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''Sherlock Holmes'' is a British 4-acts play (based on William Gillette's play), performed from august 1905 to february 1906 by Harry Yorke's company (by arrangement with Charles Frohman), starring [[H. Lawrence Leyton]] as [[Sherlock Holmes]] and [[Edward Heanley]] as [[Dr. Watson]]. 

Charles Chaplin (17 years-old) and his elder half-brother Sydney Chaplin (21 years-old) played resp. Billy and Count Von Stahlburg.


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== Cast ==
[[File:photo-actor-h-lawrence-leyton.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[H. Lawrence Leyton]] as [[Sherlock Holmes]]]]

* '''Sherlock Holmes''' : [[H. Lawrence Leyton]]
* '''Dr. Watson''' : [[Edward Heanley]]
* '''Professor Moriarty''' : [[W. F. Stirling]]
* '''James Larrabee''' : [[Ernest Gray]]
* '''Sidney Prince''' : [[Philip Renouf]]
* '''Billy''' : [[Charles Chaplin]], [[Ernest Hollom]]
* '''John Forman''' : [[J. Poole Kirkwood]]
* '''Alice Faulkner''' : [[Beatrice Marsdene]]
* '''Madge Larrabee''' : [[Gertrude Harrison]]
* '''Terese''' : [[Doris Rigby]]
* '''Jim Cragin''' : [[William Mansfield]]
* '''Alfred Bassick''' : [[Walter Maynard]]
* '''Sir Edward Leyton''' : [[Henry Littlejohn]]
* '''Count Von Stahlburg''' : [[Sydney Chaplin]]
* '''Mrs. Faulkner''' : [[Armine Grace]]
* '''Mrs. Smeedley''' : [[Constance Howard]]
* '''?''' : [[Edward H. Fairburn]]
* '''?''' : [[Harold Broughton]]
* '''?''' : [[William Wilson]]
* '''?''' : [[S. Richardson]]


== Crew ==

* '''Company''' : Harry Yorke
* '''Manager of Harry Yorke''' : Walter J. Bayliss


== Acts ==

* '''Act 1''' : Drawing-room of the Larrabees
* '''Act 2
** '''Scene 1''' : Professor Moriarty's Underground Office (morning)
** '''Scene 2''' : Sherlock Holmes' Appartments in Baker Street (evening)
* '''Act 3''' : The Stepney Gas Chamber (midnight)
* '''Act 4''' : Dr Watson's Consulting Room, Kensington (thefollowing evening)


== Reviews == 

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File:review-sherlock-holmes-1905-08-26-the-era-p9.jpg|Review in ''The Era'' (26 august 1905, p. 9)
File:review-sherlock-holmes-1905-10-07-the-era-p11.jpg|Review in ''The Era'' (7 october 1905, p. 11)
File:review-sherlock-holmes-1905-11-14-manchester-courier-and-lancashire-general-advertiser-p8.jpg|Review in ''Manchester Courier' (14 november 1905, p. 8)
File:review-sherlock-holmes-1905-11-18-the-era-p7.jpg|Review in ''The Era'' (18 november 1905, p. 7)

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File:review-sherlock-holmes-1906-01-27-the-era-p12.jpg|Review in ''The Era'' (27 january 1906, p. 12)
File:review-sherlock-holmes-1906-02-03-the-era-p14.jpg|Review in ''The Era'' (3 february 1906, p. 14)
File:review-sherlock-holmes-1906-02-10-the-era-p12.jpg|Review in ''The Era'' (10 february 1906, p. 12)
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== Performances ==
[[File:sherlock-holmes-1905-08-05-the-era-p4.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Ad in ''The Era'' (5 august 1905, p. 4)]]
[[File:sherlock-holmes-1905-08-19-the-era-p5.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Ad in ''The Era'' (19 august 1905, p. 5)]]
[[File:sherlock-holmes-1905-09-02-the-era-p5.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Ad in ''The Era'' (2 september 1905, p. 5)]]
[[File:sherlock-holmes-1905-11-11-the-era-p5.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Ad in ''The Era'' (11 november 1905, p. 5)]]
[[File:sherlock-holmes-1905-12-16-the-era-p4.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Ad in ''The Era'' (16 december 1905, p. 4)]]
[[File:sherlock-holmes-1906-01-13-the-era-p5.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Ad in ''The Era'' (13 january 1906, p. 5)]]
[[File:sherlock-holmes-1906-01-20-the-era-p5.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Ad in ''The Era'' (20 january 1906, p. 5)]]

'''1905'''
* 12 & 19 august 1905 : Theatre Royal (Blackburn, UK)
* ca. 19-26 august 1905 : Theatre Royal, Paragon-St. (Hull, UK)
* ca. 2 september 1905 : Theatre Royal (Dewsbury, UK)
* ca. 2 september 1905 : Theatre Royal (Hudderfield, UK)
* ca. 7 october 1905 : Theatre Royal (Preston, UK)
* ca. 11 november 1905 : (South Shields, UK)
* ca. 11 november 1905 : (Broughton, UK)
* ca. 11 november 1905 : (Manchester, UK)
* 13 november 1905 : Victoria Theatre (Manchester, UK)
* ca. 16 december 1905 : (West Kensington, UK)
'''1906'''
* 13 january 1906 : L. (Sheffield, UK)
* ca. 13 january 1906 : (Cambridge, UK)
* 22 january 1906 : The Pavilion (UK)
* ca. 22 to 29 january 1906 : Dalston Theatre (Dalston, UK)
* 5 february 1906 : Carlton Theatre (Greenwich, UK)






























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* [[Conan Doyle on stage]]