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''Humorous Melodrama at the Olympic'' is an article published in [[The St. Louis Republic]] on 1 january 1901.

About the play [[Sherlock Holmes (play 1900-1901 Olympic Theater)|Sherlock Holmes]] at the ''Olympic Theater'', St. Louis, MO, USA.


== Humorous Melodrama at the Olympic ==
[[File:the-st-louis-republic-1901-01-01-p10-humorous-melodrama-at-the-olympic.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[The St. Louis Republic]] (1 january 1901, p. 10)]]

[[William Gillette|Mr. William Gillette]], in his comic melodrama of "[[Sherlock Holmes (play 1900-1901 Olympic Theater)|Sherlock Holmes]]," entertained a very large New Year Eve audience at the Olympic Theater last night. "[[Sherlock Holmes (play 1900-1901 Olympic Theater)|Sherlock Holmes]]" is, first of all, a melodrama, but you mustn't take it seriously.

Sometimes, however, you may forget yourself for an instant, forget that it is all a literary joke set to lights and curtains and trap doors, and so forgetting, you may grip the sides of your chair and wonder how in the world the suave hero will ever get out of the scrape he is in. Then, by a series of maneuvers that easily surpasses anything ever done by a Havlin or Deadwood Dick hero, your [[Sherlock Holmes|Mr. Sherlock Holmes]] has smashed the lamp, grasped the fair, young girl in his arms, and, defying half a dozen men who murder as a pastime, he has dashed into the open and left his enemies locked in their own trap. Whew! but it's lively.









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