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Hound of the Baskervilles

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  5w, 5m

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Tim Kelly

By Tim Kelly
Based on the story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

"Professional, witty, suspenseful [...] Conan Doyle would be pleased." - The Tattler

Hound of the Baskervilles

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    5w, 5m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Adventure, Adaptations (Literature), Mystery/Thriller
  • Suggested Use
    • Cutting Approved for Competition
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior, Teen (Age 14 - 18)

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Summary
Holmes’ most spine-chilling mystery is placed in a modern setting in this version – with suspense, humor, and terror. Sir Henry is heir to the vast Baskerville fortune, a legacy that comes with a family curse: death at the fangs of a horror that prowls the moor. Only Holmes can stop the beast. While mysterious lights signal Baskerville Hall and the hound terrifies the countryside, the sleuthing begins and suspicion falls on sinister servants, butterfly collectors, ladies in distress, and escaped convicts. Who wrote the letter that summoned the hound? Is Sir Henry’s romance with the lovely Kathy doomed? Is the supernatural at work?
Performing Groups

LADY AGATHA MORTIMER - a medical doctor, ample, tweedy, forceful
PERKINS - a young maid
WATSON - Holmes' colleague
SHERLOCK HOLMES - a famed privated investigator interested in bizarre cases, a master at detection
MRS. BARRYMORE - the housekeeper
SIR HENRY - a young nobleman, heir to a fortune and a curse
BARRYMORE - a butler, slightly sinister, but capable
KATHY STAPLETON - a vivacious young woman
JACK - her brother, given to emotional outbursts
LAURA LYONS - a capable young woman with a dangerous secret

  • Time Period Victorian (British and American)
  • Setting Baskerville Hall, a manor house on the moor in the west country of England.
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Media

"Professional, witty, suspenseful [...] Conan Doyle would be pleased." - The Tattler

"Magnificent job of bringing the novel's characters to life [...] Great family entertainment." - The Desert Sun

Music

  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)
  • Vocal DemandsN/A (Not a musical)
  • Chorus Size N/A (Not a musical)

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  • Minimum Fee: $130 per performance

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Authors

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Tim Kelly

Tim Kelly
Kelly was born in Saugus, Massachusetts on October 2, 1932. He graduated from Emerson College with a bachelor's degree and received a masters degree in play-writing from Yale University. His first stage play was Widow's Walk, published in the 1960s. At the same time, three of ...
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