Download Early Holmes Remediation - first fifty years Date Details

Early Holmes Remediation - first fifty years
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A Study in Scarlet is published in 'Beeton Christmas Annual'
1887
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Stories in 'The Strand Magazine' begin to be published
1891
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1892 (May) Robert Barr writes 'The Adventures of Sherlaw Kombs', first parody in 'The Idler' magazine
Musical Satire, 'Under the Clock' by Seymour Hicks and Charles Brookfield performs at Royal
Court Theatre, with Charles Brookfield as first known actor to portray Sherlock Holmes on
stage
1893
1893 (Dec) The Adventure of the Final Problem' is published in 'The Strand Magazine'
Charles Rogers stages play 'Sherlock Holmes' with John Webb as titular character
1894
The play 'Sherlock Holmes' written by Conan Doyle and William Gillette Premiers in Buffallo's
Star Theatre (Oct 23) and New York, Broadway's Garrick Theatre (6 Nov), and will run for 260
1899 (6 Nov) performances here
Mutoscope silent film 'Sherlock Holmes Baffled' dir Arthur Marvin for Mutoscope and
Biography Company is the first film featuring Sherlock Holmes and also the first film of the
Detective Genre. The actor is unknown
1900
1901 (Aug) The Hound of the Baskervilles begins to be published on 'The Strand Magazine'
The play 'Sherlock Holmes' debuts on Sept 2 at the Shakespeare Theatre at Liverpool, and on
Sept 9 at the Lyceum Theatre, London, with Gillette in the titular role. The unnamed page boy
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from 'A Case of Identity' is named Billy (staring Charlie Chaplin in London), a name Doyle then
added in later canon stories. The phrase 'Elementary, my dear fellow' is first coined by Gillette,
1901 (Sept) who plays the role in deerstalker, inverness, calabash pipe and dressing gown
11 1902 (Apr) The Hound of the Baskervilles finishes its run on 'The Strand Magazine'
The short story 'The Adventure of the Empty Room' brings back Sherlock Holmes to 'The
Strand Magazine' for the collection later called 'The Return of Sherlock Holmes', of which run
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1903 -1904 ends with 'The Adventure Second Stain' in 1904
13 1905-1906 The play 'Sherlock Holmes' is revived with the role reprised by Harry Arthur Saintsbury
The short stories later called 'This Last Bow' are published, starting with 'The Adventure of
Wisteria Lodge and ending with 'His Last Bow'. The novel The Valley of Fear was published
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between 1914 and 1915 during this period, backdated to before the events of 'The Final
1908-1917 Problem'
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1910
The play 'The Speckled Band' is written and produced by Conan Doyle, starring H. A. Saintsbury
1912
1916
Silent film called 'The Copper Beeches' based on the same short story stars George Treville
The play 'Sherlock Holmes' starring Gillette is shot as a silent film for the first time
John Barrymore reprises the role of Holmes for the same play, which is recorded once again.
Clive Brook stars as Holmes in the first sound film of the Detective.
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Basil Rathbone stars as Holmes for the first time. He will shoot three films with Warner Bros
set in Victorian Era, and move on with Universal with more updated films of the Detectives
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1939 (early) going head-to-head with the Nazis
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes', the last film set in Victorian Era, is credited with
modifying and perpetuating the phrase 'Elementary, my dear Watson', coined by Gillette in his
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1939 (Oct) New York run.
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1929