The Crucifer of Blood (play 1984 with Alan Brown)
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
The Crucifer of Blood is a British play written by Paul Giovanni and directed by Gerry Tebbutt, sponsored by Chelsea Building Society, performed at the Wolsey Theatre (Ipswich, Suffolk, UK) from 21 november - 15 december 1984, starring Alan Brown as Sherlock Holmes and Kenneth Gilbert as Dr. Watson.
The play is an adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's novel : The Sign of Four (1890).
Cast
- Sherlock Holmes : Alan Brown
- Dr. Watson : Kenneth Gilbert
- Inspector Lestrade : Bernard Finch
- Irene St. Claire : Shelley Thompson
- Major Alistair Ross : Andrew Johns
- Captain Neville St. Claire : Timothy Watson
- Mordecai Smith : Dursley McLinden
- Durga Dass (a Hindu) : David McEwan
- Wali Dad (an Afghan) : Bernard Finch
- Mohammed Singh : Dursley McLinden
- Birdy Johnson : Dursley McLinden
- Jonathan Small : James Curran
- Tonga : Mark Matthew
- Hopkins : David McEwan
- Fung Tching (a Chinaman) : Rob Wan Lan
- The Baker Street Irregulars : Jon Lee, June Edwards, Jenny Barnard, Robert Laughlin, Simon Broughton, Malcolm Hawkes.
Crew
- Director : Gerry Tebbutt
- Playwright : Paul Giovanni
- Production Designer : David Knapman
- Lighting : Martin Hazlewood
- Sound : Nigel Pashley
- Costume Supervisor : Ann Summers
- Set Construction : Trevor Browne
