The Game's Afoot, or Holmes for the Holidays (play 2018 with D'Arcy Irvine)
The Game's Afoot, or Holmes for the Holidays is a Canadian play, written by Ken Ludwig and directed by Tania Harvey, performed by St. Marys Community Players at the St. Marys Town Hall Theatre (St. Marys, ON, Canada) from 1 to 11 november 2018, starring D'Arcy Irvine as William Gillette / Sherlock Holmes.
The play was edited by Samuel French Ltd., and won the 2012 Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allen Poe Awards – Best Play!
Acclaimed actor of the 1930s, William Gillette, invites his Sherlock Holmes co-stars to his eccentric Connecticut mansion for a Christmas Eve celebration. When one of the guests is murdered, Gillette employs the persona of the master detective he's made famous on the stage...
Photos
Back row: Jamie Cottle, Vanessa Giuliano, Michael Neale, Leasa Barclay and D'Arcy Irvine. Seated: LauraJean McCann, Taylor Jordan, and Liane Gregory-Sterritt.
© Photos : Ross Davidson.
Cast
- William Gillette / Sherlock Holmes : D'Arcy Irvine
- Felix Geisel : Jamie Cottle
- Simon Bright : Michael Neale
- Inspector Harriet Goring : Leasa Barclay
- Daria Chase : Liane Gregory-Sterritt
- Aggie Wheeler : Taylor Jordan
- Madge Geisel : Vanessa Guiliano
- Martha Gillette : LauraJean McCann
Crew
- Director : Tania Harvey
- Playwright : Ken Ludwig
- production : Christin Bossenberry
- Costume Designer : Tania Harvey
- Set Design : Don Wells
- Lighting Design : Gary Austin
- Sound Design: Shawn Harvey
- Stage Management : Altiera Essensa
- Assistant Stage Manager : Cara Van Massenhoven
