Interview with Mark Shanahan, Playwright and Director of a New Adaptation of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
All About Agatha Christie
Catherine Brobeck & Kemper Donovan
4.7 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 23 November 2023
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
If you like The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, then this episode is for you! If you like theater, then this episode is *really* for you! Mark was a delight; his passion for Ackroyd, theater, and all things Agatha Christie shines through our entire conversation. Enjoy!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to All About Agatha, the podcast dedicated to reading and ranking every single |
| 0:10.3 | mystery novel written by the Queen of Crime, Dame Agatha Christie. |
| 0:14.6 | I am Kemper Donovan. |
| 0:16.1 | Happy Thanksgiving to all of you in the United States. |
| 0:19.6 | This episode is coming out a little bit early so that it can be available for the full |
| 0:24.6 | Thanksgiving holiday. There is a turkey dry brining feet away from me as I speak. |
| 0:29.6 | Thanksgiving preparations are very much underway in my household, so I'll keep this little introduction brief. I will just pause first to |
| 0:37.9 | note that I am so thankful this Thanksgiving for all of you. My beloved and sorely missed former co-host and |
| 0:46.0 | co-creator of this podcast, Catherine Brobeck, passed away around this time of year two years ago and I can't help feeling extra grateful |
| 0:55.6 | around this time of year for the support and affection of all of you. It is very |
| 1:01.7 | much felt and very much appreciated. On that note, I don't often make |
| 1:07.3 | the request for ratings and or reviews until the very end of each episode, at which point I'm sure many of you have stopped |
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| 1:26.5 | Leave a review by all means if you would like to, but a rating is a pretty quick affair, |
| 1:31.7 | and it's something that really helps the podcast out. |
| 1:33.7 | So if you have not yet rated this podcast and you are thankful even in any small way |
| 1:40.3 | for this podcast in your life, I would ask you to just take a moment and rate the |
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| 1:51.6 | and the more ratings the podcast gets, |
| 1:55.4 | the wider its reach becomes. |
| 1:57.5 | I know not all of you are listening to this podcast |
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