The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie on stage in London during 2021 and 2022". thisistheatre.com . Retrieved 21 April 2022. Mollie Ralston – Mollie owns Monkswell Manor along with her husband of one year, Giles Ralston. They inherited the manor from Mollie’s aunt and turned the property into a guest house. Will their inexperience catch up with them? A shaken Mollie Ralston cannot provide him with any useful clues; the only thing she is sure she observed was the radio blaring. Frustrated, Trotter points out that their lives continue to be in danger; a third murder could very well happen, given the notes left with Maureen Lyon. Even Agatha Christie could not have predicted how long the show would run for. She thought it would only run for a few months before audiences would stop visiting.

El libro empieza con Tres ratones ciegos, la historia corta en la que se basa la famosa obra de teatro La ratonera. Con este relato, Agatha me la ha vuelto a pegar. Y me da rabia porque el recurso que emplea aquí con respecto a la identidad del asesino, es algo que ya he visto antes en otros libros suyos más largos, pero aun así ha conseguido liarme y despistarme. Qué gran maestra.Por supuesto, la experiencia de leer esta obra de teatro es diferente habiendo leído previamente Tres ratones ciegos, el relato corto de Agatha Christie en el que se basa esta obra, como ha sido mi caso. Como es evidente, así no sorprende mucho al final, pero a pesar de ello, me sigue pareciendo una resolución bastante sorprendente e inesperada.

The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly. Ransom notes are the usual thing. But they’re only supposed to be delivered after the kidnapping, not before. And yet, this note writer threatens to kidnap little Johnnie Waverly on the twenty-ninth unless he is sent twenty-five thousand pounds! How ridiculous! Now that Johnnie’s parents know the date of the kidnapping, they can protect him! On the twenty-ninth, Johnnie disappears…Tom Stoppard's 1968 play The Real Inspector Hound parodies many elements of The Mousetrap, including the surprise ending. [10] Theatrical performances Blue plaque marking the 50th anniversary of The Mousetrap on the front wall of St Martin's Theatre, London The Mousetrap sign outside the theatre, signifying its 59th year in 2011 a b c d "The Mousetrap at 60: why is this the world's longest-running play?". The Guardian . Retrieved 20 July 2022.

Since the retirement of Mysie Monte and David Raven, who each made history by remaining in the cast for more than 11 years, in their roles as Mrs Boyle and Major Metcalf, the cast has been changed annually. The change usually occurs around late November around the anniversary of the play's opening, and was the initiative of Sir Peter Saunders, the original producer. There is a tradition of the retiring leading lady and the new leading lady cutting a "Mousetrap cake" together. This thrilling West End production is THE genre-defining murder mystery from the best-selling novelist of all time… case closed!La obra se creó de una manera muy singular ya que para celebrar el ochenta cumpleaños de la reina consorte María (admiradora de la escritora) la emisora BBC hizo un encargo a Agatha Christie, en 1947, que dio lugar a la adaptación de su cuento "Los tres ratones ciegos" con una duración de veinte minutos y que tuvo un gran éxito de audiencia. This is a pretty decent collection. For me, the title story is probably the best, but there are some other good ones mixed in with it. A little Marple, a little Poirot, and even some Mr. Quin/Mr. Satterthwiate to go with the stand-alone Three Blind Mice. The murderer's identity is divulged near the end of the play, in a twist ending that is unusual for playing with the very basis of the traditional whodunnit formula, [29] where the cliché is that the detective solves the crime and exposes the remaining plot secrets. By tradition, at the end of each performance, audiences are asked not to reveal the identity of the killer to anyone outside the theatre, to ensure that the end of the play is not spoilt for future audiences.