Sherlock Holmes (play 1902)
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia


Sherlock Holmes is a play in 4 acts written by William Gillette and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, arranged by Charles Frohman, performed from 27 october to 1 november 1902 at Hollis St. Theatre in Boston (USA).
The program shows: Founded upon a hitherto unpublished episode in the career of the great detective, and showing his connection with the Strange Case of Miss Faulkner.
Acts
- Act 1 : Drawing Room of the Larrabees - Evening.
- Act 2 :
- Scene 1 : Professor Moriarty's Underground Office - Morning.
- Scene 2 : Sherlock Holmes' Apartments in Baker St. - Evening.
- Act 3 : The Stepney Gas Chamber - Midnight.
- Act 4 : Doctor Watson's Consulting Rooms - Kensington - The Following Evening.
Cast
- Sherlock Holmes : William Gillette
- Dr. Watson : Herbert Percy
- John Forman : Edgar Selwyn
- Sir Edward Leighton : Frank Andrews
- Count Von Stahlburg : Frank Wilson
- Professor Moriarty : Griffith Evans
- James Larrabee : Ralph Delmore
- Sydney Prince : Quinton McPherson
- Alfred Bassick : Ben Graham
- Jim Craigin : Thomas McGrath
- Thomas Leary : Sidney Walters
- "Lightfoot" McTague : Charles Gibson
- John : Robert Moore
- Billy : Harry McArdle
- Parsons : Henry J. Hadfield
- Alice Faulkner : Mabel Howard
- Mrs. Faulkner : Maude Giroux
- Madge Larrabee : Alida Cortelyou
- Therèse : Margaret Gordon
- Mrs. Smeedley : Ethel Lorrimore