You Pay Only: $55.00 Prices subject to change.
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 016.822909351
EAN: 9780810861251
ISBN: 0810861259
Label: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
Manufacturer: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 216
Publication Date: June 28, 2008
Publisher: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
Sales Rank: 986533
Studio: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
Related Items:
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - A Tribute to the Great Detective Story
This book was written for people passionate about Sherlock Holmes. It's an homage not only to Holmes but to all those who have loved him over the years. The book is, of course, an encyclopedia of all the Sherlock Holmes plays, but it's the anecdotes within the work that arrested me: William Gillette, who co-authored the first Holmes play with Sir Conan Doyle, portrayed Holmes more than 1,300 times in his life, and his final performance was on a radio broadcast when he was 82 years old, two years before his death. If that moves you (and it did move me very much, especially after reading about his life-long affair with the fictional sleuth), you'll be delighted to find an author who shares this enthusiasm. The book travels from 1890 to the present day, and Sherlock Holmes and his environment change drastically as the plays evolve to reflect the changing times. In the end, the book is useful as a reference, but for me it was also an entertaining tribute to the author's, society's and my own passion for the `great detective story.'
Browse for similar items by category:
|
