The Mousetrap is a play by mystery writer Agatha Christie. Based on her short story Three Blind Mice, The Mousetrap been running continuously since 1958. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
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| 1952/10/06 | Agatha Christie | Author | Directed by Peter Cotes, "The Mousetrap" holds its world premiere at the Theatre Royal in Nottingham. Agatha Christie considers the Theatre Royal a lucky theatre for her shows. | Theatre Royal, Nottingham | Nottingham | ||
| 1952/10/06 | Richard Attenborough | Actor | Directed by Peter Cotes, "The Mousetrap" holds its world premiere at the Theatre Royal in Nottingham. Agatha Christie considers the Theatre Royal a lucky theatre for her shows. | Theatre Royal, Nottingham | Nottingham | ||
| 1952/10/06 | Agatha Christie | Playwright | Directed by Peter Cotes, "The Mousetrap" holds its world premiere at the Theatre Royal in Nottingham. Agatha Christie considers the Theatre Royal a lucky theatre for her shows. | Theatre Royal, Nottingham | Nottingham | ||
| 1952/11/25 | Richard Attenborough | Actor | Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap" premieres at the Ambassadors Theatre starring Richard Attenborough as DS Trotter and Sheila Sim as Mollie Ralston. Their pay is 10 percent of the profits. | Ambassadors Theatre | London | ||
| 1974/03/00 | Agatha Christie | Playwright | Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap" moves from the Ambassadors to the St Martin's, where it continues its run today, holding the record for the longest continuously running show in the world. It has been preformed over 27,500 times. | St Martins Theatre | London | ||
| 1982/00/00 | Richard Attenborough | Producer, Director | Richard Attenborough sells what is left of his "The Mousetrap" profit annuity to help finance "Gandhi". |
| Particulars for The Mousetrap (play): | |||
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| Narrative Arts | Detective | a person, especially a police officer, whose occupation is to investigate and solve crimes. | |
| Narrative Arts | Fiction | prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people | |
| Narrative Arts | Murder | the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another | |
| Narrative Arts | Mystery | something not understood or beyond understanding | |
| Art Type | Play | story that is written to be performed by actors, especially in a theatre | |
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| Original Language: | English | ||
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