Agatha Christie's enduringly popular whodunit traps a group of strangers inside a snowbound English guesthouse just as news breaks of a murder in nearby London. As a fierce blizzard cuts them off from the outside world, a young police sergeant on skis arrives to warn that the killer may be among them, and one by one the guests reveal secrets that make each of them a plausible suspect. Suspicion, misdirection, and a nursery rhyme woven through the plot keep the audience guessing until a final twist reveals the murderer's identity. First staged in 1952, The Mousetrap holds the record as the longest continuously running play in history, famous for asking audiences to keep its ending a secret.

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