Sherlock Holmes From Screen To Stage: Post-millennial Adaptations In British Theatre (adaptation In Theatre And Performance)
by Benjamin Poore /
2017 / English / PDF
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This book investigates the development of Sherlock Holmes
adaptations in British theatre since the turn of the millennium.
Sherlock Holmes has become a cultural phenomenon all over again in
the twenty-first century, as a result of the television series
This book investigates the development of Sherlock Holmes
adaptations in British theatre since the turn of the millennium.
Sherlock Holmes has become a cultural phenomenon all over again in
the twenty-first century, as a result of the television seriesSherlock
Sherlock and
andElementary
Elementary, and films like
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Holmes
Mr
Holmes and the Guy Ritchie franchise starring Robert Downey Jr.
In the light of these new interpretations, British theatre has
produced timely and topical responses to developments in the screen
Sherlocks’ stories. Moreover, stage Sherlocks of the last three
decades have often anticipated the knowing, metafictional tropes
employed by screen adaptations. This study traces the recent
history of Sherlock Holmes in the theatre, about which very little
has been written for an academic readership. It argues that the
world of Sherlock Holmes is conveyed in theatre by a variety of
games that activate new modes of audience engagement.
and the Guy Ritchie franchise starring Robert Downey Jr.
In the light of these new interpretations, British theatre has
produced timely and topical responses to developments in the screen
Sherlocks’ stories. Moreover, stage Sherlocks of the last three
decades have often anticipated the knowing, metafictional tropes
employed by screen adaptations. This study traces the recent
history of Sherlock Holmes in the theatre, about which very little
has been written for an academic readership. It argues that the
world of Sherlock Holmes is conveyed in theatre by a variety of
games that activate new modes of audience engagement.
