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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>This undated letter was written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]], from 12 Tennison Road, South Norwood, to Mrs. Charrington declaring that he would like to "save the situation" but is "well convinced after much thought that [[Sherlock Holmes|Holmes]] is not fitted for dramatic representation," however he is ready to come in and meet her.<br />
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== Letter (extract) ==<br />
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[Holmes's] reasonings & deductions (which are the whole point of the character) would become an intolerable bore upon the stage. I would do both him and [..] an ill service by dramatising him.<br />
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* Letter auctioned at Sotheby's (London), 17 december 1998, Lot 317.<br />
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