A whodunit, the play has a twist ending, which the audience are traditionally asked not to reveal after leaving the theatre. There are eight members of the cast, and by 2012 more than 400 actors and actresses had played the roles. [2] Richard Attenborough was the original Detective Sergeant Trotter, and his wife, Sheila Sim, the first Mollie Ralston – owner of Monkswell Manor guesthouse. However, since then few of the cast have been headliners, with Stephen Moss in The Guardian writing that "the play and its author are the stars". [2] History Phukan, Vikram (4 December 2018). "Everyone loves an old-fashioned murder mystery". The Hindu. Chennai. ISSN 0971-751X . Retrieved 20 May 2021. It began life as Three Blind Mice, a short radio play Christie wrote for Queen Mary’s birthday in 1947 that she based on the real-life case surrounding the death of Dennis O’Neill two years earlier. It then became a short story and finally a fully fledged stage play. The title is inspired by Shakespeare’s Hamlet, in which the title character sets his own mouse trap for his uncle, Claudius, in the form of a play within a play. November 2002 – Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh attend The Mousetrap 50th anniversary performance.

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? Giles is described as arrogant, attractive, and in his twenties. He has been married for one year to Mollie. Their courtship lasted only three weeks. Giles is jealous of the attention that Wren showers on Mollie. The audience knows little about Giles and it is revealed that Mollie also knows little about Giles. Me gustó muchísimo como se lleva a cabo el crimen, pero los personajes no me llegaron a convencer. Tampoco me convence como llegan a conocer la verdad del crimen, ya que se me hizo un poco forzado, pero no estuvo mal. I had never read The Mousetrap before. All the same, this one felt so incredibly nostalgic. It may have been because it reminded me a lot of The Sittaford Mystery. There's something about a snowed-in crime that feels all the more frightening. Miss Casewell – Miss Casewell is a hotel guest at Monkswell Manor. The masculine woman doesn’t let on too much about where she grew up, and as a result, the other guests raise their eyebrows at her.Giles Ralston, Mollie’s husband of exactly one year. He is handsome and about Mollie’s age. The two married only three weeks after meeting, so his past remains a mystery. He, too, made a clandestine trip to London on the day of Mrs. Stanning’s death, and he wears a coat, scarf, and hat like those seen on the killer. 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. Aquí empiezan los relatos de Hercules Poirot. Me encanta este hombre xD. La verdad es que este relato me pareció un poco predecible y desde el principio me imaginaba lo que iba a pasar, aunque llegando ya al final me despistó un poco. Did you know there are two Agatha Christie plays in London? If you’ve seen The Mousetrap, then why not head to London County Hall and watch Witness for the Prosecution? The courtroom play follows Leonard Vole as he is on trial for murder and must prove his innocence. This collection of short stories features not only Hercule Poirot, but also Miss Marple and Harley Quin!

Haining, Peter (1990). Agatha Christie – Murder in Four Acts. Virgin Books. p.23. ISBN 978-1-8522-7273-9. The play began life as a short radio play written by Agatha Christie as a birthday present for Queen Mary, the consort of King GeorgeV. It was broadcast on 30 May 1947 under the name Three Blind Mice. [4] The story drew from the real-life case of Dennis O'Neill, who died after he and his brother Terence suffered extreme abuse while in the foster care of a Shropshire farmer and his wife in 1945. [5] The Mousetrap was originally a 1947 radio play titled Three Blind Mice. Christie wrote the story for Queen Mary's 80th birthday. After extensive reworking, Three Blind Mice became The Mousetrap and was ready for a live audience.Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.

Uno de los puntos a favor de este recopilatorio es que incluye tanto historias de Poirot como de Miss Marple como historias independientes sin ninguno de esos dos detectives (Harley Quin es uno de los nuevos y seré simple, pero me ha hecho mucha gracia), así que tenemos aquí reunidas unas cuantas muestras variadas de lo que es capaz de hacer la Reina del Crimen.In late 1926, Agatha's husband, Archie, revealed that he was in love with another woman, Nancy Neele, and wanted a divorce. On 8 December 1926 the couple quarreled, and Archie Christie left their house, Styles, in Sunningdale, Berkshire, to spend the weekend with his mistress at Godalming, Surrey. That same evening Agatha disappeared from her home, leaving behind a letter for her secretary saying that she was going to Yorkshire. Her disappearance caused an outcry from the public, many of whom were admirers of her novels. Despite a massive manhunt, she was not found for eleven days. 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.

The play's longevity has ensured its popularity with tourists from around the world. In 1997, at the initiative of producer Stephen Waley-Cohen, the theatrical education charity Mousetrap Theatre Projects was launched, helping young people experience London's theatre. [9] Mr Paravicini – A man of unknown provenance, who turns up claiming his car has overturned in a snowdrift. He appears to be affecting a foreign accent and artificially aged with make-up. The play began life as a short radio play written as a birthday present for Queen Mary, the consort of King George V. It was broadcast on 30 May 1947 under the name Three Blind Mice starring Barry Morse. The story drew from the real-life case of Dennis O'Neill, who died after he and his brother Terence suffered extreme abuse while in the foster care of a Shropshire farmer and his wife in 1945. I'd not been a particular fan of Christie stories, and thus basically didn't read most of the Poirot story collections when I was reading all of her books in recent years, but rereading the title story here almost made me want to reverse course and reread every story she ever wrote. Almost. That story is wonderfully entertaining, and became the basis for the longest-running play of all time, The Mousetrap (about which I would like to take the opportunity to inform you, mid-sentence, that I played Christopher Wren in a production once upon a time, wearing multiple colorful cravats simultaneously and bouncing all over the stage with quirky energy, takes belated bow). Mollie is a tall, pretty young woman in her 20s. She has been married for one year to Giles. Mollie knew him for only three weeks before they married. Mollie inherited the house from her aunt and then decided to turn the property into a guest house. Both husband and wife are inexperienced at running an inn and have no idea what they are doing. The audience learns in the last scene that Mollie was a teacher years earlier and that she was the teacher of a young boy who was murdered by his foster parents. The child had written to Mollie for help, but she was ill and never received the letter. She is haunted by this child's death.She failed to answer a letter the younger boy sent her at the time, begging to be rescued from the farm. Mollie protests that she had been seriously ill when the letter arrived and was unable to even read it until well after the boy was dead. Mousetrap Theatre Projects – History", Mousetrap Theatre Projects. 15 March 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2012. Trotter explains he has been sent in regard to the murder of Maureen Lyon. In a story loosely based on the real Dennis O'Neill case, the dead woman and her husband had mistreated their three foster children, resulting in the death of the youngest. Both adults were imprisoned for their actions; the husband died in gaol, while the wife served her sentence and had been released, only to be found strangled. Police suspect the elder boy of the abused children, who would now be twenty-two, of being the killer. In May 2001 (during the London production's 49th year, and to mark the 25th anniversary of Christie's death) the cast gave a semi-staged Sunday performance at the Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea as a guest contribution to the Agatha Christie Theatre Festival 2001, a 12-week history-making cycle of all of Agatha Christie's plays presented by Roy Marsden's New Palace Theatre Company. [19]