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89.04.07: Curtain Call: A Dramatic Approach to Detective Fiction
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he Mousetrap is based on a radio sketch that was written by Agatha Christie to commemorate the eightieth birthday of Queen Mary. It was so well received that Ms. Christie decided to turn it into a play. It became a huge success and is the longest running play in the history of the London theater. The Mousetrap opened on November 25, 1952 and it is still being performed in London today. It will not be made into a film until the play closes. It is beginning to look like that special clause in Ms. Christie�s contract may prevent film audiences from ever seeing the play. At this time The Mousetrap has been running for over thirty-six years without an interruption. The play was not as successful on Broadway though it is often produced by American amateur theater groups. The Mousetrap is a full-fledged English institution and tourists visit the play as often as they do such other sites as Buckingham Palace and the Tower of London.
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People read detective fiction and go to see mystery and suspense plays because they want to be reassured that good will always triumph over evil. People have a basic, primal need to believe in good and evil. They see crime and violence in their streets, read about it in the newspapers, and see it broadcast on T.V. Detective fiction provides an escape to a place where there is always a solution. No author comes up with a better solution than Agatha Christie. She is a master of the puzzling detective story. Students love her work for its suspense and its twisting and turning plots. The Mousetrap is one of her most clever puzzles. The students will study The Mousetrap discussing with one another Ms. Christie�s unique writing style and the ways in which she utilizes and creates such riddling and perplexing plots. They will begin to study the literary elements of plot such as conflict, climax, and denouement. They will attempt to create their own puzzles and to write mini-plays based on Ms. Christie�s style.
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