George Edalji
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
George Ernest Thompson Edalji (march 1876 - 17 june 1953) was an Anglo-Indian solicitor and son of a vicar in a West Midlands village who served 3 years hard labour after being convicted on a charge of injuring a pony. He was pardoned after a campaign in which Sir Arthur Conan Doyle took a prominent role. The difficulty in overturning the conviction of Edalji was cited as showing a better mechanism for reviewing unsafe verdicts was needed, and was a factor in the 1907 creation of a court of appeal for England. Present day commentators on the case see it as demonstrating pervasive racial prejudice and resentment toward incomers by highly placed traditionalists in provincial England.
George Edalji about the case
- The Edalji Case. Sir A. Conan Doyle at the Home Office (16 january 1907)
- The Edalji Case. Home Office Deliberating (19 january 1907)
- The Edalji Case. Letter from the Father (21 january 1907)
- My Own Story: The Narrative of Eighteen Years' Persecution (7 february - 6 june 1907)
Conan Doyle about the case
- The Story of Mr. George Edalji (20 january 1907, T. Harrisson Roberts)
- The Case of Mr. George Edalji (9-12 january 1907, The Daily Telegraph)
- The Edalji Case (16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 25, 26, 30 january, 11 february, 11 march, 29 may, 1 june, 15 august 1907, The Daily Telegraph)
- The Strange case of George Edalji (2 & 3 february 1907, The New-York Times)
- The Strange case of George Edalji (3 february 1907, The Washington Post)
- The Case of George Edalji: A Question for Ophtalmologists (19 january 1907, The Lancet)
- Edalji Case. Letter from Sir Conan Doyle (20 may 1907, The Daily Telegraph)
- Case of George Edalji. Facsimile Documents. No. 1 (23 may 1907, The Daily Telegraph)
- Case of George Edalji. Who Wrote the Letters? No. 2 (24 may 1907, The Daily Telegraph)
- Case of George Edalji. The Martin Molton Letters. No. 3 (27 may 1907, The Daily Telegraph)
- The Edalji Letters (11 june 1907, The Daily Telegraph)
- The Edalji Debate (25 june 1907, The Daily Telegraph)
- Case of George Edalji (18 july 1907, The Daily Telegraph)
- Case of George Edalji (20 july 1907, The Daily Telegraph)
- The Real Sherlock Holmes (27 october 1907, The San Francisco Call)
George Edalji's Case Adaptations
TV
- 1966 : Conan Doyle und der Fall Edalji (TV movie)
- 1972 : The Edwardians S01E04: Conan Doyle (TV episode)
- 2014 : The Scapegoat (cartoon)
- 2015 : Arthur & George (mini-series)
Radio
- 1959 : Sir Arthur mène l'enquête
- 1972 : Conan Doyle Investigates
- 1980 : The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes
- 1986 : The Mystery of the Reluctant Storyteller
- 1987 : Conan Doyle and The Edalji Case
- 1987 : The Man Who Wanted to Murder Sherlock Holmes
- 1995 : Conan Doyle's Strangest Case
Novel
- 2005 : Arthur & George, by Julian Barnes
Theatre
- 1971 : Conan Doyle Investigates
- 2010 : Arthur & George
- 2016 : The Man Who Murdered Sherlock Holmes
Performers
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Harry Engel as George Edalji in TV movie Conan Doyle und der Fall Edalji (1966). -
Charles McKeown as George Edalji in play Conan Doyle Investigates (1971). -
Sam Dastor as George Edalji in episode Conan Doyle of the TV series The Edwardians (1972). -
Gorge Edalji in documentary Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: The man who was Sherlock Holmes (1985) -
Chris Nayak as George Edalji in play Arthur & George (2010). -
Arsher Ali as George Edalji in TV mini-series Arthur & George (2015). -
Johann George as George Edalji in play The Man Who Murdered Sherlock Holmes (2016).
On Radio
- 1959 : André Reybaz as George Edalji in Sir Arthur mène l'enquête
- 1972 : Brian Hewlett as George Edalji in Conan Doyle Investigates
- 1980 : Babar Bhatti as George Edalji in The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes
- 1986 : Edward De Souza as George Edalji in The Mystery of the Reluctant Storyteller
- 1987 : Michael N. Harbour as George Edalji in Conan Doyle and The Edalji Case
- 1987 : Alan Tobin as George Edalji in The Man Who Wanted to Murder Sherlock Holmes
- 1995 : Kim Wall as George Edalji in Conan Doyle's Strangest Case
