Sherlock Holmes (play 1900 Montauk 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 8 to 21 october 1900 at the Montauk Theater in Brooklyn, NY (USA).
The ad mentioned : "An enormous double triumph. Isabel Sinn-Hecht announces that Charles Frohman presents William Gillette in his new drama in four acts, entitled Sherlock Holmes. As was seen for thirty-six consecutive weeks. Last Season at the Garrick Theater, New York."
The cast has been changed a bit :
- Katharine Florence was replaced by Maude Fealy as Alice Faulkner.
- Frederick Truesdell was replaced by Frederick Truesdell as Dr. Watson
Photos
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A tense situation in "Sherlock Holmes" at the Montauk Theater. (The Brooklyn Citizen, 7 october 1900)
Cast
- Sherlock Holmes : William Gillette
- Doctor Watson : Frederick Truesdell
- Alice Faulkner : Maude Fealy
- Professor Moriarty : George Wessells
- James Larrabee : Ralph Delmore
- Sidney Prince : George Honey
- John Forman : Ruben Fax
- Billy : Henry McArdle
Probably same cast than before for the other actors:
- Sir Edward Leighton : Harold Heaton
- Count Von Stahlburg : Alfred S. Howard
- Alfred Bassick : Henry Herrman
- Jim Craigin : Thomas McGrath
- Thomas Leary : Elwyn Eaton
- "Lightfoot" McTague : Julius Weyms
- John : Henry S. Chandler
- Parsons : Soldene Powell
- Mrs. Faulkner : Jane Thomas
- Madge Larrabee : Judith Berolde
- Thérèse : Hilda Englund
- Mrs. Smeedley : Kate Ten Eyck
Articles
- William Gillette in Sherlock Holmes at the Montauk (Brooklyn Life, 6 october 1900)
- Sherlock Holmes at the Montauk Theater (The Brooklyn Citizen, 7 october 1900)
Reviews
- Gillette as the Detective (The Brooklyn Citizen, 9 october 1900)
- Mr. Gillette as Sherlock Holmes (The Brooklyn Citizen, 14 october 1900)
