The short story has still not been published within the UK but it has appeared in the US in the 1950 collection Three Blind Mice and Other Stories. The play is based on a short story, itself based on the radio play, but Christie asked that the story not be published as long as it ran as a play in the West End of London. 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.
It was broadcast on under the name Three Blind Mice.
The play began life as a short radio play written by Agatha Christie as a birthday present for Queen Mary, the consort of King George V. However since then few of the cast have been headliners, with Stephen Moss in The Guardian writing that "the play and its author are the stars". Richard Attenborough was the original Detective Sergeant Trotter, and his wife, Sheila Sim, the first Mollie Ralston – owner of Monkswell Manor guesthouse. There are eight members of the cast, and by 2012 more than 400 actors and actresses had played the roles. Ī whodunit, the play has a twist ending, which the audience are traditionally asked not to reveal after leaving the theatre. As of 2022 the play has been seen by 10 million people in London. Attendees at St Martin's Theatre often get their photo taken beside the wooden counter (showing a count of the number of performances) in the theatre foyer. The longest-running West End show, it has by far the longest run of any play in the world, with its 28,915th performance having taken place as of November 2022. The Mousetrap opened in London's West End in 1952 and ran continuously until 16 March 2020, when the stage performances had to be temporarily discontinued during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Mousetrap is a murder mystery play by Agatha Christie. A guest house, Monkswell Manor, wintertime "in the present day"
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