#sherlock holmes theatre

[fitsofgloom]

The House That Fear Built

[flowersandfashion]

the fact that Jeremy Brett played both Dorian Gray and Basil Hallward AND both John Watson and Sherlock Holmes throughout his career. he has the range.

[i-dont-talk-for-days-on-end]

It is tempting to think that Sherlock Holmes was so emotionally repressed and secretive and obviously not great at handling the feelings of others (making Watson believe him dead or dying several times) because his own author did not love him enough. Childhood trauma. Deep in his heart he knew that all the time ACD spent with him he'd rather write about dinosaurs, and that turns a man bitter. And looking at some adaptions I think this is still ongoing - some creators still do not love Sherlock Holmes. They want his name, but they don't want him. Pleeeaaase let Sherlock Holmes be with creators who love himmmmm pleeeeaaaaaase my poor silly little guyyyyyyy

[loverdjudeforever]

How could he looks so good with silver curly hair?😭😭

[variousqueerthings]

happy ace day, and inspired by @aq2003 some favourite asexuals:

hon. mention: the entire oeuvre of middle-earth + 50 characters or so from star trek (star trek is so ace, there's a whole essay to be written about that). and every doctor from dw ofc, but decided to rep with 10, as they're misunderstood in that iteration. also sugar in some like it hot but i went for monroe's character in seven year itch who is doing The Most around this mediocre guy. someone save her

[anerdynerd]

Sketched some characters/scenes from the play “Sherlock Holmes: Der Fall Moriarty” (The Case Moriarty) that I got to watch live today on my way home from there, Toby was a balloon dog, it was brilliant😭

[mischief-maker-me]

Are you a Sherlockian/Holmesian? Do you have some spare change floating around, or perhaps the time to share a little information?

Well, do I have a project for YOU!

An organization very dear to my heart-- Baker Street West (www.bakerstreetwest.com) has an AMAZING opportunity to net a $10K donation... but only if we can raise the funds to match. In one month. May 1st-31st of 2025.

A little backstory--

In 2023, after nearly 10 years in the same location, Baker Street West, a Victorian homage to Sherlock Holmes nestled in the heart of Gold Country in California, was forced to deconstruct, pack EVERYTHING from Mrs. Hudson's fine china to Holmes' Persian slipper full of tobacco and move to a new location.

Fast forward to 2025!

That new location... needs a little help before it can be BSW's new home. The roof leaks. We need an elevator (amongst other things) in order to be ADA compliant (it's a historical building, so this gets very complex and very costly FAST), never mind the rest of our wish-list for theatre lighting and seating and all of the other things needed to make a venue a VENUE.

We are making progress-- our new, dedicated theatre space (in an old courtroom) has a STAGE and I can attest that it is a beautiful stage. Mrs. Hudson's best china is unpacked and gleaming, but there is so SO much more that needs to be done and this potential funding is something we simply cannot afford to let slip away.

I understand that the world is a mess right now, but this place has been a home away from home, a bastion of kind and sensible thought, a haven from so much ugliness. Before having to move, one really did feel as though they were stepping into somewhere where it was always 1895, and we are working so very hard to bring that feeling back into a place where everyone can be welcomed.

So... visit https://bakerstreetwest.com and click that beautiful "Donate" button, or at least pass this missive along so that others might have a chance to contribute.

Photo tax-- me posing in front of the 'pub' at Baker Street West's former digs.

[mentallyillmindmeld]

If Sherlock musicals have no fans I’m dead.

[hot-on-my-watch]

National Theatre at Home: Frankenstein Part 2- Jonny Lee Miller as 'The Creature'

In Part 1 of this post, I wrote my impressions of Frankenstein at the National Theatre, streamed online via a subscription gifted to me by lovely friends. As a housebound person I would highly recommended such a thing even to those that CAN leave the house! Frankenstein specifically warrants a follow-up due to the production's interesting character doubling of the two main roles played by Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller.

After finding out from @skeletor-n-a-meatsuit that not only is Jonny Lee Miller actually Sherlock Holmes on NBC's Elementary, but a serving NYC firefighter, I obviously needed to educate my husband before the viewing. He then declared that I could say "that is SO SHERLOCK" relentlessly if he could make firefighter puns at every opportunity, and I was forced to agree. He also wished to be informed where the book and play were set, and despite having formally studied the book three times and having seen the play a few days earlier, I only managed "Er... on the continent. Germany-ish?" and "Geneva's in it!" "Oh, Switzerland." he replied. "Yes, but it's not necessarily limited to Switzerland... hmm.. I dunno... I've BEEN to Switzerland. Twice." "So have I!" he said. And then asked me when I'd been.

Both of my times were during the course of our relationship, and whilst he does have a terrible memory, we have been together for a long time and it's a been a bit of a wild ride. I then asked when he had been, and he told me that it was on a school trip. I must have known that at some point, but I'm not sure I ever knew he had windsurfed on the lake. And for some reason I find the idea of him windsurfing really, really funny.

Anyway, we watched the play. Reader, I did not know that quite so many firefighter puns could be made over the first twenty or so minutes of such a production, but I was wrong. I actually managed to avoid saying the word "Sherlock" until Cumberbatch's second entrance, when I suggested that my husband just imagine I was saying whispering "so Sherlock" continuously from that moment on. He agreed that it would go without saying, but after about ten further minutes of arrogance, mad science, social awkwardness and a rather spectacular coat I lost control and had to, lest it be not absolutely clear.

As an English Literature graduate I also felt obliged to telegraph the homoerotic undertones and Victor's seeming lack of passion towards Elizabeth, as any decent literature grad would. Any utterance by my husband of the word "monster" was quashed in favour of "creature" for similar reasons. And I could not help myself but vocally berate Frankenstein for making increasingly terrible decisions one after another. I think part of the reaso I so enjoyed the play is its shift of focus on to the creature, who is significantly less frustrating and frankly much easier to empathise with.

Of course I also pointed out to my husband that the theme of advancing science and technology without thinking through the consequences is ever true today, most obviously in the growing use of AI. I disagree with many of the uses of AI now for various reasons, but we have both used it to make humorous and mildly unhinged cards for each other at short notice. Having recently rewatched a certain film, I joked that AI would surely out pace us intellectually while doing the sultry voice of Scarlett Johanssen - where in fact I think the reality will be far, far worse. My husband replied "at least AI is useful NOW", which is broadly true. Frankenstein, however, didn't even get to exhibit his creature at fairs or anything, what with immediately having abandoned his and provoking his descent into monstrousness- well, a singularly human monstrousness.

Seriously though, the play! Cumberbatch was predictably fantastic in the alternate role of the creator, and Jonny Lee Miller as the creature. Is Lee his middle name? I'm not completely sure. Personally I felt that (Lee) Miller's movements as the creature were not quite as alien and awkward as Cumberbatch's, but, impressive as they were, those may have made his creature appear less human.

Conversely, I found myself pitying Cumberbatch's Frankenstein more, though in some moments he seemed vainer. Whether that was because it was my second go or because I am biased, I am not sure. Admittedly my attention was suffering a little that night, so the additional need to bug my husband and explain what steampunk is only made things worse. However, I am immensely I was able to see both versions and find the character-doubling concept intriguing.

I suppose it remains a mystery whether, were I to rescued from a fire by Jonny Lee Miller, I would scream that I was being grabbed by the creature or creator, or "that bloke I think I might just about know from somewhere." Or, more realistically, just scream.

A fun video:

@a-victorian-girl @ben-locked

[onceinawhilemoon]

whereas the rebellious kid protagonist in popular fiction usually gathers a bunch of street kids to form a gang, Sherlock gathered them to start a drama club. because he's Sherlock Holmes.

[vodkabutgay]

Sherlock: [fast forwards all the way through a romcom movie]

John: You can't just skip to the happy ending!

Sherlock: I don't have time for their problems. I have plenty of my own.

[the-bitterest-breakups-poll]

Poll: Round 1 #6

*Reminder that Break up is being used loosely here and not all relationships may be romantic in nature

Propaganda under cut:

Sherlock and Watson:

Watson realises that Sherlock has been keeping a secret from him for three years that could have put him and Mary in danger. They argue, big time, and Watson decides he's finished helping Holmes with cases altogether. Holmes leaves and Watson spends the rest of the day sitting around in a "melancholic torpor".

Anna, Sasha, and Marcy:

No propaganda was submitted

[evilhorse]

Godzilla’s Monsterpiece Theatre #2 (Tom Scioli variant)

[heaveninawildflower]

I posted the FAB silk postcard of the American actress, Maude Fealy a couple of weeks ago and said that I would post some more about her, here a are few more images of Maude from my collection of postcards and photographs.

The first postcard shows Maude as Alice Faulkner from the play 'Sherlock Holmes.' The third one shows Maude as Eunice from 'Quo Vadis'.

The sixth postcard shows a winning photograph by Burr McIntosh from the French magazine 'Paris Figaro Illustre.' Maude's photograph was sent to their competition (to find the most beautiful woman in the world) by the American photographer, William Burr McIntosh. Maude was the winner, chosen from out of 30, 000 entrants from all over the world.

Some information about Maude from Wikimedia.

Maude Mary Hawk was born on March 3/4, 1881-3 in Memphis, Tennessee (the dates vary depending upon the source) the daughter of actress Margaret Fealy and James Hawk, who divorced. Maude took her mother's name, Fealy.

In 1896, she made her debut at the Elitch Theatre in Denver playing various children's roles. Her first appearance was during the week of July 19 in Henry Churchill de Mille's The Lost Paradise. In 1905, Churchill de Mille's son Cecil B. DeMille was hired as a stock player at Elitch Theatre, and Maude appeared as the featured actress in several plays. Their friendship continued for decades, including when DeMille cast Maude in his film The Ten Commandments.

Maude made her Broadway debut in the 1900 production of Quo Vadis, again with her mother.

Maude toured England with William Gillette in Sherlock Holmes from 1901 to 1902. Between 1902 and 1905, she frequently toured with Sir Henry Irving's company in the United Kingdom, and by 1907, she was the star in touring productions in the United States.

In Denver, Colorado, Maude met a drama critic from a local newspaper named Louis Hugo Sherwin (son of opera singer Amy Sherwin). The two married in secret on July 15, 1907, because, as they expected, her domineering mother did not approve. The couple soon separated and divorced in Denver in 1909. Maude then married actor James Peter Durkin. He was a silent film director with Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company. This marriage ended in divorce for non-support in 1917. Soon after this, Maude married John Edward Cort. This third marriage ended in a 1923 annulment and was her last marriage. She bore no children in any of the marriages.

Maude died on November 10, 1971.

[teaspoonnebula]

Hey tumblr, can we do something awesome?

Don't Go Into The Cellar! is this wonderful theatre company that's brought me so much giddy glee over the past couple of years. I feel like 'theatre company' is almost a misnomer because the entire thing is spearheaded by actor and writer Jonathan Goodwin.

At a performance, he comes out and completely NAILS a macabre tale from Victorian or Edwardian literature. It's generally spooky, and yet somehow, it's always so warm, so fun. I think it's because you can tell you're watching someone doing something they utterly love. A passion for the literature, for the theatre, for the characters he portrays, radiates out of him.

(And like... his Sherlock Holmes. Augh. When I first saw him perform I was like IT'S HIM HE'S HERE. I'm not saying visually, he's not a living Paget illustration or something, I'm saying he Nails The Vibes)

I just want DGITC to succeed and go on succeeding, and for everyone involved to have the financial security needed for that to happen.

Anyway, long story short he's been a little short on funds lately and started to do fortnightly live performances on livestream and I have this vision of a bunch of us turning up and giving him a wonderful appreciative audience.

So, it would be awesome if you could...

Check out his existing recordings! I have linked one above :D Is the video quality the best? No. Doesn't matter, watch it and bask in the fun.

The next live performance (at the time of writing) is Sunday June 2nd at 9pm BST, on Facebook! Save the date!

And last but not least consider the GoFundMe for the theatre company <3

[unboundtheatre]

Inspector Murder Inspects...

If you haven't heard the escapades of Inspector Murder, then here's your chance to discover a truly side-splitting audio sitcom.

Prepare to meet Victorian London's second-best consulting detective, his trusty second-in-command, his genius bondsman, and his psychopathic housekeeper...

If you like Wooden Overcoats and Victoricity, why not give us a try?

Stream and download the first episode of Inspector Murder Inspects... - part of the Unbound Theatre Podcast - for free now: