Charles Osborne

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Charles Osborne


Born
in Brisbane, Australia
November 24, 1927

Died
September 23, 2017

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Charles Thomas Osborne was a journalist, theatre and opera critic, poet and novelist. He was assistant editor of The London Magazine from 1958 until 1966, literature director of the Arts Council of Great Britain from 1971 until 1986, and chief theatre critic of Daily Telegraph (London) from 1986 to 1991. He is the only author the Agatha Christie Estate has ever allowed to produce adapted works in her name. (wikipedia) ...more

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“Richard’s a damned nuisance and completely useless into the bargain, as men always are when you’re ill.”
Charles Osborne, Black Coffee

“I’m very orthodox in some ways,’ Barbara remarked. ‘I’ve been brought up to suspect the least likely person. That’s who it is in all the best murder mysteries.”
Charles Osborne, Black Coffee

“Madame,’ Poirot told her, ‘the world is very beautiful. Why should you wish to leave it?”
Charles Osborne, Black Coffee

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