Happily this faithful touring revival, inaugurating Bill Kenwrights Agatha Christie Theatre Company, gains hugely from Poirots absence with a dazzling star turn for Kate OMara. But growing weary of the Belgian sleuth, Christie discreetly replaced him with the tough talking Inspector Colquhoun of the Yardalbeit that Poirot was destined to have the last laugh when he made a triumphant return to the murder scene in the ITV adaptation, David Suchet fronting the action Published in 1946, it was his 22nd appearance in print. Agatha has been quoted as saying only then did she feel that her married life truly began.While Alec Guinness was busy giving his monumentally awful Hamlet and Noël Coward was cruelly mocking the Festival of Britain in song, Agatha Christie celebrated 1951 by ditching Hercule Poirot from the West End stage version of her mystery novel, The Hollow. Agatha and Archie fid not really experience married life until he was posted at the London War Office. One other interesting fact was that Agatha met Archie Christie in 1912, married on Christmas Eve 1914, spending their honeymoon at The Grand Hotel in Torquay, but Archie returned to France on Dec 27th due to the War. It is a great asset to readers that author John Curran wrote the definitive book about an iconic author. The information about this illustrious author goes on and on. Her favorite flower was Lily of the Valley. Agatha Christie's name has appeared every day for 53 years in every newspaper with a West End London theatre listing. Her last public appearance was in 1974, at the premier of the movie, Murder on the Orient Express. She traveled around the world in 1922, which would have been quite a feat back then. She once had three plays running simultaneously in London. Agatha could have been an excellent performer as a pianist, but she was much too shy to perform. Since there are so many, just a few will be mentioned here. He outlines many of those interesting facts.

In his research, Curran found a plethora of information about Agatha. Her father did not want her to begin learning to read until age eight, but out of boredom, she taught herself to read by age five. It was an unusual way to be educated for the times. She was born in 1890 in England, where she was home schooled by her American father.

What a daunting task to write about the most famous mystery writer, Agatha Christie.

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