{"id":8444,"date":"2017-07-30T08:00:04","date_gmt":"2017-07-30T08:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8444"},"modified":"2017-07-30T08:00:04","modified_gmt":"2017-07-30T08:00:04","slug":"a-murder-is-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8444","title":{"rendered":"A Murder Is Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Agatha Christie\u00a0&#8220;A Murder Is Announced&#8221; was published in 1950. It\u00a0features the investigative Miss Marple.<\/p>\n<h2>The plot<\/h2>\n<p>Curiosity is aroused when\u00a0an advertisement appears in the local gazette\u00a0entitled \u2018A murder is announced\u2019. The date and\u00a0time of the murder are given, as is the venue &#8211; Little Paddocks &#8211;\u00a0but what could it all\u00a0mean? Will it be some sort of parlour game? Could it be a\u00a0practical joke? Or something more sinister?<\/p>\n<p>To find out more about\u00a0the mysterious invitation, a crowd gathers at Little Paddocks at the appointed time\u00a0as requested.<\/p>\n<p>Then suddenly, without warning, the lights go out\u2026and a gun is fired&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/0563510900\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;creativeASIN=0563510900&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=invittoevent-21\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=0563510900&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=GB&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=invittoevent-21\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none !important;margin:0!important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=invittoevent-21&amp;l=as2&amp;o=2&amp;a=0563510900\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Can June Whitfield as Miss Marple work out what has happened and why?<\/p>\n<h2>New production<\/h2>\n<p>The Middle Ground Theatre Company Ltd is touring their production of\u00a0this classic Miss Marple mystery. Adapted for the Stage by Leslie Darbon, it is designed and directed by Michael Lunney. The star cast for 2017 includes Lousie Jameson as Miss Marple and Janet Dibley as Letitia Blacklock.<\/p>\n<p>From Tue 15 &#8211; Sat 19 August 2017 they will be playing <a href=\"https:\/\/orchardtheatre.co.uk\/online\/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&amp;BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=19FD1A97-61DB-465C-BA4F-30C54F0C821C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:#0066cc;\">The Orchard Theatre<\/span><\/a>, Dartford. For other venues and dates see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.middlegroundtheatre.co.uk\/Wordpress\/a-murder-is-announced-dates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:#0066cc;\">The Middle Ground Theatre Company <\/span><\/a>website.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10816\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10816\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.middlegroundtheatre.co.uk\/Wordpress\/a-murder-is-announced-dates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10816\" src=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/murderisannouced_aug16_prolnew1.jpg\" alt=\"Murder Is Announced at the Orchard Theatre, Dartford\" width=\"900\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/murderisannouced_aug16_prolnew1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/murderisannouced_aug16_prolnew1-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/murderisannouced_aug16_prolnew1-768x320.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10816\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Murder Is Announced &#8211; Photo copyright of Middle Ground Theatre Company Ltd<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curiosity is aroused when\u00a0an advertisement appears in the local gazette\u00a0entitled \u2018A murder is announced\u2019. &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8444\">More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Murder Is Announced<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[662,5,580,482],"tags":[1416,339],"class_list":["post-8444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-literature","category-murder-mystery","category-murder-mystery-books","category-murder-mystery-theatre","tag-a-murder-is-announced","tag-agatha-christie"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - 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