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Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 3w, 6m
R. Hamilton Wright
In this new Sherlock Holmes adventure, the brilliant detective takes on a case as Annie Oakley’s traveling show comes to London and earthquakes and murders are on the rise.
London. 1887. Queen Victoria's Jubilee. Buffalo Bill's Wild West is the hottest ticket in town and its star, Miss Annie Oakley, travels to Baker Street to ask Sherlock Holmes to find her missing brother. What ensues is a tale of international intrigue, multiple murders and a war for supremacy over the London underworld.
4/22-5/22/16 - Seattle Rep, Seattle, WA 9/28-11/11/16 - Barter Theater, Abingdon, VA 5/15-6/16/18 - Vertigo Theatre, Calgary, AB
(grouped for possible doubling)
Mr. Sherlock Holmes – a consulting detective
Dr. John Watson – his friend and colleague
Mrs. Hudson – their Housekeeper
Miss Phoebe Anne Moses – a young American woman
Miss Charlotte Lichter – an American mining engineer “Mayhem” Maggie Malloy – an American criminal
Mr. Mycroft Holmes – Sherlock’s older brother Jefferson Henry – an American criminal
The Pinkerton – an American Detective
Major Thaddeus Isaac Ramsey – an Army Tutor Dubby Conroy – an American thug
Red Hook Boyle – an American Thug Captain Fleming – an Army Officer The American Ambassador
London. June 1887.
“Slick, classy... great fun!” – Calgary Herald
“This show... has it all... Plenty of good jokes in this show both verbal and physical, some bordering on delightful slapstick, but who doesn’t need a good belly laugh these days?” – Bristol Herald Courier
“Slick, classy... it's great fun... This is not the kind of Holmes and Watson thriller where the audience is expected to try to unravel a mystery. There is no way audience members will stumble on the real crime any faster than Sherlock explains it.” – Calgary Herald
“Wright’s world-premiere play Sherlock Holmes and the American Problem pairs the inimitable Baker Street sleuth with an intrinsically American celebrity: Annie Oakley, sharpshooter star of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show... a nifty faux-historical wrinkle.” – The Seattle Times
Sherlock Holmes and The American Problem - Seattle Rep Trailer
Sherlock Holmes and the American Problem - Barter Theatre Trailer
Sherlock Holmes and the American Problem - Vertigo Theatre Trailer
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