Agatha Christie, master puzzler.
| Publisher | Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. |
| Publication | Quadrant |
| Subject | Literature/writing |
| Format | Magazine/Journal |
| ISSN | 0033-5002 |
| Issues per Year | 10 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Published | 2003-04-01 |
| Role | Type | Name |
| Author | n/a | GEOFFREY BEWLEY |
| Person | Criticism and interpretation | Agatha Christie |
| Related Content | Type |
| The Mousetrap | eNotes |
| The Mousetrap | Salem on Literature |
ON NOVEMBER 25, 2002, Agatha Christie's play The Mousetrap clocked up fifty years on the London stage. It's been performed there more than twenty thousand times, to audiences adding up to about ten million people, making it the longest-running show in theatre history. A few other long runs ended recently, so even if it comes off tomorrow it'll probably hold that record for longer than most people reading this will be alive.
Nobody's sure why it's lasted so long. Agatha Christie herself thought it might run for eight months. To start with, it didn't do great business. Then...
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