Sherlock Holmes (play 1905-1906 with H. Lawrence Leyton)

Ad for Sherlock Holmes (The Daily Mail (Hull), 21 august 1905)

Sherlock Holmes is a British 4-acts play (based on William Gillette's play), performed from august 1905 to february 1906 by Harry Yorke's company (by arrangement with Charles Frohman), starring H. Lawrence Leyton as Sherlock Holmes and Edward Heanley as Dr. Watson.

Charles Chaplin (17 years-old) and his elder half-brother Sydney Chaplin (21 years-old) played resp. Billy and Count Von Stahlburg.

Cast

H. Lawrence Leyton as Sherlock Holmes

• Sherlock Holmes : H. Lawrence Leyton
• Dr. Watson : Edward Heanley
• Professor Moriarty : W. F. Stirling
• James Larrabee : Ernest Gray
• Sidney Prince : Philip Renouf
• Billy : Charles Chaplin, Ernest Hollom
• John Forman : J. Poole Kirkwood
• Alice Faulkner : Beatrice Marsdene
• Madge Larrabee : Gertrude Harrison
• Terese : Doris Rigby
• Jim Cragin : William Mansfield
• Alfred Bassick : Walter Maynard
• Sir Edward Leyton : Henry Littlejohn
• Count Von Stahlburg : Sydney Chaplin
• Mrs. Faulkner : Armine Grace
• Mrs. Smeedley : Constance Howard
• ? : Edward H. Fairburn
• ? : Harold Broughton
• ? : William Wilson
• ? : S. Richardson

Crew

• Company : Harry Yorke
• Manager of Harry Yorke : Walter J. Bayliss

Acts

• Act 1 : Drawing-room of the Larrabees
• Act 2
  • Scene 1 : Professor Moriarty's Underground Office (morning)
  • Scene 2 : Sherlock Holmes' Appartments in Baker Street (evening)
• Act 3 : The Stepney Gas Chamber (midnight)
• Act 4 : Dr Watson's Consulting Room, Kensington (thefollowing evening)

Reviews

• 
  Review in The Era (26 august 1905, p. 9)
• 
  Review in The Era (7 october 1905, p. 11)
• 
  Review in Manchester Courier' (14 november 1905, p. 8)
• 
  Review in The Era (18 november 1905, p. 7)

• 
  Review in The Era (27 january 1906, p. 12)
• 
  Review in The Era (3 february 1906, p. 14)
• 
  Review in The Era (10 february 1906, p. 12)

Performances

Ad in The Era (5 august 1905, p. 4)

Ad in The Era (19 august 1905, p. 5)

Ad in The Era (2 september 1905, p. 5)

Ad in The Era (11 november 1905, p. 5)

Ad in The Era (16 december 1905, p. 4)

Ad in The Era (13 january 1906, p. 5)

Ad in The Era (20 january 1906, p. 5)

1905

• 12 & 19 august 1905 : Theatre Royal (Blackburn, UK)
• ca. 19-26 august 1905 : Theatre Royal, Paragon-St. (Hull, UK)
• ca. 2 september 1905 : Theatre Royal (Dewsbury, UK)
• ca. 2 september 1905 : Theatre Royal (Hudderfield, UK)
• ca. 7 october 1905 : Theatre Royal (Preston, UK)
• ca. 11 november 1905 : (South Shields, UK)
• ca. 11 november 1905 : (Broughton, UK)
• ca. 11 november 1905 : (Manchester, UK)
• 13 november 1905 : Victoria Theatre (Manchester, UK)
• ca. 16 december 1905 : (West Kensington, UK)

1906

• 13 january 1906 : L. (Sheffield, UK)
• ca. 13 january 1906 : (Cambridge, UK)
• 22 january 1906 : The Pavilion (UK)
• ca. 22 to 29 january 1906 : Dalston Theatre (Dalston, UK)
• 5 february 1906 : Carlton Theatre (Greenwich, UK)

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