Sherlock Holmes on the Stage: A Chronological Encyclopedia of Plays Featuring the Great Detective

Retired from teaching theater at various prestigious US universities, Kabatchnik cites and describes each of the four plays Arthur Conan Doyle himself wrote about the Victorian London detective he created, along with 38 written by others, some of them one-act plays. Each article describes the context in which the play was written, points out references and other connections to the published stories, summarizes the action, discusses the production history and reception, and identifies the playwright. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)