Miss Marple made her stage debut in a touring production of Murder at the Vicarage in 1949, but it wasn’t until 1961 that she arrived on the big screen and her first TV appearance wasn’t until 1983, when American actress Helen Hayes made the first of two TV movies. While it had been written around 1940, Sleeping Murder wasn’t released until 1976, after Christie’s death. A further eleven novels followed, culminating with Sleeping Murder. It wasn’t until 1930 that the character’s first full-length novel, The Murder at the Vicarage, was published. Miss Marple first appeared in a short story published in The Royal Magazine in December 1927, titled The Tuesday Night Club. Mary Mead is one of the best known of Agatha Christie’s characters, alongside a certain mustachioed Belgian sleuth. Over the past century, the elderly English detective has appeared on screen in numerous TV, radio, theatre and film adaptations – with a brand new series on the way from the makers of Big Little Lies! Over 92 years since the character of Miss Marple made her debut, one mystery remains…
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