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Ngaio Marsh

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Anthology
Death on the Air and Other Stories. London: HarperCollins, 2000. Voyager link
The Collected Short Fiction of Ngaio Marsh. New York: International Polygonics, 1991. Voyager link
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Article
"A national theatre." Landfall 9; Mar (1949): 63-72.
"A note on a production of Twelfth Night." Shakespeare Survey 8; (1955): 69-73.
"Entertainments." Pacific Quarterly 3; Jan (1978): 27-32.
"Its not what we say." Listener 90.2024; October 14 (1978): 23-23.
"My poor boy: advice to a young author." Listener 37.940; August 16 (1957): 8-9.
"New Zealand: welfare paradise." Holiday 28.5; Nov (1960): 102-108.
"Not in bondage." Listener 53.367; December 17 (1965): 25-25.
"Play production." Post Primary Bulletin 2; Nov (1948): 373-398.
"Remembering John Schroder 1885-1980." New York, Workman Landfall 136; Dec (1980): 404-407.
"Shakespeare in New Zealand." Education 1; Oct (1948): 226-230.
"Shakespeare's lunatic fringe." The Press April 24 (1964).
"Stratford-on-Avon." The Atlantic Monthly Feb (1967): 116-118.
"The background: the novelist's problem." The Press December 22 (1934).
"The development of the arts in New Zealand." Journal of the Royal Society of Arts XCIV.4840; Feb (1951): 246-259.
"The quick forge." Landfall 69; Mar (1964): 32-40.
"When you take up writing you are on your own." New Zealand Herald sup; May 26 (1962).
"Women on women." New York, Workman Landfall 130; June (1979): 101-10+.
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Drama
A Unicorn for Christmas. UNPUBLISHED 1963.
Landfall 65; Mar (1963): 60-64.
Colour Scheme. UNPUBLISHED 1977.
Died in the Wool. UNPUBLISHED 1977.
Exit Sir Derek. UNPUBLISHED 1936.
False Scent. London, Harold Fielding 1961.
Fascination Folly. UNPUBLISHED 1934.
Little Husband. UNPUBLISHED 1921.
Medallion. UNPUBLISHED 1920.
Murder Sails at Midnight. UNPUBLISHED 1972.
Opening Night. UNPUBLISHED 1977.
Slipknot. UNPUBLISHED 1967.
Landfall 84; Dec (1967): 366-371.
Surfeit of Lampreys. UNPUBLISHED 1950.
The Christmas Tree. London, SPCK for the Religious Drama Society of Great Britain 1962.
The Wyvern and the Unicorn. UNPUBLISHED 1955.
Vintage Murder. UNPUBLISHED 1977.
When in Rome. UNPUBLISHED 1972.
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Essay
Birth of a sleuth. In: Writing Suspense and Mystery Fiction. Boston, The Writer Inc 1977: 123-128.
Roderick Alleyn. In: The Great Detectives. Boston, Little Brown 1978: 3-8.
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Interview
"A dialogue by way of introduction. Allen Curnow; Ngaio Marsh." Year Book of the Arts in New Zealand 1; (1945): 1-8.
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Non Fiction
"A dialogue by way of introduction." Year Book of the Arts in New Zealand 1; (1945): 1-8. Voyager link
A Play Toward: a note on play production. Christchurch: Caxton Press, 1946. Voyager link
"Angry listener." NZ Listener 19.469; June 18 (1948): 8-9. Voyager link
Black Beech and Honeydew: an autobiography. London: Collins, 1966. Voyager link
Comment 27; June (1966): 34.
Landfall 79; Sept (1966): 294-296.
New Zealand Herald G; September 28 (2002): 8-8.
"Is the detective story dying?." Listener 17.434; October 17 (1947): 8-9. Voyager link
New Zealand. London: Collins, 1942. Voyager link
New Zealand. New York: Macmillan, 1964. Voyager link
Perspectives: the New Zealander and the visual arts. Auckland: Auckland Gallery Associates, 1960. Voyager link
Landfall 66; June (1963): 196-199.
"Speech habits and social attitudes." NZ Listener 17.421; July 18 (1947): 14-15. Voyager link
"Theatre : a note on the status quo." Landfall 1.1; Mar (1947): 37-43. Voyager link
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Novel
A Clutch of Constables. London: Collins, 1968. Voyager link
A Man Lay Dead. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1939. Voyager link
A Surfeit of Lampreys Death of a Peer. London: Collins, 1941. Voyager link
Artists in Crime. London: HarperCollins, 2000. Voyager link
Black as Hes Painted. London: Collins, 1974. Voyager link
Listener 76.1808; July 20 (1974): 30-31.
Colour Scheme. London: Collins, 1943. Voyager link
Dead Water. London: Collins, 1964. Voyager link
Death and the Dancing Footman. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1941. Voyager link
Death at the Bar. London: Collins, 1939. Voyager link
Death at the Bar. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1949. Voyager link
Death at the Dolphin (Killer Dolphin). London: Collins, 1967. Voyager link
Death in a White Tie. London: Collins, 1937. Voyager link
Death in Ecstasy. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1940. Voyager link
Died in the Wool. London: Collins, 1945. Voyager link
Enter a Murderer. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1938. Voyager link
False Scent. London: Collins, 1960. Voyager link
Final Curtain. London: Collins, 1975. Voyager link
Grave Mistake. London: Collins, 1978. Voyager link
Hand in Glove. London: Collins, 1962. Voyager link
Last Ditch. London: Collins, 1977. Voyager link
Light Thickens. London: Collins, 1982. Voyager link
Off With His Head Death of a Fool. London: Collins, 1957. Voyager link
New Zealand Books 5.5; Dec (1995): 13-13.
Opening Night Night at the Vulcan. London: Fontana, 1963. Voyager link
Overture to Death. London: Collins, 1939. Voyager link
Photo Finish. London: Collins, 1980. Voyager link
Dominion April 29 (1995): 16-16.
New Zealand Womans Weekly December 20 (1982): 70-70.
Scales of Justice. London: Collins, 1954. Voyager link
Singing in the Shrouds Murder Sails at Midnight. London: Collins, 1958. Voyager link
Spinsters in Jeopardy The Bride of Death. London: Collins, 1954. Voyager link
Swing, Brother, Swing A Wreath for Rivera. London: Collins, 1949. Voyager link
The Nursing-Home Murder Exit Sir Derek, Death Follows a Surgeon. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1941. Voyager link
Tied Up in Tinsel. London: Collins, 1972. Voyager link
Vintage Murder. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1940. Voyager link
When in Rome. London: Collins, 1970. Voyager link
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Short Story
"A fool about money." Ellery Queens Mystery Magazine 62; Dec (1974): 114-118.
"Chapter and verse : the Little Copplestone mystery." Ellery Queens Mystery Magazine 61; Mar (1973): 7-25.
"German anecdote." Lady Newalls New Zealand Gift Book (1943): 24-27.
Moonshine. In: Yours and Mine: stories by young New Zealanders. New Plymouth, Avery 1936: 21-29.
Morepork. In: Verdict of 13 : a Detection Club anthology. New York, 1978.
"Murder at Christmas." Grand Magazine Dec (1934).
Portrait of Troy. In: Murderess Ink. New York, Workman 1979: 142-143.
The figure quoted. In New Zealand Short Stories. London, Dent 1930: 209-218.
The hand in the sand. In: The Mystery Bedside Book. London, Hodder and Stoughton 194.191; 1960.
 

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Article
Mulgan, Alan. "In the million class: Ngaio Marsh and her books." New Zealand Magazine 31.1; Jan/Mar (1952): 5-6.
Pocock, J.G.A. "Theatre - southern view." Landfall 27; Sept (1953): 199-202.
Stevens, Joan. "Ngaio Marsh: artist in crime." Listener 70.1696; May 8 (1972): 13-13.
Isaac, Peter. "It's a lonely job." NZ Bookworld 35; April (1977): 4-5.
"Roderick Alleyn: Ngaio Marsh's Oxonian superintendent." The Armchair Detective 11; Jan (1978): 63-71.
Harding, Bruce. "Dame Ngaio Marsh." Comment 15; April (1982): 17-18.
Dart, William. "A Unicorn for Christmas : a right royal opera." Music in New Zealand Summer (1988): 6-13.
Airey, Mavis. "Famed yet private author." The Press June 29 (1991): 26-26.
Nichol, Ruth. "Making her own way in the world." Dominion May 4 (1991): 7-7.
Petrovic, Hans. "In Shakespeares footsteps." The Press sup; May 2 (1992): 4-4.
Steeds, Bernie. "Mysterious double life of Dame Ngaio Marsh." Evening Post April 15 (1995): 19-19.
Arthur, Garry. "Ngaio and the Bard." The Press May 3 (1995): 13-13.
Gee, David. "Dame Ngaios living memorial." The Press November 11 (1996): 13-13.
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Biography
Miles, Sue. 50 Famous New Zealanders: portraits and biographies of 50 of the most famous New Zealanders.. Burnham House, Auckland, 1985.
Drayton, Joanne. Ngaio Marsh: her life in crime. HarperCollins, Auckland, 2008.
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Criticism
"Drama in Christchurch." Year Book of the Arts in New Zealand 1; (1945): 116-120.
Harding, Bruce. "Wrestling with Caliban : patterns of bi-racial encounter in Colour scheme and Once were warriors." Australian and New Zealand Studies in Canada 8; Dec (1992): 136-155.
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Essay
Harding, Bruce. "The Twin Sisters in the Family of Fiction : Pirandellian praxis and the dramatic narratives of Ngaio Marsh." Clues: a Journal of Detection 22.1; Spring/Summer (2001): 135-157.
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Non Fiction
Wordsworth, Jane. Leading Ladies: twenty-three outstanding women. Reed, Wellington, 1979.
Harding, Bruce. "The New Zealand stories of Ngaio Marsh." Landfall 144; Dec (1982): 447-460.
Strange, Glyn. The Little Theatre: golden years of the New Zealand stage. Clerestory Press, Christchurch, 2000.
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Novel
Eldred-Grigg, Stevan. Blue Blood. Penguin, Auckland, 1997.
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Obituary
Mason, Bruce. "In memoriam : Dame Ngaio Marsh 1899-1982." Landfall 142; June (1982): 240-245.
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Profile
"New Ngaio Marsh." Listener 25.629; July 20 (1951): 7-7.
Shadbolt, Maurice. Love and Legend: some 20th century New Zealanders. Hodder and Stoughton, Auckland, 1976.
Hearnshaw, Vickie. "Ngaio Marsh painting." Art New Auckland 78; Autumn (1996): 76-79.
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