The Mousetrap: A Play.
Samuel French's first acting edition of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap
The Mousetrap: A Play.
CHRISTIE, Agatha.
Item Number: 128307
London: Samuel French, 1954.
Samuel French’s first acting edition of the longest-running West End show, issued on the occasion of the sixth anniversary of its first performance the Ambassadors Theatre, London. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition.
The Mousetrap opened in London's West End in 1952 and ran continuously until 16 March 2020. The longest-running West End show, it has by far the longest initial run of any play in history, with its 27,500th performance taking place on 18 September 2018. The play was published as a paperback by Samuel French Ltd. as French's Acting Edition No. 153 in 1954 and is still in print. It was first published in hardback in The Mousetrap and Other Plays by G. P. Putnam's Sons in 1978.
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