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The story is set in Cloisterham, a lightly fictionalised Rochester , and feelingly evokes the atmosphere of the town as much as its streets and buildings.

It was filmed in 1935 by Universal Pictures . Directed by Stuart Walker , it starred Claude Rains , Douglass Montgomery , Heather Angel , Valerie Hobson and David Manners .

A , Cleo Laine , George Rose , Donna Murphy , Judy Kuhn , and Howard McGillin were in the cast.


PUBLICATION

''The Mystery of Edwin Drood'' was scheduled to be published in twelve installments (shorter than Dickens' usual twenty) from April 1870 to March 1871, each costing one shilling and illustrated by S.L. Fildes . Only six of the installments were completed before Dickens' death in 1870. It is exactly half finished.

  • I - April 1870 (chapters 1-4);

  • II - May 1870 (chapters 5-9);

  • III - June 1870 (chapters 10-12);

  • IV - July 1870 (chapters 13-16);

  • V - August 1870 (chapters 17-20);

  • VI - September 1870 (chapters 21-23);

  • ''VII - October 1870 (planned);''

  • ''VIII - November 1870 (planned);''

  • ''IX - December 1870 (planned);''

  • ''X - January 1871 (planned);''

  • ''XI - February 1871 (planned);''

  • ''XII - March 1871 (planned).''



TRIVIA

  • In 2005 , Charles Dickens became, for one episode, a character in the science fiction series '' Doctor Who ''. In the episode '' The Unquiet Dead '', Dickens encounters The Doctor and helps the time traveller fight off a ghostly alien invasion on Christmas Eve, 1869. The episode ends with Dickens declaring his intention to incorporate his adventure with the Doctor into his work-in-progress, ''The Mystery of Edwin Drood'', and that the murderer would be revealed as one of the " Blue Elementals " that he'd encountered that night. The Doctor, upon departing 1869, sadly notes that Dickens would never get to finish his tale.

  • Edwin Drood also is the name of a fictional band from the TV series, Jonathan Creek .



EXTERNAL LINKS

Online editions

  • ''The Mystery of Edwin Drood'' - An analysis explaining ''Edwin Drood's'' themes and allusions, and offering a solution to its mysteries, including the identity of Datchery and Jasper's split personality.