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[[File:wgy-schenectady-actors.jpg|thumb|250px|right|WGY actors and sound effects (''probably not from The Sign of Four'').]]

[[File:fremont-daily-messenger-1922-11-07-p4-wgy-orchestra-the-sign-of-the-four.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Fremont Daily Messenger]] (7 november 1922, p. 4)]]

''The Sign of the Four'' is an American radio show produced and performed by WGY Players and Orchestra, broadcasted on WGY from (Schenectady, NY, USA) in 4 parts on thursday 9 november 1922, starring [[Edward H. Smith]] as [[Sherlock Holmes]] and [[F. H. Oliver]] as [[Dr. Watson]].

The show is an adaptation of [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]'s novel : [[The Sign of Four]] (1890).

'''This is the first radio adaptation of a [[Sherlock Holmes]] story.'''

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== Cast ==

* '''Sherlock Holmes''' : [[Edward H. Smith]]
* '''Dr. Watson''' : [[F. H. Oliver]]
* '''Mary Morstan''' : [[Viola Karwowska]]
* '''Major Sholto''' : [[James S. B. Mullarkey]]
* '''Jonathan Small''' : [[Frank Finch]]
* '''Mrs. Mordecai Smith''' : [[Ida Myreck]]
* '''Wiggins''' : [[Henry Miller]]

== Episodes ==

* '''First episode''' : In Sherlock Holmes study; the science of deduction; the statement of the case; in quest of the solution. The story of the dwarf and the wooden legged man. Instrumental selection : ''Valse triste'' (Jean Sibelius).

* '''Second episode''' : The tragedy of the Pondicherry Lodge. Holmes gives a demonstration. Instrumental selection : ''The Erlking'' (Franz Schubert).

* '''Third episode''' : The episode of the barrel; the Baker Street Irregulars; the break in the chain. Instrumental selection : ''Dance mysterious'' (Staintin).

* '''Fourth episode''' : Holmes awaits developments at Smith's boat house; the end of the Islander; the grat Agra treasure; the strange story of Jonathan Small. Instrumental selection : ''Marceline'' (François).

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* [[Conan Doyle on radio]]

The Sign of the Four (radio 1922) - Revision history

TCDE-Team at 13:09, 28 July 2019