by Sam McBride

In early January 1977 the Whitehorse Drama Club met to consider options for a spring production.

Someone suggested doing Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap”, as it was setting records as the world’s longest-running play in London. The group agreed that it would be a great show to put on, but it was thought unlikely that the performance rights would be available for an amateur club like ours. When we found out the play was unavailable in England, but available for rent in other countries, we got quite excited about doing it.

Having seen the show in London in ’75, I knew the show was do-able for us because there was only one set and eight characters.

Whitehorse Star article on the production.

poster and program cover design forby Lottie Hutton for WDC’s “The Mousetrap”

Scenes from our spring production of “The Mousetrap”.

Putting on “Mousetrap” was certainly a thrill for all of us at the Whitehorse Drama Club. There were large, enthusiastic and appreciative audiences for the three-show run.

A couple of months later I was offered a higher-level job by Cominco Ltd. in Trail, B.C., where my parents and large extended family lived, just an hour’s drive from my boyhood home of Nelson.