"It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous, that you realise just how much you love them!" -- from An Autobiography by Agatha Christie (9/15/1890 - 1/12/1976). The best-selling fiction writer of all time, Christie's sixty-six detective novels featuring fictional detectives Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot made her an international star of the mystery genre. Her play, "The Mousetrap," is the longest-running play in the world, running since 1952 (with a temporary interruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic) at St. Martin's Theatre in London's West End.
To Christie's point, perhaps we should all be less concerned with looking ridiculous and have more love in our lives.
Went to see the play about a decade ago. Theatre was only half full.
ReplyDeleteStu -- we imagine there have been a lot of half- empty showings! By now, most of the interest in the play (the plot twists having become widely familiar) might be just in keeping it alive for another 50+ years (?).
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