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Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery (Ludwig)

Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery (Ludwig)
Your Price: $18.95 CDN
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

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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