CHRISTIE AGATHA: (1890-1976) English Crime Novelist. An excellent T.L.S., Agatha Christie, two pages...

CHRISTIE AGATHA: (1890-1976) English Crime Novelist. An excellent T.L.S., Agatha Christie, two pages...
CHRISTIE AGATHA: (1890-1976) English Crime Novelist. An excellent T.L.S., Agatha Christie, two pages, 8vo, Churston Ferrers, near Brixham, South Devon, 5th May 1954, to Joyce Lambert. Christie thanks her correspondent for their letter and remarks that she was glad they liked Witness for the Prosecution and was interested in the points she had raised, remarking 'Romaine and her husband had no doubt been through some good money at one time; she had chic, and her coats and skirts were made by a good Austrian refugee tailor! Romaine was not in court when the ''strawberry blonde'' was mentioned, and very nervous Leonard Vole was about it. Even reputable barristers cannot always pick and choose their shorthand typists. I have no doubt Greta would get the sack fairly soon!' In concluding Christie informs her correspondent that a new play, The Spider's Web, will appear in the autumn. A letter of good content for its discussion of one of Christie's most famous works. About EX £250-350 Witness for the Prosecution, a play adapted from Christie's short story opened at the Winter Garden Theatre in London on 28th October 1953 (although had been first performed in Nottingham on 28th September). The London production featured Patricia Jessel in the role of Romaine and Derek Blomfield as Leonard Vole. A film version was released in 1958 starring Charles Laughton, Tyrone Power and Marlene Dietrich and directed by Billy Wilder.