12th April - Sherlock Holmes
| Published: 19th March 2008 21:12 |
Studio Drama Series
Sherlock Holmes - The Last Act
Saturday 12 April at 7.30pm
Tickets: £12, £10, £8 (students)
Box Office: 01543 412121
Online: www.lichfieldgarrick.com
Written by David Stuart Davies
Original score by Simon Slater
Roger Llewellyn as Sherlock Holmes
Directed by Gareth Armstrong - who appeared in Shylock at the Lichfield Garrick last season
The world's greatest fictional detective confronts the most complex case of all - his own psyche. Fine wit, broad humour, high drama and a touch of pathos are all elementary aspects of this original and entertaining solo play.
It is 1916, drawn from two year's Sussex retirement for the funeral of his friend, Dr. Watson, Holmes returns to Baker Street to resolve 'the last act' of his epic career.
The play explores the mind of the real man, not the thinking machine, but an unexpectedly passionate and secretive man, with a cutting sense of humour. Stripping away the infamous clinical façade, Holmes reveals fears and weaknesses, and the devastating consequences of the dramas of his formative years.
The whole being 'deduced ' from the 'clues' in Conan Doyle's stories.
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