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Mousetrap, The

Mousetrap, The

London play by Agatha Christie, running since 1952. [Br. Lit.: McWhirter, 228]
See: Longevity
Allusions—Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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It all began with The Mousetrap, the long-running play in the West End.
Culture: Scene but not heard; When his army career ended in deafness, starting a second career as an actor seemed a tall order. Tim Barlow explains how he came to be playing two roles in the Royal Shakespeare Company's current Stratford season
The Mousetrap, the world's longest-running play whose London staging night after night has become the stuff of legends, famously has a twist at its end that audiences are politely requested not to reveal so that future theatre-goers can also enjoy the surprise.
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