It is the ultimate whodunnit.

That is because, for the most part, the only people who know the twist ending of The Mousetrap are those who have seen it.

For those yet to watch Agatha Christie’s famous play on the stage, the identity of the murderer – there is always a murderer when it comes to Christie – remains a mystery.

And you won’t get any spoilers here, either.

Plot aside, The Mousetrap is most famous for its longevity. And on this day 51 years ago, it became the world’s longest running play, a title it has never relinquished.

On 23 December 1970, Christie’s work took that accolade from the American play The Drunkard, which opened at the Theatre Mart in Los Angeles in 1933 and ran for 36 years.

At that point, The Mousetrap had chalked up an amazing 7,511 performances.

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And after that, it just kept running. And running. And running.

It ran continuously in London’s West End from 25 November 1952 until 16 March 2020, when performances had to be halted because of the coronavirus pandemic.

But it still tops our list of the world’s longest running plays…

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