The works of Agatha Christie [v1.1]
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The works of Agatha Christie Hercule Poirot Title CAST Adaptations [SEE KEY] [SEE KEY] Year The Mysterious Affair at Styles 1920 AB DS 1990, JM2005 The Murder on the Links 1923 AJL JM1990, DS1996 Poirot Investigates 1924 AB DS1990-93 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd 1926 The Big Four 1927 ABCL DS2012 The Mystery of the Blue Train 1928 FLd MD1985-86, DS2006, Peril at End House 1932 AB DS1990, JM2000 Lord Edgware Dies 1933 AB AT1934, PU1985, Notes Short stories AT1931 (“Alibi”), JM1987, DS2000 No radio adaptation aka “Thirteen at Dinner” JM1992, DS2000 Murder on the Orient Express 1934 Three Act Tragedy 1935 AF1974, JM1993, AM2001, DS2010 D PU1986, JM2003, aka “Murder in Three Acts” DS2010 Death in the Clouds 1935 B DS1992, JM2004 The A.B.C Murders 1936 AB TR1966, DS1992, aka “The Alphabet Murders” JM2000 Murder in Mesopotamia 1936 Cards on the Table 1936 EGHO DS2006, JM2006 Dumb Witness 1937 A DS1997, JM2010 Death on the Nile 1937 G PU1978, JM1997, JM1994, DS2001 aka “Poirot Loses a Client” DS2004 Murder in the Mews 1937 Appointment with Death 1938 A DS1989-93 Short stories PU1988, JM2001, DS2008 Hercule Poirot’s Christmas 1938 Sad Cypress 1940 One, Two, Buckle My Shoe 1940 DS1992, JM2010 Evil Under the Sun 1941 PU1982, JM1998, DS2001 Five Little Pigs 1942 JM1994, DS2003 aka “Murder in Retrospect” The Hollow 1946 DS2004 No radio adaptation PS1986, DS1995 B JM1992, DS2003 aka “Murder After Hours” The Complete Works of Agatha Christie v1.1 (January 2012) The Labours of Hercules 1947 BCIJ DS2012 No radio adaptation Taken at the Flood 1948 K JM2003, DS2006 aka “There Is A Tide” Mrs. McGinty’s Dead 1952 EK MR1964 (“Murder Most Foul”), JM2006, DS2008 After the Funeral 1953 F MR1963 (“Murder at the Gallop”), JM1999, DS2006 Hickory Dickory Dock 1955 I DS1995 Dead Man’s Folly 1956 EI PU1986, JM2007, No radio adaptation DS2012 Cat Among the Pigeons 1959 JMN DS2008 No radio adaptation The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding 1960 IJ DS1989-93, JM2004 Short stories The Clocks 1963 DS2011 No radio adaptation Third Girl 1966 EFI DS2008 No radio adaptation Hallowe’en Party 1969 EK JM1993, DS2010 Elephants Can Remember 1972 EFIK JM2009, DS2013 Poirot’s Early Cases 1974 ABCIL DS1989-93 Short stories “The Lemesurier Inheritance” not adapted Curtain 1975 Problem at Pollensa Bay [selections] 1991 While the Light Lasts 1997 AJ A DS2013 No radio adaptation N/A Short stories [noncanonical]* N/A Short stories [noncanonical]* [selections] * Stories published posthumously, all of which were later reworked by Christie into newer short stories. see also: plays Key to recurring characters in the Poirot books A – CAPTAIN ARTHUR HASTINGS G – COLONEL RACE M – COLONEL PIKEAWAY B – CHIEF INSPECTOR JAMES JAPP H – SUPERINTENDENT BATTLE N – MR. ROBINSON C – COUNTESS VERA ROSSAKOFF I – MISS FELICITY LEMON D – MR. SATTERTHWAITE J – GEORGE O – MAJOR DESPARD AND RHODA d – BORIS IVANOVITCH E – ARIADNE OLIVER K – SUPERINTENDENT SPENCE F – MR. GOBY L – JOSEPH AARONS Key to adaptations of Poirot The Complete Works of Agatha Christie v1.1 (January 2012) AF = ALBERT FINNEY (FILM) MD = MAURICE DENHAM (BBC RADIO PLAY) AM = ALFRED MOLINA (TV FILM) MR = MARGARET RUTHERFORD (MARPLE) AT = AUSTIN TREVOR (FILM) PS = PETER SALLIS (BBC RADIO PLAY) DS= DAVID SUCHET (TV SERIES) PU = PETER USTINOV (FILM / TV FILM) JM = JOHN MOFFATT (BBC RADIO PLAY) TR = TONY RANDALL (FILM) Miss Jane Marple Title The Murder at the Vicarage Year 1930 CAST [SEE KEY] PRSU Adaptations Notes [SEE KEY] JU1987, JW1993, GM2004 The Thirteen Problems 1932 RSTV JMC2010 Short stories Only “The Blue Geranium” adapted The Body in the Library 1942 PRTUV JH1984, JW1999, GM2004 The Moving Finger 1942 X JH1985, JW2001, GM2006 A Murder is Announced 1950 QV GF1956, JH1985, JW1999, GM2005 They Do It With Mirrors MR1964 (“Murder 1952 Ahoy!”) , HH1985, JH1991, JW2001, JMC2009 A Pocket Full of Rye JH1987, JW1995, 1953 JMC2009 4.50 From Paddington 1957 QU MR1961 (“Murder She Said”), JH1987, JW1997, GM2004 The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding [selection] 1960 The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side 1962 A Caribbean Mystery 1964 The Complete Works of Agatha Christie N/A QRT aka “What Mrs McGillicuddy Saw!” Short story: “Greenshaw’s Folly” AL1980, JH1992, JW1998, JMC2011 e HH1983, JH1989, v1.1 (January 2012) JW1997, JMC2012 At Bertram’s Hotel 1965 NS JH1987, JW1995, GM2007 Nemesis 1971 e JH1987, JW1998, GM2009 Sleeping Murder 1976 RSTb JH1987, JW2001, GM2006 Miss Marple’s Final Cases 1979 R TV1982 Short stories Only one [non-Marple] story adapted see also: adaptations of Tommy & Tuppence, and other novels Key to recurring characters in the Marple books N – MR. ROBINSON T – DOLLY BANTRY P – INSPECTOR SLACK U – GRISELDA AND LEONARD CLEMENT X – REV. CALEB AND MRS. MAUD DANE CALTHROP b - MRS. JULIA LANCASTER V – SIR HENRY CLITHERING e – JASON RAFIEL Q – INSPECTOR DERMOT CRADDOCK R – DR. HAYDOCK S – RAYMOND WEST Key to adaptations of Marple AL= ANGELA LANSBURY (FILM) JMC = JULIA MCKENZIE (TV SERIES) GF = GRACIE FIELDS (TV FILM) JMC = JUNE WHITFIELD (BBC RADIO PLAY) GM = GERALDINE MCEWAN (TV SERIES) MR = MARGARET RUTHERFORD (FILM) HH = HELEN HAYES (FILM) TV1982 = “THE AGATHA CHRISTIE HOUR” JH = JOAN HICKSON (TV SERIES) Tommy and Tuppence Title The Secret Adversary The Complete Works of Agatha Christie Year CAST [SEE KEY] 1922 Wd Adaptations Notes [SEE KEY] JWA/FA1983 v1.1 (January 2012) Partners in Crime 1929 JWA/FA1983-84 W Short stories Some not adapted N or M? 1941 W N/A By the Pricking of My Thumbs 1968 b GM + AA/GS2006 Postern of Fate 1973 NOW N/A Key to recurring characters in the Tommy & Tuppence books N – MR. ROBINSON b - MRS. JULIA LANCASTER O – MAJOR DESPARD AND RHODA W – ALBERT d – BORIS IVANOVITCH (FORMERLY ?) Key to adaptations of Tommy & Tuppence AA/GS = ANTHONY ANDREWS & GRETA SCACCHI (TV: “MARPLE”) GM = GERALDINE MCEWAN (TV: “MARPLE”) JWA/FA = JAMES WARWICK & FRANCESCA ANNIS (TV SERIES) Others Title Year CAST [SEE KEY] Adaptations Notes [SEE KEY] The Man in the Brown Suit 1924 G 1988 The Secret of Chimneys 1925 HYf JMC2010 The Seven Dials Mystery 1929 HYf HA1981, JMC2012 The Mysterious Mr. Quin 1930 DZ SR1928 Short stories Most not adapted The Sittaford Mystery 1931 BBC1990, GM2006 aka “Murder at Hazelmoor” The Hound of Death 1933 TV1982 Short stories Only two adapted The Listerdale Mystery PH1937, PH1938, TV1982 1934 Short stories Only four adapted Parker Pyne Investigates 1934 EIa MD1982 Short stories Only two adapted Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? The Complete Works of Agatha Christie 1934 1980, JMC2011 aka “The Boomerang Clue” v1.1 (January 2012) Murder is Easy 1939 And Then There Were None 1939 H 1982, JMC2009 aka “Easy to Kill” 1945, 1965, 1974, 1987, 1989 aka “Ten Little Niggers” Towards Zero 1944 Death Comes as the End 1944 Sparkling Cyanide 1945 Crooked House 1949 2012 [rumoured] They Came to Baghdad 1951 N/A Destination Unknown 1954 N/A Ordeal by Innocence 1958 1985, GM2007 The Pale Horse 1961 Endless Night 1967 Passenger to Frankfurt 1970 MN N/A Problem at Pollensa Bay 1991 DZaf TV1982 H aka “Ten Little Indians” 1995 (“Innocent Lies”), GM2008 N/A G EOXb 1983, 2003 aka “Remembered Death” BBC1993, 1996, JMC2010 1972, JMC2013 Short stories Only one adapted While The Light Lasts 1997 N/A Short stories Key to recurring characters of non-series books D – MR. SATTERTHWAITE M – COLONEL PIKEAWAY a - MR. PARKER PYNE E – ARIADNE OLIVER N – MR. ROBINSON b - MRS. JULIA LANCASTER G – COLONEL RACE X – REV. CALEB AND MRS. MAUD DANE CALTHROP Y – LADY EILEEN “BUNDLE” BRENT f – COLONEL MELROSE H – SUPERINTENDENT BATTLE I – MISS FELICITY LEMON Z – HARLEY QUIN Key to adaptations of non-series books AF = ALBERT FINNEY BBC = BBC RADIO PLAY MD = MAURICE DENHAM [TV: “THE AGATHA CHRISTIE HOUR”] HA = HARRY ANDREWS [TV MOVIE] PH = “PHILOMEL COTTAGE” ADAPTED AS “LOVE FROM A STRANGER” [FILM] JMC = JULIA MCKENZIE [TV: “MARPLE”] SR = STEWART ROME [FILM] GM = GERALDINE MCEWAN [TV: “MARPLE”] The Complete Works of Agatha Christie v1.1 (January 2012) TV1982 = TV: “THE AGATHA CHRISTIE HOUR” Novels as “Mary Westmacott” Title Giant’s Bread Year 1930 Unfinished Portrait 1934 Absent in the Spring 1944 The Rose and the Yew Tree 1948 A Daughter’s A Daughter 1952 The Burden 1956 Plays * note: does not include plays adapted from novels/short stories, where the original work is more renowned Title Black Coffee Year 1930 Adaptations Austin Trevor 1931 Notes Poirot Novelized by Charles Osborne The Mousetrap 1952 N/A Witness for the Prosecution 1953 1957, 1982 Spider’s Web 1954 1960, 1982 Verdict 1958 N/A The Unexpected Guest 1958 BBC Radio 1981 Rule of Three: 1962 N/A 1973 N/A o o o Novelised by Charles Osborne Novelised by Charles Osborne Afternoon at the Seaside The Rats The Patient Akhnaton The Complete Works of Agatha Christie v1.1 (January 2012) Other Works Title The Road of Dreams Year 1925 Notes The Floating Admiral 1931 Co-authored with ‘The Detection Club’ Come, Tell Me How You Live 1946 Non-fiction Star Over Bethlehem 1965 Poetry Poems 1973 Poetry Agatha Christie: An Autobiography 1977 Non-fiction Murder by the Book 1986 Parody film about Dame Christie Poetry Complete key to Dame Christie’s recurring characters REGULARS: F – MR. GOBY T – DOLLY BANTRY HERCULE POIROT G – COLONEL RACE MISS JANE MARPLE H – SUPERINTENDENT BATTLE U – GRISELDA AND LEONARD CLEMENT THOMAS “TOMMY” BERESFORD I – MISS FELICITY LEMON V – SIR HENRY CLITHERING PRUDENCE “TUPPENCE” COWLEY BERESFORD J – GEORGE W – ALBERT K – SUPERINTENDENT SPENCE X – REV. CALEB AND MRS. MAUD DANE CALTHROP Y – LADY EILEEN “BUNDLE” BRENT L – JOSEPH AARONS RECURRING: M – COLONEL PIKEAWAY A – CAPTAIN ARTHUR HASTINGS N – MR. ROBINSON B – INSPECTOR JAMES JAPP O – MAJOR DESPARD AND RHODA P – INSPECTOR SLACK C – COUNTESS VERA ROSSAKOFF D – MR. SATTERTHWAITE E – ARIADNE OLIVER The Complete Works of Agatha Christie Q – INSPECTOR DERMOT CRADDOCK R – DR. HAYDOCK S – RAYMOND WEST Z – HARLEY QUIN a - MR. PARKER PYNE b - MRS. JULIA LANCASTER d – BORIS IVANOVITCH e – JASON RAFIEL f – COLONEL MELROSE v1.1 (January 2012)
