![]() The incentive: in the character of Celia, "we have more nearly than anywhere else a portrait of Agatha," according to second husband Max's book jacket endorsement. It's on to topics Palestinian as Redgrave's tight smile grows tighter.Īlthough Redgrave doesn't specify which of Christie's six Mary Westmacott romances interested her, chances are better than average that she gave Unfinished Portrait a browse. Regrettably, the interviewer declines to follow-up on that disclosure. Surely, in preparing for the role, the actress researched the real Christie? In reluctant response, Redgrave admits she "read some of the novels wrote under another name-that interested me." Unappeased by that explanation, the interviewer persists. it's an imaginary story, an imaginary Agatha Christie." "Richard the Third did live, but a writer's entitled to make certain assumptions. "It's rather like when a writer chooses to write about Richard the Third," Redgrave further attempts to clarify. Quizzed about playing the famous novelist, the famous actress explains she doesn't "pretend to be the real Agatha Christie" she's playing the character Agatha in Tynan's novel. patience." Whether patient or resigned, the actress/activist gives the distinct impression she'd rather be swimming with electric eels than stuck in the "Afternoon Plus" studio. In the "Afternoon Plus" interview, Redgrave wears slacks, a pale pink mohair sweater and dark headband. In that production, Redgrave plays minor character Mary Debenham and spends most of her screen time listening intently as Albert Finney's Poirot tells her what's what.) (Redgrave's previous Christie-related film was the 1974 version of Murder on the Orient Express. We've had a nice holiday here so we must think of something.Īlso posted on YouTube: a nine-and-a-half minute clip of a 1979 interview with Vanessa Redgrave-also not a fan of interviews or the press-on Thames Television's "Afternoon Plus." Redgrave is having a sit-down with the show's host to promote the movie Agatha, in which she stars, a film based on Kathleen Tynan's novel of the same name and inspired by Christie's 11-day disappearance in December 1926. ![]() Q: And will you write something about Poirot or Miss Marple in Lisbon after this week?Ī: Perhaps, yes. but I think I'm beginning to prefer Miss Marple. Oh, I should think, I should think, I should think. Q: I'd like to know what is the best story to you about Poirot?Ī: Very difficult to say. ![]() Nevertheless, she affably nods and marginally titters while responding to questions she can't have welcomed, answering two of the three un-ironically. No viewer could mistake her for someone at ease with the process or delighted to be in the situation. Given her thoroughly documented dislike of the press, the author's cooperation during the give-and-take is an interesting performance. Christie wears a suit, pearls, a lapel broach, a wide-brimmed dark hat and what appears to be, from the side view, cat-eye glasses. ![]() Wedged between the Queen of Crime and interviewer: Christie's silent second husband, Max Mallowan, hands folded upon his belly, benignly smiling. YouTube preserves a two-minute clip of Agatha Christie, who rarely consented to interviews, undergoing the ordeal in Lisbon in 1960. ![]()
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