Nouveaux Exploits de Sherlock Holmes (French Edition)

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The stories of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle were very popular as adaptations for the stage, and later film, and still later television. De Waal lists over 25, Holmes-related productions and products. Three Sherlock Holmes adaptations have appeared in American newspapers. The first, titled Sherlock Holmes , ran from to Holmes of Baker Street" by Bill Barry appeared in This adaptation of the famous detective was not very popular down south, but experienced a series of faithful followers in northern states.

Despite the character's near-ubiquitous presence in other media and household recognition, in comic books Sherlock Holmes has been limited to the occasional miniseries or guest appearance. Sherlock Holmes cover artist Walt Simonson has speculated that this may be because the period setting is so difficult to draw. The one-shot's creative team of Dennis O'Neil writer and E. Cruz artist had coincidentally just come off of adapting another pulp crimefighter for DC, The Shadow. The Joker 6, written by O'Neil, pitted Holmes actually an actor suffering a head injury against the title character, and the 50th anniversary issue of Detective Comics , drawn by Cruz, additionally commemorated the th anniversary of Sherlock Holmes.

In The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen , Holmes appears in a flashback sequence depicting the climactic scene of "The Final Problem" and is still believed by the public to be deceased, although it is revealed in the second volume that Mina later meets with him. In the s, Caliber Comics issued a four-part Sherlock Holmes Reader which features quotes from Holmes, a map of B Baker Street, and canon story adaptations [6] as well as individual stories such as Dr. Holmes [6] and The Sussex Vampire. Watson, [10] and Kermit the Frog as Inspector Lestrade. The series re-imagines Sherlock Holmes and Dr.

Watson as living in the 21st Century and living in Harlem. It has been estimated that Sherlock Holmes is the most prolific screen character in the history of cinema. Kyrle Bellew and J. Barney Sherry in unlisted roles. Klinger has written that the identification of Costello in the role is flawed. I'm sorry that my book has been misleading, but I doubt that I shall have the opportunity for an amended reprint, and should not have the time to prepare one anyway.

Sherlock Holmes has also been a prolific screen character in foreign language films, such as the Russian mini-series version broadcast in November Many similar films were made in the early years of the twentieth century, most notably the 13 one- and two-reel silent films produced by the Danish Nordisk Film Company between and Holmes was originally played by Viggo Larsen.

In the American Biograph company produced a series of 11 short comedies based on the Holmes character with Mack Sennett later of Keystone Kops fame in the title role. The next significant cycle of Holmes films were produced by the Stoll Pictures company in Britain. Between and they produced a total of 47 two-reelers, [16] all featuring noted West End actor Eille Norwood in the lead with Hubert Willis as Watson.

John Barrymore played the role in a movie entitled Sherlock Holmes , with Roland Young as Watson and William Powell in his first screen appearance.

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This Goldwyn film is the first Holmes movie made with high production values and a major star. Clive Brook played Sherlock Holmes three times: Rathbone is regarded as the Holmes of his generation. Many other films have been comedies and parodies that poke fun at Holmes, Watson, their relationship and other characters. The film was Wilder's directorial debut, from his own original script.

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The characters of Holmes and Watson appear infrequently, but are integral to the story. The film Without a Clue was a comedic twist on the familiar Holmes legend. John Watson Ben Kingsley is a genius crime fighter and successful author. Fans of his novels clamor to see the real Sherlock Holmes, and Watson realizes that his audience simply would not accept the fact that Holmes was a fabrication and to reveal himself as the creator and brains behind him would be tantamount to literary suicide.

To solve his dilemmas, Watson hires Reginald Kincaid Michael Caine , an alcoholic , womanizing, ne'er-do-well actor to impersonate Holmes. In , low-budget film company the Asylum produced Sherlock Holmes , which is intended to capitalize on Guy Ritchie's film. It was shot in Wales and directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg. In the film Mr. Holmes , Ian McKellen portrays the detective as a year-old retiree, living in a countryside farmhouse with his housekeeper Laura Linney and her son.

As his memory deteriorates, he struggles to recall the last case of his career, which sent him into retirement. It was announced that Will Ferrell and John C. Scott and Joanne Woodward , which portrays a man who believes himself to be Sherlock Holmes. The audio productions were done in association with BBC 7 , but are no longer available.

The texts of all five short stories are still posted, with accompanying illustrations and illustration galleries, as well as an edited transcript of an interview with Bert Coules. The short story texts can also be downloaded as eBooks in three different formats. Composer Jon Deak wrote a work for solo double bass based on The Hound of the Baskervilles , complete with narration and sound effects to mimic radio plays of the s. Shrock is a genre that's developed by the fans of BBC Sherlock. They write music about the new series during the considerably long hiatuses between seasons.

Most of them are posted online, and can be found on Tumblr. And a song titled "Agra Treasure" that is made for the show is sung in "The Adventure of the Cheerful Four", one of the episodes of the series based on " The Sign of the Four ". In the episode, some of the characters are modeled after the members of the Beatles. In the s, writer, actress, and producer Edith Meiser was largely responsible for first bringing Holmes to American radio listeners.

Meiser, loved the Holmes stories, helped sell the show to the NBC radio network and found a sponsor. She wrote the show by herself for 12 years [—], both adapting Doyle's classic tales as well as writing new adventures in the Holmesian style.

The first show she adapted was "The Adventure of the Speckled Band. After that the shows were then written by the team of Dennis Green and Anthony Boucher. Meiser's adaptations and original stories won praise from Conan Doyle's family for their faithful adherence to the original characterization. One famous radio appearance starred Orson Welles as Sherlock Holmes in an adaptation of one of William Gillette's plays. These broadcasts were loosely based on Doyle's cases. After a change of networks, there were two more pairings: Both Stanley and Conway emulated Rathbone when performing Holmes to aid in continuity for the audience.

Many of these were broadcast on Children's Hour. Together, the two actors completed radio adaptations of every story in the canon between and The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes , a new series consisting of original stories written exclusively by Bert Coules was then commissioned, but following Williams' death from cancer in , he was replaced by Andrew Sachs.

The episodes of The Further Adventures were based on throwaway references in Doyle's short stories and novels. The complete canonical run is available on CD and audio tape. This series has since been re-broadcast on BBC Radio 7. Starting in , U. In , with adaptations written by M. The actor most associated with Holmes on stage was William Gillette , who wrote, directed, and starred in a popular play entitled Sherlock Holmes in seven different productions on Broadway from filmed in , while the stories were still being published, to His version of Holmes, dressed in deerstalker hat and Inverness cape and smoking a large curved calabash pipe , contributed much to the popular image of the character.

The deerstalker hat appears occasionally in Paget's original illustrations for The Strand , but it is by no means a part of Holmes' regular clothing. Doyle's text is even vaguer, referring only to a travelling cap with earflaps in the passages with the relevant illustrations. He is also described as smoking several different types of pipes, varying them with his mood. While Gillette is the most well known stage actor to portray Holmes, the first was John Webb. Holmes is tangentially referred to in an unfinished play by L. Raffles , created by E. McCormick did not secure permission from either Doyle or Hornung to use their characters.

The calabash pipe is associated with Sherlock Holmes because early portrayers, particularly William Gillette and Basil Rathbone , made an artistic decision to use something large and easily recognized as a pipe. A calabash pipe has a large air chamber beneath the bowl that provides a cooling and mellowing effect. Holmes preferred harsh and strong tobaccos and therefore would eschew such a pipe.

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In fact, most stories, particularly The Adventure of the Copper Beeches , described him as preferring a long-stemmed cherry-wood or a clay pipe. It was written by Arthur Rose and J. One of the performances was attended by Conan Doyle. Two musicals -- Baker Street in , and Sherlock Holmes: The Musical in —have been written around Holmes, as well as a ballet.

The play imagines a romantic involvement between the two characters. This adaptation continues to be presented by both amateur and professional companies around the world. An abridged version of Peepolykus's adaptation was recorded in front of a live audience with the original cast for BBC Radio 4 directed by Alison Hindell and broadcast in A Sherlock Holmes Mystery. The brother scribbled a note upon a leaf of his pocket-book, and, ringing the bell, he handed it to the waiter.

Melas to step across,' said he. Melas is a Greek by extraction, as I understand, and he is a remarkable linguist. He earns his living partly as interpreter in the law courts, partly by acting as guide to any wealthy Orientals who may visit the Northumberland Avenue hotels. I think I will leave him to tell his own very remarkable experience in his own fashion. A few minutes later we were joined by a short, stout man, whose olive face and coal-black hair proclaimed his Southern origin, though his speech was that of an educated Englishman.

He shook hands eagerly with Sherlock Holmes, and his dark eyes sparkled with pleasure when he understood that the specialist was anxious to hear his story. But I know that I shall never be easy in my mind until I know what has become of my poor man with the sticking-plaster upon his face.

Melas; 'well, then it was on Monday night - only two days ago, you understand - that all this happened. I am an interpreter, as, perhaps, my neighbour there has told you. I interpret all languages - or nearly all - but as I am a Greek by birth, and with a Grecian name, it is with that particular tongue that I am principally associated. For many years I have been the chief Greek interpreter in London, and my name is very well known in the hotels.

I was not surprised, therefore, on Monday night when a Mr. Latimer, a very fashionably dressed young man, came up to my rooms and asked me to accompany him in a cab, which was waiting at the door. A Greek friend had come to see him upon business, he said, and, as he could speak nothing but his own tongue, the services of an interpreter were indispensable. He gave me to understand that his house was some little distance off, in Kensington, and he seemed to be in a great hurry, bustling me rapidly into the cab when we had descended into the street. It was certainly more roomy than the ordinary four-wheeled disgrace to London, and the fittings, though frayed, were of rich quality.

Latimer seated himself opposite to me, and we started off through Charing Cross and up the Shaftesbury Avenue. We had come out upon Oxford Street, and I had ventured some remark as to this being a roundabout way to Kensington, when my words were arrested by the extraordinary conduct of my companion.

Then he placed it, without a word, upon the seat beside him. Having done this, he drew up the windows on each side, and I found to my astonishment that they were covered with paper so as to prevent my seeing through them. It might possibly be inconvenient to me if you could find your way here again. My companion was a powerful, broad-shouldered young fellow, and, apart from the weapon, I should not have had the slightest chance in a struggle with him.

But I must warn you, however, Mr. Melas, that if at any time to-night you attempt to raise an alarm or do anything which is against my interests, you will find it a very serious thing.

I beg you to remember that no one knows where you are, and that whether you are in this carriage or in my house, you are equally in my power. I sat in silence, wondering what on earth could be his reason for kidnapping me in this extraordinary fashion. Whatever it might be, it was perfectly clear that there was no possible use in my resisting, and that I could only wait to see what might befall. Sometimes the rattle of the stones told of a paved causeway, and at others our smooth, silent course suggested asphalt, but save this variation in sound there was nothing at all which could in the remotest way help me to form a guess as to where we were.

The paper over each window was impenetrable to light, and a blue curtain was drawn across the glass-work in front. It was a quarter past seven when we left Pall Mall, and my watch showed me that it was ten minutes to nine when we at last came to a standstill. My companion let down the window and I caught a glimpse of a low, arched doorway with a lamp burning above it. As I was hurried from the carriage it swung open, and I found myself inside the house, with a vague impression of a lawn and trees on each side of me as I entered. Whether these were private grounds, however, or bona-fide country was more than I could possibly venture to say.

In the dim light I could make out that the person who had opened the door was a small, mean-looking, middle-aged man with rounded shoulders. As he turned towards us the glint of the light showed me that he was wearing glasses. Melas, I hope, but we could not get on without you. If you deal fair with us you'll not regret it; but if you try any tricks, God help you! But say no more than you are told to say, or" - here came the nervous giggle again - "you had better never have been born.

The chamber was certainly large, and the way in which my feet sank into the carpet as I stepped across it told me of its richness. I caught glimpses of velvet chairs, a high, white marble mantelpiece, and what seemed to be a suit of Japanese armour at one side of it. There was a chair just under the lamp, and the elderly man motioned that I should sit in it.

The younger had left us, but he suddenly returned through another door, leading with him a gentleman clad in some sort of loose dressing-gown, who moved slowly towards us. As he came into the circle of dim light which enabled me to see him more clearly, I was thrilled with horror at his appearance.

He was deadly pale and terribly emaciated, with the protruding, brilliant eyes of a man whose spirit is greater than his strength. But what shocked me more than any signs of physical weakness was that his face was grotesquely criss-crossed with sticking-plaster, and that one large pad of it was fastened over his mouth. Now then, give him the pencil. You are to ask the questions, Mr.

Melas, and he will write the answers. Ask him first of all whether he is prepared to sign the papers. Again and again I had to ask him whether he would give in and sign the document. Again and again I had the same indignant reply. But soon a happy thought came to me. I took to adding on little sentences of my own to each question-innocent ones at first, to test whether either of our companions knew anything of the matter, and then, as I found that they showed no sign, I played a more dangerous game.

Our conversation ran something like this:. Holmes, and I should have wormed out the whole story under their very noses. My very next question might have cleared the matter up, but at that instant the door opened and a woman stepped into the room. I could not see her clearly enough to know more than that she was tall and graceful, with black hair, and clad in some sort of loose white gown.

It is so lonely up there with only - oh, my God, it is Paul! Their embrace was but for an instant, however, for the younger man seized the woman and pushed her out of the room, while the elder easily overpowered his emaciated victim, and dragged him away through the other door. For a moment I was left alone in the room, and I sprang to my feet with some vague idea that I might in some way get a clue to what this house was in which I found myself. Fortunately, however, I took no steps, for, looking up, I saw that the older man was standing in the doorway, with his eyes fixed upon me.

We should not have troubled you only that our friend who speaks Greek and who began these negotiations has been forced to return to the East. It was quite necessary for us to find someone to take his place, and we were fortunate in hearing of your powers. But remember," he added, tapping me lightly on the chest and giggling, "if you speak to a human soul about this - one human soul, mind - well, may God have mercy upon your soul! I could see him better now as the lamp-light shone upon him. His features were peeky and sallow, and his little, pointed beard was thready and ill-nourished.

He pushed his face forward as he spoke, and his lips and eyelids were continually twitching, like a man with St. I could not help thinking that his strange, catchy little laugh was also a symptom of some nervous malady. The terror of his face lay in his eyes, however, steel grey, and glistening coldly, with a malignant, inexorable cruelty in their depths.

Now, you will find the carriage waiting, and my friend will see you on your way. Latimer followed closely at my heels, and took his place opposite to me without a word. In silence we again drove for an interminable distance, with the windows raised, until at last, just after midnight, the carriage pulled up. Melas," said my companion. Any attempt upon your part to follow the carriage can only end in injury to yourself.

I looked round me in astonishment. I was on some sort of a heathy common, mottled over with dark clumps of furze bushes. Far away stretched a line of houses, with a light here and there in the upper windows. On the other side I saw the red signal lamps of a railway. I stood gazing round and wondering where on earth I might be, when I saw someone coming towards me in the darkness. As he came up to me I made out that it was a railway porter.

I do not know where I was nor whom I spoke with, nor anything, save what I have told you.

But I know that there is foul play going on, and I want to help that unhappy man if I can. I told the whole story to Mr. Mycroft Holmes next morning, and, subsequently, to the police. We all sat in silence for some little time after listening to this extraordinary narrative. Then Sherlock looked across at his brother.

A similar reward paid to anyone giving information about a Greek lady whose first name is Sophy. In the meantime, Mr. Melas, I should certainly be on my guard if I were you, for, of course, they must know through these advertisements that you have betrayed them. Some of my most interesting cases have come to me in this way through Mycroft. The problem which we have just listened to, although it can admit of but one explanation, has still some distinguishing features. You must yourself have formed some theory which will explain the facts to which we have listened.

Sherlock Holmes shook his head. The lady could talk English fairly well. Inference, that she had been in England some little time, but he had not been in Greece. He imprudently puts himself into the power of the young man and his older associate. They seize him and use violence towards him in order to make him sign some papers to make over the girl's fortune - of which he may be trustee - to them.

This he refuses to do. In order to negotiate with him, they have to get an interpreter, and they pitch upon this Mr. Melas, having used some other one before. The girl is not told of the arrival of her brother, and finds it out by the merest accident. You see that we hold all the cards, and we have only to fear some sudden act of violence on their part. If they give us time we must have them. That must be our main hope, for the brother, of course, is a complete stranger.

It is clear that some time has elapsed since this Harold established these relations with the girl - some weeks at any rate - since the brother in Greece has had time to hear of it, and come across. If they have been living in the same place during this time, it is probable that we shall have some answer to Mycroft's advertisement. We had reached our house in Baker Street whilst we had been talking, Holmes ascended the stairs first, and as he opened the door of our room he gave a start of surprise. Looking over his shoulder I was equally astonished.

His brother Mycroft was sitting smoking in the arm-chair. Come in, sir,' said he, blandly, smiling at our surprised faces. But somehow this case attracts me. If you should care to call upon me, I could give you some particulars as to her painful history.

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She is living at present at The Myrtles, Beckenham. We know that a man is being done to death, and every hour may be vital. It was almost dark before we found ourselves in Pall Mall, at the rooms of Mr.

A gentleman had just called for him, and he was gone. He is a man of no physical courage, as they are well aware from their experience the other night. This villain was able to terrorize him the instant that he got into his presence.

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