Sherlock Holmes (play 1899-1900 Garrick Theatre)
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Sherlock Holmes is a play in 4 acts written by William Gillette and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, arranged by Charles Frohman, performed from 6 november 1899 to 16 june 1900 at the Garrick Theatre in New York (USA).
The ad mentioned : "First appearance in New York of Mr. Gillette since his engagement at the Empire Theatre in his play "Secret Service. Being a hitherto unpublished episode in the career of the great detective, and showing his connection with the strange case of Miss Faulkner."
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Judith Berolde as Madge Larrabee (The World, 7 novemebr 1899, p. 8)
Cast
- Sherlock Holmes : William Gillette
- Doctor Watson : Bruce McRae
- John Forman : Reuben Fax
- Sir Edward Leighton : Harold Heaton
- Count Von Stahlburg : Alfred S. Howard
- Professor Moriarty : George Wessells
- James Larrabee : Ralph Delmore
- Sidney Prince : George Honey
- Alfred Bassick : Henry Herrman
- Jim Craigin : Thomas McGrath
- Thomas Leary : Elwyn Eaton
- "Lightfoot" McTague : Julius Weyms
- John : Henry S. Chandler
- Parsons : Soldene Powell
- Billy : Henry McArdle
- Alice Faulkner : Katherine Florence
- Mrs. Faulkner : Jane Thomas
- Madge Larrabee : Judith Berolde
- Thérèse : Hilda Englund
- Mrs. Smeedley : Kate Ten Eyck
Reviews
- "William Gillette in Sherlock Holmes," Founded on Conan Doyle's Stories (The New-York Times, 5 november 1899)
- "Sherlock Holmes" An Exciting Play (The World (New York), 7 november 1899)
- Mr. Gillette as Sherlock Holmes (New-York Tribune, 7 november 1899)
