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Sherlock Holmes
is a four-act play written by
William Gillette
and
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
, based on Conan Doyle's
eponymous character
. It drew material from the
stories
"
A Scandal in Bohemia
", "
The Final Problem
", and
A Study in Scarlet
, pitting Holmes against
Professor Moriarty
and reinventing the character of
Irene Adler
as a new love interest named Alice Faulkner. This play introduced the phrase "Elementary, my dear Watson" and Holmes'
curved pipe
.
Poster: Metropolitan Printing Company; restoration:
nagualdesign
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