I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere

Episode 143: P.G. Wodehouse and Sherlock Holmes

<h4 style="text-align: center;">
"fixed like a plum" [SIXN] </h4>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNnsiuX1gfXZu6qTMuBPFtMfWjqcq6lu1tysX_l6o-cE-4hpFAEqAuHkWI1927NMFk13DZwlp6OsFxz6kQXxCX3cPgu2hkf03PpoRS-3t0CvkF4r464_Og1WYkdvgWSfgvwEdyHGBcjFJr2CcbQCsA28JFCrpMnK14Xhmk5yPtCV3nghmEPm6HFK4ir8Oq/s1169/ihearofsherlock143%20cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1169" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNnsiuX1gfXZu6qTMuBPFtMfWjqcq6lu1tysX_l6o-cE-4hpFAEqAuHkWI1927NMFk13DZwlp6OsFxz6kQXxCX3cPgu2hkf03PpoRS-3t0CvkF4r464_Og1WYkdvgWSfgvwEdyHGBcjFJr2CcbQCsA28JFCrpMnK14Xhmk5yPtCV3nghmEPm6HFK4ir8Oq/w640-h500/ihearofsherlock143%20cover.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>
The casual reader wouldn't necessarily associate Sherlock Holmes with P.G. Wodehouse. Or P.G. Woodhouse with Sherlock Holmes. Fortunately, we're more of the formal types.<br />
<br />
And so are our guests!<br />
<br />
Three – count 'em, three – guests join us this time around. They are Curtis Armstrong, Elliot Milstein, and Ashley Polasek, and they are the two authors and editor of <b><i>A Plum Assignment: Discourses on P.G. Wodehouse and His World</i></b>. They are Wodehouse experts who also happen to (mostly) have more than a passing familiarity with Sherlock Holmes.<br />
<br />
We spend some time with them looking at the intersection of Plum and Conan Doyle's works, and also look at why Wodehouse was so universally enjoyable and why we keep returning to his stories again and again. And how Sherlockians and Wodehousians are remarkably similar in their interactions. The book itself has a survey of opening lines from Wodehouse works, where you'll find such gems as:<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
I reached out a hand from under the blankets and rang the bell for Jeeves.<br />
"Good evening, Jeeves."<br />
"Good morning, sir."</blockquote>
<br />
<br />
And don't forget to try your hand at the latest <b>Canonical Couplet</b> and win a prize – now you don't need to be a<b><i> </i></b><a href="http://ihose.co/ihosepatron" style="font-weight: bold;">Patron of the Arts</a> <i>– </i><b style="font-style: italic;">every </b>listener is eligible to participate!<br />
<br />
<div>
<div>
Information on sponsors, links, and notes available below.</div>
<br />
<div style="orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="margin: 0px;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="margin: 0px;">
 <a href="http://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank"><img height="40" src="https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/widget-images/become-patron-widget-medium%402x.png" style="color: #0000ee; cursor: move;" width="204" /></a></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="margin: 0px;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<br />
<br />
Please do consider becoming a <a href="http://ihose.co/ihosepatron">Patron of the Arts</a>. Your support helps us to ensure we can keep doing what we do, covering file hosting costs, production, and this year, transcription services.</div><div style="orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2;"><br /></div><div style="orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2;"><h3 style="text-align: center;">Listen <a href="https://episodes.fm/258126625/episode/OTEwNjMyMDcyNDQ4M2ExMWQ0NTA5ZWY3YzkyOWY5NzM" target="_blank">wherever you get podcasts</a></h3>
<br />
<h4 style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/ihearofsherlock/ihearofsherlock143.mp3">Download</a> [Save As] | File size 46.1 MB, 1:38:36</h4><div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-frameid="6813" data-dashlane-rid="6784fd75b837575d" data-form-type="other" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="//play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6536829/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/8e4585/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe></div></div>
<h2><b><br /></b></h2><h2>
<b>Sponsors</b></h2>
This episode includes our two longtime sponsors. Please support our sponsors by visiting their sites:<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.wessexpress.com/">Wessex Press</a><i></i></li>
<li><a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/" style="font-style: italic;">The Baker Street Journal</a></li>
<li>A third sponsor that will remain nameless</li>
</ul>
</div>
<br />
Would you care to become a sponsor? You can find <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/p/contact.html#.Vc1Qx7JViko">more information here</a>.<div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<h2><b>Links</b></h2></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<ul>
<li>This episode: <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose143">ihose.co/ihose143</a></li>
<li>Curtis Armstrong on <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose125">Episode 125</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/curtisisbooger">on Twitter</a></li>
<li>Ashley Polasek on <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose70">Episode 70</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/SherlockPhD">on Twitter</a></li>
<li>Elliott Milstein <a href="https://twitter.com/ElliottMilstein">on Twitter</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wodehouse.org/">The Wodehouse Society</a> (TWS)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.pgwodehousesociety.org.uk/">The PG Wodehouse Society</a> (UK)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/7963.P_G_Wodehouse">Some classic P.G. Wodehouse quotes</a></li>
<li><b><i>A Plum Assignment</i></b> by Curtis Armstrong and Elliot Milstein, edited by Ashley Polasek (<a href="https://amzn.to/3vgKjuC">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-plum-assignment-curtis-armstrong/1128206694?ean=9780692086315">Barnes and Noble</a> | <a href="https://www.booktopia.com.au/a-plum-assignment-curtis-armstrong/prod9780692086315.html">Booktopia</a> | <a href="http://www.foyles.co.uk/witem/humour/a-plum-assignment-discourses-on-p,curtis-armstrong-elliott-milstein-ashley-d-polasek-9780692086315">Foyles</a>)</li>
</ul>
<div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKe3Hi6A6Kn1WQRXX3ek2Utk6CLLnpb-ex2TpMPo7r8kWWmjaH2PXVFTv0ZDrUyvtaYGmDp2QYQWAJma3QQ73Q_Jc0spu2x05_9dchdhRei3lLu4kOouCWL-7yP6KXe9k5GnLi_YEl_-aM/s1600/A+Plum+Assignment+Cover+300dpi.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1058" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKe3Hi6A6Kn1WQRXX3ek2Utk6CLLnpb-ex2TpMPo7r8kWWmjaH2PXVFTv0ZDrUyvtaYGmDp2QYQWAJma3QQ73Q_Jc0spu2x05_9dchdhRei3lLu4kOouCWL-7yP6KXe9k5GnLi_YEl_-aM/s400/A+Plum+Assignment+Cover+300dpi.jpg" width="263" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
Many more links, articles and images are available in our Flipboard magazine at <a href="http://ihose.co/flipsherlock">ihose.co/flipsherlock</a> as well as through our accounts on <a href="http://facebook.com/ihearofsherlock">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://instagram.com/ihearofsherlock">Instagram</a>, and <a href="http://twitter.com/ihearofsherlock">Twitter</a>.<br />
<br />
Please subscribe on the podcast provider of your choosing:<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/ihearofsherlock">iTunes</a>, <a href="https://play.radiopublic.com/i-hear-of-sherlock-everywhere-WRjkZW">RadioPublic</a>, <a href="https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/I2nib4h55h3cz3yxmzovj6icbmi">GooglePlay</a>, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/ihearofsherlock">Soundcloud</a>, <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/i-hear-of-sherlock-everywhere?refid=stpr">Stitcher</a>, <a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/263-I-Hear-of-Sherlock-Everywh-27577121/">iHeartRadio</a> or <a href="http://www.spreaker.com/user/ihearofsherlock">Spreaker</a> — or perhaps another we haven't listed here — and be kind enough to leave a rating and review for the show. And please tell a friend about us, in any fashion you feel comfortable.<br />
<br />
Your thoughts on the show? Leave a comment below, send us an email (comment AT ihearofsherlock DOT com), call us at (774) 221-READ (7323).<br />
<div style="font-family: "times new roman";">
<br /></div>
<h3>
<br />
Transcript</h3>
We still need your help to reach <a href="http://patreon.com/ihearofsherlock">the $100 level on Patreon</a> to make this process possible!<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/379274891/Transcript-I-Hear-of-Sherlock-Everywhere-Episode-143-PG-Wodehouse-Sherlock-Holmes#from_embed">Transcript - I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere Episode 143: PG Wodehouse & Sherlock Holmes</a> <iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" data-aspect-ratio="0.7729220222793488" data-auto-height="false" frameborder="0" height="600" id="doc_28633" scrolling="no" src="https://www.scribd.com/embeds/379274891/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-2RTHnR0fK82ccC7z7wLy&show_recommendations=true" title="Transcript - I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere Episode 143: PG Wodehouse & Sherlock Holmes" width="100%"></iframe><br />
--</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
</div>
</div>
<br /><br />

Episode 143: P.G. Wodehouse and Sherlock Holmes

"fixed like a plum" [SIXN] The casual reader wouldn't necessarily associate Sherlock Holmes with P.G. Wodehouse. Or P.G....

+ Read more »

by Scott Monty

Remembering William Gillette

<h4 style="text-align: center;">
"the actors have passed for ever out of our busy lives" [SOLI]</h4>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcwxGqyFxHV4OxG74yOdsvqPRHxplOOpJzICYiilE58Pzkfehs_b7I2Ks5YUO5UxWUrTm5I6cg6wlJ6CDAbXNYZNClDp_dRbknOXDVIabVYCn6OS2UePaHli6iEjuitz-qaTXOCgn9nEBJ/s1600/Gillette+as+Holmes+DVD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="864" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcwxGqyFxHV4OxG74yOdsvqPRHxplOOpJzICYiilE58Pzkfehs_b7I2Ks5YUO5UxWUrTm5I6cg6wlJ6CDAbXNYZNClDp_dRbknOXDVIabVYCn6OS2UePaHli6iEjuitz-qaTXOCgn9nEBJ/s1600/Gillette+as+Holmes+DVD.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
William Hooker Gillette, widely known for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes on stage, died on this date in 1937 in Hartford, CT.<br />
<br />
It was Gillette<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span>who, at the turn of the previous century, achieved matinee idol status and awoke the consciousness of theatergoers in the United States and Great Britain to the stage presence of one Mr. Sherlock Holmes, and continued to do so for the next thirty-eight years.<br />
<br />
While he had no formal training, early on Gillette developed his stage manner of talking, not reciting:<br />
<div>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
“The idea is that we are not reciting literature – not reciting anything that has ever been said or written before; we are talking, saying the first things that come into our heads, thinking them out as we say them, hesitating and wondering and sometimes blundering over it all.” </blockquote>
<div>
This sentiment made him one of the first American actors to speak rather than declaim his lines, giving him a wonderful ability to underact.<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<o:p></o:p></div>
<br />
His play, <i>Sherlock Holmes</i>, enjoyed universal success from 1899 when it debuted, through many revivals – Gillette himself appeared as Sherlock Holmes over 1,300 times. When it was finally turned into a film in 1916, <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2014/10/breaking-long-lost-william-gillette.html#.WnVYi6inHb0">the film was lost for nearly a century before being discovered</a>, restored, and shown across the globe.<br />
<br />
Gillette is also remembered for the remarkable home he built for himself on a cliff overlooking the Connecticut River in Hadlyme, Connecticut. Gillette Castle is as unique as the man himself, and he put in secret doors, special hardcarved locking mechanisms, and surrounded the property with a special narrow-gauge railroad. In recent years, Baker Street Irregulars Tyke ("The Man on the Tor") and Teddie ("Carina") Niver have become William and Helen Gillette, and have welcomed visitors to the Castle. We interviewed them on <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose126">Episode 126</a>.<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5643924/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/backward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/87A93A/" style="border: none;" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe><br /></div>
<br />
William Gillette finally parted this world on April 29, 1937, at the age of 83.  He was buried in Farmington, Connecticut next to his wife, Helen.  His last will and testament was clear on his wishes for his property:<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
I would consider it more than unfortunate for me – should I find myself doomed, after death, to a continued consciousness of the behavior of mankind on this planet – to discover that the stone walls and towers and fireplaces of my home… my railway line with its bridges, trestles, and tunnels… my locomotives and cars…that these and many other things of a like nature should reveal themselves to me as in the possession of some blithering saphead who had no conception of where he is or with what surrounded.</blockquote>
<div>
<br />
Gillette might have been amused to know that his home entered the hands of Connecticut state government in 1943. Because we all know there are no blithering sapheads in government...<br />
<br />
Shortly after his death, Gillette's lifelong friend Richard Burton penned the following poem to remember his friend.<br />
<br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Asleep at <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Farmington</st1:place></st1:city><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 135.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 135.0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Sleep well, dear Lad – yes still to me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 135.0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">You are a lad of eighty-three!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 135.0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Of all the lads beneath the sun<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 135.0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The most to be depended on.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 135.0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Beneath the sun, beneath the sod<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 135.0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">What matters it?  Leave that to God.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 135.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 135.0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Sleep well at <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Farmington</st1:place></st1:city>, old town<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 135.0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Of peace and beauty.  To lie down<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 135.0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">In such a spot, for quiet rest<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 135.0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Surely were good, surely were best<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 135.0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Of fates for any man whose sleep<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 135.0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Would be content and long and deep.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 135.0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Your kin are there beside you, so<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 135.0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Whether hot sun or winter snow<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 135.0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Visit the place there shall abide<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 135.0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">A sense of kindred at your side; <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 135.0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Whate’er the legend cut in stone,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 135.0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">You are not lost or left alone;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 135.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 135.0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">And though no word escape your lip<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 135.0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Tranquil in that ripe fellowship<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 135.0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Yours is a happy end ----- ‘Tis we<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 135.0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Who mourn you, lack felicity!</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
The world – certainly the Sherlockian world – is richer for having had William Gillette in it. From the curved pipe to the phrase "Elementary, my dear Watson," the enduring image of Sherlock Holmes exists thanks in large part to him. His performance lives on in the restore 1916 film, and millions of tourists have seen his home.<br />
<br />
Sleep well, dear lad.<br />
<br />
--<br />
<br />
<br /></div>
</div>
</div>

Remembering William Gillette

"the actors have passed for ever out of our busy lives" [SOLI] William Hooker Gillette, widely known for his portrayal of She...

+ Read more »

by Scott Monty

Remembering Roger Llewellyn

<h4 style="text-align: center;">
<b>"The stage lost a fine actor" [SCAN] </b></h4>
<div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwai1bnJ4LOxVYPBHRdNbpKU09ld-HeCn7p4xiZJrDtBBcUSRePjLCACiRXsofMN9dLXBfLVgb_oGBndJyMHPHwMIWHCREvsF4yDoVUrljJtPXYCWBzHcLxkf4yDNw5ospKApq4qIOERfP/s1600/Roger+Llewellyn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="1600" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwai1bnJ4LOxVYPBHRdNbpKU09ld-HeCn7p4xiZJrDtBBcUSRePjLCACiRXsofMN9dLXBfLVgb_oGBndJyMHPHwMIWHCREvsF4yDoVUrljJtPXYCWBzHcLxkf4yDNw5ospKApq4qIOERfP/s640/Roger+Llewellyn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<b><br />
</b></div>
<span style="font-weight: normal;">We're sad to report that actor <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0515754/">Roger Llewellyn</a> has passed away on April 17. We don't have details on his death, other than reports on Twitter that emerged last week.</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
</span><span style="font-weight: normal;">To Sherlockians, Llewellyn was best known for his work in the one-may plays </span><b><i>Sherlock Holmes: The Last Act</i></b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> (1999-2014) and </span><b><i>Sherlock Holmes: The Death and Life</i></b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> (2014), both written by </span><b>David Stuart Davies, BSI</b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> ("Sir Ralph Musgrave"). According to <a href="http://www.davidstuartdavies.co.uk/sherlock-holmes">Davies' website</a>, the former premiered at Salisbury Playhouse in 1999 and won an award at the Edinburgh Festival that same year. The latter was commissioned by Llewellyn and opened at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford.</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
</span><span style="font-weight: normal;">A summary of <i>Sherlock Holmes: The Last Act</i>:</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
</div>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
It is 1916 and Sherlock Holmes has returned to his rooms in Baker Street after attending the funeral of his long time associate, Dr John H Watson. Holmes reflects on the old days and comes to realize that not only was there so much that he had shared with Watson in his lifetime but also there was so much that he had not revealed to him: things he had kept hidden, including his deep affection for his friend. Imagining that Watson is present, Holmes addresses this failing and touches on aspects of past cases and the various characters he encountered during his investigations, including ‘The Woman’ Irene Adler and of course Professor Moriarty. </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
As Holmes delves deeper into the darker aspects of his own history, he reveals a shocking secret. Realizing now how lonely and isolated he is without his old comrade, and adrift in a new modern and war-ravaged age, he comes to wonder whether, like Watson, he too has come to the end of his time…</blockquote>
<div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-weight: normal;">We had a chance to see Llewellyn in this role in a theater in New York City during a BSI Weekend some 15 or so years ago. And you can get a sense of what his approach was like, thanks to a YouTube video capturing some of <a href="https://youtu.be/ZG7U7y-OUZg">Sherlock Holmes and the Last Act</a>:</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
</span></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZG7U7y-OUZg?rel=0&showinfo=0" width="560"></iframe><br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<br />
<br />
Audio performances of <a href="https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/sherlock-holmes-the-last-act-4?range=27" target="_blank">The Last Act</a> and <a href="https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/sherlock-holmes-the-death-and-life-15?range=27" target="_blank">The Death and Life</a> are available from Big Finish. In <i><a href="https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/the-sherlock-holmes-miscellany/9780752471525/" target="_blank">The Sherlock Holmes Miscellany</a></i>, <b>Roger Johnson, BSI</b> ("<i>Pall Mall Gazette</i>") and <b>Jean Upton, BSI</b> ("Elsie Cubitt") wrote: "Thanks to Llewellyn's superb performances, Davies's inspired scripts, and to the careful supervision of Nicholas Briggs, these are productions to treasure."<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_rSed_Fnn8rhh0IgjO2XgIPGgsqtqce-0dfL2kOKZ3pyw8Hm-M0pQzpSczVwhHjZN49ZfVmN4pmUuqo_qt9Kz8Q16-YTbiScfDR_419MdVN9UVDx06m_Q00ck4lEjbGb0xCyktr5Zk8u0/s1600/Roger+Llewellyn+-+Last+Act.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_rSed_Fnn8rhh0IgjO2XgIPGgsqtqce-0dfL2kOKZ3pyw8Hm-M0pQzpSczVwhHjZN49ZfVmN4pmUuqo_qt9Kz8Q16-YTbiScfDR_419MdVN9UVDx06m_Q00ck4lEjbGb0xCyktr5Zk8u0/s320/Roger+Llewellyn+-+Last+Act.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
Did you ever have the chance to see Roger Llewellyn perform? Please leave a comment below to share your thoughts.<br />
<br />
--<br />
<br />

Remembering Roger Llewellyn

"The stage lost a fine actor" [SCAN] We're sad to report that actor Roger Llewellyn has passed away on April 17. We d...

+ Read more »

by Scott Monty

Baker Street Elementary – Rhetorically, My Dear Watson

<h4 style="text-align: center;">
"You are very welcome to put any questions that you like to me now" [STUD] </h4>
<div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s1600/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
When it comes to teaching and learning, one of the first methods adopted by the western world, thanks largely to Aristotle, was <b>rhetoric</b>. Simply put, it is the art of discourse in which an individual seeks to inform, motivate or persuade an audience.<br />
<br />
Rhetoric is the realm of the expert, the lawyer, or the public speaker. It is designed more toward lecturing rather than interaction. Which is why a <i>rhetorical question</i> typically requires no answer. Early practitioners of rhetoric included Cicero, who as a Roman lawyer, senator and consul was one of the all-time great public speakers. His mantra was "If you wish to persuade me, you must think my thoughts, feel my feelings and speak my words." He was a masterful rhetorician.<br />
<br />
Often times, we've witnessed Sherlock Holmes carrying on in this manner. Indeed, in "The Adventure of the Dancing Men," Watson relates this scene:<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
“You see, my dear Watson”—he propped his test tube in the rack and began to lecture with the air of a professor addressing his class—“it is not really difficult to construct a series of inferences, each dependent upon its predecessor and each simple in itself.</blockquote>
Holmes himself viewed his work as being the perfect subject matter for teaching, as he scolded Watson in "The Copper Beeches":<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
"Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell. You have degraded what should have been a course of lectures into a series of tales.”</blockquote>
<br />
And it isn't only Watson who is subject to the lectures. Holmes was only too glad to sit down and tell Scotland Yard exactly what they were missing. Athelney Jones recalled him thusly in <i>The Sign of Four</i>:<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
“It’s Mr. Sherlock Holmes, the theorist. Remember you! I’ll never forget how you lectured us all on causes and inferences and effects in the Bishopgate jewel case."</blockquote>
<br />
But on occasion, it went beyond pure rhetoric as Sherlock Holmes allowed for question and answer time. While this isn't purely the Socratic method—because his questioners are merely looking for answers rather than engaging in debate or trying to disprove him—it does give Holmes's audience an opportunity to ask him questions.<br />
<br />
For example, in "The Adventure of the Norwood Builder," Inspector Lestrade suddenly realized that he might not have all of the answers when it came to the disappearance of Jonas Oldacre:<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
“Wonderful!” said Lestrade. “Wonderful! It’s all as clear as crystal, as you put it. But what is the object of this deep deception, Mr. Holmes?” It was amusing to me to see how the detective’s overbearing manner had changed suddenly to that of a child asking questions of its teacher. </blockquote>
Probably even more stark is the final scene in Part 1 of <i>A Study in Scarlet</i>, when Sherlock Holmes, seemingly out of nothing, conjures up the murder, introduces him to Watson, Gregson, and Lestrade, and the accused leaps partially through the window of the sitting room of 221B Baker Street. Then Holmes says: <br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
“And now, gentlemen, we have reached the end of our little mystery. You are very welcome to put any questions that you like to me now, and there is no danger that I will refuse to answer them.”</blockquote>
So once again, the expert sits at the front of the classroom, ready to inform and dazzle his students. One could only wish for such a conclusion at Baker Street Elementary...<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI6hxjq6NWQdrLjvyuW8nU1_utocbjeThquRo1H6Ih-_90Qj7R-uWuv1V6G2idYxIShq3jyGtypQNJa53vWfyTWOnNCTnhZI21bEEjr8Jq5fM_VDPE1Dt0gPJeZXcchwW5M1gdxVG7JU1s/s1600/Baker+Street+Elementary+31.1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI6hxjq6NWQdrLjvyuW8nU1_utocbjeThquRo1H6Ih-_90Qj7R-uWuv1V6G2idYxIShq3jyGtypQNJa53vWfyTWOnNCTnhZI21bEEjr8Jq5fM_VDPE1Dt0gPJeZXcchwW5M1gdxVG7JU1s/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary+31.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSJoraAXLvcdNOUpDzL-ygtGdkpkPfuF605bbsgGe7ed4Hi7ZLjT60ozgRylUp_qKwkmepxquUagEgR-eSUQ9X3J5RDUJp3rFaHrGcso-vK2iYDjdjcej47wYUtQlx_ktnmh9Wx6_bVMv4/s1600/Baker+Street+Elementary+31.2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSJoraAXLvcdNOUpDzL-ygtGdkpkPfuF605bbsgGe7ed4Hi7ZLjT60ozgRylUp_qKwkmepxquUagEgR-eSUQ9X3J5RDUJp3rFaHrGcso-vK2iYDjdjcej47wYUtQlx_ktnmh9Wx6_bVMv4/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary+31.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdL421JEVQMu7vZYRpBuz3uRqKE0ejyFH2o2LCfAbygz1Mks1MO5BEpszLRuz4ACfFPcIzlD9SWPOWJUKQBzvEMyjwGjuRI9lcH-npggrodfukg_XjbkXOr3zPRmFy_Y9P6yTbM8Z58_NH/s1600/Baker+Street+Elementary+31.3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdL421JEVQMu7vZYRpBuz3uRqKE0ejyFH2o2LCfAbygz1Mks1MO5BEpszLRuz4ACfFPcIzlD9SWPOWJUKQBzvEMyjwGjuRI9lcH-npggrodfukg_XjbkXOr3zPRmFy_Y9P6yTbM8Z58_NH/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary+31.3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxwsEmAFTJ-Bw2wbgThhN8gcSVkrDuceKLHyXNZIAs7f67bZDYM3ybhtYWjJ0n3EOz1bSjT9ztrfqN6OsBPl1P1NafMSd04F98ynJpxLelHLLy8p604IwOqvitsxvP5zKfjAj_RhWTsnMo/s1600/Baker+Street+Elementary+31.4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxwsEmAFTJ-Bw2wbgThhN8gcSVkrDuceKLHyXNZIAs7f67bZDYM3ybhtYWjJ0n3EOz1bSjT9ztrfqN6OsBPl1P1NafMSd04F98ynJpxLelHLLy8p604IwOqvitsxvP5zKfjAj_RhWTsnMo/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary+31.4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<b style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in Victorian London. An archive of all previous episodes can be viewed at </span><a href="http://www.bakerstreetelementary.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #006f85; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;">www.bakerstreetelementary.org</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: "times new roman"; text-align: center;">
<div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">--</span><br />
<div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>

Baker Street Elementary – Rhetorically, My Dear Watson

"You are very welcome to put any questions that you like to me now" [STUD] When it comes to teaching and learning, one of...

+ Read more »

by Scott Monty

Manuscript of 'The Dancing Men' Sold at Auction

<h4 style="text-align: center;">
<b>"took out his manuscript to check my calculation" [MUSG] </b></h4>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiasnv-aRwnGCjzZwPhoeWpDNR68VrjcQivMKFQmnIp_WjEFvyQrhyphenhyphenvHM2hS2krW4dkv8VK0NtTO6tNAta32-kFW64dfUhbSngxz4jvPmsPE_B-9IogtnprPiqViiv3X2SOPrB04rh3PQJL/s1600/DANC+MS+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="955" data-original-width="1600" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiasnv-aRwnGCjzZwPhoeWpDNR68VrjcQivMKFQmnIp_WjEFvyQrhyphenhyphenvHM2hS2krW4dkv8VK0NtTO6tNAta32-kFW64dfUhbSngxz4jvPmsPE_B-9IogtnprPiqViiv3X2SOPrB04rh3PQJL/s640/DANC+MS+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
It is a rare occurrence when an original manuscript for a Sherlock Holmes story goes up for sale. The fastidious and neat writing of Arthur Conan Doyle make it fairly easy to read, and the dearth of corrections and edits are a wonder – demonstrating that the final product was often also the first draft.<br />
<br />
The BSI Press created the <a href="https://ihose.co/BSIMS">Baker Street Irregulars Manuscript Series</a> in 2001 "to bring to public view hidden treasures—namely, manuscripts of important works related to Sherlock Holmes, Dr. John H. Watson, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle." And since that time, the series has resulted in no fewer than 12 books (click on the link above for a full list).<br />
<br />
So, when an original manuscript makes its way to an auction house, it's something of note. And Randall Stock, BSI ("South African Securities") has been keeping tabs on <a href="http://www.bestofsherlock.com/conan-doyle-manuscripts.htm">the provenance and ownership of Sherlock Holmes manuscripts</a> for some time. When "The Adventure of the Dancing Men" came to auction recently, Randall assembled <a href="http://www.bestofsherlock.com/mss/dancing-men-2018.htm">all of the pertinent facts</a>. [<b><i>Note:</i></b> Randall also wrote an entry for <i><a href="https://ihose.co/DANCDeath">Dancing to Death</a></i>, the BSI Press entry in its MS Series.]<br />
<br />
Heritage Auctions featured the <a href="https://historical.ha.com/itm/autographs/authors/arthur-conan-doyle-autograph-manuscript-the-adventure-of-the-dancing-men-signed-three-times/a/6196-47156.s">Autograph Manuscript for "The Adventure of the Dancing Men</a>" on April 18, 2018. In this case "autograph" is particularly interesting, as there are three places where Conan Doyle signed it.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA3ylz4pw6DqZxHOQivdkdbnWWYit49lmPnjpCU_X-n5S-YPCqaCSbsqT0nhiz2pq0RQbid7FsWEM6Pfur1JE79U4Vb2E6-TAzH8VdfRnl-PQ-pB3EEVj-XobEbWU-n4epdoZ_lD6grdhS/s1600/DANC+MS+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1255" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA3ylz4pw6DqZxHOQivdkdbnWWYit49lmPnjpCU_X-n5S-YPCqaCSbsqT0nhiz2pq0RQbid7FsWEM6Pfur1JE79U4Vb2E6-TAzH8VdfRnl-PQ-pB3EEVj-XobEbWU-n4epdoZ_lD6grdhS/s400/DANC+MS+2.jpg" width="311" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiykwP6YMJj650fXIDoPIXAgqekFsjSuEQ0nIgfEnT1p8whlRC7GLAsTYgmDoR-uANGSz1taQ7_tzHaRBtZKC6R52Q7_q072hz-Z7TaFrL4HWU5bWohf5oh1r907bXIl_bo71dwGsVyP660/s1600/DANC+MS+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1221" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiykwP6YMJj650fXIDoPIXAgqekFsjSuEQ0nIgfEnT1p8whlRC7GLAsTYgmDoR-uANGSz1taQ7_tzHaRBtZKC6R52Q7_q072hz-Z7TaFrL4HWU5bWohf5oh1r907bXIl_bo71dwGsVyP660/s400/DANC+MS+3.jpg" width="305" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
Written in 1903, the tale involves a client, Hilton Cubitt, who arrived at 221B Baker Street with a series of drawings that had been left in notes around his estate. The drawings consisted of little stick figures in various poses. Sherlock Holmes determined that this was a code and the drawings were actually messages. He and Dr. Watson raced to the countryside to prevent their client from coming to any harm, but were too late. Holmes then used the code to track the criminal.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihHAUCykRfu_OVaVAaKIzdQXjrdRw2GB4ei_6UIXj9yibpU_b5TTc5iv-TRMgrqB86sDJ2l1tiEuX_AJdSj4bKsq384sMYdV07XlYXGY2JLJwWskTLbumYu25uTGM4SEiEUj0Rw-cjeoyZ/s1600/DANC+MS+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1240" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihHAUCykRfu_OVaVAaKIzdQXjrdRw2GB4ei_6UIXj9yibpU_b5TTc5iv-TRMgrqB86sDJ2l1tiEuX_AJdSj4bKsq384sMYdV07XlYXGY2JLJwWskTLbumYu25uTGM4SEiEUj0Rw-cjeoyZ/s640/DANC+MS+4.jpg" width="496" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
According to Randall,<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
"Conan Doyle got the idea for the dancing men cipher in May 1903. He signed a young woman's autograph book while staying at the Hill House Hotel in Norfolk (England). The book also contained drawings on another page by two children: Gilbert John Cubitt and Edith Alice Cubitt."</blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
"Although the manuscript is not dated, Conan Doyle's diary and other sources suggest he finished the story in early June 1903. Written as the fourth story in <i>The Return</i>, it was published as the third tale in order to give a stronger start to the new series. It first appeared in the December 1903 <i>Strand Magazine</i> and in the December 5, 1903 issue of <i>Collier's Weekly</i>, and was later collected in <i>The Return of Sherlock Holmes</i> (1905)."</blockquote>
<br />
This is one of the few Sherlock Holmes manuscripts that contains more than simply text. "The Golden Pince-Nez" and "The Priory School" (interestingly, both part of <i>The Return</i>) each featured sketches – one of the layout of a house, the other of the topography of the land around the school and Holderness Hall – but both were on separate sheets of paper. In this case, the dancing men were part of the MS.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmSMfGX7K5McDyvjEmltmwrP8AOnAL2A00apDZCzRwEsOeE80psYhbZQ7r6EQq-0ny0fJfRQD6sHYa_sPZBwOyxuWsh7YuJ17WQJUtZ90n8mqEEybIqT0iNxRPPRwIAFrwKMS8OIT81Gkp/s1600/DANC+MS+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1236" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmSMfGX7K5McDyvjEmltmwrP8AOnAL2A00apDZCzRwEsOeE80psYhbZQ7r6EQq-0ny0fJfRQD6sHYa_sPZBwOyxuWsh7YuJ17WQJUtZ90n8mqEEybIqT0iNxRPPRwIAFrwKMS8OIT81Gkp/s640/DANC+MS+5.jpg" width="492" /></a></div>
<br />
The manuscript is in very good shape, as Conan Doyle had it bound in vellum ten years after writing the story. It was presented at auction housed in full leather clam shell case with author and title gilt-stamped on the front and on the spine.<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/APbcbdjWG-E?rel=0&showinfo=0" width="560"></iframe><br /></div>
<br />
<h3>
<b>History of the Manuscript</b></h3>
The provenance of the manuscript and its rich history are fascinating. During World War I, Christies organized auctions of items donated by prominent citizens to raise money for the British Red Cross. Conan Doyle donated three manuscripts: <i>The White Company</i>, "The Norwood Builder," and "The Dancing Men" in 1918. The London dealer Maggs Brothers purchased the manuscript at auction for <b>£10 10s.</b> on April 22, 1918 – 100 years ago, nearly to the day! They sold it to collector David Gage Joyce, who owned at least 10 Conan Doyle manuscripts during his lifetime.<br />
<br />
Joyce sold the manuscript from his collection at the Anderson Galleries on February 13, 1923 for $105. It then traveled back to England and was sold at auction by Hodgson's on January 28, 1925, along with manuscripts for "The Priory School" and "The Solitary Cyclist" for £66. Its whereabouts was unknown for 40 years. It was purchased by Brian Perkins in Texas circa 1974 and subsequently given to Laura Perkins Mercer in 2012.<br />
<br />
Its discovery at a construction site is a story worth reading. For more details, see "Tracking 'The Dancing Men': Its History and Manuscript" by Randall Stock in <a href="https://ihose.co/DANCDeath" target="_blank"><i>Dancing to Death</i></a> (2016).<br />
<br />
<br />
Interestingly, in his 1927 <a href="http://www.openculture.com/2015/10/arthur-conan-doyle-names-his-19-favorite-sherlock-holmes-stories.html">list of the best Sherlock Holmes stories</a>, Conan Doyle placed this story at #3, and resulting surveys have placed it in the top 10.<br />
<br />
<h3>
<b>SOLD at Auction</b></h3>
The item <a href="https://historical.ha.com/itm/autographs/authors/arthur-conan-doyle-autograph-manuscript-the-adventure-of-the-dancing-men-signed-three-times/a/6196-47156.s">listed on the Heritage Auctions site</a> for an opening price of <b>$250,000</b>. When the hammer finally fell at 11:00 am in Dallas, the manuscript for "The Dancing Men" sold for a total of <b>$312,500</b>, including the buyer's premium. The identity of the winning bidder was not disclosed.<br />
<br />
The full story of the manuscript alone is worth purchasing <i><a href="https://ihose.co/DANCDeath" target="_blank">Dancing to Death</a></i>. But consider the large display of the complete manuscript itself, the text version, and the many essays, about the story and its associated topics, both personal and insightful, and there's no excuse not to buy this book.<br />
<br />
<h3>
<b>Other sources of interest</b></h3>
<ul>
<li>Randall Stock's article "Dancing Men: An Inspired Choice" in the Winter 2016 <i><a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/">Baker Street Journal</a></i>.</li>
<li>I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose113">Episode 113: Dancing to Death</a> with editor Ray Betzner, BSI</li>
</ul>
<iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5035886/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/backward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/1e9f03/" style="border: none;" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe><br />
<br />
<i><br />
</i> <i>Thanks to Heritage Auctions for use of the images</i>.<br />
<br />
--<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />

Manuscript of 'The Dancing Men' Sold at Auction

"took out his manuscript to check my calculation" [MUSG] It is a rare occurrence when an original manuscript for a Sherlock ...

+ Read more »

by Scott Monty

Episode 142: The Criminal Mastermind of Baker Street

<h4 style="text-align: center;">
"he was a young schoolmaster" [MUSG] </h4>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTOPqHUkFwgFfvqUyMGDPYl8ekUYodI4pX0WH1yxfKyRiE58mQ90HnphknTvGD7LfgmKa_iIh65pumpI-flHjZ6Wv6qSUbhlFVftMCmJw5lSq_YPRak5eZCLochq_Q5QLRRcbyoA_LFeTg/s640/Nunn+-+Criminal+Mastermind+header+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="639" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTOPqHUkFwgFfvqUyMGDPYl8ekUYodI4pX0WH1yxfKyRiE58mQ90HnphknTvGD7LfgmKa_iIh65pumpI-flHjZ6Wv6qSUbhlFVftMCmJw5lSq_YPRak5eZCLochq_Q5QLRRcbyoA_LFeTg/s640/Nunn+-+Criminal+Mastermind+header+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6481591/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/backward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/771611/" style="border: none;" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe><br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
We're constantly impressed at the onion-like tendencies of Sherlockians. That's not to say that they're pungent or make you cry, but rather that like the genus <i>Allium</i>, when peeled, has a surprising number of layers.<br />
<br />
So it is with Rob Nunn, a relatively recent Sherlockian who has come blazing into our sites. Rob has been a contributor here on the I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere site and has created his own blog. But his involvement with the Beacon Society (including being a recipient of the Beacon Award) and a unique Sherlock Holmes novel have propelled him into the realm of other Sherlockians as well.<br />
<br />
Rob takes us on a journey that helps frame how he managed to conceive of Sherlock Holmes not as the master detective, but as <i>The Criminal Mastermind of Baker Street</i>.<br />
<br />
And don't forget to try your hand at the latest Canonical Couplet and win a prize, <b><i>as long as you're a </i></b><i><a href="http://ihose.co/ihosepatron" style="font-weight: bold;">Patron of the Arts</a>, supporting us on PayPal or Patreon</i>.<br />
<br />
<div>
<div>
Information on sponsors, links, and notes available below.</div>
<br />
<div style="orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="margin: 0px;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="margin: 0px;">
 <a href="http://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank"><img height="40" src="https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/widget-images/become-patron-widget-medium%402x.png" style="color: #0000ee; cursor: move;" width="204" /></a></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="margin: 0px;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<br />
<br />
And please consider becoming a <a href="http://ihose.co/ihosepatron">Patron of the Arts</a>. Your support helps us to ensure we can keep doing what we do, covering file hosting costs, production, and this year, transcription services.<br />
<br />
<br />
<h2>
<b>Sponsors</b></h2>
This episode includes our two longtime sponsors. Please support our sponsors by visiting their sites:<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.wessexpress.com/">Wessex Press</a><i></i></li>
<li><a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/" style="font-style: italic;">The Baker Street Journal</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<br />
<br />
Would you care to become a sponsor? You can find <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/p/contact.html#.Vc1Qx7JViko">more information here</a>.<br />
<br />
<br />
<h4 style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/ihearofsherlock/ihearofsherlock142.mp3">Download</a> [Save As] | File size 29.7 MB, 1:04:52</h4>
<div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/429918687&color=%2344231d&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe><br />
<br /></div>
<h2>
<b>Notes</b></h2>
<div>
1:38 Hello there!<br />
5:22 Wessex Press<br />
6:44 Undergraduate pagan rituals<br />
8:30 Welcome Rob Nunn<br />
12:27 Finding other Sherlockians around St. Louis<br />
22:00 Holmes in the Heartland<br />
28:16 <i>The Baker Street Journal</i><br />
29:49 Rob's book <i>The Criminal Mastermind of Baker Street</i><br />
39:22 Interesting Though Elementary<br />
43:03 Involvement with the Beacon Society<br />
48:10 Teaching Sherlock Holmes to different age levels<br />
53:27 Pardon us<br />
58:35 Canonical Couplet<br />
<br /></div>
</div>
<br />
<h2>
<b>Links</b></h2>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<ul>
<li>This episode: <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose142">ihose.co/ihose142</a></li>
<li>Rob's <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/10/my-first-night-among-sherlockians.html#.WtAQuYgbPb0">first night among Sherlockians</a></li>
<li>Sherlockian societies in St. Louis: </li>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://harpooners.wordpress.com/">The Harpooners of the Sea Unicorn</a> (website and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Harpooners.MO/">Facebook Page</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://parallelcasestl.wixsite.com/home">The Parallel Case of St. Louis</a> (website and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/parallelcasestl/">Facebook Page</a>)</li>
</ul>
<li><a href="http://parallelogramstl.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-noble-bachelors-of-st-louis.html">St. Louis Research Collection</a> of Sherlockiana</li>
<li>St. Louis Event: <a href="https://parallelcasestl.wixsite.com/home/holmes-in-the-heartland">Holmes in the Heartland</a></li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Criminal-Mastermind-Baker-Street-ebook/dp/B075RDHN2Z">The Criminal Masterimind of Baker Street</a></i></li>
<li><a href="http://interestingthoughelementary.blogspot.com/">Interesting Though Elementary</a> (Rob's blog)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.beaconsociety.com/">The Beacon Society</a> - including <a href="http://www.beaconsociety.com/additional-resources-for-educators-students-by-age-group.html">lesson plans</a></li>
<li><a href="http://ihose.co/ihose134">Shannon Carlisle, Beacon Award Winner on IHOSE</a></li>
</ul>
<div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Criminal-Mastermind-Baker-Street-ebook/dp/B075RDHN2Z"><img border="0" data-original-height="1069" data-original-width="712" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ_EbO6GL-khyK19QsaDR5o9YOAF2bw0xa2dRHDZ9_83kWEzXelbBHgL4Awo7-IDHcYXaTtCgJ2BAny6p5vsdrff8dIwU6iQjxY7wNzho5xMAKylrX7ehMbB4rH4bMG9Qso1RNNJC-mRK1/s320/Criminal+Mastermind.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
Many more links, articles and images are available in our Flipboard magazine at <a href="http://ihose.co/flipsherlock">ihose.co/flipsherlock</a> as well as through our accounts on <a href="http://facebook.com/ihearofsherlock">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://instagram.com/ihearofsherlock">Instagram</a>, and <a href="http://twitter.com/ihearofsherlock">Twitter</a>.<br />
<br />
Please subscribe on the podcast provider of your choosing:<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/ihearofsherlock">iTunes</a>, <a href="https://play.radiopublic.com/i-hear-of-sherlock-everywhere-WRjkZW">RadioPublic</a>, <a href="https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/I2nib4h55h3cz3yxmzovj6icbmi">GooglePlay</a>, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/ihearofsherlock">Soundcloud</a>, <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/i-hear-of-sherlock-everywhere?refid=stpr">Stitcher</a>, <a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/263-I-Hear-of-Sherlock-Everywh-27577121/">iHeartRadio</a> or <a href="http://www.spreaker.com/user/ihearofsherlock">Spreaker</a> — or perhaps another we haven't listed here — and be kind enough to leave a rating and review for the show. And please tell a friend about us, in any fashion you feel comfortable.<br />
<br />
Your thoughts on the show? Leave a comment below, send us an email (comment AT ihearofsherlock DOT com), call us at (774) 221-READ (7323).<br />
<div style="font-family: "times new roman";">
<br /></div>
<h3>
<br />
Transcript</h3>
Despite not reaching <a href="http://patreon.com/ihearofsherlock">the $100 level on Patreon</a> yet, we're providing transcripts. Please do your part to help make this process possible!<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/379277960/Transcript-I-Hear-of-Sherlock-Everywhere-Episode-142-The-Criminal-Mastermind-of-Baker-Street#from_embed">Transcript - I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere Episode 142: The Criminal Mastermind of Baker Street</a><iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" data-aspect-ratio="0.7729220222793488" data-auto-height="false" frameborder="0" height="600" id="doc_33306" scrolling="no" src="https://www.scribd.com/embeds/379277960/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-DhutVj5c83tI1rTDAEFx&show_recommendations=true" title="Transcript - I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere Episode 142: The Criminal Mastermind of Baker Street" width="100%"></iframe><br />
<br />
--</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
</div>
</div>

Episode 142: The Criminal Mastermind of Baker Street

"he was a young schoolmaster" [MUSG] We're constantly impressed at the onion-like tendencies of Sherlockians. Tha...

+ Read more »

by Scott Monty

The Cookie Monster at Baker Street

<h4 class="tr_bq" style="text-align: center;">
"within an hour there arrived a confectioner's man" [NOBL]</h4>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir0ARAhk0ssl7jKjZKwM15oZkr3-KMyREiVpC11AoUlcswCrHO9WNtbwmenYmoQrJYXSw6reTiqmRTbSben53HzjkeAKRqvT_Tu_1WIVV5sDfZHoYW9tK1WDY3TsNICxEGZV_X3DNX8VOO/s1600/Cookie+-+Sherlock.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir0ARAhk0ssl7jKjZKwM15oZkr3-KMyREiVpC11AoUlcswCrHO9WNtbwmenYmoQrJYXSw6reTiqmRTbSben53HzjkeAKRqvT_Tu_1WIVV5sDfZHoYW9tK1WDY3TsNICxEGZV_X3DNX8VOO/s640/Cookie+-+Sherlock.PNG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
While raiding the cookie jar in our butler's pantry (don't worry, we don't have a butler), our thoughts turned to the Sherlock Holmes stories. Having completed an interview with <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose103">Al and Julie Rosenblatt</a> for I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere (<a href="http://ihose.co/ihose103" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 103</a>), we yearned for more feasts <i>pro corpore</i>, as their wonderful CIA dinners made possible.<br />
<br />
But it also struck us as an opportunity for a feast <i>pro mente</i>. That is, a little cerebral exercise around a food topic in the Canon.<br />
<br />
Julie indicated that the foods mentioned in the Sherlock Holmes stories are very few. And they typically confine themselves to more of the main courses; there's very little mention of anything that would do in the way of a dessert. Sherlock Holmes had "two tins of preserved peaches" with him in his stone hut hideout in <i>The Hound of the Baskervilles</i>, but that's hardly an epicurean feast for a final course following the loaf of bread and tinned tongue that accompanied them.<br />
<br />
The only mention we could find of something sweet in the way of a dessert treat was biscuits, and only in three stories:<br />
<ol>
<li>In "<b>The <i>Gloria Scott</i>,"</b> the crew that chose to abandon ship was given "<i>a suit of sailor's togs each, a barrel of water, two casks, one of junk and one of biscuits, and a compass</i>."</li>
<li>When Thorneycroft Huxtable, M.A., Ph.D., etc. fainted on the hearthrug in Baker Street in <b>"The Priory School,"</b> he apologized profusely upon coming to and said that if he "<i>might have a glass of milk and a biscuit I have no doubt that I should be better.</i>"</li>
<li>And after he tricked Smith in <b>"The Dying Detective,"</b> Sherlock Holmes "<i>refreshed himself with a glass of claret and some biscuits.</i>"</li>
</ol>
<br />
While Americans may see the word biscuit and immediately think of the quick baked bread variety — breakfast entrees such as biscuits and gravy or breakfast sandwiches like sausage, egg and biscuits come to mind — the British use of the word biscuit is something very different indeed.<br />
<br />
According to Wikipedia, in the Commonwealth, biscuits "may be hard, and may be savoury or sweet, such as chocolate biscuits, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digestive_biscuit">digestives</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobnobs">hobnobs</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_nuts">ginger nuts</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_tea">rich tea</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourbon_biscuit">bourbons</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Custard_cream">custard creams</a>."<br />
<br />
With such a wide variety, let's take a deeper look at the meaning behind the three biscuits mentioned in the Canon.<br />
<br />
<h3>
<b>InGLORious Biscuits</b></h3>
The "biscuits" that were given to the boatload of convicts and non-mutinous crew were certainly not digestives or custard creams. In fact, they really didn't fall into the category of confectioneries at all.<br />
<br />
What the rag-tag group of sea urchins received was a ration of sea biscuits, or, as it's more commonly known, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardtack" target="_blank">hardtack</a>. Because there were precious few perishable goods that are available for long-range transport, sailors would make due with hardtack, a simple type of biscuit or cracker, made from flour, water, and sometimes salt. It was inexpensive and long-lasting, it was and is used for sustenance during long sea voyages, land migrations, and military campaigns.<br />
<br />
Egyptian sailors and Roman soldiers carried a form of hard grain-based loaf with them. And In 1588, the daily allowance on board a Royal Navy ship was one pound of biscuits plus one gallon of beer. According to the Royal Navy Museum,<br />
<blockquote>
"Royal Navy hardtack during Queen Victoria's reign was made by machine at the Royal Clarence Victualing Yard at Gosport, Hampshire, stamped with the Queen's mark and the number of the oven in which it was baked. Biscuits remained an important part of the Royal Navy sailor’s diet until the introduction of canned foods; canned meat was first marketed in 1814, and preserved beef in tins was officially introduced to the Royal Navy rations in 1847."</blockquote>
So, no one who escaped the <i>Gloria Scott</i> was chowing down on sweets during the remainder of their voyage.<br />
<br />
<h3>
<b>'B' is for Biscuit, That's Good Enough for Me</b></h3>
 When a scholar so learned in Horace faints in one's sitting room and awakes, one doesn't expect his request to be milk and cookies. Unless...<br />
<br />
By that time, Holmes and Watson had already made observations about their unannounced guest's appearance:<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
"...so large, so pompous, and so dignified that he was the very embodiment of self-possession and solidity...whence he slipped down upon the floor, and there was that majestic figure prostrate and insensible upon our bearskin hearthrug."</blockquote>
Watson also noted Dr. Huxtable's "heavy white face" with its "lines of trouble" and the unshaven "rolling chins."<br />
<br />
Given that Dr. Huxtable turned out to be the founder and principal of the Priory School, "the best and most select preparatory school in England," he was necessarily in the company of the boys under his charge. And we all know that boys enjoy milk and cookies. Further, given his rather generous figure, it's not too much of a stretch to imagine that Dr. Huxtable enjoyed the sweet treats along with them. Hence, his seemingly unorthodox refreshment request becomes quite elementary when we begin to connect the threads.<br />
<br />
So we have the Cookie Monster of Baker Street, who takes up with another furry being upon entering — the bearskin hearthrug.<br />
<br />
<h3>
<b>DYIN for Some Food</b></h3>
Here we have the most puzzling one in the collection of biscuit mentions. When Holmes revealed his ruse to Inspector Morton (and to Watson, whom he had forgotten behind the headboard), his first request was red wine (claret) and some biscuits.<br />
<br />
Sherlock Holmes indicated that he had undergone "three days of absolute fast" during which he pretended to be dying and applied belladonna, beeswax and rouge to heighten the effect of his supposed wasting away.<br />
<br />
A biscuit would certainly have been a natural quick-fix of sugar and grain to boost Holmes's energy. But the selection of claret over milk? We have to question that. Typically, biscuits are served with sherry, a fortified wine. A sweet snack is the perfect complement to a fortified wine such as port or sherry. But claret is the British term for Bordeaux wine, and although some wine produced in Bordeaux can be sweet white wine (Sauterne), a claret is typically a red.<br />
<br />
Why would Holmes ask for red wine with his biscuits? One theory is that he was still suffering from a bit of delirium and misspoke (or Watson misheard him), asking for a claret rather than a sherry. But another is that he simply was no connoisseur of sweet treats like the good Dr. Huxtable. The real Cookie Monster of Baker Street is simply a visitor, not a resident.<br />
<br />
<br />
<i>Image credit: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TboaiMfMHvo" target="_blank">YouTube</a></i><br />
<br />
--<br />
<br />
<br />

The Cookie Monster at Baker Street

"within an hour there arrived a confectioner's man" [NOBL] While raiding the cookie jar in our butler's pantry (don...

+ Read more »

by Scott Monty

Baker Street Elementary — It All Adds Up

<h4 style="text-align: center;">
"such rarefied heights of pure mathematics" [VALL] </h4>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s1600/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Some students have a natural turn for certain subjects; history may be filled with exciting events and people for one student, but may seem a boring litany of dates and unimportant facts for others.<br />
<br />
Mathematics elicits such dichotomous reactions from students as well. We can see some beating their heads on their desks in frustration, while others seem to have a knack for it.<br />
<br />
Sherlock Holmes certainly seemed to be inclined toward mathematics, as he declared "<a href="https://goodnightmistersherlockholmes.wordpress.com/2009/03/14/the-calculation-is-a-simple-one/">The calculation is a simple one</a>," and determined the speed of the train based on the distance of the quarter-posts in "Silver Blaze."<br />
<br />
Another indication of Sherlock Holmes's proficiency with mathematics is his ability with the violin. People who are adept at math often have a turn for music as well. The topic <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-there-a-link-between-music-and-math/">has been explored</a> and recognized, even as early as Pythagoras, who wrote:<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
"There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres."</blockquote>
Last year, <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-there-a-link-between-music-and-math/"><i>Scientific American</i> documented</a>:<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
"Learning to play a musical instrument relies on understanding concepts, such as fractions and ratios, that are important for mathematical achievement."</blockquote>
However, the article noted that it is still unclear whether musical training encourages mathematical ability, or whether math proficiency makes musical training more natural. It's a chicken-and-egg phenomenon.<br />
<br />
One certain thing worth noting is that there was a professor in the Sherlock Holmes stories who was "endowed by nature with a phenomenal mathematical faculty." That was of course Professor Moriarty. Over the years, as Sherlockian scholarship and pastiches have bloomed, at least one source has postulated that Moriarty could have been Sherlock Holmes's math tutor during his formative years.<br />
<br />
Did that tutelage take place in Baker Street Elementary? If so, Wiggins was certainly not part of that study group...<br />
<br />
...<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPyThfrbyctSft-wo6dqGxEakKNlz2-i-0td8-I-yCqOGXZ2icCKkAh1obIBrLgZop-wSRtXKlKTgOdq3DeJglwTYJA9fi_Ds9BOJ_r_ow6if40i9unr-nRTrebL0p4UxmQVlR-KSFM0zz/s1600/Baker+Street+Elementary+30.1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPyThfrbyctSft-wo6dqGxEakKNlz2-i-0td8-I-yCqOGXZ2icCKkAh1obIBrLgZop-wSRtXKlKTgOdq3DeJglwTYJA9fi_Ds9BOJ_r_ow6if40i9unr-nRTrebL0p4UxmQVlR-KSFM0zz/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary+30.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJHcZyvyLEzhsnQGeLGFIH4e7YsMNkrz2G3pJmsPl4L6L0Ryq95XlQMuA0IrQq17mSSZ96QojOVUMW6Ysv6S_8lbvWGywvyzE1I57FilWQhNffD4hbnNjnO_Shz8ff9VF9s99NmWkFO8Mu/s1600/Baker+Street+Elementary+30.2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJHcZyvyLEzhsnQGeLGFIH4e7YsMNkrz2G3pJmsPl4L6L0Ryq95XlQMuA0IrQq17mSSZ96QojOVUMW6Ysv6S_8lbvWGywvyzE1I57FilWQhNffD4hbnNjnO_Shz8ff9VF9s99NmWkFO8Mu/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary+30.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrTRPd0BNK90D7BNvLGjxMjOBkwwB-XZA0hYyDvHM3NZ1J9_lHCAUXyNB2XUw26wloMka6zuXjkGBa9A0F07_-ttSLD0sHqXR6MhucO-CZvDCAtlL1hZY2iye4iCj8YDAIyLnuB3Tj2niS/s1600/Baker+Street+Elementary+30.3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrTRPd0BNK90D7BNvLGjxMjOBkwwB-XZA0hYyDvHM3NZ1J9_lHCAUXyNB2XUw26wloMka6zuXjkGBa9A0F07_-ttSLD0sHqXR6MhucO-CZvDCAtlL1hZY2iye4iCj8YDAIyLnuB3Tj2niS/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary+30.3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH7MNbjhUAgTucnVN-_QIj42EKKuiOTkOLM0CP82AaXDP92on3z9r07JLhgqwf0vYrNxAD4F-yJKdFhg0INPs6bcDaRuJyxyiLh_VD7jd0VsnlOBalMw8aBCeRyulp8ANY7DMoYbO1Og6A/s1600/Baker+Street+Elementary+30.4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH7MNbjhUAgTucnVN-_QIj42EKKuiOTkOLM0CP82AaXDP92on3z9r07JLhgqwf0vYrNxAD4F-yJKdFhg0INPs6bcDaRuJyxyiLh_VD7jd0VsnlOBalMw8aBCeRyulp8ANY7DMoYbO1Og6A/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary+30.4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<b style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in Victorian London. An archive of all previous episodes can be viewed at </span><a href="http://www.bakerstreetelementary.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #006f85; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;">www.bakerstreetelementary.org</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: "times new roman"; text-align: center;">
<div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">--</span><br />
<div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
</div>
</div>
</div>

Baker Street Elementary — It All Adds Up

"such rarefied heights of pure mathematics" [VALL] Some students have a natural turn for certain subjects; history may be ...

+ Read more »

by Scott Monty

75th Anniversary Screening of Sherlock Holmes in Washington

<h4 style="text-align: center;">
"if they let me loose in the treasury at Washington" [VALL] </h4>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI_fSO5W7lTmAR8hGgGo5DJqnjA_cOd7BdJzeyWYBcXkEO1N3vd0_rdgiPhzouCUSZlXSfNJ0c6Ouyxq2SArpDe3Bf0UrCUVIFuxa8ofl_gmawDzYeL91NEfeMEIYLFBLoxUTtnYavOoaH/s1600/Sherlock+Holmes+in+Washington+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1057" data-original-width="1356" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI_fSO5W7lTmAR8hGgGo5DJqnjA_cOd7BdJzeyWYBcXkEO1N3vd0_rdgiPhzouCUSZlXSfNJ0c6Ouyxq2SArpDe3Bf0UrCUVIFuxa8ofl_gmawDzYeL91NEfeMEIYLFBLoxUTtnYavOoaH/s640/Sherlock+Holmes+in+Washington+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
The year 1943 marked the fifth film in the Basil Rathbone / Nigel Bruce series of 14 films, with <i><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036349/?ref_=nv_sr_1">Sherlock Holmes in Washington</a></i> making its debut on April 30.<br />
<br />
The plot of the film involved Sherlock Holmes being engaged by the Home Office to locate a British subject traveling for his law firm to Washington, DC. The man flew to New York City and then took the train to Washington. On the outskirts of the city, the man was kidnapped and had not been seen for several days. Holmes learns from the Home Office that the man was in fact a government agent who was delivering a highly secret, two-page document to the U.S. government. In verifying the contents at his flat, Holmes concludes the document had been reduced to microfilm. The question becomes whether he may have had the opportunity to pass the microfilm to someone else on the train before he was taken. <br />
<div>
<br /></div>
<h3>
See <i>Sherlock Holmes in Washington</i> on the big screen!</h3>
And now, 75 years after its debut, the Diogenes Club of Washington, DC announces its first "Matinee at Diogenes Club" with a special screening of <i>Sherlock Holmes in Washington</i> at the <b>AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center</b> in Silver Spring, Maryland on <b>Saturday, April 14</b> at <b>11:30 a.m</b>.<br />
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Details on reservations below.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Return to a world where Holmes visits our nation's capital to fight deadly Nazi sympathizers, hobnobs with Georgetown society, and collaborates with the “Washington Police” to recover ultra-secret intelligence documents.<br />
<div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGFYeiEwE7qkiVEqe6Ub9csjsNJcjjH6KHL82UbyRrmWu83_oYMYUMzKToDPlJVcNjp_d_DplTp6zBUuEPoqI13aMzgT-0Q-K5eoQ3oZnt7r9v0O5I_y0bEaNdf0OfQPMGAEWq9YNF12Kv/s1600/Sherlock+Holmes+in+Washington+75.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1061" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGFYeiEwE7qkiVEqe6Ub9csjsNJcjjH6KHL82UbyRrmWu83_oYMYUMzKToDPlJVcNjp_d_DplTp6zBUuEPoqI13aMzgT-0Q-K5eoQ3oZnt7r9v0O5I_y0bEaNdf0OfQPMGAEWq9YNF12Kv/s640/Sherlock+Holmes+in+Washington+75.JPG" width="424" /></a></div>
<br />
The screening will be preceded by featured speaker Russell Merritt, BSI (“The Trepoff Murder”), Professor of American and European Film History in the Film and Media Department of the University of California, Berkeley. Professor Merritt is the foremost expert of Sherlock Holmes and the cinema, and was instrumental in the screening of <a href="http://ihose.co/1916film">the rediscovered William Gillette film of 1916</a>.<br />
<br />
This is the film that features not only Henry Daniell, but George Zucco – two of the foremost villains in the entire series. In addition, you'll be able to see Basil Rathbone's famous windswept hair, making a repeat appearance following <i>Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon</i>.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiltUW-mloCteV-CaCmB7pNIxiSaH3kmTplLAt2QFcB0uUHhLRBY-YyCvKQAzVp71VdQgcepaKfZYdNsZSB6NHRgsjodzpiqqHZQ4hIKUYjvs2T6jQtRBtcWlY3tbRnTdLWSV1av-QtGItJ/s1600/Bad+hair+Basil+-+WAT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiltUW-mloCteV-CaCmB7pNIxiSaH3kmTplLAt2QFcB0uUHhLRBY-YyCvKQAzVp71VdQgcepaKfZYdNsZSB6NHRgsjodzpiqqHZQ4hIKUYjvs2T6jQtRBtcWlY3tbRnTdLWSV1av-QtGItJ/s1600/Bad+hair+Basil+-+WAT.jpg" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
We hope you'll take advantage of this very special opportunity to see Basil Rathbone appear as Sherlock Holmes on the big screen, in a wonderful setting.<br />
<br />
And if you'd care to learn about the Rathbone-Bruce partnership, please tune in to <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose122">Episode 122</a> of I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere:<br />
<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5450502/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/backward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/0498da/" style="border: none;" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe><br />
<br />
<h3>
The Details</h3>
<b>Location:</b> AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, <a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=8633+Colesville+RoadSilver+Spring,+MD+20910&entry=gmail&source=g">8633 Colesville Road</a>, <a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=8633+Colesville+RoadSilver+Spring,+MD+20910&entry=gmail&source=g">Silver Spring, MD 20910</a><br />
<b><br />
</b> <b>Time:</b> 11:30 am – 2:00 pm<br />
<b><br />
</b> <b>Cost:</b> $35 per person covers admission. Refreshments, including beer and wine, will be available but are <b>not </b>included in admission.<br />
<br />
<b>Payment:</b> You may send a cheque for $35 per person made payable to Michael J. Quigley, to <a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=2651+Fort+Scott+Drive%C2%A0+Arlington,+VA+22202&entry=gmail&source=g">2651 Fort Scott Drive</a>, <a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=2651+Fort+Scott+Drive%C2%A0+Arlington,+VA+22202&entry=gmail&source=g">Arlington, VA 22202</a><br />
<b><i>OR</i></b><br />
You may pay via <b>PayPal</b> to: <a href="mailto:cemartin@umich.edu">cemartin AT umich DOT edu. </a>Please choose the "<b>Send Money to Family and Friends</b>" option. If you choose this method of payment, tickets are available for just <b>$30</b>.<br />
<br />
Call Michael Quigley at <a href="tel:(443)%20827-2626">443-827-2626</a> for reserved seating preference <br />
<br />
<b>Parking: </b>AFI Silver Theatre is conveniently located near several public parking garages. Both the Wayne Avenue Garage and the Town Square Garage offer FREE parking all day on weekends and holidays. The Wayne Avenue Garage is located on Wayne Avenue, between Georgia Avenue and Fenton Street. The Town Square Garage is located on Fenton Street, between Roeder Road and Ellsworth Drive. For additional parking options, visit <a href="http://silverspringdowntown.com/">silverspringdowntown.com</a>.<br />
<br />
<b>Metro Station:</b> The AFI Silver Theater is located two blocks north of Metro's Red Line station in Silver Spring<br />
<br />
--<br />
<br /></div>
</div>

75th Anniversary Screening of Sherlock Holmes in Washington

"if they let me loose in the treasury at Washington" [VALL] The year 1943 marked the fifth film in the Basil Rathbone / Nige...

+ Read more »

by Scott Monty

Moffat and Gatiss Confirm New Sherlock Series

<h4 style="text-align: center;">
<b>“on such a fool's errand, Watson" [RESI]</b></h4>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_a5Ki30BxwG7JCjx1vGRcATYxV16faX24d3cLS8Hyn9TSJeHYZbDR9nw5bG7ArLS28VWJHmhi1BtQUPjxB_p4SxAAs7HOP5pKJcP-l2Paa6G2ydjO8BCpn9SszIzKcmEIAKi9WTSBoFKx/s1600/Mark_Gatiss_%2526_Steven_Moffat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_a5Ki30BxwG7JCjx1vGRcATYxV16faX24d3cLS8Hyn9TSJeHYZbDR9nw5bG7ArLS28VWJHmhi1BtQUPjxB_p4SxAAs7HOP5pKJcP-l2Paa6G2ydjO8BCpn9SszIzKcmEIAKi9WTSBoFKx/s640/Mark_Gatiss_%2526_Steven_Moffat.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
In January 2018 at the <a href="http://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-02-01/steven-moffat-on-sherlock-maybe-the-time-for-a-longer-gap-is-upon-us/">Radio
Times Covers Party</a>, Steven Moffat had some vague but encouraging news for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sherlock</i> fans and those looking forward
to his and long-time friend and co-creator of <i>Sherlock</i> Mark Gatiss’ <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dracula</i>:<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
“I could see us making more <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sherlocks</span>. I could see us
making <i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sherlocks</span> </i>way in the future.
It’s not the kind of show that has to come back all the time. It can revisit.
Every time Sherlock comes back it’s a reunion show.”</blockquote>
</div>
Gatiss tempered the sentiment with a practical air:<br />
<div>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
“We’re doing <i>Dracula</i>, which is going to take two years at least. We’re not going to do <i>Sherlock </i>whilst we’re doing <i>Dracula</i>. So it’s not going to happen in the immediate future. Never say never, but no – we don’t have an idea [of when right now].”</blockquote>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Moffat seems to think that the show about the great undead will keep the duo occupied for some time, as he noted that they've "got a lot of ideas [about <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dracula</i>]," and "need to go and sit down now and really talk about it.” </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />
“But once we get moving, we’ll move fast.” Gatiss agreed, “It’s
early stages. We’ve had a lot of talks, a lot of meetings, our favourite part –
throwing ideas around.” All is not lost, however. I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere has discovered exactly what those ideas have netted.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />
<h3>
More Sherlock – By Half</h3>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Because of their grueling and sometimes unpredictable schedules, Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman won’t be returning to the small screen. Instead, Holmes’ adventures will continue as <a href="http://www.hartswoodfilms.co.uk/">Hartswood Films</a> and <a href="http://www.chucklorre.com/">Chuck Lorre Productions</a> have teamed up to
put the detective, his doctor bestie and cute daughter in a prime-time
multi-camera sitcom to air on CBS in the 2018-19 season, <i><b>Two and a Half
Sherlocks</b></i>.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
At a press conference this week to discuss the upcoming new show at CBS in Studio City, California, Steven Moffat joined Mark Gatiss and American writer-producer Chuck Lorre, saying, “Mark and I really felt that this was the best way to keep
the <i>Sherlock</i> brand going while we wait for Ben and Marty get the free
time in their busy careers to do BBC Series Five."<br />
<br />
Lorre, whose resume includes such long running hits as <i>Roseanne</i>, <i>Grace Under Fire</i>, <i>The Big Bang Theory</i>, <i>Mike and Molly</i> and <i>Mom</i>, added:</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
“When Steve and Mark came to me with the idea, I was totally
blown away. But when they screened ‘The Final Problem’ [the last episode of <i>Sherlock</i>
Series Four] I could see how it and <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_and_a_Half_Men">Two and a Half Men</a></i> were bookends of
the same premise—a high functioning sociopath and his best friend single dad
living together with the best friend’s kid, who has the potential to put a
major crimp in the sociopath’s lifestyle. Throw in the mystery-of-the-week
angle and the comedy just explodes off the screen.”</blockquote>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
“We couldn’t be happier working with Chuck,” said Gatiss.
“He really is an auteur of the multi-camera sitcom, a talented writer and
meticulous producer.”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Major casting is already complete with the American sitcom
equivalent of the Royal Shakespeare Company lined-up and ready to go. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001612/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1">Matthew Perry</a> (<i>Friends</i>, <i>The Odd Couple</i>) will be Sherlock Holmes. “I’m a big fan
of Benedict [Cumberbatch] and Matt Frewer’s comedic turns as Sherlock,” said
Perry at the event.
“I’m looking forward to playing such an iconic character. When I was a kid, I
used to pretend I was Basil Rathbone’s Sir Guy of Gisbourne from Errol Flynn’s <i>Robin
Hood</i> and, you know, I got that whole substance thing down pat.”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0416673/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1">Kevin James</a> has been cast as Sherlock’s lovable sidekick Dr.
John Watson. “I’ve never played a doctor before,” said James (<i>King of Queens</i>,
<i>Kevin Can Wait</i>, <i>Paul Blart:Mall Cop</i>). “I played a retired cop and security consultant on
<i>Kevin Can Wait</i>, so I can probably do Sherlock Holmes, but I’m looking forward
to the acting challenge of being a doctor. Nurse, scalpel, stat! Code blue!
Turn your head and cough! Watson is that kind of doctor, right?”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Rounding out the family circle is <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4682545/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1">Aubrey Anderson-Emmons</a> (<i>Modern
Family</i>) as Rosemond Mary Watson Holmes, Jr. In a separate interview, the
almost 11 year-old said, “Playing a girl brought up by a brilliant, but
emotionally distant detective and a stalwart doctor/father who is the moral compass
for his friend, and who never knew her mother is the kind of opportunity that
an actor will always regret not playing, and I'm very happy to have the
opportunity.” When asked if she was looking forward to working with Matthew
Perry and Kevin James as Sherlock and John, Aubrey became thoughtful. “Oh, s—t.
Excuse me, I have to call my agent.”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Widow of a drug kingpin, Mrs. Hudson, the trio’s landlady,
will be <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000870/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1">Kathy Bates</a> (<i>American Horror Story</i>, <i>Harry’s Law</i>). “She’s
the perfect combination of Berta and Mrs. Hudson,” said Lorre, “Her dead pan
delivery of ‘Not your friggin’ housekeeper, dear’ has me rolling on the floor
ever time! We also have Ken Jeong [<i>Dr. Ken</i>, <i>Community</i>] as Greg
Lestrade, who is the perfect foil to play off of Matthew’s antics.”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
“One of the things I’m really, really excited about,” said
Moffat, “is that we have <a href="http://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/article/nancy-kulp-miss-jane-hathaway">Nancy
Kulp</a> [who passed away in 1991] as Molly Hooper. Kulp, you know, played Miss
Hathaway on <i>The Beverly Hillbillies</i>. Her unrequited love for Jethro
Bodine was the inspiration for Molly, and when we found out that CBS owns the
rights to her digital image and that the technology is at the point where we
could seamlessly integrate her image in front of a studio audience, well I
couldn’t pass that up. She was a brilliant, brilliant comedic actor and well,
truth be told, I had a wee bit of a crush on her when I was a kid.”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
“Jenny Agutter, Britt Ekland, now Nancy Kulp. Who’s next out
of the closet, Steven?” joked Gatiss.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
“We’re going to get Tracey Ullman to do her voice.”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
“She owes me,” added Gatiss flatly, without elaborating.
“I’m excited that we’ll have <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2014/09/sheldon-cooper-channeling-sherlock.html">Jim Parsons</a> [<i>The Big Bang Theory</i>] to play Jim Moriarty—not the one that
shot himself—but one of the triplet brothers who are all named ‘Jim.’ We need
for Sherlock to have a nemesis and American audiences are familiar with
Moriarty, even though on our show he was really the puppet of Sherlock’s
younger sister Eurus.” Sherlock’s sister is not one of the characters from Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle’s books, although she had a big part on <i>Sherlock’s</i>
last season. “We may occasionally mention her,” continued Gatiss, “but she is
probably funnier as an unseen menace. Like <a href="http://frasier.wikia.com/wiki/Maris_Crane">Maris on <i>Frasier</i></a>.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
"I'm also happy to report that <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2017/03/stephen-fry-reads-complete-sherlock.html#.WqWSO-dryM8">Stephen Fry</a> [<i>The
Great Indoors</i>] will play Mycroft [Holmes]." Gatiss famously played the
detective's older, smarter brother on the BBC series. "There is no one I
would love seeing in role more than Stephen. He played Mycroft brilliantly in
the Robert Downey, Jr. movies and he will add gravitas to the new series."</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
"There comes a point in every actor's life," said
Fry, "when there are more roles in the rear-view mirror than on the road
ahead and the dawning realization that that retirement villa in Corfu was the
foolish dream of a young English major at Queen's College, Cambridge and not
the obtainable goal of a respected
actor-director-documentarian-journalist-author. And I can't wait for bloody RDJ
to get off his arse and make another Sherlock Holmes film! I've got rent to
pay!"</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Completing the cast is <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005182/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1">Leslie Mann</a> (<i>George of the Jungle</i>,
<i>Rio</i>) as the late ninja assassin wife of John, Mary Morstan Watson, who
will appear in prerecorded video messages to Rosemond at the end of every
episode to give her daughter timely advice on growing up.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Fans of <i>Sherlock</i> will willingly look to <i>Two and a
Half Sherlocks</i> to fill the void left by Cumberbatch and Freeman, and with
Lorre’s track record of long-running TV hits, that void could be very long
indeed.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<i>[Editor's note: always <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2007/04/had-fooled-us-3gar_2.html">check your sources</a>.]</i><br />
<i><br /></i>
<i><b>Top image credit</b>: By Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America (Mark Gatiss & Steven Moffat) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMark_Gatiss_%26_Steven_Moffat_(28570196672).jpg">Wikimedia Commons</a></i></div>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span>

</div>