Synopses & Reviews
The American playwright and actor William Gillette is best remembered today for the role of Sherlock Holmes that he first created for the stage in 1899 and played for more than thirty years. Gillette also adapted foreign plays for the American stage and wrote strong melodramas and spy stories in which he frequently appeared himself. This volume includes All the Comforts of Home (1890), Secret Service (1895) and Sherlock Holmes (1899). Gillette's sure grasp of the keys to theatrical success, together with his technical innovations, makes him an interesting and important theatre figure. In his time, as playwright and player, he achieved a new combination of melodramatic suspense with a cool, understated acting style. These three plays represent the range of his dramatic talent.
Synopsis
This volume includes All the Comforts of Home (1890), Secret Service (1895) and Sherlock Holmes (1899).
Synopsis
Originally published between 1982 and 1987, this series brings together the works of a wide and varied sampling of British and American dramatists.
Table of Contents
1. Plays by W S Gilbert; 2. Plays by Garrick and Colman Elder; 3. Plays by Dion Boucicault; 4. Plays by Coleman, Younger & Morton; 5. Plays by William Hooker Gillette; 6. Plays by Augustin Daly; 7. Plays by Tom Taylor; 8. Plays by A W Pinero; 9. Plays by James Robinson Planche; 10. Plays by Foote and Murphy; 11. Plays by H J Byron; 12. Plays by Charles Reade; 13. Plays by Henry Arthur Jones; 14. Plays by Tom Robertson; 15. Plays by Harley Granville Barker.