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Title details for Sherlock Holmes--A Baker Street Dozen by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Available

Sherlock Holmes--A Baker Street Dozen

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
John Gielgud
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It's elementary that any Conan Doyle fan will want this splendid set of Sherlock Holmes mysteries-twelve timeless classics performed as radio theater, linked by violin music interludes.The great Sir John Gielgud stars as the sleuth of Baker Street, with Ralph Richardson as his venerable companion, Dr. Watson, and Orson Welles as the nefarious Professor Moriarty. With three giants of the theater in such colorful roles, it's no mystery why this collection is so popular.Includes:"The Blue Carbuncle""A Case of Identity""Charles August Milverton""The Dying Detective""The Final Problem""The Golden Pince-Nez""The Norwood Builder""A Scandal in Bohemia""The Second Stain""The Six Napoleons""The Solitary Cyclist""The Speckled Band"

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  • Release date

    July 21, 2009

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781598871951
      • File size: 152725 KB
      • Duration: 05:18:10

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      How could you go wrong with a cast like this? A beautifully realized production of the timeless classics of Sherlock Holmes is done as radio theater. With only the necessary addition of conversation to bridge the action between dialogues these 12 stories remain very faithful to the originals. The violin music, meant to be Holmes himself, I daresay, between each story does get a bit tiresome as it was meant to be coming out of radio speakers and not headphones. The cast is perfection; just to listen to John Gielgud would be pleasure enough, but each cast member is terrific. One other nice feature is the length of each story being one side per tape, which makes it easy to plan listening time. D.G. (c) AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      June 5, 2006
      It will come as no surprise that Gielgud and Richardson, as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, are as perfect a pairing as are the fictional detective team. They are so comfortable together, have a genuine fondness for each other and share an amused tolerance of one another's foibles. A special gift is Orson Welles as the infamous Professor Moriarty. The stories (adapted for radio by John Kier Cross) are nicely varied, from lost love letters and blackmail to truly bizarre murders, all solved with Holmes's sharp observations and ingenious deductions—sometimes off the wall, but always delightful. The 12 radio shows were originally aired by the BBC in 1954 (and were broadcast in the U.S. on NBC in 1955 along with four additional half-hour episodes).

    • AudioFile Magazine
      The jacket doesn't tell us when these radio dramas were first presented: It must be 50 years ago or more. They feature Sir John Gielgud as Sherlock Holmes and Ralph Richardson as Dr. Watson (oddly named "James" here). Both are pictured on the jacket with a young Orson Welles, who seems to have played Professor Moriarty in a short flashback sequence. Sound effects are subtle, more in the background than in many such dramatizations; the violin music is perfunctory at best. But here we have some of the best actors in the English language performing well-adapted Holmes stories, so who can complain? D.W. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

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