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Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery (Ludwig)
Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery (Ludwig)
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Author: Ken Ludwig Publisher: Samuel French (cover may change) Format: Softcover # of Pages: 92 Pub. Date: 2015 Edition: Acting ISBN-10: 0573704198 ISBN-13: 9780573704192 Cast Size: 1 female, 4 male
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About the Play:
Baskerville: A
Sherlock Holmes Mystery is a
full-length comedy adapted
for the stage by Ken Ludwig from
the famous mystery novel by Arthur Conan Doyle.
Equal parts adventure and comedy, Baskerville finds the inimitable
Sherlock Holmes and his sturdy companion Dr. Watson battling their
greatest mystery to date amid foggy London streets and the foreboding
moors of the English countryside. This witty and clever romp delivers
chills, laughter, and a great evening of theatre.
Baskerville is the
hilarious adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the
Baskervilles. Ken Ludwig (one of America's great comic
playwrights) transforms this famous mystery into a murderously funny
adventure full of humour, horror, and stage magic as Sherlock Holmes
and his trusty sidekick Dr. Watson face their most puzzling and
dangerous case yet. The male heirs of the Baskerville line are being
dispatched one by one. To find their ingenious killer, Holmes and
Watson must brave the desolate moors before a family curse dooms its
newest heir. Watch as the intrepid investigators try to escape a
dizzying web of clues, silly accents, disguises, and deceit as five
actors deftly portray more than 40 characters. Does a wild hellhound
prowl the moors of Devonshire? Can our heroes discover the truth in
time? Get your deerstalker cap on see how far from elementary the
truth can be – the play's afoot!
Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery premiered in
2015 at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. Since
then the play had regional premieres at professional theatres across
the US and has been mounted by high schools, colleges, and community
theatres.
Cast: 1 female, 4 male
What people say:
"Baskerville is
a madcap sendup of what you might hold dear about that Doyle classic,
done up in the style of The 39 Steps." — DC
Theatre Scene
"The joy in watching [the]
witty new play Baskerville: A Sherlock
Holmes Mystery is not in solving the crime but in the
plethora of wildly imaginative characters you meet along the way. By
dispensing with British formality, Ken Ludwig has
given us a play that is ingeniously funny and will keep you guessing
until the curtain call." — Broadway World
"Written by Tony-winning
playwright Ken Ludwig, the new play turns one of
Holmes' most famous mysteries, The Hound of the Baskervilles, on its
head. Instead of a heady whodunit, this production is a fast-paced
comedy." — Washington City Paper
"With this Baskerville:
A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, the chase is on and
with much joy...What there is new is a freshness to this particular
Holmesian world. There is also plenty of theatrical inventiveness
conjured by Director Amanda Dehnert from playwright Ludwig's script."
— DC Metro Theatre Arts
About the Playwright:
Ken Ludwig is an internationally acclaimed American
playwright whose work is performed throughout the world in more than
thirty countries in over twenty languages. He has written twenty-five
plays and musicals, with six Broadway productions and seven in
London's West End. He has also won two Laurence Olivier Awards and
the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America.
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Ken Ludwig from the Alexandre Dumas novel
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