The Real Inspector Hound is a 1968 one-act play by British playwright Tom Stoppard. The plot of the play revolves around two theatre critics, who are watching a murder mystery play set in a country house. The title of the play is a direct reference to the ending of Agatha Christie's stage play The Mousetrap. The play is also a parody of the stereotypical parlour mystery in the style of the Christie play, and other works of that ilk.[1]