ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The longest-running West End show, it has by far the longest run of any play in the world, with its 28, 915th performance having taken place as of November 2022. Attendees at St Martin’s Theatre often get their photo taken beside the wooden counter (showing a count of the number of performances) in the theatre foyer.

Detailed explanation-2: -Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap is the longest running show, of any kind, in the world. It opened in November 1952 at The Ambassadors Theatre in London and moved to St. Martin’s Theatre in March 1974 where it is still running to this day.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1994 Sir Stephen Waley-Cohen became the producer of The Mousetrap. Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap is the world’s longest-running play.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Mousetrap: Agatha Christie’s West End hit heads to Broadway after 70 years. The world’s longest-running play, The Mousetrap, which marks its 70th anniversary on Friday, is to open on Broadway for the first time next year. Agatha Christie’s whodunit premiered on 25 November 1952 in Nottingham’s Theatre Royal.

Detailed explanation-5: -How long is the show? The show is 2 hours and 20 minutes; this includes a 20-minute interval.