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LONDON Nike Air Force 270 scontate , Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- The provincial theater where the world's longest running play, Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap, made its debut, will kick- start a nationwide tour of the famous murder thriller on Tuesday night.
The Theatre Royal in Nottingham earned its place in history when in October, 1952, it hosted the world premiere of The Mousetrap prior to its run in London.
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Although millions of people around the world, from China to North America, have watched stage productions of Christie's legendary 'who done it', a clause introduced by the writer more than 60 years ago has so far prevented a film version of the murder mystery.
And Stephen Waley-Cohen, producer of the Mousetrap for 22 years, told Xinhua Tuesday that a film version will never be made.
In an exclusive interview he said: "It is in its 64th year and I don't see it ever coming to an end, so a film will never been made. It will certainly celebrate its centenary in 2052 nike air force 1 upstep scontate , though I won't be around then to produce it."
The film rights to The Mousetrap were sold in the 1950s by Agatha Christie, but she very wisely imposed a condition that a film version cannot be made until it closes in the West End, according to Waley-Cohen.
"The story is based on a mythical time in Britain, so the magic remains wherever and whenever the play is performed. There are licensed performances around the world, and whether it is being performed in Mandarin in Shanghai or performed in the U.S., it still captivates audiences. Every director and every actor or actress brings something different to the performance. I have watched performances in various local languages and the impact is just the same, simply amazing."
Stephen Waley-Cohen is only the second producer of the Mousetrap nike air force 1 sage scontate , taking over from Peter Saunders who worked as producer with Agatha Christie and spent over 40 years in that role.
Audiences are even urged to keep quiet about the dramatic ending to ensure the experience is not spoiled for future Agatha Christie fans.
It means that while the Theatre Royal in Nottingham will play to a full house on Tuesday night, the show will - as usual - be performed at St Martin's theater in London, it's home since 1974 when a larger theater was needed to accomodate growing audiences.
The tour of 26 British theaters starting in Nottingham is part of the ongoing Diamond jubilee tour which started in 2012 to mark 60 years of Mousetrap.
Lucy Thomas from Nottingham's Theatre Royal told Xinhua: "We are delighted to see The Mousetrap return to the same theater in Nottingham where the pre-London tour began back on October 6, 1952. It was, famously, after the first night at Nottingham's Theatre Royal that Agatha Christie told Richard Attenborough, the leading actor in the original production nike air force 1 just do it scontate , that she thought they should have a 'nice little run'. The play is famous around the world now, of course, but still holds a very special place here at the Theatre Royal Nottingham."
Christie made a prediction that the run would last for eight months.
The Mousetrap began life as a short radio play, entitled Three Blind Mice, and broadcast in 1947 in honour of Queen Mary, the consort of King George V.
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China recorded its first monthly trade deficit in three years last month as imports jumped in response to soaring demand after this year's Spring Festival holidays and rebounding global commodity prices, experts said on Wednesday.
They said that the nation's foreign trade will show only moderate growth in the future, as the economy is in the process of upgrading and transforming.
Yuan-denominated exports rose 4.2 percent year-on-year in February, while imports soared 44.7 percent, resulting in a trade deficit of 60.36 billion yuan ($8.74 billion), according to data released by General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) on Wednesday.
Total foreign trade in February reached 1.71 trillion yuan, up 21.9 percent year-on-year nike air force 1 lv8 scontate , the data showed. For the first two months, total trade hit 3.89 trillion yuan, up 20.6 percent from the same period last year, the GACC said.
Seasonal factors were a major cause of the trade deficit, Sang Baichuan, dean of the International Economics and Trade College of University of the International Business and Economics, told the Global Times on Wednesday.
"As usual during the Chinese Spring Festival nike air force 1 mid Donne scontate , a seven-day holiday that ended at the beginning of February this year, business activities were almost suspended. But after that, most Chinese plants resumed work, creating soaring demand for imported raw materials," said Sang.
That's why there was a trade surplus in January but a deficit in February, Sang noted.
Also, higher global prices for such commodities are iron ore nike air force 1 mid uomo scontate , copper and crude oil drove up import values, said Li Jian, a research fellow at the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation.
For example, imports of iron ore reached 175 million tons in the first two months, up 12.6 percent year-on-year by volume. But the average import price was up 83.7 percent.
Crude oil import volume was up 12.5 percent to 65.78 million tons, but the average import price rose 60.5 percent.
On the export side, "prices of manufactured goods nike air force 1 mid scontate , which make a major contribution to China's export volume, were flat in the first two months," Li told the Global Times on Wednesday.
Li said that the first monthly trade deficit in three years doesn't mean that China has lost its position as a global leading exporter.
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