Theatre Register

Sherlock Holmes, 1953

Shows · New Century Theatre, 1953

Revival BroadwayNew Century Theatre 3 performances

The run closed October 31, 1953

Opened
October 30, 1953
Closed
October 31, 1953
Performances
3
Previews
Theatre
New Century Theatre

Of the 705 productions we hold that opened in the 1950s and record a performance count, this is the 682nd longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.

Other stagings of Sherlock Holmes 6 more that season

1899 Garrick Theatre Original 256 perf.
1902 Knickerbocker Theatre Revival 28 perf.
1910 Empire Theatre Revival
1928 Cosmopolitan Theatre Revival · Clifford Brook 16 perf.
1929 New Amsterdam Theatre Revival · William Postance 45 perf.
1974 Broadhurst Theatre Revival · Frank Dunlop 471 perf.

Who was in it20 named

Martin Brandt
John Dodsworth
Margit Forsagren
Thomas Gomez
Elwyn Harvey
Bryan Herbert
Alfred A Hesse
Terrance Kilburn
Gregory Morton
Jarmila Novotna
Mary Orr
Eileen Peel
St John Phillipe
Jack Raine
Basil Rathbone
Ludwig Roth
Arthur Stenning
Chester Stratton
Evan Thomas
Richard Wendley

0 of these 20 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 20 are set from the identifier in the cast list, which is a slug of the name — so hyphens and full stops are lost and a few come out wrong. We hold nothing else about them. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.

Creative team

Director
Reginald Denham
Producer
Bill Doll

A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.

What this page does not know

  • No photograph of this staging. 48 of 13,459 productions hold one.
  • No character names. We can say who was in the company and not who they played.
  • No recording is held for Sherlock Holmes at all.
  • No show page for Sherlock Holmes. The work is here as a title and a year, and nothing more has been gathered about it.
  • Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.

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