- UK
- Collins, London, Oct. 1930
- US
- Dodd Mead, New York, 1930
- Chicago Tribune, Aug.18-Oct.20 1930
Plot

'Anyone who murdered Colonael Protheroe,' declared the parson, brandishing a carving knife above a joint of roast beef, 'would be doing the world at large a service!'
It was a careles remark for a man of the cloth. And one which was to come back and haunt the clergyman just a few hours later.
Characters
Miss Jane Marple, Raymond West, Rev.Leonard Clement, Griselda Clement, Dennis Clement, Colonel Lucius Protheroe, Ann Protheroe, Lettice Protheroe, Lawrence Redding, Dr.Stone, Miss Gladys Cram, Dr Haydock, Rev.Christopher Hawes, Mary Hill, Mrs. Estelle Lestrange, Mrs. Martha Price Ridley, Miss Caroline Wetherby, Miss Amanda Hartnell, Colonel Melchett, Det.Insp.Slack, Bill Archer
Mrs. Archer, Mary Adams, Mr. Henry Abbott, Mrs. Abbott, Emily, Elwell, Mollie Carter, Quinton, Gladys (Gladdie), Clara, Mrs. Sadler, Mrs. Simmons, Fred Jackson, Neil, Major Hargraves, Constable Hurst, Susan Hartley Napier, Joe Bucknell, Hilda, Fanny, Mrs. Pratt, Mrs. Baker, Bailey, Manning, Reeves, Rose, Lily Rose, Dr. Roberts
Murder at the Vicarage (play)
adapted by Moie Charles and Barbara Toy
at the Playhouse Theatre, London, 16th December 1949
THE VICAR (the Rev. Leonard Clement) | Jack Lambert |
GRISELDA (his wife) | Genine Graham |
DENNIS (his nephew) | Michael Newell |
MARY (the maid) | Betty Sinclair |
RONALD HAWES (the curate) | Michael Darbyshire |
LETTICE PROTHEROE | Andrea Lea |
MISS MARPLE | Barbara Mullen |
MRS PRICE RIDLEY | Mildred Cottell |
ANN PROTHEROE | Alvys Maben |
LAWRENCE REDDING (an artist) | Reginald Tate |
DR JOHN HAYDOCK | Francis Roberts |
INSPECTOR SLACK | Stanley Van Beers |
POLICE CONSTABLE JENNINGS | - |
Directed by Reginald Tate
SYNOPSIS OF SCENES
The action of the play passes in the study of a vicarage in the country, at the present time.
- ACT I
- SCENE 1 - A Tuesday in Summer. Afternoon.
- SCENE 2 - The following day. 6:45 p.m.
- SCENE 3 - Thursday morning.
- ACT II
- SCENE 1 - The following Sunday. Late afternoon.
- SCENE 2 - An hour and a half later.
Films & TV
- Mord im Pfarrhaus, W.Germany, 1970
- TV drama list
- The Murder At The Vicarage, BBC/UK, 1986
- Agatha Christie's MISS MARPLE
- The Murder At The Vicarage, ITV/UK, 2004
- Agatha Christie's MARPLE Season 1
- L'affaire Protheroe, France 2/FR, 2015
- Les petits meurtres d'Agatha Christie Saison 2
UK/US covers
Collins / HarperCollins
- Collins
- Collins
- Collins, 1952
- Collins Crime Club, 1953
- Collins, 1930
- White Circle
- White Circle
- Crime Club, 1958
- Collins, Greenway edition, 1976
- Fontana(502), 1961
- Fontana, 1963; ca: Tom Adams*
- Fontana, 1967; ca: Tom Adams*
- Fontana, 1969; ca: Tom Adams*
- Fontana, 1972; ca: Tom Adams*
- Fontana, 1978; ca: Tom Adams*
- Fontana, 1981; ca: Tom Adams*
- Fontana, 1986
- Fontana, 1988
- Fontana, 1993
- HarperCollins, 1996/PB, 1997/HB
- HarperCollins, 2002
- HarperCollins, 2004
- HarperCollins, 2005
Facsimile edition
- HarperCollins, 2005
TV tie-in edition
- HarperCollins, 2007
Masterpiece edition
- HarperCollins, 2008
Comic Strip edition
- HarperCollins, 2011
- Center Point Large Print, 2011
- Collins, 2012
ELT Reader
- Collins, 2017
ELT Reader
Dodd,Mead
- Dodd Mead, 1930
- Dodd Mead, 1933; ♦Steve Marcum
Dell
- DELL(226), 1948; ca: George A. Frederiksen
- DELL(226), 1948: mapback
- DELL(888), 1956; ca: Milton Glaser
- DELL(R106), 1961
- DELL, 1982; ♦Sheldon Goldberg
- DELL, 1967; ca: William Teason
- DELL
- DELL(5946), 1970; ca: William Teason
- DELL, 1976
Berkley
- Berkley, 1984
- Berkley
- Berkley, 1986
- Berkley, 1999
Paly
- Samuel French
- Samuel French
- Samuel French, 1950
- The Redgrave Theatre, 1981
others
- Signet, 2000
- Penguin, 1954
- Putnam, 1958
- Triangle
- G.K.Hall, 1989
- Mercury Mystery, 1941
- Black Dog & Leventhal, 2006; ♦Svetlana Andjelic
- Planet Three Publishing, 2003
- Ulverscroft,
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Western Europe covers
L'affaire Prothero(e)
Le Masque (#114) 1932
- Le Masque, 1932
- Le Masque, 1962
- Le Masque, 1982
- Le Masque
- Le Masque
- Le Masque, 1991
- Masque Christie, 2006
- Masque Christie, 2008 fac similé
- Masque Christie, 2015
Club des Maques (#36) 1967
- Club des Maques, 1967; ca: Tom Adams*; ♦Lauralee(ManorBooks)
- Club des Maques, 1983
- Club des Maques, 2000
Le Livre de Poche (#5145) 1978
- Le Livre de Poche, 1978
- Le Livre de Poche,
- Le Livre de Poche, 1988
- Le Livre de Poche, 2001
others
- EP Editions, 2005
- Hachette, Collection Agatha Christie(#36), 2006
- Bibliothèque idéale d'A.Christie
Moord in de pastorie
- Seyffardt's Boek- en Muziekhandel, 1934; ♦Ralf M.M. Stultiëns
- Sijthoff, 1959
- Sijthoff, 1964
- Sijthoff, 1973; ♦Paula Dekkers
- Sijthoff, 1974; ♦Eric Gellaerts
- Sijthoff, 1974
- Sijthoff, 1977
- Sijthoff, 1977
- Sijthoff, 1983
- Sijthoff, 1985
- Luitingh-Sijthoff/Poema, 1992
- Luitingh-Sijthoff/Poema, 2002
- Sijthoff, 2008
- Overamstel Uitgevers, 2015
Moord in die Pastorie
- 1966; ♦Ralf M.M. Stultiëns
Mord im Pfarrhaus / Die Tür zum Tatort
- Scherz(#45), 1958
- Scherz(#45), 1962; ♦Sheldon Goldberg
- Scherz(#45), 1973
- Scherz(#45), 1976
- Scherz(#648), 1983
- Scherz(#1029), 1984
- Scherz, 1990
- Scherz, 1992
- Scherz, 1999
- Scherz, 2001
- Scherz, 2001
- Bertelsmann,
- Loewe
- Fischer, 2004
- Fischer, 2005
- Fischer, 2009
- Aufbau, 1979
- Weltbild, 1999
- Weltbild
- Loewe, 1995
- 1977
- Hachette, 2008
- Atlantik, 2014
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Northern Europe covers
Mordet i prästgården
- Bonniers, 1952
- Delfinserien, 1968; ca: Per Åhlin
- Bonniers, 1984
- Bonniers, 1987
- Bonniers, 1989; ♦Lars Högblom; ca: Miki Less
- Bonniers, 2000
- Bonniers, 2005
- Storstilsbiblioteket, 2001
- EB: Bookmark, 2014
Mordet i præstegården
- Carit Andersen, 1951
- Carit Andersen(#22), 1963
- Forum(#22), 1971
- Forum Krimi, 1980
- Wangel, 1990
- Peter Asschenfeldts Nye Forlag, 1998
- Rosenkilde & Bahnhof, 2014
Mord i prestegården
- Aschehoug, 1965; ca: Erik Artell
- Aschehoug, 1992
- Aschehoug, 2010
- Aschehoug
- Aschehoug, 1950
- Aschehoug, 2012
Murha maalaiskylässä
- WSOY/SAPO(8), 1954; ca: Ahtiala
- WSOY, 1982; ca: Tom Adams*
- WSOY, 1991
- WSOY, 2007
- WSOY/Bon-pokkarit, 2014
Dauðinn á prestssetrinu
- Skjaldborg, 1990
Mõrv kiriklas
- Eesti Raamat, 1994
Slepkavība mācītājmuižā
- Artava, 2000
Žmogžudystė klebonijoje
- Sirokas, 2000
Southern Europe covers
La morte nel villaggio
- I Libri Gialli(#97), 1934
- I Capolavori dei Gialli Mondadori(#113), 1959
- I Classici del Giallo(#480), 1985
- Mondadori, 1987; ♦Sheldon Goldberg
- Mondadori-DeAgostini, 1991
- Mondadori: Oscar scrittori modern
- Mondadori, 2000
- Hachette, 2001
- Mondadori: Oscar scrittori moderni, 2002
- Allegato Editoriale A Oggi: La Regina del giallo, 2006
- Collaterale del quotidiano La Stampa, 2008
- Mondadori: ebook, 2010
- Corriere, 2014
- Mondadori: Oscar Gialli, 2017
Muerte en la vicaría / Asesinato en la Vicaría
- Biblioteca Oro(#88), 1956
- Biblioteca Oro(#158), 1961
- Biblioteca Oro(#158), 1967; ca: William Teason
- Biblioteca Oro(#158), 1980
- Planeta, 1994
- Círculo de Lectores. 1995
- Molino, 1997
- Molino, 2003
- RBA, 2010
- Booket, 2010
- Booket
- Planeta, 2017
- Planeta
- Espasa, 2018
- Planeta
- RBA (EPUB, 2013)
- La Nacion
- Planeta, 1993; with 'El Misterio de Cornualles'
Bikarioetxeko hilketa
- Igela, 2008
Assassinat a la rectoria
- La Llar del Llibre(#38), 1990
Assassinato na Casa do Pastor / Crime no Vicariato / Encontro com um Assassino / Crime na aldeia
Assassinato na Casa do Pastor
- Record, 1987
- Record, 1996
- Círculo do Livro, 1987
- Nova Fronteira, 1980
- Nova Fronteira, 1995; ♦Gabriel Paschoal
- L&PM, 2010
- L&PM, 2015
Encontro com um Assassino
- Colecção Vampiro, 1966
Crime no Vicariato
- ASA(#2), 2001
- RBA, 2008
Crime na aldeia
- Minerva, 1958
Ο παραβάτης της 7ης εντολής / Φόνος στο πρεσβυτέριο
- ΛΥΧΝΑΡΙ
- ΛΥΧΝΑΡΙ(A070), 1997; ca: Tom Adams*
- ΕΡΜΕΙΑΣ
- ΛΥΧΝΑΡΙ, 1997
Ubistvo u parohijskom dvoru / Убиство у викаријату / Ubistvo u vikariji / Ubistvo u vikarijatu
- Narodna knjiga - Alfa (Beograd), 1997
- Mladinska knjiga (Beograd), 2011
- Laguna, 2015
Ubojstvo u vikariji
- Globus (Zagreb), 1975; ♦Svetlana Andjelic
Umor v župnišču
- Drzavna zalozba (Ljubljana), 1977
- Državna založba Slovenije, 1977
- Mladinska knjiga, 2012
Ubojstvo u vikarijatu
Vdekje në famulli
- Dudaj, 2008; ♦Ralf M.M. Stultiëns
Eastern Europe covers
Vražda na fare
- Zelená knižnica, 2004
- Slovenský spisovateľ, 2017
Vražda na faře
- Knižní klub, 1998
- Knižní klub, 2009
- Melantrich, 1991
- Euromedia Group, 1999
- Infoa, 2017
Gyilkosság a paplakban
- Albatrosz Könyvek, 1978; ca: Tom Adams*; ♦Czibóka Tamas
- Európa Könyvkiadó, 1993; ♦Czibóka Tamas
- Európa Könyvkiadó, 2006; ♦Horváth Tamás
- Európa Könyvkiadó, 2011
- Európa Könyvkiadó, 2011
- Helikon Kiadó, 2018
Убийство в дома на свещеника
- Селекта, 1994
- Ера(#34), 2011
Morderstwo na plebanii
- Czytelnik, 1960
- Phantom Press, 1993
- Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, 2000; ♦Ralf M.M. Stultiëns
- Prószyński i s-ka, 2001
- Hachette(#65), 2003
- Prószyński i s-ka, 2004
- Dolnośląskie, 2005
- Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, 2014
- Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, 2015
- Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, Agatha Christie Kolekcja Kryminałów(#60), 2016
Audio

Crima la Vicariat
- Rao, 2007
- Rao, 2014 (Editia colectionarului)
Убивство в будинку вікарія / Убивство в будинку пастора
- Клуб сімейного дозвілля, 2012
- Книжный Клуб, 2017
Убийство в доме викария
- Международный книжный дом, 1996
- Центрполиграф, 2001
- АСТ, 2003
- АСТ, 2003
- Каро, 2007
- Эксмо, 2009
- Эксмо, 2009
- Эксмо, 2011
- Эксмо, 2012
- Эксмо, 2013
- Эксмо, 2013
- Эксмо, 2017
- William Collins, 2015
- Hachette, 2016
Audio


Middle East & Asian covers
მკვლელობა მღვდლის სახლში
- პალიტრა L, 2016
- პალიტრა L, 2018
Yerin Kulağı Var / Ölüm Çığlığı / Evdeki Korku
- Ak, 1963
- Altın, 1972
- Altın
- Altın, 1982
- Altın, 1992
- Altın, 2006
רצח הקולונל
- רצח הקולונל
*1976
جريمة في بيت الكاهن ⁄ جريمة في القرية ⁄ جريمة قتل في المعبد ⁄ جريمة فى القرية ⁄ رصاصة في الرأس
- جريمة قتل في المعبد
Jarir Reader, 2012
الأجيال للترجمة والنشر
الأجيال للترجمة والنشر
2005
- جريمة في القرية
الأجيال للترجمة والنشر
2005
- رصاصة في الرأس
المكتبة الثقافية
- رصاصة في الرأس
دار ميوزيك
2000
- رصاصة في الرأس
- رصاصة في الرأس
---
2000
قتل در خانه کشیش
A.P. = anno Persico (Persian year); Persian index
- قتل در خانه کشیش
Hermes books, A.P.1388
- قتل در خانه کشیشی, -, A.P.1395
(Malayalam) വികാരിഭവനത്തിലെ കൊലപാതകം
- (Malayalam) D C Books, 2013
Pembunuhan di Wisma Pendeta / Pembunuhan di Rumah Pendeta
- Gramedia, 1989
- Gramedia
- Gramedia, 2012
- Gramedia, 2018
- Cahaya Budiman
ฆาตกรรมบ้านพักสีเลือด ⁄ ใครฆ่าพันเอก ⁄ คดีแรกของมาร์เปิล ⁄ ฆาตกรรมสยองขวัญ ⁄ คดีแรกของมาร์เปิ้ล
- ใครฆ่าพันเอก, บรรณกิจ, 252?; ♦Rattanachai Lueangwongngam
- คดีแรกของมาร์เปิล, TSG Publishing, 2546; ♦Rattanachai Lueangwongngam
- ฆาตกรรมสยองขวัญ, น้องใหม่, 2535; ♦Rattanachai Lueangwongngam
- ฆาตกรรมสยองขวัญ, สร้างสรรค์บุ๊คส์, 2550
- นัดพบกับความตาย, ---,
- ฆาตกรรมบ้านพักสีเลือด, แพรวสำนักพิมพ์, 2015
Án mạng ở nhà mục vụ / Vụ án mạng ở nhà cha xứ / Bí mật trong chiếc vali / Vụ án Prothero hay án mạng ở nhà cha xứ
- Vụ án Prothero hay án mạng ở nhà cha xứ, Hội Nhà Văn, 2000
- Bí mật trong chiếc vali, Công an nhân dân, 2006
- Nhà Xuất Bản Trẻ, 2016
寓所谜案 / 牧師公館謀殺案
寓所谜案
- 贵州人民出版社 1998
- 人民文学出版社, 2007
- 内蒙古人民出版社, 2010
- 新星出版社(阿加莎·克里斯蒂侦探作品集3), 2013
- 商务印书馆, 2016
牧師公館謀殺案
- 遠流 2003
牧師館の殺人 / ミス・マープル最初の事件 / 牧師館殺人事件
- ハヤカワ・ポケットミステリ, 1956
- クリスティー文庫, 2003
- クリスティー文庫, 2011
- ハヤカワ・ミステリ文庫, 1978; ca: Hiroshi Manabe
- 創元推理文庫, 1976, 1982(22th)
- 創元推理文庫, 1976, 1998(34th)
- 新潮文庫, 1986
- 偕成社文庫, 2005
- グーテンベルク21
목사관 살인사건
- 해문출판사, 1988
- 해문출판사, 1999
- 목사관 살인, 자유문학사, 1993
- 황금가지: 애거서 크리스티 전집(24), 2007
- 황금가지: 애거서 크리스티 전집