![]() It reminds us that this final instalment is being narrated by the ever faithful Watson and delivered from the Baker Street study, a final case solved, even if it brings an ambivalent happy ending.Īvailable online until 22 January. Victoria Spearing’s set has a William Morris-style design on the walls and rays of sunlight across oak floorboards (lighting design by Oliver Welsh). Visually it works well on film, with closeups and cuts that bring dramatic focus (film direction by Alex Harvey-Brown). The cast (including Alice Osmanski and Blake Kubena) double up in roles across the plotlines and their agile performances give the production its bounce. A Study in Scarlet (1887, novel) Buy on Amazon Add to library The first one’s a no-brainer. Holmes has a brief, potent encounter with Moriarty (Gavin Molloy) in a pacier second half. But Barton and Derrington build chemistry, having played the duo before, and infuse their pairing with intensity Watson takes Holmes to task in one scene which switches the dynamic and Holmes expresses admiration for him in a rare, if understated, show of emotion. The latter, played by Joseph Derrington, seems like a tweedy sidekick who takes the putdowns graciously. It was produced as part of a series of adaptations of plays, so it is likely that the script was based on an existing stage adaptation of the story (one was written by John Arthur Fraser in 1901 and another by Charles P. Luke Barton’s Holmes – young, bushy-tailed – has the air of a supercilious clever clogs, reminding Watson he is always 10 steps ahead. Watson, and Viola Karwowska as Mary Morstan. Typing up the final case summary, even Watson observes: “The two tales lack a cohesive conclusion.” But the production is an elegant one nonetheless. ![]() The stories run alongside each other and the Pennsylvania strand looks like a cross between Gangs of New York and Gunfight at the OK Corral – but more comic when we learn its murderous tentacles have reached Tunbridge Wells.
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