The Mousetrap and Other Plays
4/5
()
About this ebook
Agatha Christie created magnificent works of suspense for the theater, and eight of her riveting stage dramas are collected in The Mousetrap and Other Plays—including the title piece, the longest running play in history, still a smash hit in London's West End after 60 years!
On an isolated island, ten people have been brought together to be killed off. An evil old woman has a rendezvous with death in the desert heat of Jerusalem. A scheming wife testifies against her husband in a shocking murder trial. And a homicidal maniac terrorizes a group of snowbound guests to the refrain of "Three Blind Mice."
This collection of eight works proves that Agatha Christie's plays are as compulsive as her novels, with their colorful characters and ingenious plots providing yet more evidence of her mastery of the detective thriller.
Includes: And Then There Were None, Appointment with Death, The Hollow, The Mousetrap, Witness for the Prosecution, Towards Zero, Verdict, and Go Back for Murder.
Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in English with another billion in over 70 foreign languages. She is the most widely published author of all time and in any language, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 20 plays, and six novels written under the name of Mary Westmacott.
Read more from Agatha Christie
And Then There Were None Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Crooked House Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Passenger to Frankfurt Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Pale Horse Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sparkling Cyanide Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Island: A Short Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Towards Zero Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Spider's Web Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Sittaford Mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5They Came to Baghdad Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly: A Hercule Poirot Short Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related to The Mousetrap and Other Plays
Related ebooks
The Unexpected Guest Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Sittaford Mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Spider's Web Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Witness for the Prosecution Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Three Blind Mice and Other Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5They Came to Baghdad Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ordeal by Innocence Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Murder at the Vicarage: A Miss Marple Mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Destination Unknown Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Towards Zero Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Elephants Can Remember: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5By the Pricking of My Thumbs: A Tommy and Tuppence Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Big Four: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Black Coffee Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Three Act Tragedy: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Poirot Investigates: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The ABC Murders: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5At Bertram's Hotel: A Miss Marple Mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sleeping Murder: Miss Marple's Last Case Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Murder Is Announced: A Miss Marple Mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Evil Under the Sun: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Parker Pyne Investigates: A Short Story Collection Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side: A Miss Marple Mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Murder in Mesopotamia: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Five Little Pigs: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Curtain: Poirot's Last Case: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Golden Ball And Other Stories Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Moving Finger: A Miss Marple Mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for The Mousetrap and Other Plays
6 ratings3 reviews
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Includes Witness for the Prosecution and Ten Little Indians, two of my all-time favorites from Dame Agatha.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5agatha christie is very tricky though the whole thing you never know who comitted the crime
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This is a collection of eight plays. Ten Little Indians, Ten people trapped on an island, start dropping like flies from unnatural causes. A bit campy for me, but I wonder if one saw it staged they could pick out the murderer?Appointment With Death, Creepy, suffocating. Most unnerving mother I've ever read about. Takes place in Egypt.The Hollow, A satisfactory tale with a nice clean ending. Wonderful Duchess character in it. Takes place at an estate 20 miles from London.Mousetrap, I like this version better than the book. It seems a tighter story.Witness for the Prosecution, This takes place mostly in the court, which I thought would be boring, but it moved along very quickly. I figured it out pretty early, except some of the fine details. Love the ending.Zero Hour, A bit bizarre, not sure it's quite believable, but still a good tale.Verdict, My favorite setting for a play, I'm sure. It takes place in a room full of books. :) The story is melodramatic and not quite to my taste, but I would love to be in charge of arranging the stage.Go Back for Murder. This story was easier to follow than the movie version I saw. However, I think the makeup for Clare and Caroline would be tricky on the stage. I would love to see this on the stage though.I'm not keeping this due to room on my shelves.