The Secret of Sherlock Holmes

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The Secret of Sherlock Holmes is a two-act play starring Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes and Edward Hardwicke as Dr. Watson. It originally ran in London's West End from 1988-1989. This recording was made from the audience of one performance.

The Secret of Sherlock Holmes is a play by Jeremy Paul, one of the script writers of the famous Granada series. The original production starred Jeremy Brett and his second Watson, Edward Hardwicke, in 1988 In the summer of 2010, the play was revived at the Duchess Theatre in the West End. It was directed by Robin Hereford and starred Peter Egan and Robert Daws as Holmes and Watson, respectively.

This two-man play is neither an adventure nor a whodunnit, but rather a tribute to the remarkable friendship of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. It is one hour long and divided into two Acts: Act I covers the friendship from their meeting in A Study in Scarlet to Holmes's faked death in “The Final Problem”, while Act II deals with the friendship strained by Holmes's deception, as well as the titular secret.1)