MOUSETRAP


Meaning of MOUSETRAP in English

a mystery play by Agatha Christie which has been running continuously in the West End of London since its first performance in 1952. No other play has ever been performed for so long anywhere in the world. The Mousetrap is also the title of the play performed to the court in Shakespeare’s play Hamlet .

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.