SHERLOCK HOLMES. THE FINAL ADVENTURE. This is not exactly my writing, but it will give you a nice synopsis of the show. Instead of coming up with completely new adventures, Dietz has taken two of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s more famous short stories — “A Scandal in Bohemia” and “The Adventure of the Final Problem” — and made slight changes to the endings. Like many romantics, Dietz refuses to see Holmes as celibate and matches him up with his most famous female rival — Irene Adler, the adventuress who was a former love of the King of Bohemia. The play begins in 1891 London with a proclamation of Holmes’ death as told by our narrator, the faithful Watson (Terry Delegeane). Fans will be familiar with this ruse from Holmes’ first adventure with the infamous Professor Moriarty (Manfred Hofer). In this play, Holmes (Kelly London) is already half in love with Adler. Here Adler is an opera singer, and Holmes has a recording of her voice and has already been tracking her career. The King of Bohemia is a handsome, though somewhat comical chap as played with good humor by (Craig Stevens). He seems less bombastic than dimwitted. In this play, it is not Adler’s mind that attracts Holmes, but her voice and then her face. The plot twists on Dietz’s device to remove the greatest obstacle for an Adler-Holmes romance; he must remove her husband — Godfrey Norton. Thus, Norton becomes one of Moriarty’s minions. As it turns out, Norton’s real name is James Larabee (Rob Cabe), and Adler’s maid happens to be his sister, Madge (Valarie Ruel ). Holmes saves Adler from Larabee and their boss, Moriarty, and Adler lets the King go on her own terms.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 22:11:02 +0000
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