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Monday, October 21, 2013
The Speckled Band -- October 21, 2013
This set of theater ads from the 05-December-1910 New York Tribune shows that two Sherlock Holmes plays were running at the same time. William Gillette had revived his own play Sherlock Holmes and Lewis S Stone, who later played Judge Hardy, appeared as Sherlock Holmes in The Speckled Band, adapted by Arthur Conan Doyle himself. I have not been able to find much more about this production, so it may not have been a success. HA Saintsbury had appeared in the play in Britain with great success. William Gillette was making one of many farewell appearances in his play.
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