In this adaptation she is portrayed as being very bookish and intellectual, which is something she and Gerald Wright have in common. In the ITV 2008 adaptation of the novel (Episode 1, Season 4 of Agatha Christie's Marple), the part of Elaine Fortescue is played by Hattie Morahan. She is quite athletic, and runs Guides and Brownies.Įlaine Fortescue does not appear in the BBC 1985 adaptation of the novel which formed part of the Miss Marple series. Genres - Mystery Sub-Genres - Detective Film, Whodunit Run Time - 105 min. On television, she is known for her BAFTA Award nominated role as Hester Fields in the sitcom Fresh Fields (19841986) and its sequel French Fields (19891991), and as Miss Marple in Agatha Christie's Marple (20092013). Miss Marple: Pocket Full of Rye (2008) Directed by Guy Slater. Her husband-to-be is judged by Miss Marple to be the type of man who'd be so pleased with himself at making a 'good' marriage that he would be kind to his wife.Įlaine is a tall, dark girl, and is not particularly attractive. She has premired leading roles written by both Alan Ayckbourn and Stephen Sondheim. Although Gerald appears to be obviously after her money, Miss Marple believes that she has a good chance at happiness. Elaine had told her brother that after their father died, she intended to use her inheritance to start a school with Gerald. According to her father's will, she inherited fifty thousand pounds after his death.Įlaine's boyfriend, Gerald Wright is poor and ambitious. The youngest child and only daughter of Rex Fortescue - the victim - she fell out with her father over her choice of husband, giving her a motive, but she is also the only member of the family to express any grief at his death. A Pocked Full of Rye was the fourth transmitted story in the BBC series of Miss Marple adaptations, which starred Joan Hickson as the elderly sleuth. Julia McKenzie, (A pocket full of rye) Helen Baxendale, Joseph Beattie. Elaine Fortescue is one of the cast of potential suspects in A Pocket Full of Rye.
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