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Raymond appeared in three episodes of the BBC's Miss Marple series. He was played by David McAlister in Sleeping Murder, and Trevor Bowen in A Caribbean Mystery and The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side. Bowen also wrote many of the episodes in the series. Richard E. Grant played Raymond in Nemesis for Agatha Christie's Marple.
The thirteen stories feature the amateur detective Miss Marple, her nephew Raymond West, and her friend Sir Henry Clithering. They are the earliest stories Christie wrote about Miss Marple. The main setting for the frame story is the fictional village of St Mary Mead.
Raymond West: well-known author and nephew of Miss Jane Marple. Joan West: Painter, wife of Raymond, and cousin to Giles Reed. Miss Jane Marple: Raymond's aunt, who loves to garden, and has a way of finding out murderers. Dr Haydock: Miss Marple's physician, whom she talks into advising her to take a trip to the seaside.
Mrs Cherry Baker: Miss Marple's house cleaner. Jim Baker: Cherry's husband, who does odd jobs for Miss Marple. Miss Knight: Miss Marple's carer, sent by Marple's nephew Raymond West, to help during her recuperation. Dolly Bantry: Miss Marple's friend, present at the fête at Gossington Hall. She first appeared in the novel The Body in the Library.
Miss Marple's nephew Raymond West appears in "Sleeping Murder" (played by David McAlister) and in "A Caribbean Mystery" and "The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side" (played by Trevor Bowen). Jason Rafiel appears in " Nemesis " played by Frank Gatliff and " A Caribbean Mystery " played by Donald Pleasence (although the two episodes are set in the ...
Miss Jane Marple is a fictional character in Agatha Christie's crime novels and short stories. Miss Marple lives in the village of St Mary Mead and acts as an amateur consulting detective. Often characterised as an elderly spinster, [3] [4] she is one of Christie's best-known characters and has been portrayed numerous times on screen.
Alongside the murder mystery plot, the novel takes time to consider alternative perspectives on the idea of crime. Miss Marple's nephew, Raymond West, attempts to solve the crime via Freudian psychoanalysis, while Dr Haydock expresses his view that criminal behaviour is a disease that will soon be solved by doctors instead of police.
Pages in category "Miss Marple characters" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. ... W. Raymond West (character) This page was ...