Sherlock Holmes
Author: William Gillette
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2017-05-08
Total Pages: 102
ISBN-13: 9781546576839
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The classic Victorian melodrama. All the intrigue and suspense of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective stories comes to life in this classic theatrical adaptation. Originally produced on Broadway in 1899, Sherlock Holmes battles his archenemy Moriarty while he tries to defeat a notorious blackmail plot. Hailed by the press at the time as "thrilling," the play was an enormous success here and abroad. Playwright William Gillette is credited with giving Holmes his trademark curved pipe and his deerstalker cap as well as inventing the line "Elementary, my dear Watson.