Agatha Christie’s adaptation that is impossible to observe today

Hercula Poirot is a routine creature. The most famous fictional detective Agatha Christie (except Miss Marple) It is scary methodically in its investigations, and this personal fading spreads to everything it does. Of course, this obsession with the order or routine is the purpose. The Poirot detective eye is so prepared for the recognition of samples that even the very minutes of contradiction stand out. This combined with its agility to solve the affected mysteries forms breakthroughs in cases of Poirot, which makes it the second. While it comes out as eccentric in most social situations, understanding Poirot over human motivations and desires ensures that it is always a step forward. These qualities are most different in the “nest” Christie, a brief story published as Part of the “Early Cases” of Hercula Poirot.

These early Poirot cases offer a look at the life of a good detective before it has earned international fame, and some of these stories are quite exciting. The fact is that the collection includes a “Karnish Mystery”, where Poirot goes an unconventional path to solve the secret of the murder after he is unable to gather evidence of the offender’s motives. The WASP Nest is also different from the standard Poirot cases, as it is connected by dear friend John Harrison. In this brief history, Poirot accidentally visits Harrison under the pretext that he is in this settlement to investigate a murder that has not yet been committed. After exchange of pleasures, Poirot asks about the wasps near the nest, and it turned out that Claude Langon-friend Harrison-planned to destroy it with a syringe for gasoline. Then, the string of amazing events makes Poirot participate, and after the end, it will eventually break the deliberate crime until it is too late.

Although Christie was not a supporter of television as an adaptation means, she personally participated in the BBC Television 1937 “Wasp’s Nest”. Unfortunately, the live broadcast of this adaptation has not been recorded in any case and is now considered a lost media. What happened here?

According to number 715 Radio Times (via Lost media wiki), “Nest” 1937 was The first adaptation of Christie’s original materialWith the actor of the film/scene Francis L. Sullivan, who accepts the Mantle Poiro. Wallace Douglas, to the Clark-Smith and the Antoinette, the other part of the acting. This announced brief information about the Sullivan’s career in the theater, as well as the short list of the most influential detective stories of Christie. This TV was conducted and broadcast live at the Alexandra Palace (the omission, which partially rented the BBC for the production and transfer in 1935) as part of the BBC Theater Parade, which mainly demonstrated popular plays. The Wasp’s Nest is obviously an exception, as it was not a successful game with several re -performances, but still found its way to the curator’s channel.

However, on June 18, 1937, the live television was performed only twice: the 25-minute show at 15:35 and the evening show 21:40, which lasted 20 minutes. None of these shows recorded that it is a shame, as this is the only case when Christie wrote a television scenario to adapt her work (which was used). The only testimony to the existence of the TV is the aforementioned article by Radio Times, a three-year review at the Observer (which praises it as “perfectly made”) and a backstage photo by Christie with Sulin as Poirot. Good news is that Christie’s scenario survived and is still available for stage productions that want to access it.

Are there other “Wasps Nest” adaptations? Yes! In the third season of the show in the third season of David Show, which was first broadcast in 1989), presented by the episode “Agatha Christie” (which for the first time on the air in 1989) has an episode called “Wasps”. Although this episode remains true A great disclosure with a suitable prosperity.

Despite the fact that the constant loss of the 1937 TV is not subject to, do not forget to check the episodic adaptation of the ITV, which is a pleasure for those who love the mysteries and Hercula Poirot.