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Murder in Baker Street

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  1w, 6m

Judd Woldin

A quiet evening at 221B is disrupted by Cecil Forrester, a harried industrialist seeking protection from assailants. Sherlock Holmes is not interested in such mundane matters, until he recognizes the method of attack: an "Oriental Death Touch". He shelters his new client in a locked and bolted room …

Murder in Baker Street

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    1w, 6m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Adaptations (Literature), Mystery/Thriller
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary
A quiet evening at 221B is disrupted by Cecil Forrester, a harried industrialist seeking protection from assailants. Sherlock Holmes is not interested in such mundane matters, until he recognizes the method of attack: an "Oriental Death Touch". He shelters his new client in a locked and bolted room and explores the roof with Dr. Watson, where they are suddenly attacked by a ninja. In the morning Forrester is discovered murdered. An aggressive prosecutor uncovers a connection between the victim and Dr. Watson, and he hypothesizes a method by which Watson could have committed the crime within the locked room. Watson is convicted and condemned. To save his friend, Holmes confesses and, from a cell in Pentonville Prison, the legendary detective solves the baffling murder.
History
Murder In Baker Street was first presented by Theater By the Blind in New York. It was directed by Ike Schambelan.
MRS. HUDSON - slightly crotchety
DR. JOHN WATSON - still loyal, trustworthy, etc.
SHERLOCK HOLMES - in his last year of practice
CECIL FORRESTER - supercilious, arrogant industrialist
JAMES - Forrester's coachman
NINJA - masked warrior
NEWSBOY - Cockney
SHIMIMOTO - helmeted Kendo master
JUDGE - voiceover
SIR CHARLES WORMSLEY - Queen's Counsel, prosecutor
ROYCE CUMMINGS, ESQ. - Barrister
WILKINSON - the Forrester's butler
MRS. FORRESTER - wife of the industrialist
BILLINGS - Forrester's partner
SAMUEL SMALL - Cockney carpenter
HOME SECRETARY - distinguished
HUGGINS - his clerk
SUPERINTENDENT - warden of Pentonville Prison
MRS. HAWKINS - Cockney woman

Murder In Baker Street may be performed with a minimum of seven actors doubling as follows:
HOLMES
WATSON
MRS. HUDSON, MRS. FORRESTER, MRS. HAWKINS
FORRESTER, WORMSLEY, SUPERINTENDENT
JAMES, NINJA, CUMMINGS
SHIMIMOTO, BILLINGS, SMALL, HOME SECRETARY
NEWSBOY, JUDGE, WILKINSON, HIGGINS

  • Time Period Victorian (British and American)
  • Setting London. 1890's.
  • Features Period Costumes

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: $110 per performance

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