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''King's Theatre. The Bank of England'' is an article published in [[The Argus]] (Melbourne, Australia) on 7 june 1909.

== The Bank of England ==
[[File:the-argus-1909-06-07-p9-the-bank-of-england.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[The Argus]] (7 june 1909)]]

'''KING'S THEATRE'''

'''"THE BANK OF ENGLAND."'''

The outstanding feature of "[[The Bank of England (play 1909)|The Bank of England]]," as staged by Mr. William Anderson's dramatic company at the King's Theatre on Saturday night, was the resurrection of [[Sherlock Holmes]]. It was not the cold, undemonstrative [[Sherlock Holmes]] of [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Sir Conan Doyle]]'s creation that was presented, hut an adaptation to suit the demands of advanced melodrama, Still, there were many familiar touches. A couple of scenes were laid in the Baker-street chambers (Dr. Watson was replaced by a "comic relief"), now and then there were flashes of constructive deduction, and once the hypodermic syringe recalled memories of its use under other circumstances. The new Holmes of melodrama, however, was true to name. He made startling appearances in most unexpected places, just in time to frustrate some more than ordinarily villainous piece of villainy directed at the historic bank. His habit of resorting to disguises rattled the nerves of a particularly abandoned coterie of evildoers, and made them eventually suspect that their own shadows were a new device of the detective to learn their secrets. And to cap all, his implacable persistence, his resource, and unfailing methods exposed the duplicity of a director of the "[[The Bank of England (play 1909)|Bank of England]]," stopped a series of note forgeries, defeated a projected specie robbery, solved a murder mystery, unmasked a vampire-like financier, restored two long-lost children to their princely inheritance, rehabilitated the fortunes of a noble house, turned several dejected characters from thoughts of suicide, and united the persecuted lovers. The accomplishment of this little lot left the detective with but limited time for hie own affairs. He warn not as pressed, however, that he could not listen to a naive declaration of love from an American heiress. His only concession to tender sentiment, however, lay in an admission that, had he been a marrying man, his thoughts would have turned to the womanly type personified in that particular instance by the heiress. Only once did the faith of the audience in the great detective waver, and that was when he was set upon and overcome by a half a dozen of the arch-villain's myrmidons. It would have been more in accordance with Holmes's achievements had he succeeded. alter a desperate struggle, in handcuffing the whole of the murderous band, an the audience marvelled to see him tied to a stake with a spark running rapidly to the keg of dynamite at his feet. For one brief moment Holmes's reputation, to say nothing of his life, was endangered, but assistance came in the nick of time.

"[[The Bank of England (play 1909)|The Bank of England]]," as a play thrills with sensational action. Keen interest is maintained from first to list, and there is just sufficient of the humorous element to preserve an even balance. The part of [[Sherlock Holmes]] was taken by Mr. Roy Redgrave, who did full justice to what was demanded of him. Mr. Redgrave's impersonation was full of life; his disguises were excellent and quite a feature of the piece, and the impression he conveyed of ceaseless activity left nothing to he desired. Mr. Redgrave was backed up by very generous support, all the other members of the company having congenial roles, while the mounting was both elaborate and elegant.

"[[The Bank of England (play 1909)|The Bank of England]]," will be continued until further notice.

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