The world's longest running play marked its twenty thousandth performance today with a Champagne party in London's West End. Agatha Christie's 'The Mousetrap' first went on stage in 1952. It has been translated into 23 languages and performed in more than 40 countries.
Joining today's celebrations were Oscar winning British director, Richard Attenborough, who was in the original production, and the only other surviving members of the original cast - his wife Sheila and 82-year-old Jessica Spencer.
Despite its success – it is one of London's top tourist attractions - the play, which was originally written for radio has never been made into a film. And a big screen version of Christie's infamous 'whodunit' is not on the near horizon - the producer who bought the film rights on condition that he would not make the film until the play closed, died recently.
