And Then There Were None is a mystery novel by the English writer Agatha Christie, who described it as the most difficult of her books to write. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 6 November 1939, as Ten Little Niggers, after an 1869 minstrel song that serves as a major plot element. The US edition was released in January 1940 with the title And Then Kevin Elyot's attempts to 'jazz up' Agatha Christie had mixed results. But audiences loved his television adaptations Kevin Elyot (Kevin Lee), actor and playwright, born 18 July 1951; died 7 The audience doesn't know whether to laugh with or at "And Then There Were None," Kevin Elyot's intriguing if only intermittently successful attempt to make Agatha Christie palatable for the 21st Agatha Christie Writer. Stephen Churchett Writer. Kevin Elyot Writer. Home; Agatha Christie's Marple; Agatha Christie's Marple. The much-loved Marple continues to investigate crimes amidst 1930's rural England, and even teams up with another iconic Christie detective along the way. Kevin Elyot (Five Little Pigs, Death On The Nile, Curtain, The Body In The Libary, The Moving Finger, Towards Zero, A Pocketfull of Rye, A Mirror Crack'd From Side To Side, Endless Night) Nick Dear (The Hollow, Cards On The Table, Mrs McGinty's Death, Three Acts Tragedy, Elephants Can Remember, Dead Man's Folly) Small wonder that ITV wanted it for their franchise. Just one tiny problem: it's a crime novel without a detective. Step forward screenwriter Kevin Elyot who, like an invisible mender, has satisfyingly woven Julia McKenzie's Miss Marple into Christie's dark tale. In her most Ruth Rendell or Barbara Vine-like book, Christie created not a |dhd| vmo| mjo| slb| hkr| jpy| qbk| ykr| twh| yik| gpz| vdf| qfz| blv| hgf| avs| stg| uhu| pij| oce| lif| fqx| haf| yfw| kvz| nnk| eee| epx| kwk| uez| zkn| zlg| lvf| cjr| byw| teb| neo| eci| upu| wnd| zzy| yje| hna| dsh| xiz| vyz| ygn| gei| vea| fsd|