Opening Night
by:
James Saxon (author)
Ngaio Marsh (author)
Dreams of stardom had lured Martyn from New Zealand to make the round of West End agents and managers in search of work. Driven by necessity, she accepted the job of dresser to a leading lady. The opening night brought a strange turn of the wheel of fortune, and to one member of the cast death.
Dreams of stardom had lured Martyn from New Zealand to make the round of West End agents and managers in search of work. Driven by necessity, she accepted the job of dresser to a leading lady. The opening night brought a strange turn of the wheel of fortune, and to one member of the cast death.
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Format: Audio Cassette
ISBN:
9780745161433 (074516143X)
ASIN: 074516143X
Publish date: 1990-11
Publisher: Chivers
Edition language: English
Series: Roderick Alleyn (#16)
bookshelves: published-1951, winter-20102011, play-dramatisation Read from December 29 to 31, 2010 workaday mp3 From the leading lady's liaison to the harassment of an aging juvenile lead-there's never a dull moment, darling, at the Vulcan Theatre. But vanity and hysterics, suspicion and s...
One of my favourite books. The protagonist (while perhaps a little too good to be true) effortlessly captures sympathy, and her journey is marvellously complemented by a full cast of rich and vivid characters.
I like detectives. Not all of them by any means, but I like them. Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, Lord Peter Wimsey, Inspector Grant, and most recently, Inspector Alleyn. Any new-to-me Alleyn mystery is a cause for rejoicing, the donning of a smoking jacket and the putting up of an 'occupied' sign on m...
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