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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[File:1912-sherlock-holmes-andrjes-bjarni-bjornsson.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Promotional postcard with [[Andrjes Björnsson]] as [[Professor Moriarty]] and [[Bjarni Björnsson]] as [[Sherlock Holmes]] in the play ''Sherlock Holmes''.]]<br />
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''Sherlock Holmes'' is an Icelandic 5-act play, written by Walter Christmas, performed from 7 to 28 april 1912 at the ''Reykjavik National Theather'' (Reykjavik, Iceland), starring [[Bjarni Björnsson]] as [[Sherlock Holmes]] and [[Andrjes Björnsson]] as [[Professor Moriarty]]. According to a critic <ref name="isafold20120420">See critic in ''Ísafold'', 20 april 1912.</ref>, the two Björnsson were twins. <br />
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The play was performed on sundays only : 7, 14, 21 and 28 april 1912.<br />
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It seems that it was an adaptation of the 1899 [[William Gillette]] play of the same name: [[Sherlock Holmes (play 1899)|Sherlock Holmes]], as similarities are mentioned: Moriarty, Larrabees, gas cellar, gangsters... <ref name="isafold20120420">See critic in ''Ísafold'', 20 april 1912, p. 85-86)</ref><br />
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There was also a previous version of the same play in Iceland with [[Jens B. Waage]] (Sherlock Holmes) and [[Arni Eiríksson]] (Moriarty), see at the end of the page.<br />
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File:reykjavik-1912-04-06-p53-sherlock-holmes-bjornsson-ad.jpg|Ad for first performance on Easter Sunday 7 april 1912<br />(''Reykjavik'', 6 april 1912)<br />
File:reykjavik-1912-04-13-p57-sherlock-holmes-bjornsson-ad.jpg|Ad for 2nd performance on sunday 14 april 1912<br />(''Reykjavik'', 13 april 1912)<br />
File:reykjavik-1912-04-20-p61-sherlock-holmes-bjornsson-ad.jpg|Ad for 3rd performance on sunday 21 april 1912<br />(''Reykjavik'', 20 april 1912)<br />
File:reykjavik-1912-04-27-p1-sherlock-holmes-bjornsson-ad.jpg|Ad for 4th and last performance on sunday 28 april 1912<br />(''Reykjavik'', 27 april 1912)<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
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* '''Sherlock Holmes''' : [[Bjarni Björnsson]]<br />
* '''Professor Moriarty''' : [[Andrjes Björnsson]]<br />
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== Crew ==<br />
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* '''Playwright''' : Walter Christmas<br />
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== Reviews ==<br />
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[[File:reykjavik-1912-04-06-p54-sherlock-holmes-bjornsson-review.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Announcement for first performance, two main roles and previous cast.<br />(''Reykjavik'', 6 april 1912, p. 54)]]<br />
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File:reykjavik-1912-04-06-p55-sherlock-holmes-bjornsson-announcement.jpg|Announcement for first performance and main role<br />(''Reykjavik'', 6 april 1912, p. 55)<br />
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File:reykjavik-1912-04-13-p60-sherlock-holmes-bjornsson-review.jpg|Review after first performance<br />(''Reykjavik'', 13 april 1912, p. 60)<br />
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File:reykjavik-1912-04-20-p63-sherlock-holmes-bjornsson-announcement.jpg|Annoucement for third performance.<br />(''Reykjavik'', 20 april 1912, p. 63)<br />
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File:reykjavik-1912-04-27-p67-sherlock-holmes-bjornsson-announcement.jpg|Annoucement for last performance.<br />(''Reykjavik'', 27 april 1912, p. 67)<br />
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[[File:isafold-1912-04-20-p85-86-sherlock-holmes-bjornsson-critic.jpg|thumb|770px|center|Review and severe critic of the play.<br />(''Ísafold'', 20 april 1912, p. 85-86)]]<br />
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It seems that the play was performed previously by [[Jens B. Waage]] (Sherlock Holmes) and [[Arni Eiríksson]] (Moriarty). See article below :<br />
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[[File:ingolfur-1912-04-06-p55-sherlock-holmes-bjornsson-annoucement.jpg|thumb|300px|left|« ''Reykjavik Theatre is planning another Easter play "Sherlock Holmes," which was played here for several years by Mr. Jens Waage starring Sherlock Holmes himself, but now it will be played by Mr. Bjarni Björnsson. There will be also some other changes in the play.'' » - (''Ingólfur'', 6 april 1912, p. 55)]]<br />
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* [[Conan Doyle on stage]]</div>TCDE-Team