Some elements of the plot were also incorporated into the 1964 film Murder Ahoy!, which starred Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple, along with a token tribute to The Mousetrap. In 2009 it was Julia McKenzie’s turn to be Miss Marple in ITV’s adaptation – the rich Ruth van Rydock was played by Joan Collins. The BBC adapted it in 1982 with Joan Hickson as Miss Marple. Murder with Mirrors, an adaptation starring Helen Hayes was broadcast by CBS in 1985. Dodd, Mead published the true first edition in 1952 (again calling it Murder with Mirrors) with Collins Crime Club publishing in November that year under Christie’s preferred title. The April 1952 issue of the US edition of Cosmopolitan saw the publication of Murder With Mirrors with illustrations by Joe Bowler and in the UK the novel was serialised in the weekly magazine John Bull in six abridged instalments with illustrations by George Ditton.
More about this story: Like many Agatha Christie novels, They Do It with Mirrors was first published in a condensed form. Pure coincidence? Miss Marple thinks not, and vows to discover the real reason for Mr Gilbrandsen’s visit.
But a mysterious visitor, Mr Gilbrandsen, is less fortunate – shot dead simultaneously in another part of the building. Her fears are confirmed when a youth fires a revolver at the administrator, Lewis Serrocold. Miss Marple senses danger when she visits a friend living in a Victorian mansion which doubles as a rehabilitation centre for delinquents. Synopsis: A man is shot at in a juvenile reform home – but someone else dies… Desplazarse hacia abajo para acceder a la versión en español
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