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Haining, Peter: Murder in Four Acts 13, 14, 24
Hall, Henry 359, 372
Hall, Peter 441
Hamilton, Patrick: Gas Light 153; Rope 81, 153, 502
Hampshire Telegraph 541
Hampstead Everyman Theatre, London 83, 86, 167
Hampstead Theatre Club, London 491
Handl, Irene 513, 549, 550
Harkers (scenic studio) 214, 215, 363
Harris, Jed 105, 106, 185, 386
Harris, Robert 219–20, 223
Hastings, Barbara 448, 450–1
Hastings, Geoffrey 257, 412, 428, 438, 465, 468
Hastings, Warren 59
Hayes, Helen 230
Heinemann 435, 565
Heinz, Gerard 456
Hellman, Lillian 178, 271, 337, 440, 456
Helpmann, Robert 239
Henry Miller’s Theatre, Broadway 378, 384
Hentschel, Irene 166–7, 168–9, 170, 175, 178, 182, 189, 193, 195, 230, 242, 246, 255, 265, 283, 292, 313, 314, 382, 497
Hepburn, Audrey 378
Hickman, Charles 349, 457, 461, 464
Hicks, Anthony 266–7, 315–16, 407, 525, 534, 536
Hicks (formerly Prichard, née Christie), Rosalind (AC’s daughter) 47, 69, 71, 81, 169, 170, 174, 192, 193–4, 259, 260, 266, 267, 274, 275–6, 310, 315, 330, 393–4, 403, 423, 425, 430, 435–6, 470, 510, 511–12, 513, 526, 534, 544–7, 552
Hickson, Joan 210, 214
Hilton, James: Random Harvest 162, 242
Hirschfield, Al 190
Hitchcock, Alfred 88, 119, 122; Murder! 88; Rebecca 481; Suspicion 481; The Farmer’s Wife 162; The Man Who Knew Too Much 119
Hitchin, Laurence 478
Hobbes, Halliwell 189, 236
Hobson, Harold 305, 479, 504–5
Homicide Act (1957) 489
Hope-Wallace, Philip 521, 523
Hornblow Jr, Arthur 392
Horne, David 230, 231, 232, 343, 380, 389
Howard & Wyndham Ltd 213, 242–3, 268, 271, 278, 364–5, 418, 424
Howard, Barry 542
Hudson, Verity 288, 363, 467
Huggett, Richard 271, 445
Hughes Massie archive, Exeter University 21, 22, 158, 303
Hughes Massie Ltd 21, 22, 23, 24, 39, 70, 73–4, 82–3, 95, 96, 105, 108, 112, 113–14, 117, 119–20, 133, 145, 146, 149, 152, 158, 159, 160, 164, 181, 183, 186, 191–2, 209, 216, 218, 219, 220, 228, 229, 238, 243, 259, 265, 266, 289, 303, 417, 467, 481, 498, 507, 526, 530, 541, 551
Hulbert, Jack 402, 412, 551
Hull Repertory Theatre Company 87, 92
Hunt, Martita 434
Hunter, N.C. 287, 397–8
Huntly-Gordon, Anthony 331, 346, 348
Hyde White, Wilfrid 402, 405, 414
Illustrated London News 280
Independent 313
Iran 302, 509
Iraq 94, 273, 337, 344, 416, 421, 446, 457, 490
ITV 443
Jackson, Barry 40, 93, 96, 405, 474
Jeayes, Allan 176, 195
Jennings, Gertrude 14, 18, 153
Jesse, Fryn Tennyson: A Pin To See the Peepshow 322, 338
Jessel, Patricia 343, 345–6, 348–9, 367, 375, 376, 380, 384–5, 387, 389–90, 456–7, 463–4
Johns, Glynis 412
Johnson, Celia 278
Jones, Maurice 440
Jones, Patricia 289
Kabatchnik, Amnon: Blood on the Stage 13
Karen, Anna 296
Kaufman, Adolph 184, 209, 219, 220
Kavanagh, Ted 242
Keats, Viola 464
Keen, Malcolm 57
Kennedy, Margaret 5, 75, 81, 146, 481–2; The Constant Nymph 119, 121, 147, 285, 482
Kent, Kenneth 267
Kenwright, Bill 553
Kerr, Walter F. 368–71, 387, 477
Keynes, John Maynard 178, 269
King’s Theatre, Edinburgh 120, 490–1, 565
King’s Theatre, Glasgow 211, 564
King’s Theatre, Southsea 541, 566
Kitchen, Laurence 462
Knight, Joan 335
Knott, Frederick: Dial M for Murder 297, 320, 386, 483
Kon, George 89
Kon, Judith 430
Kon, Nan 71, 89, 430, 490
Krellberg, Sherman S. 293, 296, 297
Labour Party 26, 59, 60, 80, 226, 246, 264, 397–8, 400, 489
Lachman, Marvin: The Villainous Stage 13
Lanchester, Elsa 106–7, 392, 477
Landis, Jessie Royce 122
Landor, Walter Savage 450, 453, 466
Landstone, Charles 150; Off–Stage: A Personal Record of the First Twelve Years of State Sponsored Drama in Great Britain 150, 152
Lane, John 47
Lane, Lupino 232
Laughton, Charles 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 81, 90–1, 93, 99, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 117, 122, 123, 154, 197, 241, 359, 361, 383, 392, 419, 456, 477, 523–4
Law, Mary 383, 424, 427
Lawn Road Flats, Belsize Park 127, 156, 160, 196, 225, 448–9, 450, 451
Lawrence, Gertrude 147, 153, 255, 434, 440, 503
Leblanc, Maurice 62
Lee, Auriol 153, 178
Lee, Norman 162
Lehmann, Carla 212, 213
Leigh, Vivien 166, 255, 256, 378, 423, 457
Leister, Frederick 424
Lena Ashwell Players 93
Lenthall Players 396
Lenthall, Franklyn 396
Leroux, Gaston: The Mystery of the Yellow Room 62
Levin, Bernard 520–1
Lewis, Robert 382, 383, 384, 387, 391–2
Library of Congress, Washington DC 27
Life (magazine) 387
Light, Alison: Forever England 13
Lillie, Beatrice 296, 297
Linnit, Bill 162, 257, 399
Lionel Bute Ltd 74
Little Theatre, London 49–50, 76, 94, 502–3
Littler, Emile 315
Littler, Prince 174, 253, 278, 315, 365, 414, 423
Littlewood, Joan 372, 438, 455
Liverpool Repertory Theatre 54
Livesey, Roger 342, 359, 361
Llewelyn, Desmond 406
Lockhart, Robert Bruce 437
Lockwood, Julia 528, 537, 539–40, 549
Lockwood, Margaret 337, 401–3, 405, 406, 411, 412, 413, 437, 491, 514, 528, 529, 532, 533, 537, 539–40, 549, 550, 551
Lolly’s Theatre Club, New York 412
Lom, Herbert 191
London Council for the Promotion of Public Morality 327
London Pavilion 503
London Resident Company (Theatre Royal, Bath) 438–40
Lonsdale, Frederick 166, 504
Lord Chamberlain’s Office 19–20, 40, 49, 58, 59, 61, 71, 73, 75, 77, 82, 87, 91, 95, 96, 97, 100, 102, 113, 133, 142, 201, 203, 208, 303, 309, 313, 318, 342, 410, 425, 437, 453, 507, 508–9, 510, 516, 527
Lord Chamberlain’s Plays collection, British Library 19–20, 61
Lorde, André de 48
Lovegrove, Arthur 513
Lucas, Joseph 417
Lucy, Reggie 47
Lyceum Theatre, London 75
Lyceum Theatre, New York 27, 105
Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith 258, 287, 320, 462
Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue 172, 215, 232, 287, 414
MacDonald, Murray 121, 423–4, 459
Macdonnell, Leslie 520
MacDougall, Malcolm 366
MacDougall, Roger: To Dorothy, a Son 314, 316, 420
Mackintosh, Cameron 270, 547, 553
Macmillan, Harold 443–4
Maddox, Frank G. 443
Mahon, Patrick 117, 118
Maidman Playhouse, New York 395
Makinen, Merja: Agatha Christie: Investigating Femininity 13
Malden, Herbert 287, 319
Mallowan, John and Peter (nephews of Max Mallowan) 533, 536
Mallowan, Max 81–2, 87, 89, 154, 416; Akhnaton and 135–6; archaeological work 81, 87, 94, 98, 110, 135, 273, 336, 490; Ba
rbara Hastings, relationship with 448, 450–1; correspondence with AC 10, 11, 18, 19, 22, 88, 89, 92, 97, 98, 99, 105, 158, 164, 166, 169, 170, 174, 194, 195, 196–7, 198, 199, 206, 210, 211, 239, 240; death of AC and 552; Gielgud and 137; Howard Carter and 136; Kashmir and Iran, visits 509; knighted 544; Mallowan’s Memories 17, 135–6, 260–1; New York trip to accept award from University of Pennsylvania 396; Nile cruise with AC (1933) 197; Second World War and 156, 169, 226, 240; The Hollow and 260–1, 266, 267, 272–3; The Mousetrap, on success of 326, 327; Westmacott novels, on 435; Witness for the Prosecution, on 365–6, 376
Man with Red Hair, A (Levy) 76, 90, 197
Manchester Guardian 478, 479
Maney, Richard 388
Margaret, Princess 371, 411
Marney, Derrick de 164, 206, 210, 216, 243, 313, 420
Marney, Terence de 164, 210, 215, 420
Marple, Miss 8, 12, 77, 127, 210, 230, 239, 241, 244, 245, 246, 260, 276, 454, 542, 546, 552, 555
Marriage (Enabling) Act (1960) 68
Marshall’s typing agency 58, 80, 82, 95, 135
Martha’s Vineyard Gazette 224–5, 439
Mason, Herbert 150, 152
Matrimonial Causes Act (1923) 44, 56; 1937 56, 153
Maurey, Max 48
Mayo, Margaret 178
McCracken, Esther 178, 215, 232
McGill, Donald 523
Medcraft, Russell 295
Menteath, Judy 86
Merivale, Bernard 145–6
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) 25, 392, 494
Meyer, Bertie 276, 292, 527; Alibi and 74, 75, 76, 78, 160; Appointment with Death and 206, 207, 208, 209–10, 211, 212–13, 214, 215–16, 219, 242; background and early theatre career 75; Black Coffee and 94; death 554; Meet Mr Callaghan and 320, 420; Murder at the Vicarage and 241–2, 245, 258, 259, 269, 417; Noddy in Toyland and 414, 415; St Martin’s Theatre and 55, 75, 94; Ten Little Niggers/Ten Little Indians and 160, 161, 162–4, 165–6, 170, 171, 174, 181, 184, 192, 195, 206, 207, 208, 212, 219, 241–2, 517–18, 546; The Hollow and 259, 264–5, 268, 276; Towards Zero and 226, 359, 416, 417–19, 420–2, 424, 425
Meyer, Louis B. 392
Mill at Sonning Theatre 126, 556
Miller, Clara (AC’s mother) 33, 34–5, 47, 48
Miller, Frederick (AC’s father) 33, 34–5, 63
Miller, Gilbert 27, 105, 377–82, 384, 385, 386, 387, 389, 390, 391–2, 393, 397, 423, 481
Miller, Monty (AC’s brother) 33, 81, 471
Mills, John 172, 287, 328–9, 359, 361, 365
Mitchell, Esther 223
Monkhouse, Allan: Mary Broome 98–9
Morden Park Sound Studios 465
Morgan, Claudia 190
Morgan, Janet 15–16, 242
Morley, Robert 287, 342, 414
Morrow, Jeff 296
Morton, Michael 73, 74, 76, 77, 79, 105, 185, 377, 566
Moss Empires and Howard & Wyndham Tours Ltd 119, 120, 121, 122, 213, 253, 254, 258, 365
Mossadegh, Mohammed 302
Motte, Mischa de la 206, 230
Mount, Peggy 550
Mountbatten, Lord and Lady 479–80
Mullen, Barbara 244, 245–6, 552
Muller, Robert 494
Murphy, Althea 223
Murray, Braham: The Worst It Can Be Is a Disaster 550
National Theatre 54, 328, 524, 551
National Trust 18
Neele, Nancy 70, 71, 81, 490
New Theatre, London 10, 111, 121, 194, 215, 232
New Theatre, Northampton 244
New York Drama Critics Circle Award 390
New York Evening Journal 105, 124
New York Herald Tribune 236, 368–71, 387
New York Journal-American 188, 395
New York Post 188, 236, 387
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts 237, 396
New York Sun 388
New York Times 106, 123–4, 186, 187, 190, 209, 223, 224, 235, 296, 297, 298, 386, 395, 396, 482, 551
New Yorker 236, 491
Newell, Joan 276, 287, 294, 319
News of the World 281, 479
Ney, Marie 121–2
Nimrud, Iraq 336, 462, 490
1930 Players 121
Nineveh, Iraq 94, 101, 509
Noel, Wendy 460, 464
Norman, Norman V. 75
Northen, Michael 495
Notable British Trials 338
Novello, Ivor: Gay’s the Word 278; The Dancing Years 177
O’Brien, Barry 216, 229, 232, 258
O’Connor, Una 392
O’Malley, Pat 189–90
O’Neill, Dennis 305
Ober, Harold 26; AC’s tax affairs and 110, 534, 536; Cork and 21, 110, 225, 234, 293, 298, 377, 381–2, 388–9, 390, 391, 393, 394, 412, 452, 480, 534; death 480–1; Hidden Horizon and 227, 234; Murder on the Nile and 238; Spider’s Web and 412; Ten Little Indians and 183; The Hollow/The Suspects and 293, 294, 295, 298, 299, 300, 379, 388; The Mousetrap and 396, 412; Towards Zero and 209, 219, 225–6, 227; Verdict and 452; Wasp’s Nest and 110; Witness for the Prosecution and 377, 379, 381–2, 388–9, 390, 391, 392, 393, 394
Observer 76, 78, 93, 100, 119, 121–2, 168, 175, 208, 214, 231, 246, 280, 320–1, 411, 427, 441–2, 461–2, 478, 491–2, 522
Ogden, Charles 143
Old Vic, The 123, 138, 524, 551
Old Vic Company 10, 178, 194, 215, 232, 267–8, 337, 366, 474
Olding, Dorothy 481
Olivier, Laurence 97, 113, 215, 232, 255, 337, 378, 406, 423, 474, 481
Orient Express 81
Orsatti, Frank 187
Orton, Joe: Entertaining Mr Sloane 527, 558
Osborne, Charles: novelisation of AC’s plays 483; The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie 13, 113, 134, 483
Osborne, John 153; Look Back in Anger 3, 441–2, 456; The World of Paul Slickley 460
Overture Theatres Ltd 163, 243
Page, Louise 126, 556
Palace Theatre, London 551
Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea 553
Palau, Pierre 126
Palm Beach Post 482
Paris, France 36, 48, 49, 50, 51, 75, 107, 138, 328, 483
Parish Rooms, Torquay 36
Parker, Cecil 359, 361
Pathé 62
Pattie, David: Modern British Playwriting; the 1950s 269
Payne, Ned 223
Pember, Clifford 187
People’s Entertainment Society (PES) 170–4, 177, 181, 206, 215–16, 232, 242, 246, 292, 485, 556
Perry, John 257
Phillpotts, Adelaide Eden 39, 41, 81; Akhnaton 137–45, 146; father and 137, 138, 139–40; Good Old Days 162; Reveries 138; The Wasps’ Nest (Philpotts/Stewart) 144–5; Yellow Sands 112, 137, 214
Phillpotts, Eden 81; daughter and 137, 138, 139–40; Good Old Days 162; mentor of AC 39–41, 47, 144; The Secret Woman 40; Yellow Sands 41, 112, 138, 214;
Phoenix Theatre, London 287, 320, 459, 518
Piccadilly Theatre, London 81, 213, 216, 279, 457
Pinter, Harold 378, 442, 462, 491
Playhouse Theatre, London 245–6, 258
Plymouth Theatre, New York 187, 195, 223, 235, 298
Poe, Edgar Allan: ‘The Murders in the Rue Morgue’ 62
Pomeroy, Jay 174, 181
Poirot, Hercule 8, 29, 73–107, 108, 109, 110, 127, 145, 149, 150, 151, 196–8, 204, 207, 236, 239, 241, 247, 260, 267, 268, 276, 279, 280, 281, 324, 341, 381, 382, 383, 417, 419, 454, 469, 485, 486, 487, 501–2, 503, 524, 533, 542, 555, 562
Portman, Eric 359, 361
Portsmouth Evening News 541
Power, Tyrone 392
Prichard, Hubert (AC’s son-in-law) 169, 226, 470
Prichard, Mathew (AC’s grandson) 169–70, 291, 310, 311, 315, 330
Priestley, J.B. 54, 120, 153, 173, 174, 485–6; An Inspector Calls 306; Dangerous Corner 203, 486; Eden End 167; How Are They At Home? 172; They Came To a City 168–9, 170, 172, 177; Time and the Conways 497
Prince of Wales Theatre,
London 8, 78, 79
Prince’s Theatre, London 476–7
Punch 321, 438
Pwllywrach, Glamorgan 260, 470
‘Q’ Theatre, Brentford 86, 162
Queen Elizabeth II 411, 412, 437, 479
Queen Mary 286, 287, 304, 313, 317, 411
Queen Mother 411
Queen’s Theatre, London 57, 93, 122, 154
Racine, Jean 59
Radio Times 109
Rahvis of Mayfair 465
Rains, Claude 259, 361
Rathbone, Basil 125, 237
Rattigan, Terence 8, 148, 378, 440–1, 442, 451, 504, 535; Flare Path 172, 177, 346, 456; Love in Idleness 215; Separate Tables 414, 441; The Deep Blue Sea 320, 440, 441, 459; Variation on a Theme 459–60; While the Sun Shines 215; Who Is Sylvia? 279
Raymond, Cyril 424
Rea, Alec 25, 54–5, 83, 84–6, 87, 93, 96, 100, 101, 122, 146, 151, 205, 214, 216, 228–9, 278, 292, 302, 382
Reading, Jack 303
Reandco 84, 85, 87, 89, 94, 95, 96, 99, 100, 101, 216, 218, 227, 228, 229, 230, 232–3, 234, 235–6, 277, 278, 302, 457
ReandeaN 55–6, 84–5, 105, 119, 405
Red magazine 503
Redding, Lawrence 242, 245
Redmond, Moira 457, 462
Reeve, Arthur B 61–2, 64, 80, 562; The Exploits of Elaine 61–4
Regent Theatre, London 105
Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London 85, 265
Reinheimer, Howard 293–4, 299, 388, 533, 536
Rewse-White, D. 232
Reynolds News 402
Richardson, Ralph 215, 232, 255, 317, 359, 360, 368, 397
Richmond Theatre, London 162
Ridley, Arnold 149, 303; The Ghost Train 149; Peril at End House adaptation 148–52, 155, 158, 159–60, 195, 198, 205, 216, 238
Rix, Brian 406, 533
RKO 184
Robeson, Paul 100
Robinson, Edward G. 381
Robson, Flora 277, 343, 359
Robyns, Gwen: The Mystery of Agatha Christie 16, 17, 330, 341, 407, 424, 557
Rodford, Peter 476
Roffey, Jack: Hostile Witness 337, 343; Justice is a Woman 343
Roos, Audrey 474
Roos, William 474
Rosehill Theatre, Cumbria 532
Ross, Adelaide see Phillpotts, Adelaide
Rowland, Susan: From Agatha Christie to Ruth Rendell 13
Rowse, A.L. 11
Royal Court Theatre, London 3, 7, 93, 308–9, 441, 442, 491, 551, 553, 558
Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool 244–5
Royal Shakespeare Company 524, 550–1, 556
Royalty Theatre, London 83, 172, 551
Sadler’s Wells 178, 462, 551
Sagan, Leontine 178
Samuel French Ltd 20, 24, 125, 152, 201, 216, 238, 373, 410, 428, 465, 481, 525, 563, 564, 565, 566, 567