“In some of the stories, she’s quite active,” he said. Mr Prichard said the Marple stories “jump over time” and no definitive age was given for her. “I think we could make quite a good case for Miss Marple in the books being in her 60s, rather than her 70s or 80s.” “This is almost heresy, but even the Joan Hickson portrayal, which the family considers to be the gold standard… Joan was very old when she started playing her and got older as she played more. I think she’s far more lively and physically able,” he said. “It’s quite an interesting concept of age. While the character is described in the first Marple story, Murder at the Vicarage, as “a white-haired old lady with a gentle, appealing manner”, Mr Prichard suggested that was deceptive.
I just don’t think she is as old as we have portrayed her,” Mr Prichard told the Telegraph. “I think she’s certainly portrayed in the books slightly differently than we have portrayed her on TV before. James Prichard, who is in charge of the Christie estate, said the new Miss Marple will be younger and more sprightly - a mere 60-something. According to the author’s great-grandson, all previous screen incarnations have been too old.
The Agatha Christie estate is planning to bring Marple back to television after more than a decade away.īut she will look different. But have we been getting her wrong all this time? Think of Miss Marple and images of a little old lady spring to mind.
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