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The Mousetrap is a murder mystery play by Agatha Christie. The play opened in London's West End in 1952, and is the longest-running West End show, with over 30,000 performances making it the longest run of any play in the world. While pandemic closures suspended performances between March 2020 and May 2021, the play has been seen by over 10 million people in London.

A whodunit, the play has a twist ending which the audience are traditionally asked not to reveal after leaving the theatre. There are eight members of the cast, and by 2012 more than 400 actors had played the roles. Richard Attenborough was the original Detective Sergeant Trotter, and his wife, Sheila Sim, the first Mollie Ralston – owner of Monkswell Manor guesthouse. 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".