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Miss Casewell (Kathy Corrigan)
Christopher Wren, a young man who introduces himself as an architect, is one of the guests staying at Monkswell Manor. Because of his peculiar enthusiasm and often off-putting sense of humor, many of the other guests view Christopher as having bad manners. After Mrs. Boyle is murdered, Giles is quick to accuse Christopher of being the “homicidal maniac.” Mollie is the only person who listens to Christopher with compassion, gentleness, and understanding. To her, he confides that “Christopher Wren” is a fake name and that he lied about being an architect. He’s deeply unhappy because his mother died at a young age, he was bullied at school, and he deserted from the army because he despised his time there. Furthermore, he wishes he didn’t have to grow up and feels as though he’s trying to run away from his past. Although Christopher desires to escape Monkswell Manor to avoid being condemned for crimes he hasn’t committed, he is eventually proven to be innocent.
Christopher Wren Quotes in The Mousetrap
The The Mousetrap quotes below are all either spoken by Christopher Wren or refer to Christopher Wren. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Act 1, Scene 1 Quotes
But I do so like knowing all about people. I mean, I think people are so madly interesting […] They’re all interesting, because you never really know what anyone is like—or what they are really thinking.
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I adore nursery rhymes, don’t you? Always so tragic and macabre. That’s why children like them.
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Act 1, Scene 2 Quotes
CHRISTOPHER: Snow’s rather lovely, isn’t it? So peaceful—and pure…It makes one forget things.
CASEWELL: It doesn’t make me forget […] Ice on a bedroom jug, chilblains, raw and bleeding—one thin, ragged blanket—a child shivering with cold and fear.
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Listen, Christopher, you can’t go on—running away from things—all your life. […] You’ve got to grow up some time, Chris.
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Considering that I never saw you until yesterday, we seem to know each other rather well […] I suppose there’s a sort of—sympathy between us.
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GILES: You’ve only got to look at him to see he’s barmy.
MOLLIE: He isn’t. He’s just unhappy. I tell you, Giles, he isn’t dangerous.
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GILES: Mollie, what’s come over you? You’re different all of a sudden. I feel as though I don’t know you any more.
MOLLIE: Perhaps you never did know me. We’ve been married how long—a year? But you don’t really know anything about me. What I’d done or thought or felt or suffered before you knew me.
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Christopher Wren Quotes in The Mousetrap
The The Mousetrap quotes below are all either spoken by Christopher Wren or refer to Christopher Wren. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Act 1, Scene 1 Quotes
But I do so like knowing all about people. I mean, I think people are so madly interesting […] They’re all interesting, because you never really know what anyone is like—or what they are really thinking.
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I adore nursery rhymes, don’t you? Always so tragic and macabre. That’s why children like them.
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Act 1, Scene 2 Quotes
CHRISTOPHER: Snow’s rather lovely, isn’t it? So peaceful—and pure…It makes one forget things.
CASEWELL: It doesn’t make me forget […] Ice on a bedroom jug, chilblains, raw and bleeding—one thin, ragged blanket—a child shivering with cold and fear.
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Act 2, Scene 1 Quotes
Listen, Christopher, you can’t go on—running away from things—all your life. […] You’ve got to grow up some time, Chris.
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Considering that I never saw you until yesterday, we seem to know each other rather well […] I suppose there’s a sort of—sympathy between us.
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GILES: You’ve only got to look at him to see he’s barmy.
MOLLIE: He isn’t. He’s just unhappy. I tell you, Giles, he isn’t dangerous.
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GILES: Mollie, what’s come over you? You’re different all of a sudden. I feel as though I don’t know you any more.
MOLLIE: Perhaps you never did know me. We’ve been married how long—a year? But you don’t really know anything about me. What I’d done or thought or felt or suffered before you knew me.
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