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Sherlock Holmes from Screen to Stage

Post-Millennial Adaptations in British Theatre

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Authors:
  1. Benjamin Poore

    1. Department of Theatre, Film and Television, University of York, Heslington, United Kingdom

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  • Explores the Sherlock Holmes phenomenon from the perspective of theatre
  • Represents a timely and topical study focusing particularly on the last five years
  • Analyses the relationships between the film, television and theatre Sherlocks
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Adaptation in Theatre and Performance (ATP)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction: Sherlock Holmes Belongs to Everyone

    • Benjamin Poore
    Pages 1-22

  3. The Deductionist: Surveying the Character of Sherlock Holmes

    • Benjamin Poore
    Pages 23-43

  4. The Homeless Network: Sherlock Holmes and Adaptation

    • Benjamin Poore
    Pages 45-68

  5. The Game is Afoot: Hunting and Playing in Sherlockian Theatre

    • Benjamin Poore
    Pages 69-101

  6. Playing ‘The Trick’

    • Benjamin Poore
    Pages 103-119

  7. The Man on the Tor: Adapting The Hound of the Baskervilles

    • Benjamin Poore
    Pages 121-155

  8. Collapsing the Frame: Acting, Deception and Metatheatre

    • Benjamin Poore
    Pages 157-184

  9. Sherlock Holmes Checks His Privilege

    • Benjamin Poore
    Pages 185-211

  10. Sherlock Holmes as Skeleton Key

    • Benjamin Poore
    Pages 213-233

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 235-258
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About this book

This book investigates the development of Sherlock Holmes adaptations in British theatre since the turn of the millennium. Sherlock Holmes has become a cultural phenomenon all over again in the twenty-first century, as a result of the television series Sherlock and Elementary, and films like Mr Holmes and the Guy Ritchie franchise starring Robert Downey Jr. In the light of these new interpretations, British theatre has produced timely and topical responses to developments in the screen Sherlocks’ stories. Moreover, stage Sherlocks of the last three decades have often anticipated the knowing, metafictional tropes employed by screen adaptations. This study traces the recent history of Sherlock Holmes in the theatre, about which very little has been written for an academic readership. It argues that the world of Sherlock Holmes is conveyed in theatre by a variety of games that activate new modes of audience engagement.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Theatre, Film and Television, University of York, Heslington, United Kingdom

    Benjamin Poore

About the author

​Benjamin Poore is Lecturer in Theatre at the University of York. He is the author of Heritage, Nostalgia and Modern British Theatre (Palgrave, 2011) and Theatre & Empire (Palgrave, 2016). He is the author of numerous articles on the adaptation and afterlives of Victorian fiction on screen and stage.

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