Cordelia Gray
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Cordelia Gray is the main protagonist of P. D. James's An Unsuitable Job for a Woman and of The Skull Beneath the Skin.
She is a strong and independent British woman who inherits a detective agency.
She likes order and knowledge and remains focused on her cases. In The Skull Beneath the Skin she becomes conscious of her appearance compared to that of her more privileged clients. At the conclusion of An Unsuitable Job for a Woman she meets James's other detective Adam Dalgliesh. In A Taste for Death it is mentioned that they have been seen dining together.
She is referred to at the end of the P.D. James novel, The Black Tower. Her detective Adam Dalgliesh is insensible:
Daniel asked [about Dalgliesh]:
"Is he conscious?"
"Barely. Your chap in there says he's been quoting King Lear. Something about Cordelia anyway..."[1]
Her name serves as inspiration for the fictional character Ai Haibara in Case Closed, and the pen name, Cordelia, adopted by Nancy Callahan in her letters to the imprisoned John Hartigan in Sin City.
[edit] Television
Cordelia Gray was first portrayed by Pippa Guard in the 1982 television adaptation of An Unsuitable Job for a Woman.
Four separate feature-length dramas comprise the series (also called "An Unsuitable Job for a Woman") in which Cordelia Gray was portrayed by Helen Baxendale.
- 1. Sacrifice was first broadcast from 24 October 1997, consisting of three separate 60-minute episodes.
- 2. A Last Embrace was first broadcast from 19 February 1998, also consisting of three separate 60-minute episodes.
- 3. Living on Risk was first broadcast from 27 August 1999, consisting of two separate 60-minute episodes.
- 4. Playing God was first broadcast on 16 May 2001, as one 120-minute episode.
[edit] References
- ^ P.D. James. 1975. The Black Tower. New York: Warner Books. Paperback, page 283.
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