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It's enjoyable to listen to these stories as dramatizations. Quite enjoyable to hear them pretty much as they were originally written.
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Sherlock Holmes: A Baker Street Dozen
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It’s elementary that any Conan Doyle fan will want this splendid set of Sherlock Holmes mysteries—twelve timeless classics performed as radio theater, linked by violin music interludes.
The great Sir John Gielgud stars as the sleuth of Baker Street, with Ralph Richardson as his venerable companion, Dr. Watson, and Orson Welles as the nefarious Professor Moriarty. With three giants of the theater in such colorful roles, it’s no mystery why this collection is so popular.
Includes:
“The Blue Carbuncle”
“A Case of Identity”
“Charles August Milverton”
“The Dying Detective”
“The Final Problem”
“The Golden Pince-Nez”
“The Norwood Builder”
“A Scandal in Bohemia”
“The Second Stain”
“The Six Napoleons”
“The Solitary Cyclist”
“The Speckled Band”
6 audio discs (5 1/4 hr.)
The great Sir John Gielgud stars as the sleuth of Baker Street, with Ralph Richardson as his venerable companion, Dr. Watson, and Orson Welles as the nefarious Professor Moriarty. With three giants of the theater in such colorful roles, it’s no mystery why this collection is so popular.
Includes:
“The Blue Carbuncle”
“A Case of Identity”
“Charles August Milverton”
“The Dying Detective”
“The Final Problem”
“The Golden Pince-Nez”
“The Norwood Builder”
“A Scandal in Bohemia”
“The Second Stain”
“The Six Napoleons”
“The Solitary Cyclist”
“The Speckled Band”
6 audio discs (5 1/4 hr.)
6 pages, Audio CD
First published January 1,1987
This edition
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6 pages, Audio CD
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April 20, 2006 by HighBridge Company
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9781598870299
- ASIN
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1598870297
- Language
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English
Characters More characters
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Mrs. Hudson (conan Doyle Series)
The landlady of 221B Baker Street....
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John Watson
Dr. Watson is the friend and confidant of Sherlock Holmes, and recorder of his escapades. We meet him as a practicing physician with patients across London. He gets married during the series. Formerly a surgeon with the British Army....
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Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyles great contribution to detective fiction and one of the best known literary characters of all time. A genius, by his own admission, with many eccentricities. He first appeared in the short story A Scandal in Bohemia in...
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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of crime fiction.
Doyle was a prolific writer. In addition to the Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger, and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. One of Doyle's early short stories, "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" (1884), helped to popularise the mystery of the brigantine Mary Celeste, found drifting at sea with no crew member aboard.
Doyle was a prolific writer. In addition to the Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger, and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. One of Doyle's early short stories, "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" (1884), helped to popularise the mystery of the brigantine Mary Celeste, found drifting at sea with no crew member aboard.
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"Acclaimed, exciting, fully dramatized performances of twelve Conan Doyle classics, performed by John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, and Orson Welles."
Radio Theater with violin interludes...
Radio Theater with violin interludes...
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How can you not love John Gielgud as Holmes with a bonus of Orson Welles and Moriarity. I have no idea why they were in the order they were in because they were backwards--finishing with when the 2 began living together but that's not a big deal if you know the premise of their partnership to begin with.
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Classic radio drama audio. Fun voices if you can stand the dramatized idea. I like it so it was great for me. A fun selection of stories. All of them fairly short so a quick listen made it enjoyable.
The violin playing though you need to fast forard through. It will kill your ear drumbs if played at the same level as the rest of the audio.
The violin playing though you need to fast forard through. It will kill your ear drumbs if played at the same level as the rest of the audio.
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I enjoyed the mystery, conversations, and the thrills within this production. This was a theatrical production rather than simply being read aloud so it included plenty of added drama. It was reminiscent of the radio soaps my grandmother I occasionally heard at my grandparent's house.
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Enjoyed the stories primarily because I love anything to do with Sherlock Holmes. However, I found the dramatization distracting and over acting. Next time I'll stick with narration.
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This was a collection of 12 shorts stories based on the stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I listened to the book on my drive and just came away expecting more from it.
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These dramatized episodes of the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes are a true delight. With a cast consisting of Sir John Gielgud as Holmes and Ralph Richardson as Watson as well as Orson Welles as Moriarty, these short stories come alive with excitement as Holmes solves the cases. This audio version complete with sound effects will take you back to Holmes’ England and what life was like then.
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