Sherlock Holmes (play 1901 Shakespeare 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 2 to 7 september 1901 at the Shakespeare Theatre in Liverpool (UK).
The ad mentioned : "Charles Frohman presents William Gillette in Sherlock Holmes."
The cast was almost all modified except Sherlock Holmes (William Gillette), James Larrabee (Ralph Delmore), Alfred Bassick (Henry Harmon), Billy (Henry McArdle), Alice Faulkner (Maude Fealy), Thérèse (Louise Collins).
Cast
- Sherlock Holmes : William Gillette
- Doctor Watson : Percy Lyndal
- John Forman : Sydney Herbert
- Sir Edward Leighton : Thomas A. Braidon
- Count Von Stahlburg : Walter Sealby
- Professor Moriarty : W. L. Abingdon
- James Larrabee : Ralph Delmore
- Sidney Prince : Fuller Mellish
- Alfred Bassick : Henry Harmon
- Jim Craigin : Griffiths Evans
- Thomas Leary : Henry J. Hadfield
- "Lightfoot" McTague : Harold Eaton
- John : Soldene Powell
- Parsons : Frank D. Pengelly
- Billy : Henry McArdle
- Alice Faulkner : Maude Fealy
- Mrs. Faulkner : Ethel Lorrimer
- Madge Larrabee : Charlotte Granville
- Therese : Louise Collins
- Mrs. Smeedley : Claire Pauncefort
Reviews
- Mr. William Gillette at the Shakespeare Theatre (Liverpool Daily Post, 3 september 1901)
- Shakespeare — Mr. Gillette as "Sherlock Holmes" (Liverpool Mercury, 3 september 1901)
- Provincial Productions — "Sherlock Holmes" (The Stage, 5 september 1901)
