"The mousetrap" di Agatha Christie

The Mousetrap, by Agatha Christie The Mousetrap, by Agatha Christie. Dal testo "Il Palchetto Stage". Description of the characters as they appear in the first act. (AT MONKSWELL MANOR) MOLLIE RALSTON Tall, pretty, in her twenties. First experience in running a guesthouse. She tries to do her best to please her guests. GILES RALSTON Arrogant, attractive, in his twenties. THE GUESTS CHRISTOPHER WREN A wild looking neurotic young man, whit an almost childish manner. He likes the house. He says he is an architect. Childish (page 16). He adores cooking. He helps Mollie to cook. MRS BOYLE Large, imposing and in a bed temper. She complains. She thinks the house is not in perfect condition, there are worms in the furniture. She says that Christopher is "a peculiar young man. Unbalanced mentally", page 23. She often criticises Christopher (page 28). She also mistrusts Mr Paravicini. MISS CASEWELL Young woman of a manly type, a long dark coat, light scarf and a hat. Page 25: she lives abroad. She has some business to do in London. MR PARAVICINI Foreign, dark, elderly, with a flamboyant moustache. Little bag. His Rolls Royce overturned. When the police rings, he drops the poker. Page 39: he may be older. He makes up, rouge and powdered. He says he plays the market (70), but later he is discovered to be a counterfeiter, actually (at the and of the play). MAJOR MATCALF. Page 15. He is a soldier in his manner. Comprehensive, tolerant. He praises lunch, very comfortable beds. When the police rings, he stands paralysed. On page 38 he reveals that Mrs Boyle was one of the magistrates on court. DETECTIVE SERGEANT TROTTER A young, cheerful cockney. He arrives skiing. A skiing policeman. Covered with snow and looking terribly hearty. Trotter investigates if any of the guests had any associations with the happening at LANGRIDGE FARM about eleven years before. THE LONGRIDGE FARM CASE (page 33) The woman who was called MRS MAUREEN LYON but her real name was MAUREEN STANNING. He husband was a farmer, JOHN STANNING. They lived at Longridge Farm, not far from the guesthouse. Three children, two boys and a girl, were brought before the court as in need of care and protection. A home was found for them at Mr and Mrs Stanning's. but one of the children died as a result of criminal neglect and persistent ill treatment. Mr Stanning was put into prison and he died there. Mrs Stanning served her sentence and was duly released. But she was found strangled at 24 Culver Street. A notebook was picked up near the scene of the crime. In it there are two adresses. One was 24 Culver Street, and the other was Monkswell Manor. Below thw two adresses it was written "Three blind mice" and on the dead woman's body there was a paper with "this is the first" written on it. Of the three children, the youngest, a boy of eleven, died. The girl was adopted by someone and the police did not find where she is. The eldest boy would be now 22 years old. Deserted from the army, he has not been heard o Continua »