Talk:Sherlock Holmes (play)/Archive 1

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File:Charles Frohman presents William Gillette in his new four act drama, Sherlock Holmes (LOC var 1364) (edit).jpg to appear as POTD soon

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Sherlock Holmes is a four-act play written by William Gillette and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, based on Conan Doyle's eponymous character. It drew material from the stories "A Scandal in Bohemia", "The Final Problem", and A Study in Scarlet, pitting Holmes against Professor Moriarty and reinventing the character of Irene Adler as a new love interest named Alice Faulkner. This play introduced the phrase "Elementary, my dear Watson" and Holmes' curved pipe.Poster: Metropolitan Printing Company; restoration: nagualdesign

Elementary, my dear Watson

The article says Gillette's Holmes speaks the line "Oh, this is elementary, my dear Watson" and cites two books as sources. I don't have access to those books so I can't check, but the first of the external links has the whole script of the play, and the line isn't in the script at all. The closest to that is "HOLMES: Ho! (Sneer.) Elementary! The child’s play of deduction!" in the second act. --Newblackwhite (talk) 18:39, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

See Conan Doyle and an Anglo-Irish Quarrel, Jane Stanford, Carrowmore. 2017, pps.62-63.Professor Moriarty is inspired by John O'Connor Power, Fenian Leader, President of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, 1882-92. His brother, Robert, was a significant figure in Clan na Gael. John is the doorkeeper, 'in the half-darkness', 'John is in the dark.' — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maelfreda (talk • contribs) 08:57, 19 June 2020 (UTC)