Arthur Conan Doyle published The Hound of the Baskervilles (1901) in the Strand Magazine as Sherlock Holmes return after The Adventures of the Final Problem (1893) (The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia ). Doyle’s story begins with Sherlock and Watson making deductions about a cane that was left in the study. The cane belongs to Holmes’s client, … [Read more…]
“The Reichenbach Fall” by BBC television series Sherlock was the Season two, third and final episode of the season that was directed by Paul McGuigan and written by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat. Watson begins the episode at his therapist office stating to the audience that Sherlock Holmes, his best friend is dead. From there … [Read more…]
The story, A Study in Scarlet (1887) was first published in Beeton’s Christmas Annual in November 1887 by Arthur Conan Doyle (The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia ). Doyle originally had titled the story, “A Tangled Skein,” with a character named Sherrinford Holmes (The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia ). Doyle introduces his readers’ to Doctor John … [Read more…]
The Strand Magazine illustrator Sidney Paget and American actor and playwright, William Gillette exert an immense influence on how Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s characters and text are manifested into reality. This paper examines how their visions of the characters colored later adaptations. The first steps towards their transformation began with the British illustrator, Sidney … [Read more…]
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on May 22, 1859 to Charles Altamont Doyle and Mary Foley. He was the second of seven children in the family (The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia ). As a child, Doyle was given a Jesuit education and upbringing; although, later he would leave the Christian faith … [Read more…]
