Opera House — "Sherlock Holmes"
Opera House — "Sherlock Holmes" is an article published in the Cleveland Plain Dealer on 10 january 1901.
About the play Sherlock Holmes at the Opera House in Cleveland, OH (USA).
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This morning at 8 o'clock sharp the box office at the opera house will be opened for the sale of seats for William Gillette's production of "Sherlock Holmes," which is to be given here for the first time next Monday night. Perhaps there has been no play written in recent years which has created such a furore of interest as this dramatization of the Conan Doyle stories. The play had all New York talking last year and this season on the road it has been one of the greatest successes. Something decidedly unique and realistic may be expected in the way that the play is put on the stage. Mr. Gillette, it is said, has brought to his aid the use of electricity in a manner never before seen on any stage, with the result that he produces some of the most startling effects imaginable. The drama is founded on a hitherto unpublished incident in the life of the great detective of fiction, showing his connection with a strange case of Miss Faulkner, and the stage story, it is said, displays all the characteristics so well known to the thousands of readers who have been charmed with Dr. Doyle's series. Mr. Gillette's engagement here is for one week only, with a matinee on Saturday. Especial attention is called to the fact that during Mr. Gillette's engagement the curtain will rise promptly at 8 o'clock each evening and at 2 o'clock at the matinee, and all are requested to be in their seats at that hour, as it is necessary to see the opening scenes in order to thoroughly understand and appreciate the finesse of Mr. Gillette's play.
