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Sherlock Holmes   
Being a hitherto unpublished episode in the career of the great detective and showing his connection with the STRANGE CASE OF MISS FAULKNER

 
Broadhurst Theatre , (11/12/1974 - 1/04/1976)
First Preview:Nov 06, 1974 Total Previews:7
Opening Date:Nov 12, 1974   
Closing Date:Jan 04, 1976 Total Performances:471

Category: Play, Drama, Revival, Broadway
Description: A play in four acts
Setting: London. Eight years ago.
Comments: "...They still live for all that love them well: in a romantic chamber of the heart: in a nostalgic country of the mind where it is always 1895." --Vincent Starrett ("The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes")


Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization
Produced by James M. Nederlander, The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President), The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Adela Holzer, Eddie Kulukundis and Victor Lurie; Produced by arrangement with the Governors of the The Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Originally produced by The Royal Shakespeare Company (Trevor Nunn, Artistic Director)
Written by Arthur Conan Doyle and William Gillette; Music arranged by Michael Lankester
Directed by Frank Dunlop
Scenic Design by Carl Toms; Costume Design by Carl Toms; Lighting Design by Neil Peter Jampolis; Sound Design by Peter Fitzgerald
General Manager: Nelle Nugent; Company Manager: Susan Gustafson
Production Stage Manager: George Rondo; Stage Manager: Barbara-Mae Phillips and John Handy
Violin: Christopher Tarle; Trumpet: Dick Perry; Piano: Irving Joseph
General Press Representative: Michael Alpert Public Relations; Press Representative: Marilynn LeVine and Ellen Levene; Casting: John Handy; Advertising: Mike Mones and Blaine-Thompson; Scenery and Costumes Supervised by Mason Arvold
Cast
Philip Locke Professor Moriarty
John Wood Sherlock Holmes
Barbara Leigh-Hunt Madge Larrabee
Trevor Peacock Sidney Prince
Tim Pigott-Smith Doctor Watson
Nicholas Selby James Larrabee
Harry Towb John Forman
Wendy Bailey Ensemble
Arthur Blake Parsons
John Bott Count Von Stahlburg
Joseph Charles Ensemble
Sean Clark Billy
Alan Coates Ensemble
Robert Cook Newsboy
Ensemble
John Keston Sir Edward Leighton
Joe Marcell "Lightfoot" McTague
Ensemble
Mel Martin Alice Faulkner
Pamela Miles Thérèse
Martin Milman Alfred Bassick
Morgan Sheppard Jim Craigin
George Spelvin John
Keith Taylor Thomas Leary
Michael Walker Ensemble
1975 Tony Award® Best Actor in Play
 Performer: John Wood [nominee]
1975 Tony Award® Best Featured Actor in a Play
 Philip Locke [nominee]
1975 Tony Award® Best Scenic Design
winnerCarl Toms [winner]
1975 Tony Award® Best Lighting Design
winnerNeil Peter Jampolis [winner]
1975 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
 Philip Locke [nominee]
1975 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director of a Play
 Directed by Frank Dunlop [nominee]
1975 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Costume Design
 Carl Toms [nominee]
1975 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Lighting Design
winnerNeil Peter Jampolis [winner]
1975 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Set Design
winnerScenic Design by Carl Toms [winner]