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Opening Night by Ngaio Marsh

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Dreams of stardom had lured Martyn from New Zealand to make the round of West End agents and managers in search of work. Driven by necessity, she accepted the job of dresser to a leading lady. The opening night brought a strange turn of the wheel of fortune, and to one member of the cast death.

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Opening Night by Ngaio Marsh

Dreams of stardom had lured Martyn from New Zealand to make the round of West End agents and managers in search of work. Driven by necessity, she accepted the job of dresser to a leading lady. The opening night brought a strange turn of the wheel of fortune, and to one member of the cast death.

Dame Ngaio Marsh was born in New Zealand in 1895 and died in February 1982. She wrote over 30 detective novels and many of her stories have theatrical settings, for Ngaio Marsh’s real passion was the theatre. She was both an actress and producer and almost single-handedly revived the New Zealand public’s interest in the theatre. It was for this work that the received what she called her ‘damery’ in 1966.

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ISBN 13 9780006157748
ISBN 10 0006157742
Title Opening Night
Author Ngaio Marsh
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Year published 1992-03-12
Number of pages 240
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.