Major Metcalfe in the cellar, Mrs. Ralston in the kitchen, Mr. Paravicini in the drawing room…we saw Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap at St. Martin's Theatre right before Michelle left London. Begun in 1952, it is the longest running play in modern history. It began as "Three Blind Mice" a BBC radio drama. When it became a play, Christie thought it would not run for very long so she gave the rights to her nephew as a 9th Birthday gift - jackpot. Michelle and I have been reading Christie books for a long time and we had a perfect night of wine, cheese and MURDER!!! The playhouse and the set were charming and the story was delightful. Brian enjoyed it too.
The three of us spent an October Saturday at Highgate Cemetery. This cemetery is on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens and it is a great place for a walk because of the amazing trees and the fantastic funerery architecture and sculpture dating from 1839 to the present. We found the monuments for George Eliot, Anna Mahler and Karl Marx. Michelle spent a significant amount of time with the cemetery cat.
