Item #75576 The Mousetrap. A Play. Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC) reader's report, favourably assessing the play's potential for film adaptation. Together with a copy of the original theatre programme. Agatha CHRISTIE, R. GROVES, report author, Dame.
The Mousetrap. A Play. Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC) reader's report, favourably assessing the play's potential for film adaptation. Together with a copy of the original theatre programme.
The Mousetrap. A Play. Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC) reader's report, favourably assessing the play's potential for film adaptation. Together with a copy of the original theatre programme.

The Mousetrap. A Play. Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC) reader's report, favourably assessing the play's potential for film adaptation. Together with a copy of the original theatre programme.

N.p. [London: Elstree Studios/ABPC], Ambassadors Theatre, 1952. [Literary and cinematic critique] Elstree Studios' report of the play, recommending it as suitable for filming. 6pp., typed report on rectos only. Rubber-stamped ink date-received [17 Dec 1952] to front. Perforations down left edge from office binding. Very well preserved. Programme is very good. Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap was published by Samuel French in 1952 and began its run in London on 25 November 1952 at the Ambassadors Theatre. The original West End cast included Richard Attenborough as Detective Sergeant Trotter and his wife Sheila Sim as Mollie Ralston. The two-act play was viewed by K. Leaver of Elstree's Reading Department on 5th December, the report typed up and delivered twelve days later. Its verdict on the play was positive, commenting: 'skilful dramatization... consistently entertaining... well worth consideration... I am convinced it would prove excellent entertainment'. The play ran at the Ambassadors Theatre until Saturday, 23 March 1974 when it immediately transferred to the larger St Martin's Theatre, next door, where it reopened on Monday, 25 March, thus keeping its "initial run" status. The unbroken London run has now exceeded 30,000 performances, a World record. When writing the play, Christie gave the rights to her grandson Mathew Prichard as a birthday present. In the United Kingdom, only one production of the play in addition to the West End production can be performed annually, and under the contract terms, no film adaptation can be produced until the West End production has been closed for at least six months. Therefore, no movie has ever been made. A scarce film industry critique on a milestone work from one of Britain's best-known and well-loved film studios. Item #75576

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