A Requiem for Sherlock Holmes
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
A Requiem for Sherlock Holmes is an American lecture written by Greg Oliver Bodine and directed by Leslie Kincaid Burby, performed at The Players (New York, USA) on 6 january 2016, starring Andrew Sellon as Sherlock Holmes and Michael Selkirk as Dr. Watson.
The play is an adaptation of the Conan Doyle's short stories: The Adventure of the Final Problem (1893) and The Adventure of the Empty House (1903).
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Teaser
Cast
- Sherlock Holmes : Andrew Sellon
- Dr. Watson : Michael Selkirk
- Mrs. Hudson / Mary Watson / Lady Maynooth / Charwoman : Annalisa Loeffler
- John Clay / Sgt. Barrett / Ronald Adair : Joseph Thompson
- Col. Moran : Jeffrey Hardy
- Merryweather / Gregson/Cabbie : Robert Blumenfeld
- Jenny / Swiss Boy / Hilda Adair / Reporter #2 : Quinn Warren
- Lestrade / Grimes / Herr Steiler : Robert Meksin
- Guignol / Archie / Constable Evans / Reynolds : Jonathan Hicks
- Terkel / Mycroft / Bigsby / Reporter #3 : Michael Frederic
- Lt. Atkins / Parker / Murray / Philip / Reporter #1 : Joseph McGranaghan
- Professor Moriarty : Greg Oliver Bodine
- Introductory Remarks : Burt Wolder
- Talkback moderated by : James Lawson
Crew
- Director : Leslie Kincaid Burby
- Playwright : Greg Oliver Bodine
Plot Summary
Sherlock Holmes meets his match - the criminal mastermind, Prof. Moriarty - in a deadly struggle above the Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland, leaving a grief-stricken Dr. Watson to pick up the pieces and help solve a brutal murder nearly three years later.
