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[[File:1981-the-monte-carlo-telegram-jones-01.jpg|thumb|300px|right|''Kay Moore'' ([[Barbara Beckett]]), ''Dr. James Watson''([[Nick Owen]]) and ''Stamford Holmes'' ([[Warwick Jones]]).]]

''The Monte Carlo Telegram'' is a British play, written by [[Grant Eustace]] (from an original story by [[Philip Burley]] and [[Grant Eustace]]) and directed by [[Roger Starbuck]], performed by the ''Miller Centre Workshop'' at the ''Miller Centre Club'' (Caterham, Surrey, UK) from 19 to 27 june 1981 (8 performances), starring [[Warwick Jones]] as Stamford Holmes and [[Nick Owen]] as Dr. James Watson.

Stamford Holmes and James Watson (the grand sons of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson) are involved into a murder investigation at the Hotel Splendids during a Monte Carlo rally week.


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== Cast ==

* '''Stamford Holmes''' : [[Warwick Jones]]
* '''Dr. James Watson''' : [[Nick Owen]]
* '''Alphonse, concierge of the Hotel Splendids''' : [[Jack Walder]]
* '''Manager of the Hotel''' : [[Dennis Coombs]]
* '''Michelle, a maid at the Hotel''' : [[Elizabeth Lieke]]
* '''Kay Moore, an actress''' : [[Barbara Beckett]]
* '''Charlotte Brookes, her daughter''' : [[Lesley Bacon]]
* '''Ernest Flashman, her companion''' : [[Jeremy Taylor]]
* '''Fuller, her agent''' : [[Anthony Gimpel]]
* '''Chow, a waiter''' : [[Marcus Carlton]]
* '''Colonel MacIntype, a guest''' : [[Michael Pilch]]
* '''Count Von Brauschitsch-Poldach''' : [[Brian Jobson]]
* '''Countess Von Brauschitsch-Poldach''' : [[Di Blenkinsop]]
* '''Eliot Morrison, from The Times''' : [[Peter Morris]]
* '''Inspector Maigret, a French policeman''' : [[Jeremy Boosey]]
* '''Dr. Sarginson, a research doctor''' : [[Howard Chapman]]
* '''Mrs. Sarginson, his wife''' : [[Barbara Beckett]]
* '''Agatha Ballantine, another guest''' : [[Eileen Coombs]]
* '''Members of the staff of the Hotel Splendids''' : [[Jen Wright]], [[Dominic Davis]]

 
== Crew ==

* '''Director''' : [[Roger Starbuck]]
* '''Playwright''' : [[Grant Eustace]]
* '''Stage Manager''' : Frank Worswick
* '''Assistant Stage Manager''' : Stella Wood
* '''Set Design / Decor''' : Kay Worswick
* '''Wardrobe''' : Heather Starbuck
* '''Lighting''' : Johnny Morris






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* [[Conan Doyle on stage]]