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...action of The Mousetrap takes place at Monkswell Manor, a countryside guest house that opens its doors for the first time as the play begins. Director Adam Schwartz effectively uses Leverett's Old Library's natural set-up to simulate a house, owned and run by a couple of newlyweds, Mollie Ralston (Holly Cate) and Giles (Bill Salloway...
...play opens with a radio flash about a murder committed in London, just 30 miles away from the manor's living room. Into this room come Mollie and Giles. After a slow start, Cate discovers the spirit of her role and overcomes her weak British accent. In contrast, Salloway is bland from the start and stays that...
...Donal Logue plays this character with flair, but also with a touch of caricature. Entering from stage left is Mrs. Boyle (Jennifer Hodges), who wears far too much makeup on her face and powder in her hair. Boyle is a "bloody bat," a chronic complainer trapped at Monkswell Manor by the ongoing blizzard. But Hodges lacks the voice and mannerisms for which the part calls...
Keeping Boyle company is Major Metcalfe (Kris Kobach), who has shared her taxi to the manor. Kobach gives a good performance, but he never fully convinces as a middle-aged British military official...
...twists soon enter the plot of The Mousetrap with the arrival of Mr. Paravicini (played by the lively Peter Pappas) and Detective Sergeant Trotter (Ian Thornley). Trotter fears a murder will take place at the manor because of a notebook indicating the manor found at the scene of the London murder and is out to prevent...