REVIEW: The Mousetrap keeps you guessing until the end
Fans would say that her 1952 foray, The Mousetrap is not one of her best, but there’s no denying that it is a world record-breaker in the history of theatre with more than 26,000 performances in London over the past six decades.
Starring Louise Jameson (Doctor Who, EastEnders and Doc Marten) as Mrs Boyle, a middle-aged, quarrelsome woman - one of five guests who book into Monkswell Manor Guest House on the outskirts of London, shortly before a snowstorm cuts them off.
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Hide AdThe new owners, Mollie and Giles Ralston (Anna Andresen and Nick Barclay) try to make their guests at home, but fault-finding Mrs Boyle soon finds herself checking out before time when she is strangled.
Is it something to do with the discovery that she was a former magistrate who some years ago had, unwittingly, sent three abused children to be fostered with a cruel couple at their farm?
But is Mrs Boyle really dead? Or is her demise part of a more cunning plan devised by the remaining guests and their hosts?
As per usual Ms Christie makes each character seem a suspect in a show that keeps you guessing until the end.
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