reports, despite its age, the mousetrap has not lost its original charm. good afternoon. welcome to today s performance of the mousetrap. agatha christie s the mousetrap. and today s performance, number 28,915 a special anniversary reunion for former cast members. this is more than a play, it s a must see on the london tourist trail. they got out their map and everything, and they were saying, what shall we see? we must see buckingham palace, we must see the tower of london, we must see the mousetrap. and you just thought, there you are. backstage, little has changed. this, the wind machine. this is the original from 1952? the originalfrom 1952, the original production. and to make it really wintry, actors step into the snow room. but what makes it remarkable is the history. it was setting records even in the 50s. do you think it s the best play you ve written? i don t know.
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actors step into the snow room. but what makes it remarkable is the history. it was setting records even in the 50s. do you think it s the best play you ve written? i don t know. other people seem to, anyway! and since then, it s been a fixture on the west end, with one veteran involved from day one agatha christie s grandson. it s a very important moment, but one thing i will tell you about this anniversary, it will not be the last. and to mark the landmark, there is going to be a second mousetrap on broadway. each summer, we have thousands of american tourists coming to the show during the summer season, and i think it s time we got on the front foot and took it there. and part of the mystique is this is there s never been a film of it. there are film rights, but they came with a clause they had to wait until the london production closed. 70 years on, they re still waiting. david sillito, bbc news,