. . . . . . . . . "The Rat Trap"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "The Rat Trap (1918) is a four-act drama by No\u00EBl Coward, written when he was 18, but not staged until he was 26, by which time he was well known as a rising playwright, after the success of The Vortex. The play depicts the clash of egos between a married couple of writers, the wife's attempts to keep the marriage stable, the husband's philandering, her departure and his attempts to win her back."@en . . . . "1124353182"^^ . . . . . . . "8629135"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "7318"^^ . . "The Rat Trap (1918) is a four-act drama by No\u00EBl Coward, written when he was 18, but not staged until he was 26, by which time he was well known as a rising playwright, after the success of The Vortex. The play depicts the clash of egos between a married couple of writers, the wife's attempts to keep the marriage stable, the husband's philandering, her departure and his attempts to win her back."@en . . . . . .