The Return of Sherlock Holmes (play 1953)

Geoffrey Edwards as Sherlock Holmes in The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1953)

Review and cast in The Stage (22 january 1953, p. 10)

The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a British 2-act play, written by J. E. Harold Terry and L. Arthur Rose, directed by L. Arthur Rose and Ernest Dudley, performed at the New Theatre (Bromley, UK) from 20 january to february 1953, starring Geoffrey Edwards as Sherlock Holmes and Jack Lambert as Dr. Watson.

The play is a mix of Arthur Conan Doyle's short stories : The Adventure of the Final Problem (1893), The Adventure of the Empty House (1903), with also characters from The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton (1904) and The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax (1911).

It shows the weaving of the web which is set to entrap Holmes. The case on which Holmes is consulted takes almost a secondary place to the battle of wits between the detective and Colonel Moran.

Cast

• Sherlock Holmes : Geoffrey Edwards
• Dr. Watson : Jack Lambert
• Cecilia : Yvonne Manners
• Prof. Mortimer Profennis : Henry Soskin
• Lady Frances Carfax : Pat Sandys
• Rev. Dr. Schlessinger : Alan Edwards
• Charles Augustus Milverton : Edward Wheatleigh
• Jenny Saunders : Edna Petrie
• Billy Cartwright : Frederick Murphy
• Col. Sebastian Moran : Willoughby Goddard
• Hon. Philip Green : Myles Rudge
• Inspector Lestrade : Scott Harrold
• Mrs. Hudson  : Barbara Bolton

Crew

• Director : L. Arthur Rose, Ernest Dudley
• Playwright : J. E. Harold Terry, L. Arthur Rose
• Producer : Stanley Van Beers
• Stage Director : Joan Craft
• Stage Manager : Don Deuchars
• Settings : John Burnard
• Scenery : Joseph Stokes, Paul Southey.

Acts

• Act. I.
  • Scene 1. The Lounge Hall at Dr. Shlessinger's
  • Scene 2. At Sherlock Holmes', Baker Street

• Act. II.
  • Scene 1. The Lounge Hall at Dr. Shlessinger's
  • Scene 2. At Sherlock Holmes', Baker Street

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• Conan Doyle on stage