The Mousetrap - The Diamond Anniversary Tour
From: Monday, 21st January 2013
To: Saturday, 26 January 2013
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Synopsis
Opened at the Ambassadors Theatre in London on 25 November 1952. The World's Longest Running Play! A group of people gathered together in a remote part of the countryside discover there is a murderer in their midst. The question is which one of them is the guilty party.
Our Review:
Barbara Maxwell - 21 January 2013
Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap was first performed in 1952. Christie herself expected it to run for no more than 8 months. How wrong she was, as last year it celebrated its 60th year, making it by far the longest running show in the world.
It came about when someone from the BBC wondered what gift the corporation could give to Queen Mary, mother of King George VI, for her 80th birthday. The answer came back that a play by Agatha Christie would fit the bill. She duly complied, and wrote a 30 minute radio play entitled Three Blind Mice.
Five years later this formed the basis of The Mousetrap and the rest as they say is history. In September 2012, to mark it’s 60th Anniverary in the West End, the first ever UK tour began in Canterbury and will finally finish in Dublin in June this year, having covered the length and breadth of the UK.
The play is a delightful little gem – very old fashioned in some ways – but with someth...
Cast
Steven France (Christopher Wren)
Thomas Howes (Sgt Trotter)
Karl Howman (Mr Paravicini)
Bruno Langley (Giles Ralston)
Graham Seed (Major Metcalf)
Jemma Walker (Mollie Ralston)
Jan Waters (Mrs Boyle)
Clare Wilkie (Miss Casewell)
Creative
Agatha Christie (Author)
Mousetrap Productions (Producer)
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