Miss Marple short stories and novels. The anime series dramatised the following Miss Marple stories: In 1974, Barbara Mullen played Miss Marple in "Murder at the Vicarage" at the Savoy Theatre, London. In September 1977, veteran actress and author Dulcie Gray played the Miss Marple character in a stage adaptation of "A Murder Is Announced" at the Vaudeville Theatre in London, England that also featured Dinah Sheridan, Eleanor Summerfield, Patricia Brake and Barbara Flynn. BBC Radio 4 dramatised all of the novels from 1993 to 2001 with June Whitfield as Miss Marple. Three short stories with Whitfield ("Tape-Measure Murder", "The Case of
Miss Marple in 2004, ITV broadcast a series of adaptations of Agatha Christie's books under the title "Agatha Christie's Marple", usually referred to as "Marple." Geraldine McEwan starred in the first three series. Julia McKenzie took over the role in the fourth season. The adaptations are notable for changing the plots and characters of the original books (e.g. incorporating lesbian affairs, changing the identities of some killers, renaming or removing significant characters, and even using stories from other books in which Miss Marple did not originally feature). In the Geraldine McEwan series it is revealed that when she was young (portrayed by