1. Before moving to London, The Mousetrap had its premiere at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham, on October 6, 1952.
2. It celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2002 and its 25,000th performance in November 2012.
3. The “Little Nipper” spring-loaded mousetrap was invented by James Henry Atkinson in 1897.
4. He sold the patent for £1,000 in 1913 to Procter Bros, which has made Little Nippers ever since.
2. It celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2002 and its 25,000th performance in November 2012.
3. The “Little Nipper” spring-loaded mousetrap was invented by James Henry Atkinson in 1897.
4. He sold the patent for £1,000 in 1913 to Procter Bros, which has made Little Nippers ever since.
5. The Mousetrap play took its title from a play performed in Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
6. According to the Smithsonian Institution in America, more patents have been issued for mousetraps than any other device.
7. In Old English, a mousetrap was called a ‘mowsfalle’ or ‘mousefall’.
8. The saying, “Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door,” is often attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson, but what he actually said did not mention mousetraps at all.
9. From 1870-1996 more than 4,400 US patents were issued for mousetraps. Only about 20 made money.
10. You can see some historical mousetraps at www.dorkingmuseum.org.uk/mousetrap-exhibition
6. According to the Smithsonian Institution in America, more patents have been issued for mousetraps than any other device.
7. In Old English, a mousetrap was called a ‘mowsfalle’ or ‘mousefall’.
8. The saying, “Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door,” is often attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson, but what he actually said did not mention mousetraps at all.
9. From 1870-1996 more than 4,400 US patents were issued for mousetraps. Only about 20 made money.
10. You can see some historical mousetraps at www.dorkingmuseum.org.uk/mousetrap-exhibition
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