Mary Mead, or another locale where Miss Marple is visiting. So delightful, that I can imagine Agatha Christie saying “Yes, by gosh, she’s got it!”Īs usual, we get the beautiful backdrop of quaint villages, whether they are Miss Marple’s very own St. She is absolutely delightful as Miss Marple. She is able to smile demurely while delivering a quick-witted come-back which her targeted person thinks is simply an observation. I think that McEwan puts into the Miss Marple character the same patient grace that she seems most capable of conveying. I have read reviews that state… essentially… that McEwan is NOT Miss Marple.

In 2005, Great Britain (a Granada production) gave us yet another wonderful “television event.” For the purposes of this review, I will refer to these shows as the “Miss Marple”series… Yes, I know that before McEwan we had Margaret Rutherford, Helen Hayes, and Joan Hickson, amongst several other actress who portrayed Miss Jane Marple, but for the purposes of this blog, McEwan is Miss Marple.

(That last sentence will probably only make sense to those of you who have been lucky enough to see the first season of Mapp and Lucia… another cozy, although not a mystery, production.) Geraldine McEwan (the particular actress) brings a fresh portrayal of Miss Marple with almost the same mischievous glint in her expressive eyes as she displayed while portraying E. Just recently, one of my very favorite actresses took a stab at portraying one of the most famous cozy mystery characters of all time… Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple.

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