Plays by William Hooker Gillette: All the Comforts of Home, Secret Service, Sherlock HolmesCUP Archive, 14 avr. 1983 - 286 pages 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. |
Table des matières
Biographical record | 28 |
SECRET SERVICE 1895 | 101 |
First publications of William Gillettes plays | 273 |
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Plays by William Hooker Gillette: All the Comforts of Home, Secret Service ... Don B. Wilmeth,Rosemary Cullen Aucun aperçu disponible - 1983 |
Plays by William Hooker Gillette: All the Comforts of Home, Secret Service ... Don B. Wilmeth,Rosemary Cullen Aucun aperçu disponible - 1983 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
ALFRED ALICE ARRELSFORD BASSICK begins bell BENDER BILLY CAROLINE chair close comes CRAIGIN crosses DABNEY dear desk dispatch don't door up left EDITH EMILY EVANGELINE exits eyes face Faulkner FIFI followed FORMAN front Gillette Gillette's give glance goes going half hand head hear holding instant JOSEPHINE keep LARRABEE leave letter light listening looks low voice LT FORAY MADGE mean MESSENGER Miss MORIARTY motion motionless moves never once PARSONS pause PETTIBONE play PRINCE puts quick quickly RANDOLPH revolver right center rings rises salutes SERGEANT Service shaking Sherlock Holmes showing side sits slowly sound speak stage stands starts steps stops street suddenly telegraph tell Theatre there's thing THORNE trying turns VARNEY wait walks watching WATSON WILFRED window write York young