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Episode 28: Friendship

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"Dear me! that is friendship indeed" [DEVI]</h4>
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Christopher Morley once said that the Sherlock Holmes stories were a textbook of friendship. We've heard this platitude before, but what does it mean? How did the relationship between Holmes and Watson manifest itself in the Canon and how does that impact us as Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts today, in the digital age?<br />
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We discuss the elements of Holmes and Watson and how they were influenced most notably by the personality of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; the difficulty in portraying the depth of the characters and their relationship on stage and screen; and how Sherlockians make each other's acquaintance.<br />
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We get to your comments - which you can submit below, on our <a href="http://facebook.com/ihearofsherlock">Facebook Page</a>, via email (comment AT ihearofsherlock DOT com) or by calling <b>774-221-READ (7323)</b>. We read the Gas-Lamp from Vol 2. No. 1, 1952 that celebrates Dr. Watson.<br />
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<i>Note: there may be some dated mentions, as this episode had been "in the can" for a while.</i><br />
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<li><i><a href="https://amzn.to/2MSMMG3" target="_blank"><b><i>Sherlock Holmes And Dr. Watson: A Textbook Of Friendship</i></b></a><b></b></i></li>
<li><b><a href="https://amzn.to/2ZHVVr7" target="_blank">Dr. Thorndyke mysteries</a></b></li>
<li><a href="http://www.squaremeal.co.uk/restaurants/london/view/99746/Criterion_bar">The Criterion Bar</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPUHMuSxiEo">"You squashed my pea."</a> (from <i>Murder By Decree</i></li>
<li><b><a href="https://amzn.to/2ZEfv3u" target="_blank"><i>The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes</i></a></b></li>
<li><b><a href="https://amzn.to/2ZKlqnw" target="_blank">John Gielgud and Ralph Richardon</a></b>(1950s radio series)</li>
<li><b><a href="http://ihose.co/ihose69" target="_blank">Clive Merrison and Michael Williams</a></b> (BBC radio series - complete Canon on audio)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=%22sherlock+Holmes%22">Google search results for "Sherlock Holmes"</a> (now over 15 million results)</li>
<li>I Hear of  Sherlock on Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/ihearofsherlock">@ihearofsherlock</a></li>
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Episode 28: Friendship

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Baker Street: The Boys Are Back

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We seem to be getting inspiration from all places these days. In this case, it was Barbara Roden, BSI ("Beryl Stapleton") who posted a video on Facebook that caught our attention.<br />
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This video depicts various scenes from Sherlock Holmes on the screen, from the 1930s to the present, and demonstrates how the more some things change, the more they stay the same.<br />
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<blockquote>However different they are each time they return some things never change. Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, and a few friends, using footage from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Baskervilles-Basil-Rathbone/dp/B0001DCYBE?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><i>The Hound of the Baskervilles</i></b></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0001DCYBE" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> (1939, Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce), <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Sherlock-Holmes-Boxed-Collection/dp/B000060MVK?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</i></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000060MVK" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></b> (1984, Jeremy Brett and David Burke), <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Great-Mouse-Detective-Mystery-Mist/dp/B0034GK74G?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Basil the Great Mouse Detective</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0034GK74G" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></i> (1986, Disney), <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Robert-Downey-Jr/dp/B001OQCV6A?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><i>Sherlock Holmes</i></b></a><b><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001OQCV6A" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></b> (2009, Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law) and <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Season-One-Benedict-Cumberbatch/dp/B004132HZS?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Sherlock</b></a><b><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B004132HZS" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></b></i> (2010, Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman).</blockquote><br />
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New Sherlock Holmes Film Gets Its Moriarty

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Following last week's news that <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2010/09/one-of-queerest-men-gree_27.html#.Vq2mu_krLb0" rel="nofollow">Stephen Fry would play Mycroft Holmes</a>, it seems that we now have the results of the long-awaited casting of Professor Moriarty. Those of you familiar with the award-winning television drama <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mad-Men-Season-Jon-Hamm/dp/B000YABIQ6?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><i>Mad Men</i></b></a> may recognize the name Jared Harris. He plays Lane Pryce, the finance chief at the advertising agency Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, set in 1960s New York.<br />
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But it is 1890s London that will see him next as he becomes the Napoleon of Crime, Professor James Moriarty - forever known as the archenemy of Sherlock Holmes. This is difficult role to fill, as it's one of the most iconic in the Canon, yet one that's given precious little description, other than what Holmes conveys to us mostly in "The Final Problem":<br />
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"He is extremely tall and thin, his forehead domes out in a white curve, and his two eyes are deeply sunken in his head. He is clean-shaven, pale, and ascetic-looking, retaining something of the professor in his features. His shoulders are rounded from much study, and his face protrudes forward, and is for ever slowly oscillating from side to side in a curiously reptilian fashion. He peered at me with great curiosity in his puckered eyes."</blockquote>
Beyond that, we don't really hear too much about him. Do you know how many stories Professor Moriarty was mentioned in? Leave a comment below with your answer.<br />
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Back to Jared Harris: his acting skills have been recognized recently, as he has received two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for his outstanding performances, both in <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Curious-Case-Benjamin-Button-Single-Disc/dp/B001U0HBPG?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>The Curious Case of Benjamin Button</i></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001U0HBPG" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></b> and Mad Men. Not only that, but he actually has some interesting Sherlockian connections that we'd be remiss if we omitted them:<br />
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His father was the late Richard Harris, the Irish actor with an offscreen life as interesting as his roles.<br />
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<li>Moriarty was of Irish descent</li>
<li>Richard Harris starred in the 1970 film <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Molly-Maguires-Sean-Connery/dp/B0001FGBLG?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>The Molly Maguires</i></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0001FGBLG" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></b>, the movie about the secret society that was part of the coal mining industry in Pennsylvania in the 1870s - the very same secret society that was so prominent in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Valley-Fear-Sherlock-Holmes-Mystery/dp/1451565976?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><i>The Valley of Fear</i></b></a> - the other story in which Professor Moriarty prominently figured.</li>
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The other point is that he was married to Emilia Fox, who is the daughter of actor Edward Fox. The elder Fox played Alistair Ross in the 1991 movie adaptation of Paul Giovanni's play <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Crucifer-Blood-Charlton-Heston/dp/B0036BDQ7Y?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><i>The Crucifer of Blood</i></b></a><b><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0036BDQ7Y" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></b>.<br />
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Any other potential tie-ins that we missed? Feel free to leave a comment and set us straight.<br />
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Based on his pedigree, his previous performances and his look - with a little makeup and wardrobe, it's possible Harris will look very similar to Paget's original interpretation of the professor - we think this may be an excellent casting choice. Let's hope the script and plot are just as promising...<br />
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New Sherlock Holmes Film Gets Its Moriarty

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Stephen Fry to Play Mycroft Holmes in Upcoming Film

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"Mycroft one of the queerest men" [GREE]</h4>
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As anticipation for the sequel to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Robert-Downey-Jr/dp/B001OQCV6A?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank"><b><i>Sherlock Holmes</i></b></a> mounts, another detail has been made public: Stephen Fry will play the part of Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock's older brother.<br />
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There are a number of interesting tie-ins that make this particularly interesting, but we'll start with the announcement first. Mr. Fry himself broke the news on the Danny Baker show on BBC 5 Live, and the news was <a href="http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/09/25/stephen-fry-is-mycroft-holmes-see-his-resemblance-to-guy-ritchie/">immediately shared by Bleeding Cool</a>. The direct quote from Fry was:<br />
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I’m playing Mycroft in the sequel to the Sherlock Holmes film Guy Ritchie directed with Robert Downey Jr., and that sort of part is fun, but just once in a while to play a genuine all round sort of lead figure with complexity and tragedy and wit and all the sort of things that Oscar [Wilde] had was a once in a lifeftime thrill.</blockquote>
The <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/09/26/arts/entertainment-us-stephenfry.html?src=twt&twt=nytimesarts">New York Times (via Reuters) also reported on it</a> and Fry confirmed it on his own <a href="http://twitter.com/stephenfry/status/25610767520">Twitter account</a>:<br />
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We think it's an inspired casting decision for a number of reasons:<br />
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<li>Fry has often played opposite Hugh Laurie (now on the Sherlock Holmes-insipired <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/House-M-D-Seasons-1-5-Collection/dp/B002C3GTLM?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>House, MD</i></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B002C3GTLM" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></b>), including the braniac gentleman's gentleman in <b><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Jeeves-Wooster-Complete-Hugh-Laurie/dp/B001V7UXG2?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jeeves & Wooster</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001V7UXG2" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></i></b>, who has often been compared to one or both of the Holmes brothers.</li>
<li>He played Oscar Wilde in the 1997 film <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Wilde-Special-Stephen-Fry/dp/B00005V5NU?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>Wilde</i></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00005V5NU" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></b>. Wilde made an appearance in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/West-End-Horror-Posthumous-Memoir/dp/0393311538?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i><b>The West End Horror</b></i></a>, the follow-on novel to <b><i>The Seven Per-Cent Solution</i></b> by Nicolas Meyer, BSI ("A Fine Morocco Case").</li>
<li>Mr. Fry was also deeply interested in the <a href="http://www.conandoylecollection.co.uk/">bequest of Richard Lancelyn Green to the city of Portsmouth</a> and he narrated the BBC 4 documentary "The Man Who Loved Sherlock Holmes." We initially referenced him in the November 19, 2006 entry <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2006/11/his-voice-was-gentle-iden_19.html#.Vh6HbHpViko" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Even His Voice Was Gentle" [IDEN]</a>.</li>
<li>We know that Holmes referred to his brother as "one of the queerest men" in London. That term can be taken in a couple of ways - one being quirky and the other meaning gay. Well, Stephen Fry's <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000410/bio">IMDb biography</a> includes both kinds of references: "Writer, actor, comedian, doer of good works, excellent good friend to the famous and not...Emma Thompson has characterised her friend as '90 percent gay, 10 percent other.'" He is also credited as "Cricket fan, Sherlockian, charter member Groucho Club (Soho)."</li>
<li>Stephen Fry is a noted author in his own right, so we can be sure that he is a reader as well (and we're assuming this means the Canon). He has written a number of books, including <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ode-Less-Travelled-Unlocking-Within/dp/1592403115?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><i>The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within</i></b></a><b><i><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1592403115" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></i></b>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Moab-My-Washpot-Stephen-Fry/dp/1569472025?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i><b>Moab Is My Washpot</b></i></a><i><b><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1569472025" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></b></i>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hippopotamus-Stephen-Fry/dp/1569470545?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i><b>The Hippopotamus</b></i></a><i><b><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1569470545" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></b></i>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Liar-Stephen-Fry/dp/156947012X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><i>The Liar</i></b></a><b><i><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=156947012X" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></i></b>, and most recently <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Stephen-Fry-America-Fifty-States/dp/0061456381?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><i>Stephen Fry in America: Fifty States and the Man Who Set Out to See Them All</i></b></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0061456381" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />.</li>
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We hope that his turn as Mycroft - a infrequently appearing role that has been played by the likes of Christopher Lee, Charles Gray, Robert Morley and a handful of others - will be a memorable one. On paper, he would seem to have the pedigree for it. Let's hope that the script and direction makes it at least palatable.<br />
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