two: Saunders Saves the Day
Scene Two: The Disappearing Director
Picture Section