It appeared with its dedication to Margaret Rutherford
, dated February 1945, wrongly printed as to Mark instead of Margaret, to AU
's indignation. It was broadcast on radio in March 1947.
Judd, Denis. Alison Uttley. Michael Joseph, 1986.
183, 197-8
Friends, Associates
Alison Uttley
AU
met the actress Margaret Rutherford
, with whom she developed a warm and mercurial friendship.
Judd, Denis. Alison Uttley. Michael Joseph, 1986.
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Friends, Associates
Rumer Godden
RG
preserved her friendship with the director Jean Renoir
from the time that he filmed her novel The River. After moving to Highgate she became friendly with the writer Stevie Smith
(whom she calls...
Performance of text
Molly Keane
She used the pseudonym M. J. Farrell when the play was published by Collins
the same year.
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The play opened at the Ambassadors Theatre
in London. Perry had urged her to write it, against...
Reception
Agatha Christie
In the early twenty-first century Penguin Putnam
had around sixty AC
titles in print. The BBC
issued VHS and in some case DVD sets of series of her works featuring Margaret Rutherford
as Miss Marple...
Textual Production
Molly Keane
MK
's final play for the London stage, a farce co-written with John Perry
entitled Dazzling Prospect, was unsuccessfully produced (with Margaret Rutherford
again in the lead).
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Chamberlain, Mary, editor. Writing Lives: Conversations Between Women Writers. Virago Press, 1988.
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Textual Production
Rosamond Lehmann
The cast included Jack Hawkins
, Margaret Rutherford
, and Ann Baxter
, with Beatrix Lehmann
, the author's sister, in the lead. The play was published the year following its production.