The Monte Carlo Telegram (play 1981)
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
The Monte Carlo Telegram is a British play, written by Grant Eustace (from an original story by Philip Burley and Grant Eustace) and directed by Roger Starbuck, performed by the Miller Centre Workshop at the Miller Centre Club (Caterham, Surrey, UK) from 19 to 27 june 1981 (8 performances), starring Warwick Jones as Stamford Holmes and Nick Owen as Dr. James Watson.
Stamford Holmes and James Watson (the grand sons of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson) are involved into a murder investigation at the Hotel Splendids during a Monte Carlo rally week.
Cast
- Stamford Holmes : Warwick Jones
- Dr. James Watson : Nick Owen
- Alphonse, concierge of the Hotel Splendids : Jack Walder
- Manager of the Hotel : Dennis Coombs
- Michelle, a maid at the Hotel : Elizabeth Lieke
- Kay Moore, an actress : Barbara Beckett
- Charlotte Brookes, her daughter : Lesley Bacon
- Ernest Flashman, her companion : Jeremy Taylor
- Fuller, her agent : Anthony Gimpel
- Chow, a waiter : Marcus Carlton
- Colonel MacIntype, a guest : Michael Pilch
- Count Von Brauschitsch-Poldach : Brian Jobson
- Countess Von Brauschitsch-Poldach : Di Blenkinsop
- Eliot Morrison, from The Times : Peter Morris
- Inspector Maigret, a French policeman : Jeremy Boosey
- Dr. Sarginson, a research doctor : Howard Chapman
- Mrs. Sarginson, his wife : Barbara Beckett
- Agatha Ballantine, another guest : Eileen Coombs
- Members of the staff of the Hotel Splendids : Jen Wright, Dominic Davis
Crew
- Director : Roger Starbuck
- Playwright : Grant Eustace
- Stage Manager : Frank Worswick
- Assistant Stage Manager : Stella Wood
- Set Design / Decor : Kay Worswick
- Wardrobe : Heather Starbuck
- Lighting : Johnny Morris
