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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby is a nine-hour stage play, presented over two evenings onstage and four evenings on television.

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Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap has been playing for 56 years. However, it is impossible to know if any plays ran for longer than this since theatre existed before comprehensive records of it were made.

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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby is a nine-hour stage play, presented over two evenings onstage and four evenings on television.

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