Murder, Margaret and Me

Murder, Margaret and Me is a 2015 play written by Philip Meeks. It was directed by Damian Cruden.

Summary
Murder, Margaret and Me is the story of an unlikely friendship between famed actress Margaret Rutherford and world-renowned Queen of Crime Agatha Christie. In the early sixties, these two national treasures were the creative force behind one of British cinema’s most successful franchises. But the Miss Marple movies were almost never made...

One-woman version
The play was first written as a one-woman show, and was performed by Janet Prince during Edinburgh Fringe (awarded a Edinburgh Fringe First award) in 2012, and in New York in 2014.

2017
In 2017 the play was performed at York Theatre Royal and Salisbury Playhouse.

Cast

 * Nichola McAuliffe as Agatha Christie
 * Susie Blake as Margaret Rutherford
 * Andrina Carroll as The Spinster

Andrina Carroll replaced actress Indira Joshi who was forced to leave rehersals due to personal reasons.

Tour dates

 * 26 - 28 September: Churchill Theatre, Bromley
 * 30 September - 5 October: Theatre Royal, Windsor
 * 8 - 12 October: Malvern Festival Theatre
 * 14 - 19 October: Theatre Royal, Winchester
 * 22 - 26 October: Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne
 * 28 - 30 October: New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich
 * 31 October - 2 November: The Haymarket, Basingstoke
 * 4 - 9 November: Kings Theatre, Portsmouth
 * 11 - 13 November: Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds
 * 14 - 16 November: Derby Theatre

Cast

 * Lin Blakley as Agatha Christie
 * Sarah Parks as Margaret Rutherford
 * Gilly Tompkins as The Spinster