William Gillette

Conclusion: the shadow

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“it is an illusion that transmogrifies recognizable matter into an imagining; reality into a representation, life into a shadow. ”  (Vanacker, pg. 65) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote the Sherlock Holmes stories during the Victorian age when the detective genre, imperialism, and science were coming of age.   These influences are reflective in his stories and characters.  … [Read more…]

Case Study #1: Sidney Paget & William Gillette

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   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…]