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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Product details

  • ISBN 9781839044502
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 30 Jan 2025
  • Publisher: Nick Hern Books
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Description

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most celebrated Sherlock Holmes story gets a gloriously funny makeover.

When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead on his estate, with a look of terror still etched on his face, and the paw prints of a gigantic hound beside his body, the great detective Sherlock Holmes is summoned from Baker Street, with Dr Watson in tow, to unravel the mysteries surrounding his death, and investigate the ancient curse of the Hound of the Baskervilles...

Packed full of the verbal and visual ingenuity that hit comedy team Peepolykus is known for, and offering abundant opportunities for riotous comedy and slapstick, The Hound of the Baskervilles will suit any theatre company looking to dust off their deerstalkers for a sublimely funny adaptation of a classic tale.

It was adapted by Olivier Award nominees Steven Canny and John Nicholson, and first performed by Peepolykus at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, in 2007, before transferring to the West End. It has since become a firm favourite with theatre companies – both professional and amateur – around the world.

This revised, definitive version of the play was first seen in a revival at Theatre by the Lake, Keswick, in 2024, directed by John Nicholson.
About Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) was a British writer and physician, most famous for his Sherlock Holmes stories, which are milestones in the field of crime fiction. Steven Canny is an executive producer and writer who has spent many years making television, theatre and radio. Theatre work includes: The Time Machine (Park Theatre and national tour); The Arthur Conan Doyle Appreciation Society (Traverse Theatre); No Wise Men (Liverpool Playhouse); Origins (Theatre Severn); Spyski (Lyric Hammersmith); The Hound of the Baskervilles (Duchess Theatre, national tour and productions all round world). Steven was Associate Director at Complicite for five years where he made theatre across the world and then worked with Al Pacino on The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. Television producing includes: Two Doors Down, Still Game, Mammoth, Mrs Brown's Boys, Jonathan Creek, Porridge, Bob Servant, The Tuckers, A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong, Kieran Hodgson's How We Forgot to Save the Planet. Steven also produced and directed drama and comedy for radio and adapted a number of pieces for radio including A Shropshire Lad with Simon Russell Beale, which then played at the National Theatre, and Complicite's Mnemonic for R3. His recent shows have won BAFTA, National Television Award, Scottish BAFTA, IFTA, RTS Scotland, TV Times Award, Celtic Media & Sony Golds. Author photo by Graeme Hunter John Nicholson is a writer, director and performer. He is Co-Artistic Director of Peepolykus, with whom he has toured throughout the UK and worldwide since 1995. As a writer, his work includes: King Arthur (Le Navet Bete, 2024); The Time Machine, co-written with Steven Canny (Original Theatre, 2023); Treasure Island (Le Navet Bete, 2019); Dracula: The Bloody Truth (Le Navet Bete, 2017); The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary, co-written with Javier Marzan for Peepolykus (Liverpool Everyman, 2016); and The Hound of the Baskervilles, co-written with Steven Canny for Peepolykus (West Yorkshire Playhouse, 2007). He has also written extensively for BBC Radio, including Richard’s Rampage, and the four-part series Trespasser’s Guide to the Classics (2015). As an actor, he has numerous television credits, particularly across the BBC and ITV.

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