Editing Miss Marple (section)

==Stage==
A stage adaptation of ''Murder at the Vicarage'', by Moie Charles and Barbara Toy, was first seen at [[Northampton]] on 17 October 1949;<ref>'Chit Chat', ''The Stage'', 29 September 1949</ref> it was directed by [[Reginald Tate]], starred the 35-year-old [[Barbara Mullen]] as Miss Marple, and after touring, reached the [[Playhouse Theatre]] in London's [[West End theatre|West End]] on 14 December. Having run till late March 1950, it then went on tour again.<ref>Frances Stephens (ed), ''Theatre World Annual (London)'' number 1, Rockliff Publishing Corporation 1950</ref>

In July 1974, Mullen (by then 60) returned to the role in another national tour of the same play, culminating 12 months later when the show opened at London's [[Savoy Theatre]] on 28 July 1975.<ref>''Murder at the Vicarage'' programme: Theatre Print vol 5 # 9 [October 1975], Martin Tickner (ed)</ref> At the end of March 1976, the Miss Marple role was taken over by [[Avril Angers]], after which the production transferred to the [[Fortune Theatre]] on 5 July. The role then passed to [[Muriel Pavlow]] in June 1977<ref>''Murder at the Vicarage'' programme: Theatre Print # 27 [December 1977], Martin Tickner (ed)</ref> and to [[Gabrielle Hamilton (actress)|Gabrielle Hamilton]] late the following year; the production finally closed in October 1979.<ref>'On Next Week', ''The Stage'', 18 October 1979</ref>

On 21 September 1977, while ''Murder at the Vicarage'' was still running at the Fortune, a stage adaptation by Leslie Darbon of ''A Murder Is Announced'' opened at the [[Vaudeville Theatre]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/mystery/announced/notes.html |title=Mystery! &#124; A murder is announced &#124; Production notes |publisher=Pbs.org |access-date=20 March 2009}}</ref> with [[Dulcie Gray]] as Miss Marple.<ref>Vaudeville Theatre programme, No.29 February 1978</ref> The show ran to the end of September 1978 and then toured.<ref>'On the Way', ''The Stage'', 10 August 1978</ref>