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Feb 12 #3 IN THE SHADOW OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, edited by Leslie S. Klinger
(San Diego: IDW, 2011; 350 pp., $16.99), is a fine anthology of
early stories about other detectives by authors who range from Thomas Bail-
ey Aldrich (1862) to Arthur Conan Doyle (1898) to William MacHarg and Edwin
Balmer (1910), with atmospheric artwork by Michael Manomivibul, and an in-
troduction and (needless to say) annotations by the editor.
The Racine Theatre Guild will produce Steven Dietz's "Sherlock Holmes: The
Final Adventure" on Apr. 13-22. 2519 Northwestern Avenue, Racine, WI 53404
(262-633-4218) .
STARRETT SPEAKS: THE LOST RECORDINGS is a delightful new CD from the Wessex
Press, with recently discovered recordings; there are 40 minutes of audio,
including Robert Cromie's interview with Starrett and Orlando Park on WTTW-
TV in 1964), and Starrett's readings of his own Sherlockiana. $12.95 from
the publisher (Box 68308, Indianapolis, IN 46256) .
Also from the Wessex Press (as the Gasogene Press): THE ILLUSTRATED SPECK-
LED BAND: THE ORIGINAL 1910 STAGE PRODUCTION IN SCRIPT AND PHOTOGRAPHS, ed-
ited by Leslie S. Klinger (104 pp., $19.95), offering the script of Conan
Doyle's play (from Samuel French in 1912), photographs and discussion (from
Playgoer and Society Illustrated, 1910), and a reprint of R. Dixon Smith's
article on "The Story, the Play, and the Snake"; it's as close as you will
ever get to the original production of the play, and great fun.
Judith Freeman's index to The Serpentine Muse (Jan 12 #5) is now available
Sherlocktron , along with
the other material Willis Frick kindly makes available.
THE REALLY RAGGED SHAW: BEING THE EXPANDED RAGGED SHAW was published by Da-
vid L. Hammer from his Gasogene Press in 1994 as a birthday tribute to John
Bennett Shaw, offering splendid examples of the imagination and inspiration
and humor to be found in the quizzes devised by the Sage of Santa Fe. It's
now back in print with an additional new preface by Saul Cohen, from George
Vanderburgh (176 pp., $20.00); Box 50, R.R. #4, Eugenia, ON N0C 1E0, Canada
.
Les and Carol Moskowitz, who discovered Sherlock Holmes pubs in France and
Norway (Jun 11 #5), have continued their search and have added Australia to
their life list, with the Sherlock Holmes Inn at 415 Collins Street in Mel-
bourne (415 Collins Street .
Reported by Christoper Roden: CONAN DOYLE CONTRE SHERLOCK HOLMES, a new bi-
ography (in French) by Emmanuel Le Bret (Paris: Editions du Moment, 2011;
204 pp., €18.50).
BBC Books has published new tie-in editions of A STUDY IN SCARLET, with an
introduction by Steven Moffat, and THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, with
an introduction by Mark Gatiss (£6.99 each), each with cover art from the
"Sherlock" mini-series. The series will continue on Mar. 29 with THE MEM-
OIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (introduction by Steve Thompson), THE HOUND OF THE
BASKERVILLES (introduction by Benedict Cumberbatch), and THE SIGN OF FOUR
(introduction by Martin Freeman).