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Автор: Joanne Drayton
Издательство: HarperCollins
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      Ngaio Marsh

      ˜ HER LIFE IN CRIME ˜

      Joanne Drayton

       For Suzanne Vincent Marshall

       in memory of my fatherMalcolm Drayton(1933-2007)

       and sincerest thanks to the staff ofAlexander Turnbull Libraryand National Library of New Zealand

      Table of Contents

       Cover Page

       Title Page

       Dedication

       CHAPTER FOUR Death Down Under

       CHAPTER FIVE A Stage Set for Tragedy

       CHAPTER SIX The Marsh Million Murders

       CHAPTER SEVEN Doyenne and Dame

       CHAPTER EIGHT Rome to Jubilee

       CHAPTER NINE Dénouement

       Epilogue

       Play Productions

       Selected Bibliography

       Notes

       Index

       Images

       Acknowledgements

       About the Author

       Copyright

       About the Publisher

       Chronology

1895 Born 23 April, Christchurch, New Zealand (birth not registered until 1899).
1910-14 Secondary education at St Margaret’s College.
1915-19 Studied painting at Canterbury College School of Art, Christchurch.
1920-22 Toured with the Allan Wilkie Shakespeare Company and then with the Rosemary Rees Comedy Company.
1922-28 Painted, freelance journalist and began working with repertory companies and Unlimited Charities to produce amateur theatrical productions.
1928 Travelled to England.
1928-32 Lived with the Rhodes family first at Gerrards Cross, then in London. Wrote articles for the Christchurch Press under the title ‘New Canterbury Pilgrim’ and opened a design shop with Nelly Rhodes in Knightsbridge.
1931-32 Wrote first detective fiction novel, which was submitted to literary agent just before being called back to her mother’s sickbed in New Zealand. Rose Marsh died 23 November 1932.
1932-37 Established herself as one of the four Queens of Crime; exhibited paintings with the Christchurch Society of Arts and The Group; and produced plays.
1937-38 Trip to Britain and tour of Europe with Betty Cotterill and Jean Webster.
1938 Returned to New Zealand and became a Red Cross ambulance driver during the war.
1943 Directed Shakespeare’s Hamlet for the Canterbury University College Drama Society.
1944-45 Toured New Zealand with Hamlet and Othello under the aegis of Dan O’Connor.
1948 Awarded OBE for services to drama and literature. Henry Marsh died 4 September.
1949 Toured Australia with Six Characters and Othello under the aegis of Dan O’Connor.
1949-51 Trip to England. Collins threw ‘Marsh Million’ party to celebrate the release of her books. Gathered a company for the British Commonwealth Theatre Company tour, which toured Australia and New Zealand before disbanding.
1952-54 Writing and directing in Christchurch.
1954-56 Travelled to England on board the cargo ship Temeraire, which was the inspiration for Singing in the Shrouds.
1956-60 Writing and directing in Christchurch.
1960-61 Promotional tour of East Asia, North America and Britain, and lived for over a year in London.
1962-65 Wrote

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