Premiere: Die Mausefalle

Crime novel by Agatha Christie / German by Horst Willems

Mr. and Mrs. Ralston's remote boarding house is cut off from the outside world by a snowstorm. They hear about a murder in London over the radio. One by one, different guests turn up at the boarding house and a policeman announces himself over the phone to investigate. Despite their alibis, all the guests are under suspicion. Suspicion grows. Is the murderer to be found in the guesthouse or is the public being led on the wrong track? Agatha Christie's detective story contains all the elements you would expect from a thriller and, with 70,000 performances in over 73 years, is the longest-running play in the world.

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