The Mousetrap

The Mousetrap is the longest running play in the world! It has been running for 56 years and hopefully it will run for many more years. The Mousetrap in a locked door mystery that takes place at Monkswell Manor; the manor is isolated by a snow storm that comes during the night trapping everyone indoors. The story begins with the radio announcement stating that the murdered had been seen in a dark jacket, dark hat and light scarf and from that moment all of the characters that enter all seem to be suspects. The murder mystery continues with the detective, Sergeant Trotter, trying to collect clues and find out who it could have been. This is where the Agatha Christie twist shows up. Sergeant Trotter is not really a detective but is in fact the murderer. The detective is Major Metcalf who does not appear to be very efficient at protecting the house guests as one, almost two, are murdered on his watch. The one to figure out the story is in fact Miss Casewell whom we discover is one of the abused children and Sergeant Trotter’s sister. This play, like many others of Agatha Christie’s stories, has most of the characters linked to the crime in a pretty significant way and it is the detective’s job to figure out which person actually committed the crime and which ones just wanted to.