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Ngaio Marsh

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Dame Ngaio Marsh (23 April 1895 – 18 February 1982), born Edith Ngaio Marsh, was a New Zealand crime writer and theatre director. [1]

78 relations: A Man Lay Dead, Agatha Christie, Allan Wilkie, Anagotus stephenensis, Artists in Crime, Arts council, BBC, Black as He's Painted, Christchurch, Clutch of Constables, Colour Scheme, Crime fiction, Criminal investigation department, Crown Court (TV series), Dead Water (novel), Death and the Dancing Footman, Death at the Bar, Death at the Dolphin, Death in a White Tie, Death in Ecstasy, Detective fiction, Died in the Wool, Dorothy L. Sayers, Enter a Murderer, False Scent, Film adaptation, Final Curtain (novel), Gentleman detective, Geoffrey Keen, George Baker (actor), Golden Age of Detective Fiction, Grave Mistake, Hamlet, Hand in Glove (novel), ITV (TV network), Jeremy Clyde, Last Ditch, Light Thickens, Luigi Pirandello, Margery Allingham, Metropolitan Police Service, Michael Allinson, Myoporum laetum, New Zealand Players, Ngaio Marsh Theatre, Ngaio Marsh Theatre (TV series), Off with His Head, Opening Night (novel), Order of the British Empire, Othello, ..., Overture to Death, Painting, Patrick Malahide, Photo Finish (novel), Robert Speight, Roderick Alleyn, Scales of Justice (novel), Short story, Simon Williams (actor), Singing in the Shrouds, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Spinsters in Jeopardy, St Margaret's College, Christchurch, Stella Duffy, Surfeit of Lampreys, Swing Brother Swing, The Group (New Zealand art), The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, The Nursing Home Murder, Theatre, Theatre director, Tied Up in Tinsel, True crime, University of Canterbury, University of Canterbury Drama Society, Vintage Murder, When in Rome (novel). Expand index (28 more) »

A Man Lay Dead

A Man Lay Dead is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the first novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1934.

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Agatha Christie

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, (born Miller; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer.

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Allan Wilkie

Allan Wilkie CBE (9 February 1878 – 7 January 1970) was an English Shakespearean actor of Scottish descent noted for his career in Australia.

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Anagotus stephenensis

Anagotus stephenensis, commonly known as the ngaio weevil, is a large flightless weevil that is only found on Stephens Island in New Zealand.

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Artists in Crime

Artists in Crime is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the sixth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1938.

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Arts council

An arts council is a government or private non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the arts; mainly by funding local artists, awarding prizes, and organizing arts events.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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Black as He's Painted

Black As He's Painted (1974) is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh, the 28th to feature Roderick Alleyn.

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Christchurch

Christchurch (Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region.

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Clutch of Constables

Clutch of Constables is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the twenty-fifth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1968.

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Colour Scheme

Colour Scheme is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the twelfth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1943.

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Crime fiction

Crime fiction is the literary genre that fictionalises crimes, their detection, criminals, and their motives.

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Criminal investigation department

A criminal investigation department (CID) is the branch of all territorial police forces within the British Police, and many other Commonwealth police forces, to which plainclothes detectives belong.

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Crown Court (TV series)

Crown Court is a television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network which ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in the legal system of England and Wales, to 1984.

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Dead Water (novel)

Dead Water is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the twenty-third novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1964.

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Death and the Dancing Footman

Death and the Dancing Footman is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the eleventh novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1942.

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Death at the Bar

Death at the Bar is a 1940 novel by Ngaio Marsh, which was adapted for television in 1993 as part of the Inspector Alleyn Mysteries.

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Death at the Dolphin

Death at the Dolphin is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the twenty-fourth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1967.

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Death in a White Tie

Death in a White Tie is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh.

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Death in Ecstasy

Death in Ecstasy is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the fourth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1936.

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Detective fiction

Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator or a detective—either professional, amateur or retired—investigates a crime, often murder.

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Died in the Wool

Died in the Wool is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the thirteenth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1945.

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Dorothy L. Sayers

Dorothy Leigh Sayers (13 June 1893 – 17 December 1957) was a renowned English crime writer and poet.

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Enter a Murderer

Enter a Murderer is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the second novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1935.

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False Scent

False Scent is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the twenty-first novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1960.

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Film adaptation

A film adaptation is the transfer of a work or story, in whole or in part, to a feature film.

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Final Curtain (novel)

Final Curtain is a 1947 novel by the New Zealand author Ngaio Marsh.

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Gentleman detective

The gentleman detective is a type of fictional character.

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Geoffrey Keen

Geoffrey Keen (21 August 1916 – 3 November 2005) was an English actor who appeared in supporting roles in many famous films.

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George Baker (actor)

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Golden Age of Detective Fiction

The Golden Age of Detective Fiction was an era of classic murder mystery novels of similar patterns and styles, predominantly in the 1920s and 1930s.

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Grave Mistake

Grave Mistake is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the thirtieth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1978.

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Hamlet

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to Hamlet, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare at an uncertain date between 1599 and 1602.

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Hand in Glove (novel)

Hand in Glove is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the twenty-second novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1962.

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ITV (TV network)

ITV is a British commercial TV network.

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Jeremy Clyde

Michael Thomas Jeremy Clyde (born 22 March 1941) is an English actor and musician.

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Last Ditch

Last Ditch is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the twenty-ninth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1977.

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Light Thickens

Light Thickens is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the thirty-second, and final, novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1982.

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Luigi Pirandello

Luigi Pirandello (28 June 1867 – 10 December 1936) was an Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer whose greatest contributions were his plays.

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Margery Allingham

Margery Louise Allingham (20 May 1904 – 30 June 1966) was an English writer of detective fiction, best remembered for her "golden age" stories featuring gentleman sleuth Albert Campion.

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Metropolitan Police Service

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), commonly known as the Metropolitan Police and informally as the Met, is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement in Greater London, excluding the "square mile" of the City of London, which is the responsibility of the City of London Police.

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Michael Allinson

Michael Allinson (30 December 1920 – 30 December 2010) was a British-American stage and film actor.

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Myoporum laetum

Myoporum laetum, commonly known as ngaio or mousehole tree is a plant in the family Scrophulariaceae endemic to New Zealand, including the Chatham Islands.

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New Zealand Players

The New Zealand Players were New Zealand's first professional theatre company, active between 1952 and 1960.

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Ngaio Marsh Theatre

The Ngaio Marsh Theatre was a 400-seat proscenium-arch theatre housed within the University of Canterbury Students' Association building in Christchurch, New Zealand.

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Ngaio Marsh Theatre (TV series)

Ngaio Marsh Theatre was a 1977 television miniseries which adapted four of the author's Inspector Roderick Alleyn detective novels for New Zealand television.

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Off with His Head

Off with His Head is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the nineteenth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1957.

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Opening Night (novel)

Opening Night is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the sixteenth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1951.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the Civil service.

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Othello

Othello (The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603.

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Overture to Death

Overture to Death is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the eighth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1939.

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Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (support base).

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Patrick Malahide

Patrick Malahide (born on 24 March 1945) is a British actor, known for his roles as Detective Sergeant Albert Chisholm in the TV series Minder and Balon Greyjoy in the TV series Game of Thrones.

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Photo Finish (novel)

Photo Finish (novel) is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the thirty-first, and penultimate, novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1980.

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Robert Speight

Robert Speight (2 October 1867 – 8 September 1949) was a notable New Zealand geologist, university professor and museum curator.

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Roderick Alleyn

Roderick Alleyn is a fictional character who first appeared in 1934.

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Scales of Justice (novel)

Scales of Justice is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh.

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Short story

A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a "single effect" or mood, however there are many exceptions to this.

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Simon Williams (actor)

Simon Williams (born 16 June 1946) is an English actor known for playing James Bellamy in the period drama Upstairs, Downstairs.

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Singing in the Shrouds

Singing in the Shrouds is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the twentieth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1959.

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Six Characters in Search of an Author

Six Characters in Search of an Author (Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore) is an Italian play by Luigi Pirandello, written and first performed in 1921.

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Spinsters in Jeopardy

Spinsters in Jeopardy is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the seventeenth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1954.

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St Margaret's College, Christchurch

St Margaret's College is an independent girls' school in Christchurch, New Zealand founded on Anglican Christian values.

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Stella Duffy

Stella Frances Silas Duffy (born 2 March 1963) is a writer and theatremaker.

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Surfeit of Lampreys

Surfeit of Lampreys is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the tenth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1941.

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Swing Brother Swing

Swing Brother Swing is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the fifteenth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1949.

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The Group (New Zealand art)

The Group was an informal but highly influential art association formed in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1927.

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The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries

The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries is a British detective television series, broadcast on BBC1, which was adapted from nine of the novels by Dame Ngaio Marsh, featuring the character Chief Inspector Roderick Alleyn.

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The Mystery of Edwin Drood

The Mystery of Edwin Drood is the final novel by Charles Dickens.

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The Nursing Home Murder

The Nursing Home Murder (1935) is a work of detective fiction by New Zealand author Ngaio Marsh.

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Theatre

Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers, typically actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage.

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Theatre director

A theatre director or stage director is an instructor in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production (a play, an opera, a musical, or a devised piece of work) by unifying various endeavours and aspects of production.

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Tied Up in Tinsel

Tied Up in Tinsel is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the twenty-seventh novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1972.

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True crime

True crime is a non-fiction literary and film genre in which the author examines an actual crime and details the actions of real people.

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University of Canterbury

The University of Canterbury (Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha; postnominal abbreviation Cantuar. or Cant. for Cantuariensis, the Latin name for Canterbury) is New Zealand's second oldest university.

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University of Canterbury Drama Society

The University of Canterbury Drama Society Inc (DramaSoc) is a student performing-arts club at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

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Vintage Murder

Vintage Murder is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the fifth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1937.

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When in Rome (novel)

When in Rome is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the twenty-sixth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1970.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngaio_Marsh

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