The Mousetrap

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La historia consta de ocho personajes que quedan atrapados en la casa de huéspedes de Monkswell Manor, debido a la nieve, y que se ven envueltos en un reciente crimen ocurrido en Londres, ya sea como sospechosos o víctimas. In this spoiler-riven age, it’s difficult for any show, film, book or play to keep anything under wraps – particularly with constant speculation on social media. Some productions have taken to imploring audiences or readers not to spill key information; at Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Keep the Secrets badges have been handed out to departing fans in a bid to halt leaks. La ratonera" se estrenó en el Royal Theatre de Nottingham el 6 de octubre de 1952. Tras representarse en varias ciudades, en 1974 se trasladó a St. Martin`s Theatre. En octubre de 2011 se registró un récord de 24.537 funciones convirtiéndose así en la obra con más representaciones ininterrumpidas de la historia. También quiero mencionar que la obra está ambientada tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial, una época muy dura por los graves problemas financieros e industriales que atravesó Gran Bretaña, y que se puede ver un poco en el trasfondo de las personalidades de personajes como la señora Boyle (clase social alta) que no para de quejarse de la falta de criados cuando ella misma no puede costearse una residencia fija con su servicio, o el matrimonio Ralston (pequeña burguesía) que representan a los jóvenes que se casaban sin consentimiento familiar y muy rápido tras el conflicto, ya que es una época de reconstrucción en todos los aspectos propiciando tiempos de cambios.

Agatha Christie. Τώρα που επιτέλους το διάβασα, κατανοώ και επικροτώ όλες τις διθυραμβικές κριτικές που έχει λάβει!

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In 1930, Christie married archaeologist Max Mallowan (Sir Max from 1968) after joining him in an archaeological dig. Their marriage was especially happy in the early years and remained so until Christie's death in 1976. Es un mini relato en el que por primera vez veo aparecer a Miss Marple. El relato me ha dejado totalmente indiferente ya que es muy corto y la trama no es gran cosa, pero me ha sorprendido el ingenio de miss Marple. November 2002 – Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh attend The Mousetrap 50th anniversary performance. La persona asesinada es Maureen Lyon, ella y su esposo maltrataban a sus hijos adoptivos, causando la muerte del mas joven. Ambos fueron a la cárcel, el hombre murió en ella y Maureen acababa de ser soltada. La policia sospecha del mayor de los hijos adoptivos que ahora rondaría los 22 años. Mr Paravicini – Mr Paravicini turns up at Monkswell Manor during the blizzard, but why would he drive to a manor with no luggage? Can anyone get to know the Hercule Poirot lookalike?

Detective Sergeant Trotter – The detective. He arrives in a snow storm and questions the proprietors and guests. She failed to answer a letter the younger boy sent her at the time, begging to be rescued from the farm. Mollie protests that she had been seriously ill when the letter arrived and was unable to even read it until well after the boy was dead. La señora Boyle confiesa que es una de las personas que asignaron a los hijos adoptivos a la casa. Luego aparece asesinada. The play has also been presented internationally: in 2013 in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok by the British Theatre Playhouse. [24] She's like Santa Clause or something when it comes to who has been bad or good, and her friends and neighbors would do well to listen to her advice when it comes to the hiring and firing of servants.El título es un spoiler, así que lo he deducido todo desde el principio. Esto ha hecho que realmente no me intrigara mucho y que me resultara todo muy obvio. Me gustó muchísimo como se lleva a cabo el crimen, pero los personajes no me llegaron a convencer. Tampoco me convence como llegan a conocer la verdad del crimen, ya que se me hizo un poco forzado, pero no estuvo mal. Giles Ralston – Giles owns Monkswell Manor alongside Mollie, but he’s jealous of the attention poured upon Mollie by all the guests.

As with the best Christies, there are plenty of secrets to uncover, and no one is quite who they first appear to be – although the author’s famous climactic unveiling here may stump even the keenest amateur sleuth. Avoid all spoilers assiduously – the fun with this iconic theatre journey is discovering each new clue or hearing the latest revelation yourself. In late 1926, Agatha's husband, Archie, revealed that he was in love with another woman, Nancy Neele, and wanted a divorce. On 8 December 1926 the couple quarreled, and Archie Christie left their house, Styles, in Sunningdale, Berkshire, to spend the weekend with his mistress at Godalming, Surrey. That same evening Agatha disappeared from her home, leaving behind a letter for her secretary saying that she was going to Yorkshire. Her disappearance caused an outcry from the public, many of whom were admirers of her novels. Despite a massive manhunt, she was not found for eleven days. The Mousetrap was originally a 1947 radio play titled Three Blind Mice. Christie wrote the story for Queen Mary's 80th birthday. After extensive reworking, Three Blind Mice became The Mousetrap and was ready for a live audience. As news spreads of a murder in London, a group of seven strangers find themselves snowed in at a remote countryside guesthouse. When a police sergeant arrives, the guests discover – to their horror – that a killer is in their midst! One by one, the suspicious characters reveal their sordid pasts. Which one is the murderer? Who will be their next victim? Can you solve this world-famous mystery for yourself? Miss Casewell – Miss Casewell is a hotel guest at Monkswell Manor. The masculine woman doesn’t let on too much about where she grew up, and as a result, the other guests raise their eyebrows at her.

Mrs. Boyle is a large imposing woman in a bad temper; she complains about everything. She is disapproving of every effort that Mollie and Giles produce to make her comfortable. She surveys everything with displeasure and looks at her surroundings disapprovingly. Mrs. Boyle was a magistrate at some point. The audience learns just before she is murdered that Mrs. Boyle was the magistrate who sent three children to live with foster parents. The children were all abused and the youngest killed, but she disavows any responsibility for the tragedy. Trotter explains he has been sent in regard to the murder of Maureen Lyon. In a story loosely based on the real Dennis O'Neill case, the dead woman and her husband had mistreated their three foster children, resulting in the death of the youngest. Both adults were imprisoned for their actions; the husband died in gaol, while the wife served her sentence and had been released, only to be found strangled. Police suspect the elder boy of the abused children, who would now be twenty-two, of being the killer. Al primer día de haber inaugurado la casa de huéspedes de Monkswell Manor, la recién trincada pareja Ralston, recibe a sus cinco primeros clientes, uno de los cuales llega inesperadamente. Christopher Wren: Un hombre de unos 20-25 años quien es hiperactivo y un poco infantil, además de ligeramente afeminado. The play began life as a short radio play written by Agatha Christie as a birthday present for Queen Mary, the consort of King GeorgeV. It was broadcast on 30 May 1947 under the name Three Blind Mice. [4] The story drew from the real-life case of Dennis O'Neill, who died after he and his brother Terence suffered extreme abuse while in the foster care of a Shropshire farmer and his wife in 1945. [5]

Mr. Paravicini is foreign, dark, and elderly with a small flamboyant mustache. For those in the audience who are familiar with Agatha Christie's other works, Paravicini seems to be a slightly taller edition of Hercule Poirot, which may serve to confuse some members of the audience. Paravicini claims to be lost after his car overturned in a snow drift. He is much taken with himself—first leering at Mollie and then providing a dramatic reading of his untimely arrival in a storm with no luggage. The audience learns at the play's conclusion that he is a con man or crook.

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Act I opens with the murder of a woman named Maureen Lyon, played out in sound only. The action then moves to Monkswell Manor, recently converted to a guesthouse and run by a young couple, Mollie and Giles Ralston. While waiting for the guests to arrive, Mollie listens to a radio report about the Lyon murder, which notes that police are looking for a man in a dark overcoat, observed near the scene. ... When she wrote the play, Christie gave the rights to her grandson Mathew Prichard as a birthday present. In the United Kingdom, only one production of the play in addition to the West End production can be performed annually, [6] and under the contract terms of the play, no film adaptation can be produced until the West End production has been closed for at least six months.