Plays by William Hooker Gillette

All the Comforts of Home, Secret Service, Sherlock Holmes
Erscheinungsjahr 1983
ISBN: 978-0-521-24089-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 286 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 575 g

Reihe: British and American Playwrights

The American playwright and actor William Gillette is best remembered today for the role of Sherlock Holmes that he first created for the stage in 1899 and played for more than thirty years. Gillette also adapted foreign plays for the American stage and wrote strong melodramas and spy stories in which he frequently appeared himself. This volume includes All the Comforts of Home (1890), Secret Service (1895) and Sherlock Holmes (1899). Gillette's sure grasp of the keys to theatrical success, together with his technical innovations, makes him an interesting and important theatre figure. In his time, as playwright and player, he achieved a new combination of melodramatic suspense with a cool, understated acting style. These three plays represent the range of his dramatic talent.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wilmeth, Don B.

Cullen, Rosemary

Inhaltsverzeichnis

All the Comforts of Home; Secret Service; Sherlock Holmes.