Doyle as a Dramatist
Doyle as a Dramatist is an article published in The Sacramento Bee on 12 august 1899.
The article is about the Arthur Conan Doyle's play : Halves.
Doyle as a Dramatist
Dr. Conan Doyle is a literary man hard to classify as a dramatist. "A Story of Waterloo" he wrote for Henry Irving without assistance. But his comedy, "Halves," is based on a novel by James Payn. William Gillette is taking suggestions from only two of Dr. Doyle's stories and will make pratically an original play out of "Sherlock Holmes." Doyle has one qualification for a dramatist which will be of value if ever his plays are in demand. He is said to be the most rapid of well-known writers. It is told that he was coming home late one afternoon from a game of cricket with a friend, to whom he remarked that a certain incident would make a good story. That night at dinner his friends suggested that he write the tale. "I've done it already," was the answer.
