A Pin to See the Peepshow explained

A Pin to See the Peepshow
Author:F. Tennyson Jesse
Audio Read By:Clare Francis[1]
Orig Lang Code:en
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Set In:London, 1913–1927
Publisher:Heinemann (UK)
Doubleday Doran (US)
Pub Date:September 1934[2]
Media Type:Print: hardback
Dewey:823.912
Congress:PZ3 .J492 .E57
Preceded By:The Lacquer Lady
Followed By:Act of God

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]

Plot

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

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

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A Pin To See The Peepshow By F Tennyson Jesse - Calibre Audio. Calibre Streaming.
  2. Book: Stewart, Victoria. Crime Writing in Interwar Britain: Fact and Fiction in the Golden Age. August 24, 2017. Cambridge University Press. 9781316510001. Google Books.
  3. Web site: 'A Pin to See the Peepshow': Culture, Fiction and Selfhood in Edith Thompson's Letters, 1921-1922 . 10.1093/pastj/gtp049. 2010 . Houlbrook . M. . Past & Present . 207 . 215–249 .
  4. 'A Pin to See the Peepshow': Culture, Fiction and Selfhood in Edith Thompson's Letters, 1921-1922. Houlbrook, Matt. 2010. Past & Present. 207. 215–249. 10.1093/pastj/gtp049. 40783262. JSTOR.
  5. Web site: A Pin to See the Peepshow. Fryniwyd Tennyson. Jesse. August 21, 1974. St. Martin's Press. Google Books.
  6. Book: Bland, Lucy. Modern women on trial: Sexual transgression in the age of the flapper. April 30, 2016. Manchester University Press. 9781847798954. Google Books.
  7. Web site: A Pin to See the Peepshow – an achingly human portrait. August 23, 2014. the Guardian.
  8. Book: Kabatchnik, Amnon. Blood on the Stage, 1950-1975: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, and Detection. April 14, 2011. Scarecrow Press. 9780810877849. Google Books.
  9. Web site: A Pin to See the Peepshow Broadway @ Playhouse Theatre - Tickets and Discounts. Playbill.
  10. Web site: A Pin to See the Peepshow - 1953 Broadway Tickets, News, Info, Photos, Videos. www.broadwayworld.com.
  11. Web site: A Pin to See the Peepshow Part 1 (1973). https://web.archive.org/web/20190815142220/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7584989d. dead. August 15, 2019. BFI.
  12. Book: Roberts, Jerry. Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors. June 5, 2009. Scarecrow Press. 9780810863781. Google Books.
  13. Web site: Broadcast - BBC Programme Index. genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. 2 August 1973 .
  14. Web site: BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, A Pin to See the Peep Show. BBC.

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