Review sherlock12/16/2023 Working with properties designer Dana Segrest on the turn of the century (19 th to 20 th as the setting is 1905)the paintings, books and placement of pieces on the set is dead on for the time for a London flat suitable for celebrity sleuth Sherlock Holmes. Bauer is gorgeous, featuring an atrium, period furniture, meticulous lines in the construction. The set, used now in all three plays, created by Bartley H. The rivalry, for example, between Edison and Tesla is well known to historians and MacGregor cleverly mines that to tell this story. His attention to research, characterization and the cadences he creates for Holmes are spot on for Sherlock fans. ![]() In the earlier plays, he involved Vincent Van Gogh, King Edward VII, Auguste Escoffier, Prince Albert, and so on. MacGregor is a clever playwright, using historic figures in all three of the plays to create at atmosphere of familiarity in the play for the audience. Sarab Kamoo has been Holmes love interest Irene Adler in all three plays. Paul Stroili reprises his role as Watson. Audiences need not have seen the earlier two plays in order to follow and appreciate the story. ![]() And while this play references the earlier stories a couple of times, this installment of the trilogy stands on its own. Some of the actors have played the same roles in all three Holmes plays– Sherlock Holmes and The Adventure of the Elusive Ear, and Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of The Fallen Souffle. MacGregor’s script is taut and definitely worthy of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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