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A collection of historic reviews and articles on Sherlockian theatrical performances from contemporary newspapers.
Click on these links for publication details of editions used for indexing:
The reviews, interviews, and articles gathered together here aim to cover as wide a spectrum of early Sherlockian theatrical performances as possible, but make no claim to be complete or comprehensive.
I have selected the pieces that I found most entertaining to read, or those that reveal the tastes, prejudices, foibles and follies of their times.
Actors Portraying Sherlock Holmes
(or browse by play title)
Unknown
Cinderella performed on the Western Front during the First World War, 1918.George Arlett (as Sheerluck Coombes)
UK. Amateur. The Elusive Lydia.1930.Felix Aylmer
UK. Professional. The Holmeses of Baker Street. 1933.W. Beattie (as Sheerluck Bones)
UK. Amateur. That's All There Is. 1934.John Beech
UK. Amateur. Sherlock Holmes (Beech). 1906.St John Beecher
UK, Professional. The Bank of England. 1903.Grendon Bentley
UK. Professional. The Speckled Band, 1911.Walter Bentley
UK. Professional. The Bank of England. 1902.Clarence Blakiston (as Sheerluck Jones)
UK. Professional. Sheerluck Jones. 1901.Sydney Bland
UK. Professional. The Speckled Band. 1914.Charles Brookfield
UK. Professional. Under the Clock. 1893.Charles Buckmaster
UK. Professional. The Return of Sherlock Holmes. 1927.Richard Buhler
USA. Professional. The Sign of the Four / Sherlock Holmes (Gillette). 1905.Hubert S. Chambers
UK. Professional. The Bank of England. 1904.H. Chapman (as Constable Sheerluck)
UK. Amateur. Prince Marzipan. 1924.Jenny Clare (as Hairlock Combs)
UK. Professional. The Babes in the Wood. 1905-1906.J.S. Crawley
UK. Professional. Sherlock Holmes (Gillette). 1902.Henry S. Dacre
UK. Professional. Sherlock Holmes (Rogers). 1902.Hamilton Deane
UK. Professional. Sherlock Holmes (Gillette). 1924. / The Holmeses of Baker Street. 1933.W.L. Dobell
UK. Professional. The Great Detective. 1902-1906.Arthur Eliot (as Peter S. Pike)
UK. Professional. Hide and Seek. 1902.Anthony Carlingham Finzel
USA. Amateur. A Close Call. 1904G.H. Gillett
UK. Amateur. The Speckled Band. 1928.What, no William Gillette?
Val Gurney
UK. Professional. The Speckled Band. 1930.Clarence Hague (as Hezekiah Hurlock Sholmes)
UK. Professional. R.F. and M.F.; or, the Two Are One. 1900.Charles Hart (as Shylock Homestead)
UK. Professional. In Dahomey. 1904-1905.Sydney Herbert
UK. Amateur. The Speckled Band. 1915. (Review includes a transcript of a recruiting speech given by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle before the performance)Dalziel Heron
UK. Professional. Sherlock Holmes (Gillette). 1904.Grenville P. Jones (as Sheerluck Jones)
UK. Amateur. A Victim of Circumstances. 1915.Herbert Kelcey
USA. Professional. Sherlock Holmes (Gillette). 1903-1907.S.P. Goodyer Kettley
UK. Professional. The Speckled Band. 1915.Herbert Landeck (as Shylock Hyams)
UK. Professional. Shylock Hyams. 1915.Charles Leftwich (as Padlock Domes)
UK. Professional. Padlock Domes; or, Who Stole the Japanese Paper Basket?. 1913.B. Lepper (as Sheerluck Coombes)
UK. Amateur. The Elusive Lydia. 1934.Charles H. Lester
UK. Professional. The Bank of England, 1905-1909.Theodore Lorch
USA. Professional. The Sign of the Four. 1906-1910.Robert McKim
USA. Professional. Sherlock Holmes (Gillette). 1910-1913.Charles Millward
USA.Professional. The Speckled Band. 1910.Dennis Neilson-Terry
UK. Professional. The Crown Diamond. 1921.Eille Norwood
UK. Professional. The Return of Sherlock Holmes. 1923-1924.Herbert O'Connor
USA. Professional. The Sign of the Four. 1911.George D. Parker
USA. Professional. Sherlock Holmes (Gillette). 1911.Henry Renouf
UK. Professional. Sherlock Holmes (Gillette). 1906.Kenneth Rivington
UK. Professional. Sherlock Holmes (Gillette). 1904.Julian Royce
UK. Professional. Sherlock Holmes (Gillette). 1902.H.A. Saintsbury
UK. Professional. Sherlock Holmes (Gillette). 1904-1905 / 1929.Fred Sargent
UK. Professional. Sherlock Holmes (Gillette). 1902-1903.Alex Sinclair
UK. Amateur. Sherlock Holmes (Gillette). 1923.A.P. Smith (as Sherlaw Combes)
USA. Amateur. The Missing Miss Miller. 1909.Elizabeth Spencer (as Mrs S. Holmes)
USA. Amateur. Mrs S. Holmes, Detective. 1906.Private Steadleman (as Hairlock Combs)
UK. Amateur. The Detective Man. 1915.H. Hamilton Stewart
UK. Professional. Sherlock Holmes (Gillette). 1908-1917.Ramsey Wallace
USA. Professional. Sherlock Holmes (Gillette). 1907.John Webb
UK. Professional. Sherlock Holmes (Rogers). 1894.Race Whitney
USA. Amateur. The Ham Show. 1904Bert A. Williams (as Shylock Homestead)
USA / UK. Professional. In Dahomey. 1903-1904.Plays featuring Sherlock Holmes
The Babes in the Wood (Josh Barry & Edmund C. Brierley)
Jenny Clare (as Hairlock Combs)
The Bank of England (Max Goldberg)
Cinderella, or the Adventures of the Ugly Sisters
A Close Call (Anthony Carlingham Finzel)
The Crown Diamond (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Detective Man
Private Steadleman (as Hairlock Combs)
The Elusive Lydia
George Arlett (as Sheerluck Coombes)
B. Lepper (as Sheerluck Coombes)
The Great Detective
The Ham Show (Race Whitney)
Hide and Seek
Arthur Eliot (as Peter S. Pike)
The Holmeses of Baker Street (Basil Mitchell)
In Dahomey (Paul Laurence Dunbar & Will Marion Cook)
Charles Hart (as Shylock Homestead)
Bert A. Williams (as Shylock Homestead)
The Missing Miss Miller (Harold Asa Clarke)
A.P. Smith (as Sherlaw Combes)
Mrs S. Holmes, Detective (Ruth Bryan Leavitt)
Elizabeth Spencer (as Mrs S. Holmes)
Padlock Domes; or, Who Stole the Japanese Paper Basket? (Charles Leftwich)
Charles Leftwich (as Padlock Domes)
Prince Marzipan (Will Meade)
H. Chapman (as Constable Sheerluck)
R.F. and M.F.; or, the Two Are One
Clarence Hague (as Hezekiah Hurlock Sholmes)
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (J.E Terry & Arthur Rose)
Sheerluck Jones
Clarence Blakiston (as Sheerluck Jones)
Sherlock Holmes (John Beech)
Sherlock Holmes (William Gillette)
Sherlock Holmes (Charles Rogers)
Shylock Hyams
Herbert Landeck (as Shylock Hyams)
The Sign of the Four (Charles P. Rice)
The Speckled Band (Arthur Conan Doyle)
That’s All There Is (Adam Brown)
W. Beattie (as Sheerluck Bones)
Under the Clock (Charles Brookfield & Seymour Hicks)
A Victim of Circumstances (Grenville P. Jones)
Grenville P. Jones (as Sheerluck Jones)
All the pieces collected here can be found in their original form at:
www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
to the compilers of which sites, go many thanks.
