William Gillette as "Sherlock Holmes" (article 23 october 1900)
William Gillette as "Sherlock Holmes" is an article published in the Hartford Courant on 23 october 1900.
The play was Sherlock Holmes at the Parsons's Theater, Hartford, CT, USA.
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William Gillette in "Sherlock Holmes."
Parsons's Theater.
The Bostonians, so long famous in the field of comic opera, will pay their annual visit to Hartford this week. They will be at Parsons's Theater and will open this evening with their new opera. "The Viceroy," by Harry B. Smith and Victor Herbert. Another opera by the same composer and librettist. "The Serenade," will be sung by the company Wednesday afternoon and that evening they will appear in "Robin Hood," which is perhaps the most popular American comic opera ever written.
After Hartford people have seen William Gillette in "Sherlock Holmes" at Parsons's this week they will understand why the play ran for 36 weeks at the Garrick Theater in New York last season. The play has used the material supplied by Conan Doyle's stories of the great detective with consummate skill, it has been staged with rare care and perfect taste and it is in the hands of a company in every way capable of developing all its strength and beauty. The reception to Mr. Gillette will be a rousing one, as well for his own sake as for the sake of the play. He is a of effective and powerful plays. It is finished performer as well as a writer sure that all who see the play while it is here will find it delightful and entertaining. The engagement opens Thursday evening and continues to the end of the week, with a Saturday matinee.
