The Mousetrap
The Mousetrap is a murder mystery play by Agatha Christie [1] (1890-1976). The play openend in the West End of London in 1952.
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Presented by the Brian Brooke Company at the Hofmeyr Theatre starring English actor Emrys Jones [2] (1915-1972), Ken Marshall and Petrina Fry, 1954.
Johannesburg Repertory Society staged the thriller The Mousetrap in 1962.
Pieter Toerien at Montecasino Theatre between 2002 and 2003.
Staged at the Theatre on the Bay December 2011 to 14 January 2012, directed by Alan Swerdlow starring Ashley Dowds, Mark Rayment, Robert Fridjhon, Clyde Berning, Bronwyn Leigh, Sarah Richard, Matthew Lotter and Clare Marshall.
Sources
Wikipedia [3]
Brooke 1978. 245.
Tucker, 1997. 163.
Cape Times 29 Dec 2011.
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