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അഗതാ ക്രിസ്റ്റിയുടെ മൗസ്‌ ട്രാപ്പ്‌ നാടകം 24,500 തവണ ഒരേ വേദിയില്‍: നവംബര്‍ 25 (നാലു വാക്ക്‌: ജോര്‍ജ്‌ നടവയല്‍)

Published on 26 November, 2011
അഗതാ ക്രിസ്റ്റിയുടെ മൗസ്‌ ട്രാപ്പ്‌ നാടകം 24,500 തവണ ഒരേ വേദിയില്‍: നവംബര്‍ 25 (നാലു വാക്ക്‌: ജോര്‍ജ്‌ നടവയല്‍)
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എലിപ്പെണ്ണല്ലാതാകുന്ന
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ഇത്തൂലികാവിസ്‌മയം.

The Mousetrap is a murder mystery play by Agatha Christie. Christie's stage play The Mousetrap holds the record for the longest initial run: it opened at the Ambassadors Theatre in London on 25 November 1952 and as of 2011 is still running. It has the longest initial run of any play in history, with over 24,500 performances so far. It is the longest running show (of any type) of the modern era. The play is also known for its twist ending, which at the end of every performance the audience is asked not to reveal.
Notable milestones in the play's history include:
•    22 April 1955 – 1,000th performance
•    13 September 1957 – Longest-ever run of a "straight" play in the West End
•    12 April 1958 – Longest-ever run of a show in the West End with 2239 performances (the previous holder was Chu Chin Chow)
•    9 December 1964 – 5,000th performance
•    17 December 1976 – 10,000th performance
•    16 December 2000 – 20,000th performance
•    The play is set in the Great Hall of Monkswell Manor. The time – the present (1952).[9]
•    Act I
•    Scene 1 – Late afternoon.
•    A woman has been murdered in London. A young couple, Mollie and Giles Ralston, have started a guest house in the converted Monkswell Manor. Their first four guests arrive: Christopher Wren, Mrs. Boyle, Major Metcalf and Miss Casewell. Mrs. Boyle complains about everything, and Giles offers to cancel her stay, but she refuses the offer. They become snowed in together and read in the newspaper of the murder. An additional traveller, Mr. Paravicini, arrives stranded after he ran his car into a snowdrift, but he makes his hosts uneasy.
•    Scene 2 – The following day after lunch.
•    The imposing Mrs Boyle complains to the other guests, first to Metcalf and then to Miss Casewell, who both try to get away from her. Wren comes into the room claiming to have fled Mrs. Boyle in the library. Shortly afterwards, the police call on the phone, creating great alarm amongst the guests. Mrs. Boyle suggests that Mollie check Wren's references. Detective Sergeant Trotter arrives on skis to inform the group that he believes a murderer is at large and on his way to the hotel, following the death of Mrs Maureen Lyon in London. When Mrs Boyle is killed, they realise that the murderer is already there.
•    Act II
•    Ten minutes later, the investigation is ongoing. Each character is scrutinized and suspected. Mollie and Giles get into a fight, and Chris Wren and Giles argue over who should protect Mollie. Suspicion falls first on Christopher Wren, an erratic young man who fits the description of the supposed murderer. However, it quickly transpires that the killer could be any one of the guests, or even the hosts themselves. The characters re-enact the second murder, trying to prevent a third.
•    At last, Sergeant Trotter assembles everyone in the hall with the plan to set a trap for one of the suspects.
•    Identity of the murderer
•    By tradition, at the end of each performance, audiences are asked not to reveal the identity of the killer to anyone outside the theatre, to ensure that the end of the play is not spoiled for future audiences. Christie was always upset by the plots of her works being revealed in reviews, and in 2010 her grandson Matthew Prichard, who receives the royalties from the play, was "dismayed" to learn from The Independent that the ending to The Mousetrap was revealed online in the play's Wikipedia article.
•    The murderer's identity is divulged near the end of the play. In a twist ending, it is revealed that the murderer is Sergeant Trotter, who is not a policeman at all but an insane killer seeking to avenge his brother's death;[12][13] that Miss Casewell is actually his sister who came looking for him; that Mollie Ralston taught the children as students when she was a teacher; and that Major Metcalf is, in fact, an undercover police detective, looking for the murderer.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mousetrap

http://mousetrapontour.com/
https://www.the-mousetrap.co.uk/online/default.asp

അഗതാ ക്രിസ്റ്റിയുടെ മൗസ്‌ ട്രാപ്പ്‌ നാടകം 24,500 തവണ ഒരേ വേദിയില്‍: നവംബര്‍ 25 (നാലു വാക്ക്‌: ജോര്‍ജ്‌ നടവയല്‍)
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