Sherlock Holmes in Thrilling New Adelphi Melodrama
Sherlock Holmes in Thrilling New Adelphi Melodrama are two photos published in the Daily Sketch on 6 june 1910.
Sir A. Conan Doyle's "Sherlock Holmes" stories are always interesting, often creepy, and his latest play, "The Speckled Band," produced at the Adelphi on Saturday evening, is melodrama of the most thrilling nature. Dr. Grimesly Roylott, a man of ungovernable temper, who spent much of his life in India, had living with him two stepdaughters. One (Julia) died on her wedding eve, and with the aid of the immortal detective it was discovered that the doctor had introduced a virulent snake into a ventilator in the girl's bedroom, and it reached her bed and killed her. The photographs depict two scenes: Mr. H. A. Saintsbury (Sherlock), with Master Cecil F. Lowrie, as Billy, his page; and Mr. Lynn Harding as Dr. Roylott, and Mr. Wilton Ross as Ali.
Photographs by Ellis and Walery.
