Episode 295: Holmes Poirot

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“two tickets for the theatre” [BRUC] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQC-LygX0N74R-ZwyLEDzBoL6Id9sw1ZHtN3_gpjJHy9b2_3kXu15wIj7JCFjWbJfwAnDxsOW_TIRvET6rSUslioFGpgoh4cSBpqHUdn7jj4pCSPdzi-J32IPzmLY5-RITFlRSGErDVcEH6duoDlZ5FEsN0fXBpZqzOEN476THAiV9sk70ivLTnQfgNQ1/s1484/ihearofsherlock295wide.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1484" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQC-LygX0N74R-ZwyLEDzBoL6Id9sw1ZHtN3_gpjJHy9b2_3kXu15wIj7JCFjWbJfwAnDxsOW_TIRvET6rSUslioFGpgoh4cSBpqHUdn7jj4pCSPdzi-J32IPzmLY5-RITFlRSGErDVcEH6duoDlZ5FEsN0fXBpZqzOEN476THAiV9sk70ivLTnQfgNQ1/w640-h466/ihearofsherlock295wide.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><p>Jeffrey Hatcher, BSI ("The Five Orange Pips") and Steve Hendrickson have teamed up for a new Sherlock Holmes play in which we find one mystery, separated by 25 years. Holmes has the first crack at it, followed by Hercule Poirot decades later. </p><p>Appropriately enough, it is called <i>Holmes Poirot</i>. And it premieres in St. Paul, Minnesota in October 2024.</p><p>Hatcher is known to Sherlockians for his screenplay for <i>Mr. Holmes</i> as well as two other Sherlockian plays. Hendrickson has played Sherlock Holmes on stage numerous times before with Bob Davis as his Watson. The two of them swap roles in the second act of this play, with Hendrickson assuming the role of Captain Hastings and Davis as Poirot.</p><p>We talk with Jeff and Steve about their experience creating this innovative new play, about their early starts with Sherlock Holmes, and much more. </p><p>We have the latest podcast entries in Madeline Quinones' "A Chance of Listening," and another <b>Canonical Couplet</b> quiz. The winner, chosen at random from all correct answers, will receive a surprise item from the IHOSE Vaults. Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock .com by September 29, 2024 at 11:59 a.m. EDT. All listeners are eligible to play.</p><p>If you become a <a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank">supporter</a> of the show, not only will you help to ensure we can keep doing what we do, covering file hosting costs, production, and transcription services, but we have thank-you gifts at certain tiers and ad-free versions of the episodes for all patrons.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=2318606">Become a Patron!</a></p><div><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h3><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/ihearofsherlock/ihearofsherlock295.mp3" target="_blank">Download</a> [Save As] | File size: 53.7 MB, 52:42</h3><iframe title="Embed Player" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/33057262/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/281f41/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" height="192" width="100%" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" style="border: none;" data-dashlane-rid="4371fd543b716ecc" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="4622"></iframe><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><h4 style="line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; word-break: normal;"><span style="color: #0000ee; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.episodes.fm/258126625" target="_blank">Listen to I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere anywhere</a></span></h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://www.episodes.fm/258126625" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="232" data-original-width="639" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIyAfMy7WsxQV7D-7YxXoJ7uyOK4l3ZKzNMFZT0_e2g_3u8z2Gbtn4x3WQzTw0OqaSsP-k13-QHde9EnFgO3uzikjHmQ3rK2_0Xmvb_v6ggUV32CnZ2ZeqiSrAkGL0SUYMvr0JEiMJupjFvq8dQL8CuZqAWTTbMcYBZVV1NHgYP4X5XME7qekOhj2fZg/w400-h145/Pod%20Link.png" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div></div></div><h2 style="margin: 0px;">Sponsors</h2><div style="margin: 0px;"><ul><li>The books keep coming from <a href="https://mxpublishing.com" target="_blank">MX Publishing</a>. 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Episode 295: Holmes Poirot

“two tickets for the theatre” [BRUC]  Jeffrey Hatcher, BSI ("The Five Orange Pips") and Steve Hendrickson have teamed up for a new...

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by Scott Monty

Sherlock Holmes vs. Creatures of Horror

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> "He appears to know every detail of every horror perpetrated in the century." [STUD]</h4><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjomlF_29NctOLNMVQuTQYWpqTBPshqLWcBDvA12PYJdbxtiABDiCt2CkqaHx9PdDKbnnNhpQmuFaYUo0LV6cjTXMcjOiYHmVCyB9_eWbV_vIQjHPGuoU3NfCWqgMQV_GmcmMxzqPUSv6xBysj5Ie3mwVEgsHU4QfOCUJRqo1ImO5AVFHPJxmTGunpLFlcc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="866" data-original-width="1050" height="487" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjomlF_29NctOLNMVQuTQYWpqTBPshqLWcBDvA12PYJdbxtiABDiCt2CkqaHx9PdDKbnnNhpQmuFaYUo0LV6cjTXMcjOiYHmVCyB9_eWbV_vIQjHPGuoU3NfCWqgMQV_GmcmMxzqPUSv6xBysj5Ie3mwVEgsHU4QfOCUJRqo1ImO5AVFHPJxmTGunpLFlcc=w590-h487" width="590" /></a></div><br />Completists and/or fans of Sherlock Holmes on stage may be interested in knowing that the final chapter of <i><a href="https://amzn.to/3XEfNbW" target="_blank">Horror on the Stage: Monsters, Murders and Terrifying Moments in Theater</a></i> is titled "Sherlock Holmes vs. Creatures of Horror."<div><br /></div><div>The 15-page section contains descriptions of the following stage productions: <p></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><i>The Speckled Band</i> (1910), written by Arthur Conan Doyle, with an outline of the play, a history of its performances, and a summary of critical reaction</li><li>A marionette version of the above from 1937 adapted by Ruth Fenisong</li><li><i>Four Sherlock Holmes Plays </i>(1964) by Michael and Mollie Hardwick, which consist of "The Speckled Band", "Charles Augustus Milverton", "The Mazarine Stone", and "The Blue Carbuncle" (although only the first is described)</li><li><i>The Adventure of the Speckled Band</i> (1981) by Tim Kelly</li><li><i>The Hound of the Baskervilles </i>(1978) by F. Andrew Leslie</li><li><i>The Hound of the Baskervilles </i>(1982) by Anthony Hinds (producer of the Hammer film starring Peter Cushing as Holmes)</li><li><i>The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire </i>(1988) by Peter Buckley</li><li><i>Clash of the Vampires </i>(2006) by Frank J. Morlock, which also features Count Dracula</li><li><i>Sherlock Holmes and the Curse of the Mummy's Tomb</i> (1994) by Julian Harries and Pat Whymark</li></ul><div>There are many more productions mentioned in passing, so this isn't a complete rundown. I'm not clear on why these particular choices were made — perhaps they're the ones the author had access to in some way? </div><div><br /></div><div>I would also have liked to know more about how they fit into the subject of the book, but this volume is a catalog, not intended to provide substantial analysis.  </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3XEfNbW" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1050" height="373" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmy71qGc_Rkr4mQAWXVQ8pp0QOwde-K71OWYGpbQ2R9zx7yUxuyeLbRVVjDE3ZOXU6NlHCGmOfpVOBZ-jI6WOj-XmAGvVzs2YCasx94XduOvwPKMEKq_ZMPTmrmGGrb0oU2hjACjDXcMJn1YJqs_h8C21JX7iUzY8EDA6lO8N8_f9QW-suvlQlJierxZSx=w261-h373" width="261" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><i><a href="https://amzn.to/3WXVeqx" target="_blank">Horror on the Stage</a></i> by Amnon Kabatchnik, published by <a href="https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/horror-on-the-stage/" target="_blank">McFarland</a>, June 2023, is available in paperback and Kindle format <a href="https://amzn.to/3WXVeqx" target="_blank">on Amazon</a>.</div><div><br /></div><p></p></div>

Sherlock Holmes vs. Creatures of Horror

 "He appears to know every detail of every horror perpetrated in the century." [STUD] Completists and/or fans of Sherlock Holmes o...

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by Johanna Draper Carlson

Episode 291: Luke Barton as Sherlock Holmes

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“quick insight into character” [BERY]  </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpt3FRvDBMBejlCAHlx5Re-TQE6Maez5w_TqcVWrny-O09WRNxGQdi-2XD7VxP7quoyovceKZ_1QzpkJCsR5bwdtJx23r0OAlwO1DTg8eptg0K_6lwPt4ztjzDKGHLVJLLIgFCLlnZugmqDnabaZDa4XGadb1rH3hYe3H-PhIK3-9O_8TndoAyAcV6H2lB/s1200/ihearofsherlock291-wide.jpg" 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/AVvXsEjpt3FRvDBMBejlCAHlx5Re-TQE6Maez5w_TqcVWrny-O09WRNxGQdi-2XD7VxP7quoyovceKZ_1QzpkJCsR5bwdtJx23r0OAlwO1DTg8eptg0K_6lwPt4ztjzDKGHLVJLLIgFCLlnZugmqDnabaZDa4XGadb1rH3hYe3H-PhIK3-9O_8TndoAyAcV6H2lB/w640-h426/ihearofsherlock291-wide.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div><p>As Americans, it is always a joy to meet an Englishman, and doubly so if he portrays Sherlock Holmes. Luke Barton has done that not only on stage but in audiobooks as well.</p><p>Our conversation with Luke explores how he has prepared for his many appearances as Holmes on stage — including one production in which he alternated the roles of Holmes and Watson. His insights into the deeper aspects of the detective are admirable, and his skill is evident.</p><p>We have Sherlockian news, Madeline Quinones' segment "A Chance of Listening," and a special comedy feature feature written by our own Erik Deckers. Oh, and of course the <b>Canonical Couplet</b> quiz. The winner, chosen at random from all correct answers, will receive a piece of Sherlockiana from our vaults, Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock .com by July 29, 2024 at 11:59 a.m. EDT. All listeners are eligible to play.</p><p>And for supporters of the show, we have some bonus material in the form of more conversation with Luke.</p><p>If you become a <a href="https://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank">supporter</a> of the show, not only will you help to ensure we can keep doing what we do, covering file hosting costs, production, and transcription services, but we have thank-you gifts at certain tiers and ad-free versions of the episodes for all patrons.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a data-patreon-widget-type="become-patron-button" href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=2318606">Become a Patron!</a></p><div><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h3><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/ihearofsherlock/ihearofsherlock291.mp3" target="_blank">Download</a> [Save As] | File size: 97.5 MB, 1:11:03</h3><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-frameid="4552" data-dashlane-rid="260202204377f373" data-form-type="other" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/32156197/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/414851/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><h4 style="line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; word-break: normal;"><span style="color: #0000ee; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.episodes.fm/258126625" target="_blank">Listen to I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere anywhere</a></span></h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://www.episodes.fm/258126625" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="232" data-original-width="639" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIyAfMy7WsxQV7D-7YxXoJ7uyOK4l3ZKzNMFZT0_e2g_3u8z2Gbtn4x3WQzTw0OqaSsP-k13-QHde9EnFgO3uzikjHmQ3rK2_0Xmvb_v6ggUV32CnZ2ZeqiSrAkGL0SUYMvr0JEiMJupjFvq8dQL8CuZqAWTTbMcYBZVV1NHgYP4X5XME7qekOhj2fZg/w400-h145/Pod%20Link.png" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div></div></div><h2 style="margin: 0px;">Sponsors</h2><div style="margin: 0px;"><ul><li><a href="https://mxpublishing.com" target="_blank">MX Publishing</a> has a number of new publications out this summer. Don't wait to check them out!</li></ul></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Would you care to advertise with us? You can find <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/p/contact.html#.Vc1Qx7JViko" target="_blank">more information here</a>. Let's chat!<br /><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><h2><b>Links</b></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><ul><li><a href="https://app.spotlight.com/0271-3494-5497" target="_blank">Luke Barton</a> (Spotlight)</li><li><a href="https://www.jermynstreettheatre.co.uk/show/pride-prejudice/" target="_blank"><i>Pride and Prejudice</i> at Jermyn Street Theatre</a></li><li><a href="https://blackeyedtheatre.co.uk/" target="_blank">Blackeyed Theatre</a></li><li>Some of Nick's audiobook narration:</li><ul><li><i><a href="https://mxpublishing.com/products/sherlock-holmes-and-the-eye-of-heka-paperback" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes and the Eye of Heka</a></i> by David Marcum</li><li><i><a href="https://amzn.to/4bFnhiJ" target="_blank">Jeremy Brett IS Sherlock Holmes</a></i> by Maureen Whittaker</li><li><i><a href="https://mxpublishing.com/products/sherlock-holmes-audio-larceny-in-the-sky-with-diamonds?_pos=3&_sid=c1efa556a&_ss=r" target="_blank">Larceny in the Sky with Diamonds</a></i> by David Marcum</li><li><i><a href="https://amzn.to/4bMugGC" target="_blank">The Further Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes</a></i> by Caiden Cooper Myles</li><br /></ul><li>News stories:</li><ul><li><i><a href="https://capemaystage.org/holmes-and-watson/" target="_blank">Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson - 2B</a></i> at Cape May Stage July 17 – August 25</li><li><a href="https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/young-sherlock-joseph-fiennes-natascha-mcelhone-amazon-1236047845/" target="_blank">"Young Sherlock" Series Casts Joseph Fiennes, Natasha McElhone</a> (Variety)</li><li><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-adventures-of-arthur-conan-doyle-michael-w-homer-tickets-807272944107?aff=oddtdtcreator" target="_blank">“You Are to Do What We Say": The Adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle and his Spirit Guide Pheneas</a> lecture by Michael W. 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Episode 291: Luke Barton as Sherlock Holmes

“quick insight into character” [BERY]   As Americans, it is always a joy to meet an Englishman, and doubly so if he portrays Sherlock Holmes...

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by Scott Monty

The Valley of Fear Returns to the Stage

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“I’ve no doubt it was well stage-managed.” [VALL] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_asdGREMt8PXV4IpTInpvInyx0DxzbcXa4QEBcIzNCRpI9Lo7MHv1fCCtiG-UsJ5jUP058gURqBpmkQw5xDONYd13OTwbuAyYVHmEmCcY1A2ulqqYGhQTBhQkSdhOVBFfLNveuVmB0fm6pGMUVXaAIld-rsyskgBRIeAgxSW1jx4OCCC_2YCGQdT2P4Ls/s1417/Valley%20of%20Fear%20UK.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1417" data-original-width="1417" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_asdGREMt8PXV4IpTInpvInyx0DxzbcXa4QEBcIzNCRpI9Lo7MHv1fCCtiG-UsJ5jUP058gURqBpmkQw5xDONYd13OTwbuAyYVHmEmCcY1A2ulqqYGhQTBhQkSdhOVBFfLNveuVmB0fm6pGMUVXaAIld-rsyskgBRIeAgxSW1jx4OCCC_2YCGQdT2P4Ls/w640-h640/Valley%20of%20Fear%20UK.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Following the extraordinary success of its 2022/23 world premiere tour, <i><a href="https://blackeyedtheatre.co.uk/shows-2/shows/sherlock-holmes-the-valley-of-fear-2024/" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes: The Valley Of Fear</a></i> makes a much-anticipated return in a production that combines original live music, stylish theatricality, and magical storytelling for an unforgettable theatrical experience. </p><p>Blackeyed Theatre's highly acclaimed production of <i>The Valley of Fear</i> brought Nick Lane's stage adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's epic final Sherlock Holmes novel to the public in 2022. In this drama, we find the great detective drawn into a mystery stretching from 221B Baker Street to an ancient moated manor house to the bleak Pennsylvanian Vermissa Valley. </p><p>Faced with a trail of bewildering clues, Holmes begins to unearth a darker, wider web of corruption, a secret society, and the sinister work of none other than Professor Moriarty.</p><p><a href="https://blackeyedtheatre.co.uk/shows-2/shows/sherlock-holmes-the-valley-of-fear-2024/#tab-101428" target="_blank">The reviews</a> are universally glowing, with <i>The Sherlock Holmes Journal</i> calling it "Truly stunning."</p><p>Starring Bobby Bradley, Joseph Derrington, Blake Kubena, Gavin Molloy, and Alice Osmanski, the UK tour includes dates in Derby, Bath, London, and Dundee, from now through April 2024.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBsdGhAK9Z06HoFzeKi6vv-g7CM80A-l-PKqSw60b1C_Fp_psXDVoF8_aDrlUKHAHTLkzvsBk8-ewFeIAfseaFBWagtM2WfjDuap_cFnUkZtcfvEX4zMBJHUtuIxjr8V2_6BEyM2BGc_XfbQzKo6q1wG6KXonir6Eow63Tt3_V5ezbeocmWfKV9MYH7EsC/s1417/Valley%20of%20Fear%20cast.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1417" data-original-width="1417" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBsdGhAK9Z06HoFzeKi6vv-g7CM80A-l-PKqSw60b1C_Fp_psXDVoF8_aDrlUKHAHTLkzvsBk8-ewFeIAfseaFBWagtM2WfjDuap_cFnUkZtcfvEX4zMBJHUtuIxjr8V2_6BEyM2BGc_XfbQzKo6q1wG6KXonir6Eow63Tt3_V5ezbeocmWfKV9MYH7EsC/s320/Valley%20of%20Fear%20cast.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><a href="https://youtu.be/Hew1jqENP5c?si=ibXmDz_C1vSLmy0-" target="_blank">The trailer</a> for the performance indicates the high energy and excitement:</p><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Hew1jqENP5c?si=ibXmDz_C1vSLmy0-" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>And if you can't catch the show live, <a href="https://mxpublishing.com/products/the-valley-of-fear-blackeyed-theatre-script" target="_blank">the script of the play is available from MX Publishing</a>. [<i>Disclosure: MX Publishing is a sponsor of the <b>I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</b> podcast</i>.]</p><p><br /></p>

The Valley of Fear Returns to the Stage

“I’ve no doubt it was well stage-managed.” [VALL]  Following the extraordinary success of its 2022/23 world premiere tour, Sherlock Holmes: ...

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Remembering Two Baker Street Icons

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“She departed then and the lights went out” [NAVA]</h4><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-9ES-_XhlmaDIfw83xHWqViZBbk-02WI9zyPXX7RqzT5OYyiSL4MJJSe1bJsrf2bDfl3f4pPBPM06TmFXXJoZoyjQ_lhEb9VOuewAZLU0-FJ5Bv90lJn_X5tLyDKawtDznSav-xdWD279izU1JrtRNeIVrOTZaB5Ly1BJPDwxicOQ5DCduTU2IY_WTUvL/s1280/Baker%20Street%20-%20theater.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1165" data-original-width="1280" height="582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-9ES-_XhlmaDIfw83xHWqViZBbk-02WI9zyPXX7RqzT5OYyiSL4MJJSe1bJsrf2bDfl3f4pPBPM06TmFXXJoZoyjQ_lhEb9VOuewAZLU0-FJ5Bv90lJn_X5tLyDKawtDznSav-xdWD279izU1JrtRNeIVrOTZaB5Ly1BJPDwxicOQ5DCduTU2IY_WTUvL/w640-h582/Baker%20Street%20-%20theater.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />This was a difficult week for fans of the theater, as two individuals associated with <i>Baker Street</i> passed away: <b>Jerome Coopersmith</b> and <b>Inga Swenson</b>.<p></p><p><i>Baker Street</i> was a 1965 musical with a book by Jerome Coopersmith and music and lyrics by Marian Grudeff and <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/09/remembering-ray-jessel.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Raymond Jessel</a>. It starred Fritz Weaver as Sherlock Holmes, Martin Gabel as Professor Moriarty, Inga Swensen as Irene Adler, and Peter Sallis as Dr. Watson.</p><p>We interviewed Fritz Weaver for <a href="https://ihose.co/ihose26" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 26: A Musical Stroll Down Baker Street</a>.</p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-frameid="3707" data-dashlane-rid="90c3e4cbae4d284d" data-form-type="other" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/1115060/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/414851/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><br /></p><p> </p><p><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker_Street_(musical)" target="_blank">Baker Street</a></i> was a huge hit at the time, garnering three Tony nominations for Best Author - (Jerome Coopersmith), Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical (Inga Swenson), and Best Costume Design (Motley). It won one Tony for Best Scenic Design (Oliver Smith).</p><p>It was based on three Sherlock Holmes Stories: "A Scandal in Bohemia," "The Final Problem," and "The Empty House," and was set in 1897, amid Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.</p><p>Sadly, this week we learned that both Jerome Coopersmith and Inga Swenson passed away just one week apart.</p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Jerome Coopersmith (1925–2023)</h2><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Coopersmith" target="_blank">Jerome Coopersmith</a> passed away on July 21 at the age of 97 in Rochester, NY. He was a prolific and award-winning writer, having penned some more then 100 projects, including 30 episodes of <i>Hawaii Five-O</i>, and a number of other shows including <i>The Streets of San Francisco</i>, <i>The Night Before Christmas</i>, and <i>The Gabby Hayes Show</i>.</p><p>But to Sherlockians, he'll be best remembered for <i>Baker Street</i>, which was only his second theatrical work. It was produced on Broadway by Alexander H. Cohen, directed by Harold Prince, and appeared at the </p><p>Coopersmith was a member of the Dramatists Guild, Mystery Writers of America, and a past officer of the Writers Guild of America, East.<br /><br />He was also a World War II veteran, serving in the United States Army, 94th Infantry Division from 1943-1945. He was the recipient of a Combat Infantryman Badge, Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, and European Theater of Operations Medal with three battle stars. </p><p>And in 2019, at age 94, like Sherlock Holmes, he was honored with the highest distinction of Chevalier, or Knight, in the National Order of the French Legion of Honor in recognition of his service to France in World War II. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ZnPmQlT37roua4OPhcFuFGnrjpZtiTdkYcf3aO1wKf_5Ow6gM_12PejJoN44lmvaGc7yVy2_3vv1hPSR5lj9Jo8Rbl0iEc1NNucIm5PpzoDawDtXzde-B4qwBCE9ALHXSFUDvCImQWluL263mr_dculitCFxmnEv0tE_cFdP-CLfojdNPYKyZPpWRtCJ/s2304/Jerome%20Coopersmith%202014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1870" data-original-width="2304" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ZnPmQlT37roua4OPhcFuFGnrjpZtiTdkYcf3aO1wKf_5Ow6gM_12PejJoN44lmvaGc7yVy2_3vv1hPSR5lj9Jo8Rbl0iEc1NNucIm5PpzoDawDtXzde-B4qwBCE9ALHXSFUDvCImQWluL263mr_dculitCFxmnEv0tE_cFdP-CLfojdNPYKyZPpWRtCJ/w640-h520/Jerome%20Coopersmith%202014.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Jerome Coopersmith at the 2014 BSI Weekend (credit: <a href="https://flic.kr/p/qKYMeh" target="_blank">self</a>)</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Inga Swenson (1932–2023)</h2><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842421/" target="_blank">Inga Swenson</a> passed away on July 28 in California. She was nominated twice for a Tony for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical — once for <i>Baker Street</i>, as noted above, and once for <i>110 in the Shade</i>.</p><p>She made her stage debut in 1949 in <i>Peg O' My Heart</i> at the Berkshire Playhouse in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. She had significant experience on stage before <i>Baker Street</i>, having made her Broadway debut in 1956, and continued her stage presence for many years before retiring in 1998.</p><p>Swenson got her training at the drama department of Northwestern and was a lyric soprano, which served her well in the first half of her career. But she was probably most widely known to television audiences for her role as Gretchen Kraus in the sitcom <i>Benson</i>, which ran on ABC Television from 1979–1986.</p><p>But her theater career is her most impressive; we can't even begin to do it justice here. Take a moment to check her other works on her <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842421/otherworks/?ref_=nm_pdt_wrk" target="_blank">IMDb profile</a> and her <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inga_Swenson" target="_blank">Wikipedia page</a>.</p><p>Swenson married sound engineer Lowell Harris in 1953 and by all accounts of Sherlockians in Southern California, they were simply a lovely couple and wonderful hosts.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTLHEjGX-QxFxlVLFS2nzy9RiQHKMvIZEaGvEA_oRYjlZiq9iFB9Rwo8IGmp44l8WADaPU2Dm058ivHcBKx0I8NTFb4kNaNCMAv-l-TfChKatAd3tl4BmJWgBBcaZ_z2FYPMrIqX4838ZsosQ1gqVeqkHNyQ8RLcu5fvemETH6_wC9mnTFKkLgn9cS1VpB/s1024/Baker%20Street%20-%20Fritz%20Inga%20Martin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="678" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTLHEjGX-QxFxlVLFS2nzy9RiQHKMvIZEaGvEA_oRYjlZiq9iFB9Rwo8IGmp44l8WADaPU2Dm058ivHcBKx0I8NTFb4kNaNCMAv-l-TfChKatAd3tl4BmJWgBBcaZ_z2FYPMrIqX4838ZsosQ1gqVeqkHNyQ8RLcu5fvemETH6_wC9mnTFKkLgn9cS1VpB/w424-h640/Baker%20Street%20-%20Fritz%20Inga%20Martin.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><p>We mourn the loss of these two last connections to <i>Baker Street</i>.</p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Related: <i><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/09/remembering-ray-jessel.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Remembering Raymond Jessel, of Baker Street Fame</a></i></h4>

Remembering Two Baker Street Icons

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Remembering Paxton Whitehead

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“a well-staged performance” [VALL]</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizFNlH1hd0tFWIHS5gdAk17JxxOCFO9y6FI31erdEOO1pCVCChAK78mgTM7pw2-mIC6_dHbFO-eclhVSpPZnuihlNfr5Sg1mPM2uApr8fm2XUxJz8M4cw2rI7TEKsOQN6zJ86XtMDYVVCiJnSKyit_HmM6jXTpAXOm1tswFGAc7MOB1H25dA8SvO6ElKtg/s1767/Paxton%20Whitehead.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1329" data-original-width="1767" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizFNlH1hd0tFWIHS5gdAk17JxxOCFO9y6FI31erdEOO1pCVCChAK78mgTM7pw2-mIC6_dHbFO-eclhVSpPZnuihlNfr5Sg1mPM2uApr8fm2XUxJz8M4cw2rI7TEKsOQN6zJ86XtMDYVVCiJnSKyit_HmM6jXTpAXOm1tswFGAc7MOB1H25dA8SvO6ElKtg/w640-h482/Paxton%20Whitehead.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Actor and director <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0925717/" target="_blank">Paxton Whitehead</a> has died at the age of 85. </p><p>Born in Kent, England in October 1937, he began training at London's Webber-Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts at the age of 17. He spent two years there then went to work in stock companies starting with the “weekly rep” — small touring companies that rehearsed and performed a new play each week. </p><p>Whitehead made his professional debut in 1956, and within two years was signed by the Royal Shakespeare Company. From there, he expanded into production and direction.</p><p>In 1961 With Doric Wilson, he produced <i>And He Made A Her</i>, Wilson's first play to be brought to the stage. Whitehead also directed and starred in this production at the off-off-Broadway venue Caffe Cino. </p><p>He made his Broadway debut in <i>The Affair</i> in 1962, after appearing on stage in Canada and TV productions. His Broadway work would not go unnoticed, as he would eventually be nominated for a Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for his portrayal of Pellinore in the 1980 revival of <i>Camelot</i>.</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">“the ‘Ragged Shaw’” [PRIO]</h3><p>Beyond his work on the main stage, Whitehead threw himself into repertory work. From 1966 – 1977 he was the Artistic Director of the <a href="https://www.shawfest.com/" target="_blank">Shaw Festival</a>, the second-largest repertory theatre in North America. The Shaw Festival at Niagara-on-the-Lake began as an amateur summer happening in 1962 to celebrate the life and spirit of George Bernard Shaw by creating theatre that is as entertaining and provocative as Shaw himself. </p><p>Under Paxton Whitehead's leadership, it developed into a professional international event.</p><p>Some of his notable appearances there included Magnus in <i>The Apple Cart</i>, Cusins in <i>Major Barbara</i>, Sergius in <i>Arms and the Man</i>, Lord Summerhays in <i>Misalliance</i>, Fancourt Babberly in <i>Charley's Aunt</i>, Tempest in the North American premiere of Alan Bennett's <i>Forty Years On</i>, and Hector in <i>Heartbreak House</i> with Jessica Tandy and Tony Van Bridge, a role he repeated at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London with Rex Harrison and Diana Rigg. </p><p><br /></p><h3>“our small stage at Baker Street” [PRIO]</h3><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFCi5trfY0BxSa2sYk6rqe4StwRRTRyuCh0zm_lA3OOt_oi4efpHDk2mys0aldZJMOY46c3Ldn2ixnzWfXjy2E9santMtYy8Xy-UazSAWDZdT8Ct7WlME_CJqmSvN6k6WG5_G2mLC_khD7W5OOq8JPxghvm3AsWiViilDF7n93Yf1jWIMfInxR8f009BZX/s504/Crucifer%20of%20Blood.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="350" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFCi5trfY0BxSa2sYk6rqe4StwRRTRyuCh0zm_lA3OOt_oi4efpHDk2mys0aldZJMOY46c3Ldn2ixnzWfXjy2E9santMtYy8Xy-UazSAWDZdT8Ct7WlME_CJqmSvN6k6WG5_G2mLC_khD7W5OOq8JPxghvm3AsWiViilDF7n93Yf1jWIMfInxR8f009BZX/s320/Crucifer%20of%20Blood.jpeg" width="222" /></a></div>Whitehead entered the world of Sherlock Holmes by way of <i>The Crucifer of Blood</i>, a 1978 play by Paul Giovanni loosely based on <i>The Sign of Four</i>, with elements of other Sherlock Holmes stories interspersed. <p></p><p>The play ran at the Helen Hayes Theatre on Broadway from September 28, 1978 April 22, 1979, with  Paxton Whitehead as Sherlock Holmes, Timothy Landfield as Dr. Watson, and Glenn Close as Irene St. Claire. It was nominated for four Tony Awards, including Giovanni for Best Direction of a Play, and won the award for Roger Morgan's lighting design. </p><p>Whitehead and Landfield previously starred in <i>The Crucifer of Blood</i> at the Studio Arena Theatre in Buffalo, NY) from January 6 to February 4, 1978.</p><p>As cited in <i>The Baker Street Journal</i> (Vol. 28, No. 4, 1978), it was “a delightful Victorian stew of conspiracy, sadism, racism, treachery, terror and murder for the whole family.”</p><p><br /></p><p>At the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2016/12/the-2007-bsi-dinner.html" target="_blank">2007 BSI Dinner</a>, Paxton Whitehead offered some reminiscences about the play.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk2vAvXcrCfbNODoE2Vxi__lC6RfIKW0agTYGwzPdR2LtME2D4Uuu4GPE8TbOMwBK8ZRFTXnZHl2TVidZ_7PPOuKM8K9QpSgtotxPPNrYqw8OroTafbz01TQr-D6sYQ2LMfUAlgCNnUyumCQEcnX_3Vy0gXrK1DPecECTc1zfzrqouzkxSS9vOrZCKt8cG/s604/Paxton%20Whitehead%20-%20BSI%20Dinner%202007.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="586" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk2vAvXcrCfbNODoE2Vxi__lC6RfIKW0agTYGwzPdR2LtME2D4Uuu4GPE8TbOMwBK8ZRFTXnZHl2TVidZ_7PPOuKM8K9QpSgtotxPPNrYqw8OroTafbz01TQr-D6sYQ2LMfUAlgCNnUyumCQEcnX_3Vy0gXrK1DPecECTc1zfzrqouzkxSS9vOrZCKt8cG/w620-h640/Paxton%20Whitehead%20-%20BSI%20Dinner%202007.jpg" width="620" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Paxton Whitehead (left) with Scott Monty, BSI ("Corporal Henry Wood") at the 2007 BSI Dinner</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p>While Whitehead didn't make his film debut until 1986 in <i>Back to School</i>, starring Rodney Dangerfield, his screen career took off after that. He quickly became known to television audiences for his many guest appearances on several U.S. shows, especially on major sitcoms of the 1990s, such as <i>Frasier</i>, <i>Caroline in the City</i>, <i>Ellen</i>, <i>3rd Rock from the Sun</i>, <i>The Drew Carey Show</i>, <i>Mad About You</i>, and <i>Friends</i>.</p><p>Our own favorite nod to his previous work in <i>The Crucifer of Blood</i> came via an insult hurled by Rodney Dangerfield's Thornton Melon in <i>Back to School</i>. Whitehead's Dr. Philip Barbay was indignant that the <i>nouveau riche</i> Melon could buy his way into the university. But Melon wasn't having it:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" class="b-hbp-video b-uploaded" frameborder="0" height="392" id="BLOGGER-video-51a6dd310089be63-19257" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzDK91SEi5H9ULdfYxCQzEv61mimGmGukE_8P2b9wZKkE01wDGQSkRlWk3RlOYCn94rfKiVPhv2gZozrl7mr6VOiwZSeDlTrVBXqskJiKlYnqjl3guFobskOZ9wruhEPp1rMT3l" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="472"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p>Paxton Whitehead's long stage career continued, and it was impressive. For a full look at his credentials, see <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0925717/bio/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm" target="_blank">his biography in the Internet Movie Database</a>.</p><p>We'll miss this profoundly talented gentleman. As Dr. Watson observed of Sherlock Holmes in “A Scandal in Bohemia”:</p><blockquote><p>“The stage lost a fine actor, even as science lost an acute reasoner, when he became a specialist in crime.” </p></blockquote>

Remembering Paxton Whitehead

“a well-staged performance” [VALL] Actor and director Paxton Whitehead has died at the age of 85.  Born in Kent, England in October 1937, h...

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Episode 265: Ken Ludwig's Moriarty

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“Look how close they play the game” [3GAB] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJW3f6-XqtQNSz43vvJhnxbjtW8Zlb8eGlA9nuqMgiPeC6nQQna0GolfPrkyYG7oCu6QDv067lrhNSp4OIcFk4fzr6x0dMCDQtDBA9703Tmtc9z6C3sJunVpLA_vQ_-PHu73uOoE04uNt-faW2n-YjFjA2hCG5y-NkmaNGET9Ybe4kB1MOFNsPBTz5FQ/s1794/ihearofsherlock265%20header.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="1794" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJW3f6-XqtQNSz43vvJhnxbjtW8Zlb8eGlA9nuqMgiPeC6nQQna0GolfPrkyYG7oCu6QDv067lrhNSp4OIcFk4fzr6x0dMCDQtDBA9703Tmtc9z6C3sJunVpLA_vQ_-PHu73uOoE04uNt-faW2n-YjFjA2hCG5y-NkmaNGET9Ybe4kB1MOFNsPBTz5FQ/w640-h426/ihearofsherlock265%20header.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div><p>Ken Ludwig, BSI ("Jack Stapleton") has seen his plays, Sherlockian and otherwise, grace the stage and win awards since the 1980s. And Ashley Polasek, BSI ("Singlestick") took on the role of Executive Director of the Ken Ludwig Company in 2022.</p><p>Together, the two join us to talk about Ken's latest Sherlockian play, Moriarty, which premiered at the Cleveland Playhouse in April and May of 2023. But the discussion goes well beyond that to include Ken's other works, how Covid affected the play, how the creative process works, how Ashley's unique background and expertise are perfectly suited to her role, and more.</p><p>Learn how this dynamic duo play off of each other's strengths to help make everything Ken Ludwig does even more successful. Whether you're a fan of the theater, the creative process, just interested in how a Sherlock Holmes piece comes to life, this is a discussion you won't want to miss. And make sure you listen in for Ken's next Sherlock Holmes play, which he mentions here.</p><p>The <b>Canonical Couplet</b> is here for a chance to win! We can't offer tickets to Ken's play, but we can give you a piece of theatrical Sherlockiana from the IHOSE Vaults.</p><p>Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock .com by June 14, 2023 at 11:59 a.m. EST. 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Episode 265: Ken Ludwig's Moriarty

“Look how close they play the game” [3GAB]  Ken Ludwig, BSI ("Jack Stapleton") has seen his plays, Sherlockian and otherwise, grac...

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by Scott Monty

Available for 30 Days: The Hound of the Baskervilles Concert Drama

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> “Our nerves have all been at concert-pitch” [LION] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgENY26nVhjhb3A6uzBiTkVGw52s_gQVqD0Yk3Mshc9HE7eeYKY7A-fsezPjSdOmc2M3PCSPd9LXqLte_VWIs_uo_pFnQdpvQgcw2sI4biMvEaN8FIA3NVELFrFuTp68Z1ekhCUdfF7wABcBKY9kg5_3VR_CsVPZVVLiZwfyIGj5B1euXTMs7nPo2mwg/s967/HOUND%20BBC3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="967" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgENY26nVhjhb3A6uzBiTkVGw52s_gQVqD0Yk3Mshc9HE7eeYKY7A-fsezPjSdOmc2M3PCSPd9LXqLte_VWIs_uo_pFnQdpvQgcw2sI4biMvEaN8FIA3NVELFrFuTp68Z1ekhCUdfF7wABcBKY9kg5_3VR_CsVPZVVLiZwfyIGj5B1euXTMs7nPo2mwg/w640-h360/HOUND%20BBC3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div></div><br /><p>When we say "I hear of Sherlock everywhere," we really mean it.</p><p>The latest opportunity to turn your ear toward something audio-related regarding Sherlock Holmes is a new and unique production: <b>Neil Brand</b>'s very special approach to what is probably the most famous of Sherlock Holmes stories: <i><b>The Hound of the Baskervilles</b></i>.</p><p>Following the success of his adaptations of <i>A Christmas Carol</i> and <i>The Wind in the Willows</i>, Neil Brand – dramatist, composer and long-term collaborator with the BBC Symphony Orchestra – has crafted a chilling, gripping and hair-raising version of this favorite tale.</p><p>This is a concert drama in three parts, adapted from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel, in which Brand has provided the music and words, with the former performed by the <b>BBC Symphony Orchestra</b> and the latter by a small ensemble of actors.</p><p>In the introduction, Brand notes that he has a surprise twist for the audience, as well as one or two modern turns of phrase and "ushering in a much-loved character not found in the original story." </p><p>He also notes his musical influences: </p><blockquote><p>"By chance, and to escape from the grim realities of the modern world, I spent the last three years in both the musical and literary worlds of gothic horror... I investigated the modernist composers who scored the Hammer films for a BBC Radio 4 documentary. </p><p>This score inhabits those dark realms: influenced by Universal horror scores of the 1930s and the jagged harmonies of 1950s Hammer. I've even included a homage to Hammer maestro James Bernard."</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><b>Mark Gatiss</b> stars as Sherlock Holmes with <b>Sanjeev Bhaskar</b> as Dr. Watson. Recorded at the Barbican Hall, London on December 20, 2022.</p><p><i><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001h56s" target="_blank">The Hound of the Baskervilles</a></i> is available to listen to for 30 days directly on the <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001h56s" target="_blank">Radio 3 website</a> (<a href="http://bbc.in/3XKhgKK" target="_blank">bbc.in/3XKhgKK</a>) and via <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds" target="_blank">BBC Sounds</a>.  </p><p>Don't miss this chilling, gripping, and hair-raising performance before it's gone!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxEDN4ynWouiAbY0QmcuRuW6cd6MEUeI3XxX4n8zFz72SAr3znp-vtStv7biVpzu0uh_7cVxNFDhjBgDJDKgXkdRZbppH6G9z5SGVQy4Sl_mveLMgd8ChEWRf-2yg1hlSY4BsKMFTf-63CpbqlbrHctAAZajMYqfx5QgQu7HkvCFXn_FuJmir3t7jiKQ/s1229/HOUN%20BBC3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="847" data-original-width="1229" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxEDN4ynWouiAbY0QmcuRuW6cd6MEUeI3XxX4n8zFz72SAr3znp-vtStv7biVpzu0uh_7cVxNFDhjBgDJDKgXkdRZbppH6G9z5SGVQy4Sl_mveLMgd8ChEWRf-2yg1hlSY4BsKMFTf-63CpbqlbrHctAAZajMYqfx5QgQu7HkvCFXn_FuJmir3t7jiKQ/w640-h442/HOUN%20BBC3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Mark Gatiss and Sanjeev Bhaskar</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Credits</h3><p>Neil Brand, orchestrated by Timothy Brock: <i><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001h56s" target="_blank">The Hound of the Baskervilles</a></i> (BBC co-commission and world premiere)</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Cast</h3><p>Mark Gatiss - Sherlock Holmes<br />Sanjeev Bhaskar - Dr Watson<br />Sam Dale - Dr Mortimer/Frankland/Narrator<br />Ewan Bailey - Barrymore/Mycroft/Narrator<br />Clare Corbett - Mrs Barrymore/Beryl Stapleton/Billy/Narrator<br />Carl Prekopp - Stapleton/Selden/Narrator<br />Ryan Early - Henry Baskerville/Narrator</p><p><br /></p><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">BBC Symphony Orchestra</h3>Timothy Brock (conductor)<br />Neil Brand (conductor)<br />David Hunter (director)<p></p><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><b>Related content:</b></h4><div><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-frameid="1142" data-dashlane-rid="b4ceaaa764e24a47" data-form-type="other" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/3090004/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/000000/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://ihose.co/ihose68" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ihose.co/ihose68</a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-frameid="1200" data-dashlane-rid="8d9fd1441a48334c" data-form-type="other" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/3127050/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/000000/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><br /></div><a href="http://ihose.co/ihose69" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ihose.co/ihose69</a><div><br /><div><br /></div></div>

Available for 30 Days: The Hound of the Baskervilles Concert Drama

 “Our nerves have all been at concert-pitch” [LION]  When we say "I hear of Sherlock everywhere," we really mean it. The latest op...

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Episode 235: The Hero with a Thousand Faces

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“the feted hero” [VALL]  </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkol9tqpHBmA8hO1_SUJK59VOo3pFVwbWe1cHaXOth5gcmxk2KkvdhHJwvEOa1B8AggGE5kRd9uLBKh5mTLm6X3iJBB9URfk7cpR9aaEVAx9wSvZchzKskOqDCgGEb8cwSIdubRCPaKRF6Fs7GnUx1V9LMH4AJ0cuqUVcnRuBsnxW4bnvIrAvcBZkI9g=s4169" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2749" data-original-width="4169" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkol9tqpHBmA8hO1_SUJK59VOo3pFVwbWe1cHaXOth5gcmxk2KkvdhHJwvEOa1B8AggGE5kRd9uLBKh5mTLm6X3iJBB9URfk7cpR9aaEVAx9wSvZchzKskOqDCgGEb8cwSIdubRCPaKRF6Fs7GnUx1V9LMH4AJ0cuqUVcnRuBsnxW4bnvIrAvcBZkI9g=w640-h422" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div><p>David MacGregor's <i>Sherlock Holmes: The Hero With a Thousand Faces</i> takes on the task of explaining the continued popularity of Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective over the course of three centuries. </p><p>In plays, films, TV shows, and other media, one generation after another has reimagined Holmes as a romantic hero, action hero, gentleman hero, recovering drug addict, weeping social crusader, high-functioning sociopath, and so on. In essence, Sherlock Holmes has become the blank slate upon which we write the heroic formula that best suits our time and place.</p><p>David joined us to discuss the inspiration for this ambitious work, plus the debut of his latest play, <i>Sherlock Holmes and the Ghost Machine</i>, featuring Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison. He has made a generous offer to listeners of <i>I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</i> who would like to see the play.</p><p>The <b>Canonical Couplet</b> follows the interview: two lines of poetry, and you need to identify which Sherlock Holmes story they represent. The winner receives one of David's books (your choice!).</p><p>Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock .com by March 14, 2022 at 11:59 a.m. EST. The winner will be chosen at random from among all the correct answers. 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Episode 235: The Hero with a Thousand Faces

“the feted hero” [VALL]   David MacGregor's Sherlock Holmes: The Hero With a Thousand Faces  takes on the task of explaining the continu...

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Baker Street Elementary – A Minor Concession

<h4 style="text-align: center;"><span>“</span>some concession might be made for your personal effects.” [3GAB]</h4><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF63Vr4ZxwIaXki_oHrBXHRPsDFWGFviQ4-xgspWuYas3t_Z9qpa-OoMNRHgmvqK3pwcXLcVsrmCQRCHVQ2cUZkakIllEdXgQ1fFh_EJEJNJKnV2lmEksyUWXDOZ3OrzISvQ6ANDx_32sJ/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+114.1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF63Vr4ZxwIaXki_oHrBXHRPsDFWGFviQ4-xgspWuYas3t_Z9qpa-OoMNRHgmvqK3pwcXLcVsrmCQRCHVQ2cUZkakIllEdXgQ1fFh_EJEJNJKnV2lmEksyUWXDOZ3OrzISvQ6ANDx_32sJ/w640-h480/Baker+Street+Elementary+114.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Did Sherlock Holmes ever appear on the stage?<div><br /></div><div>We know that plenty of actors have played the great detective on the boards, beginning with Charles Brookfield in the musical parody "Under the Clock." Of course, William Gillette immortalized both himself and Holmes in his legendary appearances.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But what about Holmes himself? We know that he had the ability. In <i>The Sign of Four</i>, Inspector Athelney Jones remarked: </div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">"You would have made an actor, and a rare one."</div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Perhaps Holmes <i>had </i>been an actor. In "A Scandal in Bohemia," Watson wrote:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">"The stage lost a fine actor, even as science lost an acute reasoner, when he became a specialist in crime."</div></blockquote></div><div><div><br /></div><div>We could take this to mean that Holmes had indeed been employed on the stage at some point.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>We know for certain that Neville St. Clair, "The Man with the Twisted Lip," had been an actor, which made his disguise as Hugh Boone so convincing. This barely noticeable line gives us the origin of his facility with makeup:</div><div><blockquote><div>"I travelled in my youth, took to the stage, and finally became a reporter on an evening paper in London."</div></blockquote></div><div>Sherlock Holmes, a fellow actor, would have seen through this disguise had he met Hugh Boone in person. It was only by eliminating all other possibilities that he came to his conclusion; when he arrives at the Bow Street station, Gladstone bag in hand, that was his first meeting with Boone. </div><div><br /></div><div>Once he is exposed, Holmes lightly scolds St. Claire, saying he should have trusted his wife. When St. Claire breaks down over his children potentially being ashamed of him, we see a very understanding and compassionate response:</div><div><blockquote><div>"Sherlock Holmes sat down beside him on the couch and patted him kindly on the shoulder."</div></blockquote></div><div>We put it to you: does this not seem like the reaction of a fellow thespian? One who could understand the rigors, sacrifices, and feelings associated with risking a reputation by playing make-believe?</div><div><br /></div><div>It seems only logical to concede that Sherlock Holmes did spend some time on the stage.</div><div><br /></div><div>[<b>BONUS</b>: for additional material regarding Holmes and the stage, <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/search/label/stage#.YTT0uo5Kjb0">follow this link</a>.]</div><div><br /></div><div>Meanwhile, at Baker Street Elementary, the play's the thing...</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDVuyXZDVdSw3EVPI4W7keSriloUaDgHdMqM3HF_C8YEUV7NUrmt2V21Sko-VAWUsN53wc6UwFCm4v3fHz4icRGcAkafZX93T9slnOFMBzf9v-9jST9kwm6F5A74_zekcESbDMGWSPPZxv/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+114.2.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/AVvXsEjDVuyXZDVdSw3EVPI4W7keSriloUaDgHdMqM3HF_C8YEUV7NUrmt2V21Sko-VAWUsN53wc6UwFCm4v3fHz4icRGcAkafZX93T9slnOFMBzf9v-9jST9kwm6F5A74_zekcESbDMGWSPPZxv/w640-h480/Baker+Street+Elementary+114.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEittZJ9ei-37-TeIIYSRstyi-4HXi3Nuvkw7VQvawxyzpJ6UHEgIqmMXWbcLV53QYXqcKfRGHywrngeK7FQDnbe-u5YdJv0PDJieVAW83wBzJc4yB-GT6JG6gszZOHXUAImFkd5wVtZLX8d/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+114.3.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/AVvXsEittZJ9ei-37-TeIIYSRstyi-4HXi3Nuvkw7VQvawxyzpJ6UHEgIqmMXWbcLV53QYXqcKfRGHywrngeK7FQDnbe-u5YdJv0PDJieVAW83wBzJc4yB-GT6JG6gszZOHXUAImFkd5wVtZLX8d/w640-h480/Baker+Street+Elementary+114.3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp30Eels1w6_4I55NuRokWBjDnYT6DHvXF1JOTzusv7QOAMgueyj6DTZ48PIRzhOr3oly_0EtVyJhf_JzLxSmPlaemc-gGWJ7R_Vv3708q460gfC_ZaqToQujpgyjn6RCXmqvIAgWFAOPf/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+114.4.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/AVvXsEgp30Eels1w6_4I55NuRokWBjDnYT6DHvXF1JOTzusv7QOAMgueyj6DTZ48PIRzhOr3oly_0EtVyJhf_JzLxSmPlaemc-gGWJ7R_Vv3708q460gfC_ZaqToQujpgyjn6RCXmqvIAgWFAOPf/w640-h480/Baker+Street+Elementary+114.4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlK3dVwYF5K7x_7DhnL9JIWXTnS68cMpB8tWCUefIKuGMvIvi-eJEYtvVze-r3bOwVQo4MoRbL-AlsLE0qgUvK7CCFdwcG0NCTaiIGkKRZtQoyPsjOZER37C0-EYiRn113IPZoTkACy3lN/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+114.5.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/AVvXsEjlK3dVwYF5K7x_7DhnL9JIWXTnS68cMpB8tWCUefIKuGMvIvi-eJEYtvVze-r3bOwVQo4MoRbL-AlsLE0qgUvK7CCFdwcG0NCTaiIGkKRZtQoyPsjOZER37C0-EYiRn113IPZoTkACy3lN/w640-h480/Baker+Street+Elementary+114.5.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoWu5I1gDGTp1K1dj3EqOrADZjOa1G6sUQcJ1AuFkr_yAyJ3WbT11x8iuc6k6v496VvtsBDSdYN_V8V9w-tRVsShaZhESR9XV5AQ712lQnoP8Gy3AbYsM5nbd00QOAyJmx0bEpJZ01kGH3/s768/Baker+Street+Elementary+114.6.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/AVvXsEjoWu5I1gDGTp1K1dj3EqOrADZjOa1G6sUQcJ1AuFkr_yAyJ3WbT11x8iuc6k6v496VvtsBDSdYN_V8V9w-tRVsShaZhESR9XV5AQ712lQnoP8Gy3AbYsM5nbd00QOAyJmx0bEpJZ01kGH3/w640-h480/Baker+Street+Elementary+114.6.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /><div><div><b style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; 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 face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;">.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s1600/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><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></span></div><br />--</div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div>

Baker Street Elementary – A Minor Concession

“ some concession might be made for your personal effects.” [3GAB] Did Sherlock Holmes ever appear on the stage? We know that plenty of acto...

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New Book - Jeremy Brett: Playing a Part

<h4 style="text-align: center;">"He has played a not unimportant part in this drama," [RESI]</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih95Q_q5dUW4JJt65WLSAoLT-64euw_useFwObF3oZtID04-fWJcXTKLcj_Z89RutnqN6VYrbjgVjKhbwlbUtQ45ZJFgKMWGEjuz9VG7dhu2OXnIdv3m100sFNYxd3XEfMeEJJYhP2ZtvL/s500/Brett+Playing+a+Part.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="354" data-original-width="500" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih95Q_q5dUW4JJt65WLSAoLT-64euw_useFwObF3oZtID04-fWJcXTKLcj_Z89RutnqN6VYrbjgVjKhbwlbUtQ45ZJFgKMWGEjuz9VG7dhu2OXnIdv3m100sFNYxd3XEfMeEJJYhP2ZtvL/w640-h454/Brett+Playing+a+Part.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Fans of Jeremy Brett will want to act on this information straight away. There's a new biography of the actor available on <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mxpublishing/playing-a-part-jeremy-brett" target="_blank">Kickstarter</a> from MX Publishing. <i>The Kickstarter is over, but the book is now available from bookstores everywhere</i>.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><i><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mxpublishing/playing-a-part-jeremy-brett" target="_blank">Jeremy Brett: Playing a Part</a></i></b> by Maureen Whittaker is a biography of the actor of unparalleled scope, covering the entirety of Brett's performance career. At more than 450 pages with hundreds of color and black and white photos, the book is available in hardcover and paperback editions, based on the level of support you choose.</div><div><br /></div><div>The foreword is written by David Burke, who played Jeremy Brett's first Dr. Watson in the Granada series. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><iframe frameborder="0" height="315" scrolling="no" src="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mxpublishing/playing-a-part-jeremy-brett/widget/video.html" width="560"> </iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>We had an opportunity to sit down with Maureen Whittaker, author of <b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/93253/9781787055902" target="_blank">Jeremy Brett: Playing A Part</a></i></b>, and ask her a few questions about the project.</div><div><div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf_yOJxza8xxssp5eWGvICmCJvFIafgePSEAh_B6_ScZHXL5J9qb3_9Il1jJ7JdtVZsRIQGdFqROtjxjWRhSkliFy6h2AqLfk-Zxea-czlgaDkezEMAWdZzXNwGBRtvKIZfwNP9C3Pg1_V/s1020/Brett+Playing+a+Part+cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="680" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf_yOJxza8xxssp5eWGvICmCJvFIafgePSEAh_B6_ScZHXL5J9qb3_9Il1jJ7JdtVZsRIQGdFqROtjxjWRhSkliFy6h2AqLfk-Zxea-czlgaDkezEMAWdZzXNwGBRtvKIZfwNP9C3Pg1_V/w266-h400/Brett+Playing+a+Part+cover.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><i>IHOSE: How did the idea for this book come about?  When did you first become a fan of Jeremy Brett?</i></h4><div>MW: I have followed Jeremy’s career for a very long time, having seen him on the television, mostly in the classical plays for the BBC. Maybe it was his appearance as D’Artagnan in <i>The Three Musketeers</i> that first grabbed my attention. He was a most attractive and romantic leading man in <i>The Rivals</i> or as Lord Byron and he became the actor that I looked forward to seeing on the cast list. Later, his appearance as Berowne in <i>Love’s Labour’s Lost</i> and Max de Winter in <i>Rebecca</i> would be greatly anticipated. </div><div><br />When I looked for information about his early career there was no reliable biography or full career book.  The best accounts were provided by Jeremy’s interviews with journalists who wanted to celebrate his success as Sherlock Holmes.  And Jeremy was always ready to share his experience and the thrills of being an actor.  As a teacher of English in Secondary School I used the film version of <i>The Merchant of Venice</i> with the students and we all agreed his interpretation of Bassanio was outstanding. The Granada Studios <i>Sherlock Holmes</i> was also used alongside the Conan Doyle stories to teach the skills of detective writing.  </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><i>The book includes hundreds of photos in colour and black and white. Tell us from where these were assembled.</i></h4><div>The photographs were provided by Linda Pritchard, Jeremy’s partner who cared for him in the last few years of his life.  A large section of these had been part of Jeremy’s personal collection and the Granada Studios collection has been agreed by the Archivist at Granada and Charles Allen the Chairman.</div><div><br /></div><div> </div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><i>What’s different about this book than other Jeremy Brett books that have preceded it?</i></h4><div>This is the first complete career book for Jeremy and I have used Jeremy’s own words, or those of the people he had worked with to provide the information wherever they were available. Friends have also given their opinions and the critics of the performances provide another indication of the success of the productions. The only other biography/career book that has been published, now out of print, contained too much speculation creating confusion between fact and fiction. Everything within my book has been verified and supported from original sources. It also includes radio, television, special appearances and audio recordings.</div><div><br /></div><div> </div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><i>When you think about Jeremy Brett’s career spanning the stage and large and small screens as it did, what stands out, other than Sherlock Holmes?</i></h4><div>Jeremy will always be remembered for playing Freddie Eynsford Hill in the acclaimed musical <i>My Fair Lady</i> and the accounts of his time in Hollywood are full of personal reminiscences of tea with Mary Pickford and lunch with Dorothy Parker and the run-ins with Rex Harrison about where he should sing his one song “On the Street Where you Live”.  </div><div><br /></div><div>His appearance as Lord Arthur Goring in the Oscar Wilde play <i>An Ideal Husband</i> is a delight as he is totally convincing as the sophisticated romantic hero who could deliver his <i>bon mots</i> with elegance and style but still defeat the schemes of an unscrupulous woman here played by Margaret Leighton. His Dracula on the Broadway stage would be something which Jeremy could throw himself into with his usual verve and enthusiasm and which he enjoyed enormously. His performance was greeted by an audience who were “wildly enthusiastic” and the universal acclaim from the critics also lifted his heart. </div><div><br /></div><div>The television production of <i>The Picture of Katherine Mansfield</i> was a revelation as John Middleton Murry was an intellectual, one of the founding critics of literary criticism, who was married to the famous novelist but after her early death from tuberculosis was remembered as one of the most hated men of literature.  This was another performance in which Jeremy became another human being totally different to himself and alongside Vanessa Redgrave they were described as “magical to watch.”  </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>First and foremost, Jeremy was a classically trained actor who received acclaim for his classical roles.  His Hamlet at the age of 26 years was a personal success as it earned him significant praise from a sophisticated West End audience. But it is perhaps his time at the National Theatre which gave him the greatest joy as he relished the opportunity to speak the words that Shakespeare provided. Jeremy said he loved the rhyme and rhythm of the poetry and although his dyslexia made it difficult, he approached it with dogged determination until he was word perfect and could “bounce on it.”  </div><div><br /></div><div>His time at the National Theatre under Laurence Olivier provided the best possible training and would hone his estimable talents. <i>As You Like It</i> was celebrated as the first all-male production and was greeted with much excitement from the media. In one article the critic had chosen Jeremy for his choice of clothes. Even the <i>Vogue</i> and <i>Queen</i> magazines labelled him as "Man of Fashion" and featured his trend setting style.  </div><div><br /></div><div>But it was perhaps his performance of Che Guevara in Macrune’s <i>Guevara</i> which most impressed the critics. He looked nothing like the pictures of the South American revolutionary, the man with high ideals for mankind, but by his technique of “becoming” he was able to convince the audience and the critics who praised him for a performance of enormous “power and sensitivity”. He said: </div><blockquote><div>“I was intrigued by Guevara’s exploits over there, so I decided to go and follow his route. Actually, this was a rather sad thing to do because, of course, everything ended for him in Bolivia.” </div></blockquote><div>Jeremy spent six months backpacking around S. America.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>His appearance in <i>Rebecca </i>is perhaps the favourite of so many of us as he has caught the tragedy of the haunted man Maxim de Winter in a four-part production which the author thought was the closest interpretation of her famous novel. Jeremy’s performance was inevitably compared with that of his mentor, Laurence Olivier in the film of 1940 and it does not suffer from the comparison, indeed many find his interpretation preferable as an authentic Maxim who was capable of murder. </div><div><br /></div><div>Edward Ashburnham in <i>The Gentle Soldier</i> is remarkable and it is this that persuaded Michael Cox to choose Jeremy to be the next Sherlock Holmes.</div><div><br /></div><div> </div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><i>For which portrayals do you think Brett doesn’t get the credit which he deserves?</i></h4><div>His time in Canada at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival was a strange experience for both Maggie Smith and Jeremy. They had been used to receiving universal acclaim for their work and for some reason the critics were far too critical. They didn’t appreciate the incomers bringing their new approach to the Shakespearean canon. The adverse comments attracted the attention of <i>The Stage </i>magazine who tried to find the reasons why the reviews were so different to the critics of <i>The Financial Times</i>, <i>The New York Times</i> or <i>The London Evening Standard</i> who had welcomed the same productions with a very different tone. <i>The Stage</i> called it “The Clash of the Critics” and the excuse seemed to be the Atlantic Ocean which separated the two nations. </div><div><br /></div><div>Jeremy’s production of <i>The Tempest</i> was greeted with much the same response as the critics were unable to accept the revengeful image of an angry Prospero. But they seemed to miss the message of the play as a journey to forgiveness which Shakespeare had presented successfully for the first time in the three hour performance on stage.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><i>We see David Burke wrote the Foreword. How did you manage to make that happen?</i></h4><div>When we were gathering together Jeremy’s friends and colleagues for the twentieth anniversary of his death for the installation of his memorial bench on Clapham Common in 2015 I wrote to David and to Michael Cox to ask if they might join us for the occasion. Michael was too unwell to be with us but David was most gracious and telephoned to say he would join us. We have spoken on several occasions and he has willingly offered his assistance.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><i>Tell us about any one surprise or obscure fact in the book that you’re particularly fond of.</i></h4><div>The production of the play <i>Traveller Without Luggage</i> on stage in 1972 and it is perhaps the most difficult one to read about as the story is so terrible. Jeremy was a very sensitive man and he must have been moved by the experience. The script recounts the story of the soldier, an amnesiac found wandering on the deserted railway station in Lyon who has returned from the Great War in 1918. Without relatives, he was locked up in an asylum. However, dozens of families came forward to claim him as their lost son or brother and Gaston tells of being hugged by hundreds of strange men and women who tearfully claimed him as their son. The real story was much more tragic as the soldier was identified by his grieving family but was never released from the asylum as litigation amongst the other families kept him there. He died during the Second World War probably from hunger and became known as “the living unknown soldier”.</div><div><br /></div><div>One personal detail I had known little about was the stunning soprano voice of his youth which was trained at Eton where he was given the major solos to sing in the College Chapel. He even performed in many of the nation’s cathedrals. Jeremy also made a record but I can find no evidence and would love to hear a recording of his voice which is said to sound like that of the soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>--</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks to Maureen Whittaker for joining us for this interview.</div><div><br /></div><div>Be sure to pick up a copy of <b><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/93253/9781787055902" target="_blank">Jeremy Brett: Playing a Part</a></i></b>.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>

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Episode 170: Three Authors in Search of a Character

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> “these characters convey a message” [DANC] </h4> <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/AVvXsEgsQPJtwNbXN6Y-PQrXAI0tceacvq18k34_dJ0sTKQ8oqoXU5KjvfdVoWzCWxjyZBRxs0_Cts2rQEiGOtCH6V_yFRMqNqF7gmVOSzStxe1IxGEYkcR0BYUVq5zTDNpd2oqp6lxwtJSnseKA/s1600/ihose+170+cover.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="758" data-original-width="1200" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsQPJtwNbXN6Y-PQrXAI0tceacvq18k34_dJ0sTKQ8oqoXU5KjvfdVoWzCWxjyZBRxs0_Cts2rQEiGOtCH6V_yFRMqNqF7gmVOSzStxe1IxGEYkcR0BYUVq5zTDNpd2oqp6lxwtJSnseKA/s640/ihose+170+cover.png" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/10161506/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/backward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/f43f24/" style="border: none;" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <br /> It isn't every day that one has an opportunity to chat with someone who owns an intimate piece of clothing that belonged to "a certain gracious lady." Barbara Rusch, BSI ("The Mazarin Stone") is a collector of Victoriana and ephemera, and more importantly is the author of the play "The Crossing: or Three Authors in Search of a Character."<br /> <br /> In a barren antechamber three titans meet unexpectedly. Oscar Wilde, Edgar Allan Poe, and Harry Houdini are not pleased to be spending the afterlife in each other's company, and a clash of egos is the result. A mystery interloper only seems to add fuel to the fire. Ultimately, the connection is revealed: they all have unresolved issues with Arthur Conan Doyle, and their mission at last becomes clear. 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Episode 170: Three Authors in Search of a Character

“these characters convey a message” [DANC]  It isn't every day that one has an opportunity to chat with someone who owns a...

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