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A Pin to See the Peepshow

A Pin to See the Peepshow is a 1934 novel by F. Tennyson Jesse, based on the 1922 Thompson–Bywaters murder case.[3][4][5][6]

A Pin to See the Peepshow
First edition (US)
AuthorF. Tennyson Jesse
Audio read byClare Francis[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Set inLondon, 1913–1927
PublisherHeinemann (UK)
Doubleday Doran (US)
Publication date
September 1934[2]
Media typePrint: hardback
823.912
LC ClassPZ3 .J492 .E57
Preceded byThe Lacquer Lady 
Followed byAct of God 
Author F. Tennyson Jesse, photographed before 1922

Plot edit

Julia Almond grows up in suburban poverty in Edwardian London. She longs for a better life, but makes an ill-advised marriage during the First World War.

Reception edit

Sarah Waters has praised A Pin to See the Peepshow, writing "rarely, it seemed to me, had I been plunged by a piece of fiction into an emotional world so vivid, so complete, so convincingly untidy."[7]

Adaptations edit

A Pin to See the Peepshow was adapted into a play by Jesse and H. M. Harwood in 1951. It was refused a licence by the Lord Chamberlain and so premiered at a drama club.[8] In 1953 it showed at the Playhouse Theatre, Broadway.[9][10]

In 1973 it was adapted into a four-part TV series by the BBC, written by Elaine Morgan and starring Francesca Annis.[11][12][13]

In 2007 it was made into a short radio drama on BBC Radio 4 by Scott Cherry.[14]

References edit

  1. ^ "A Pin To See The Peepshow By F Tennyson Jesse - Calibre Audio". Calibre Streaming.
  2. ^ Stewart, Victoria (August 24, 2017). Crime Writing in Interwar Britain: Fact and Fiction in the Golden Age. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781316510001 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Houlbrook, M. (2010). "'A Pin to See the Peepshow': Culture, Fiction and Selfhood in Edith Thompson's Letters, 1921-1922". Past & Present. pp. 215–249. doi:10.1093/pastj/gtp049.
  4. ^ Houlbrook, Matt (2010). "'A Pin to See the Peepshow': Culture, Fiction and Selfhood in Edith Thompson's Letters, 1921-1922". Past & Present. 207 (207): 215–249. doi:10.1093/pastj/gtp049. JSTOR 40783262 – via JSTOR.
  5. ^ Jesse, Fryniwyd Tennyson (August 21, 1974). "A Pin to See the Peepshow". St. Martin's Press – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Bland, Lucy (April 30, 2016). Modern women on trial: Sexual transgression in the age of the flapper. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9781847798954 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "A Pin to See the Peepshow – an achingly human portrait". the Guardian. August 23, 2014.
  8. ^ Kabatchnik, Amnon (April 14, 2011). Blood on the Stage, 1950-1975: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, and Detection. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810877849 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ "A Pin to See the Peepshow Broadway @ Playhouse Theatre - Tickets and Discounts". Playbill.
  10. ^ "A Pin to See the Peepshow - 1953 Broadway Tickets, News, Info, Photos, Videos". www.broadwayworld.com.
  11. ^ "A Pin to See the Peepshow Part 1 (1973)". BFI. Archived from the original on August 15, 2019.
  12. ^ Roberts, Jerry (June 5, 2009). Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810863781 – via Google Books.
  13. ^ "Broadcast - BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
  14. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, A Pin to See the Peep Show". BBC.
 

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