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The ending of The Mousetrap - pictured with existent London formed - is simply a carefully-kept secret
By Rebecca Jones and Helen Bushby
Entertainment reporters
The world's longest-running play, The Mousetrap, which marks its 70th day connected Friday, is to unfastened connected Broadway for the archetypal clip adjacent year.
Agatha Christie's whodunit premiered successful London's West End connected 25 November 1952, and the writer initially thought it mightiness tally for lone 8 months.
But it has since go a West End fixture, being performed astir 29,000 times and seen by 10 cardinal people.
The amusement has been staged successful the US before, but ne'er successful New York.
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Image caption,The Queen met the play's archetypal stars, Richard Attenborough and Sheila Sim, connected its 50th day successful 2002
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Image caption,Lord Attenborough posed connected signifier with a elephantine barroom for the occasion
The Broadway transportation comes aft the illustration of the play received a boost erstwhile it featured successful the caller execution enigma movie See How They Run.
The movie is acceptable successful 1953 against the backdrop of the show's 100th performance, with a starry formed including Saoirse Ronan, Ruth Wilson, Adrien Brody, David Oyelowo and Sam Rockwell.
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Image caption,Left-right: Richard Attenborough, Sheila Sim, impresario Peter Saunders and Agatha Christie successful 1958
Well-known names person been promised for the play's Broadway cast, though they person not yet been revealed.
Its producers person said present is simply a bully clip for it to deed New York, fixed Christie's enduring appeal.
Co-producer Kevin McCollum said helium was "thrilled" astatine the news, adding that helium was "excited for the immense Christie fanbase successful North America, and for the acting institution successful New York who volition articulation the esteemed ranks of The Mousetrap alumni".
Details of the venue and dates for the Broadway tally person not yet been announced.
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Image caption,The formed for the show's 50th day included Lisa Barry and Matthew J Wilson
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Image caption,Attenborough and Sim posed with 20 of the show's starring ladies successful 1973
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Image caption,It opened successful 2010 successful Shanghai, China, successful the archetypal accumulation extracurricular the UK by the London accumulation house
On Friday, determination volition besides beryllium a peculiar midday matinee show successful London for immoderate of the radical who person worked connected oregon been progressive successful the accumulation successful the past.
A 70th day touring accumulation of The Mousetrap started successful September and volition sojourn much than 70 venues passim the UK and Ireland to people its milestone.
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