Sherlock Holmes: A Play in Four Acts

Sherlock Holmes: A Play in Four Acts - Paperback

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Sherlock Holmes: A Play in Four Acts - Paperback

Sherlock Holmes: A Play in Four Acts - Paperback

by Arthur Conan Doyle , William Gillette
$12.08
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Book Overview

The classic Victorian melodrama. All the intrigue and suspense of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective stories comes to life in this classic theatrical adaptation. Originally produced on Broadway in 1899, Sherlock Holmes battles his archenemy Moriarty while he tries to defeat a notorious blackmail plot. Hailed by the press at the time as "thrilling," the play was an enormous success here and abroad. Playwright William Gillette is credited with giving Holmes his trademark curved pipe and his deerstalker cap as well as inventing the line "Elementary, my dear Watson.
ISBN9781546576839
Author Arthur Conan Doyle , William Gillette
PublisherCreatespace Independent Publishing Platform
GenreDrama
FormatPaperback
PublishedMay 2017
LanguageENG- English
Pages102
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE (1859-1930) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and began to write stories while he was a student. Over his life he produced more than thirty books and 150 short stories, as well as poems, plays, and essays across a wide range of genres. His most famous creation is the detective Sherlock Holmes, whom he introduced in his first novel, A Study in Scarlet (1887), and last wrote about in short stories published in 1927.

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