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The Mousetrap and Other Plays

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The Mousetrap and Other Plays
US first edition hardcover
AuthorAgatha Christie
LanguageEnglish
GenreDetective fiction
Plays
PublisherG. P. Putnam's Sons
Publication date
25 November 1978
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages659 (first edition, hardback)
ISBN0-396-07631-9

The Mousetrap and Other Plays is a collection of plays by English crime novelist Agatha Christie, published by G. P. Putnam's Sons on 25 November 1978. The eight plays had been previously published individually between 1944 and 1960, and all but Verdict are adaptations of previously published works by Christie.

Contents

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Title Original
publication
Publisher
(All London)
Source
And Then There Were None 1944 Samuel French Ltd. Based on the 1939 novel Ten Little Niggers; also known as And Then There Were None and Ten Little Indians.
Appointment with Death 1945 Samuel French Ltd. Based on the 1938 novel Appointment with Death
The Hollow 1952 Samuel French Ltd. Based on the 1946 novel The Hollow
The Mousetrap 1954 Samuel French Ltd. Expanded version of the radio play Three Blind Mice
Witness for the Prosecution 1954 Samuel French Ltd. Based upon the 1925 short story "The Witness for the Prosecution"
Towards Zero 1957 Samuel French Ltd. With Gerald Verner; based on the novel Towards Zero
Verdict 1958 Samuel French Ltd. Original play
Go Back for Murder 1960 Samuel French Ltd. Based on the novel Five Little Pigs