THE SHOW THAT NEVER DIED

When Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap” opened in London’s West End, Churchill was still Prime Minister. “Meat, sugar, butter and margarine were still being rationed. Stalin was lording it in Russia. Nobody had climbed Everest, or run a four-minute mile. It was another world.” Now the show is ambling on to its 20,000th performance. – The Sunday Times (UK)