Long Lost Agatha Christie Telegram Found (VIDEO)

Much information about writer Agatha Christie has been uncovered over the past few weeks, from her love of surfing to a riveting discovery made in England reported just yesterday.

BBC's Steve Knibbs reported that Clive Payne, an antique furniture restorer in England, found a rare piece of theatrical history while taking apart an 18th century bureau that had sat untouched in his storeroom for three years. Upon searching the drawers of the bureau, Payne discovered a telegram dated 1957 from English playwright Noël Coward to Agatha Christie.

To find out with the telegram said, check out the video below!

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CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story misspelled BBC reporter Steve Knibbs' name as "Nibs." We regret the error.

Comments

[TheIpsoFactory]

11:01 AM on 08/08/2011

Agatha stop The Butler Did It stop Love Noel stop

[Montcalms Revenge]

08:30 AM on 08/08/2011

The telegram said: "The butler did it..." ;-)

[TheIpsoFactory]

11:02 AM on 08/08/2011

oh crikey - sorry, didn't see yours before I commented. Only excuse is, "great minds think alike", or something like that...

[downunder237]

11:06 PM on 08/07/2011

I wish it said: tell Granada and the rest to stop putting Miss Marple in stories where she did not appear.

[Babs Gladhand]

03:08 PM on 08/07/2011

The video is blocked due to my location? If I move to the living room can I watch it?

[BuckyJamesDio]

02:34 PM on 08/07/2011

Since the video does not work, I'll venture to guess that the telegram said something along the lines of: "Colonel Mustard, in the Study, with the pipe".

[Ken Hymes]

03:32 PM on 08/06/2011

Will not click on video to increase your ad revenue, you reached a line even my addled consumer's brain won't cross. Don't mind the ads in general, but can you just tell us what the telegram says?

[TheBestPatriot]

02:06 PM on 08/06/2011

It probably had the inn word in it.

[tomasino]

01:03 PM on 08/06/2011

Telegram from Ernest Hemingway to Virginia Woolf:

"Ignore first telegram"

[katio]

12:17 PM on 08/06/2011

Video: lost

[theredqueen]

11:31 AM on 08/06/2011

A lovely note from a gracious gentleman to an admired confrere. Elegant manners.

[colonelsun68]

07:40 AM on 08/06/2011

Video has been blocked. No point in reading on.

[rockysparks]

01:49 PM on 08/05/2011

Not a monumental discovery, by any means, but certainly an interesting footnote to theatrical history. It also shows that back in the day of Noel Coward and Agatha Christie, people were much kinder and more thoughtful than in present times.

Congratulations on the discovery.