{"id":2840,"date":"2023-10-18T16:26:56","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T16:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2840"},"modified":"2023-10-18T16:26:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T16:26:56","slug":"the-mousetrap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2840","title":{"rendered":"The Mousetrap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Mousetrap&nbsp;<\/strong>is the world\u2019s longest-running play of all time. But just \u2018whodunnit\u2019 ? The City Adventurers needed to know\u2026..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What happens in The Mousetrap?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Five guests arrive at a remote Monkswell Manor during a blizzard and worse is to come. Detective Sergeant Trotter arrives on the hotel doorstep and informs the hotel guests of a nearby murder\u2026\u2026and that they\u2019re all suspects!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everyone is questioned and seems to fit the murderer\u2019s descriptions. As the evening draws on, there is another murder, this time in the hotel itself! We learn the guests and hotel owners shady pasts one by one until the murderer is revealed\u2026\u2026..and are then sworn to secrecy. So although we now know \u2018whodunnit\u2019 we are not at liberty to tell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solvethemurder.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/10\/20231010_204355.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/solvethemurder.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/10\/20231010_204355.jpg\" alt=\"City Adventurers at The Mousetrap\" class=\"wp-image-3981\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">City Adventurers at The Mousetrap<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">History<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mousetrap, a quintessentially British \u2018whodunnit\u2019 written by Agatha Christie, has become a British institution. It premiered at Nottingham\u2019s Theatre Royal on 6 October 1952 before playing to regional audiences. Opening in London at the Ambassadors Theatre on 25 November 1952, it played there until transferring to St. Martin\u2019s Theatre in 1974.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s still an original cast member and one surviving prop from 1952 in&nbsp;<em>The Mousetrap<\/em>. Deryck Guyler voices the news broadcast heard on the radio during the play and the clock that sits on the fireplace is from the original set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Want to join us on a clue solving adventure? Become a City Adventurer!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The UK based Social Club for people who love exploring new places, discovering new things and solving mysteries.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/\">City Adventurers<\/a>&nbsp;Membership includes invitations to adventures, including theatre trips, author events and interactive experiences mainly in the UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solvethemurder.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/10\/20231010_204206.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/solvethemurder.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/10\/20231010_204206.jpg\" alt=\"At The Mousetrap\" class=\"wp-image-3982\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">At The Mousetrap<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mousetrap&nbsp;is the world\u2019s longest-running play of all time. But just \u2018whodunnit\u2019 ? The City Adventurers needed to know\u2026.. What happens in The Mousetrap? 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