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Freely Adapted from the Classic Stage Comedy by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and William Gillette Freely adapted from the classic stage comedy by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and William Gillette By Tim Kelly © Copyright 1977, Pioneer Drama Service, Inc. Professionals and amateurs are hereby warned that a royalty must be paid for every performance, whether or not admission is charged. All inquiries regarding rights— including but not limited to amateur, professional, radio broadcast, television, cable, motion picture, live streaming, public reading, and translation into a foreign language—should be addressed to Pioneer Drama Service, Inc., PO Box 4267, Englewood, CO 80155. No performance, broadcast, reading, or presentation of any kind in whole or in part may be given without permission from Pioneer Drama Service. These rights are fully protected under the copyright laws of the United States of America and of all countries covered by the Universal Copyright Convention or with which the United States has reciprocal copyright relations, including Canada, Mexico, Australia, and all nations of the United Kingdom. ONE SCRIPT PER CAST MEMBER MUST BE PURCHASED FOR PRODUCTION RIGHTS. PHOTOCOPYING, REPRODUCING, OR DISTRIBUTING ALL OR ANY PART OF THIS BOOK WITHOUT PERMISSION IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN BY LAW. On all programs, printing, and advertising, the following information must appear: 1. The full title: Sherlock Holmes 2. Writing credit: By Tim Kelly 3. Publication notice: “Produced by special arrangement with Pioneer Drama Service, Denver, Colorado” SHERLOCK HOLMES By TIM KELLY CAST OF CHARACTERS # of lines NEWSBOY ONE ...................a hard-working lad 16 NEWSBOY TWO ...................another 13 FORMAN .............................an unusual butler 20 MADGE LARRABEE ..............up to no good 74 JAMES LARRABEE ...............can’t be trusted 86 TERESA ..............................a maid who keeps her ears open 26 SID PRINCE ........................a natty safecracker 62 SHERLOCK HOLMES ............’nuff said 220 ALICE FAULKNER .................a damsel in distress 82 MRS. BASSICK ....................gives women’s rights a bad name 46 GINGER ..............................the less said the better 26 PEPPER ..............................no friend to law and order 21 FLOWER WOMAN .................a not-so-pretty thief 16 ELEGANT LADY ....................the rich must pay 2 GENTLEMAN .......................no friend of suffragettes 5 DETECTIVE ..........................curse of the criminal class 6 (can also play Inspector Lestrade) PROFESSOR MORIARTY .......the Napoleon of Crime. Beware! 88 JOAN ..................................Moriarty’s secretary, no scruples 16 MATCHGIRL ........................she’ll burn London down 5 DR. WATSON ......................Holmes’ colleague, good sort 97 MRS. HUDSON ...................steak-and-kidney pie is her 21 specialty LADY EDWINA .....................snobbery in Baker Street 25 PRINCE CARL ......................needs help 17 LESTRADE ..........................a police bade in Watson’s side 9 GERTIE ...............................a real gasser 12 SINGER ..............................London’s own n/a MAGGIE BASKERVILLE .........Sherlock her last hope 10 CABBIE ............................... 4 LONDONERS .......................no place like Holmes (can be added if desired) ii 51 RIGHTS MUST BE PURCHASED BEFORE REPRODUCING THIS SCRIPT For Preview Only SET DESIGN - ACT TWO/SCENE TWO SYNOPSIS Place: London Time: 1890s ACT ONE Scene One: Drawing room at the Larrabees. Evening. Scene Two: Professor Moriarty’s underground office. Day. Scene Three: Sherlock Holmes’ flat, 221 B Baker Street. Evening. ACT TWO Scene One: An abandoned warehouse. Midnight. Scene Two: Sherlock Holmes’ flat. Morning. ABOUT YOUR PROGRAM Audiences enjoy reading an interesting program, so keep the description of the character: NEWSBOY ONE ........................a hard-working lad NEWSBOY TWO ........................another FORMAN ...................................an unusual butler MADGE LARRABEE ...................up to no good Etc. Extend it to a brief description of each scene. For example: ACT ONE Scene One: Drawing Room At The Larrabees Villains aplenty! Sweet Alice in danger. Enter the clever safecracker. Where there’s smoke, there’s Sherlock Holmes. On to the Napoleon of Crime! Scene Two: Professor Moriarty’s Underground Office Disposing of the unwanted! The evil Mrs. Bassick. More flapjaw about secret letters. The plot boils over. The super sleuth bows to that crafty professor… or meets his doom! Scene Three: Sherlock Holmes’ Flat Good old Watson. Royalty visits. Alice in doubt. Danger on the wind. Lestrade gets the message. Holmes in peril Moriarty’s challenge. To the death! 50 iii RIGHTS MUST BE PURCHASED BEFORE REPRODUCING THIS SCRIPT For Preview Only ACT TWO SET DESIGN - ACT TWO/SCENE ONE Scene One: An Abandoned Warehouse Larrabee on edge. Alice plots a dangerous game. Gashouse Gertie on the job. The flatfoot overplays his hand. The bomb ticks. Tibetan Meditation saves the day. Scene Two: Sherlock Holmes’ Flat Fake patient for Dr. Watson. A damsel in distress hounded by a doggie. The end of Moriarty. Holmes in disgrace. Love conquers all. Holmes on the scent. Grand curtain call finale. Add some amusing notes to the program. Some examples: All fresh scenery. Ladies will kindly remove their hats during the performance. Owing to the great length of the play, there will be no farce! Children in arms not admitted. Management not responsible for any uncouth ticket-holder sitting next to you. It will be necessary to close the curtain between act one and act two. Feel free to appreciate our tasteful costuming. Please do not spit out your chewing gum. Swallow it. Applause at suitable moments encouraged. iv 49 For Preview Only SET DESIGN - ACT ONE SHERLOCK HOLMES ACT ONE Scene One 1 SETTING: The simple setting depicts three areas in the city of London, simultaneously, viz., the Larrabee Drawing Room, Sherlock Holmes. Apartment, and the hideout of the villainous Professor Moriarty. The Larrabee Drawing Room is STAGE RIGHT, consisting of a chair with 5 pillow, and side table facing out to the audience. There’s a small table covered with a floor-length cloth DOWN RIGHT. ENTRANCE into other parts of the house is DOWN RIGHT, behind the cloth-covered table. UP RIGHT EXIT supposedly leads into a hallway with the front door beyond. STAGE LEFT is the underground office of Professor Moriarty, 10 represented by a table and chair, with a blackboard to the RIGHT. DOWN LEFT is a bench. The main portion of the stage is occupied by Sherlock Holmes’ apartment. RIGHT there is a desk and chair, with a client’s chair in front of the desk. LEFT there is a table covered with scientific-looking 15 odds and ends: test tubes, bottles, books, etc. There is an ottoman or small chair below this table, somewhat to the CENTER of the room. UP CENTER is a fireplace. ENTRANCE from outside is UP RIGHT, EXIT into other parts of the apartment UP LEFT. The stage space between the Larrabee’s drawing room and the 20 apartment of Holmes becomes a London alley (ALLEY A), while the stage space between Holmes’ apartment and the office of Moriarty becomes ALLEY B. The FORESTAGE, or apron, becomes a London street, as does the UPSTAGE area running behind the three settings. 25 (NOTE: For added suggestions on staging and stage chart, see PRODUCTION NOTES.) The curtain is open when the audience enters, the stage is dimly lighted. AT RISE: The stage darkens. LIGHTS come UP on the FORESTAGE as NEWSBOY ONE ENTERS the street RIGHT, holding up a newspaper 30 for sale. NEWSBOY ONE: Get your paper here! Read all about it! Another murder in Whitechapel! Police suspect Jack the Ripper! NEWSBOY TWO: (ENTERS LEFT, holds up paper, yells into audience.) Another member of the criminal element found floating in the 35 Thames! Police suspect gang war! Read all about it! 48 1 For Preview Only 1 NEWSBOY ONE: London plagued by robberies, kidnapping and tainted Packet of letters (LARRABEE) kippers! Read all about it! Rope and gag, weapon of some sort (MRS. BASSICK) NEWSBOY TWO: Police suspect evil genius at work! Valuable jewels Wallet with paper money, handcuffs, fake letters (HOLMES) stolen from Tower of London! Pistol (SID) 5 NEWSBOY ONE: Royal wedding for Prince of Bohemia! Read all about it! Read all about it! Buggy whip (CABBIE/MORIARTY) FORMAN: (Butler for the LARRABEES, ENTERS drawing room from UP Handbag with real letters (ALICE) RIGHT, walks to the edge of the room by ALLEY A, pantomimes the COSTUMES opening of a window. Calls to NEWSBOY ONE.) Here, lad, let’s have Except for costumes clearly indicated in the text for plot purposes, 10 a paper over here. the costuming follows standard melodrama requirements. The period, NEWSBOY ONE: Yes, sir. Right away, Governor. (Moves to the to be precise, is the 1890s, but all that’s vital is that the female “window.” FORMAN takes a coin from his pocket, hands it over, roles have long dresses or skirts, hats, etc. Nice touch is achieved if gets paper. NEWSBOY TWO goes up ALLEY B.) PRINCE CARL can have some sort of uniform jacket with a few medals. NEWSBOY TWO: Evening news! Evening news! Who stole the 15 jewels from the Tower of London? Read all about the baffling SOUND EFFECTS mystery! (EXITS.) Bolting, chaining, locking and unlocking of MORIARTY’S door, violin NEWSBOY ONE: (EXITS up ALLEY A.) London gripped by outbreak of music (Practical from OFFSTAGE), telephone ring, tick-tick-tick of crime and violence! Read all about it! (VOICE trailing off.) Another timebomb (Optional), explosion. murder in Whitechapel… London plagued by robberies… Royal ABOUT THE PRODUCTION 20 wedding for Prince of Bohemia! (FORMAN stands at the “window” reading the front page. MADGE LARRABEE ENTERS DOWN RIGHT.) Keep it moving. There should be no “dead spots.” One scene flows MADGE: Forman, what are you doing at the window? into another. In ACT ONE, director may wish to light only that section of FORMAN: The paper ma’am. the stage wherein a scene is being played (LARRABEE’S, MORIARTY’S, HOLMES’), keeping the unused portion of the stage in shadows. MADGE: You may read the paper below stairs when I’m done with it, 25 not before. In ACT TWO, the warehouse is played full-stage, as is HOLMES’ FORMAN: (Steps behind chair.) Oh, but there’s something here that apartment.
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