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Adaptations of Sherlock Holmes
The stories of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle have been very popular as adaptations for the stage, and later film, and still later television. The four volumes of the Universal Sherlock Holmes (1995) compiled by Ronald B. De Waal lists over 25,000 Holmes-related productions and products. They include the original writings, "together with the translations of these tales into sixty-three languages, plus Braille and shorthand, the writings about the Writings or higher criticism, writings about Sherlockians and their societies, memorials and memorabilia, games, puzzles and quizzes, phonograph records, audio and video tapes, compact discs, laser discs, ballets, films, musicals, operettas, oratorios, plays, radio and television programs, parodies and pastiches, children's books, cartoons, comics, and a multitude of other items — from advertisements to wine — that have accumulated throughout the world on the two most famous characters in literature."
Board games
The board game 221B Baker Street (Gibsons Games) was first developed in 1975, and the book-based game Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective (Sleuth Publications) was published in 1981. Multiple expansions have since been published for both games. The board game A Study in Emerald, released in 2013, was based on the Sherlock Holmes pastiche "A Study in Emerald" by Neil Gaiman. Other Sherlock Holmes board games include Watson & Holmes (Ludonova, 2015),Beyond Baker Street (Z-Man Games, 2016), and Sherlock Holmes and Moriarty's Web (2016). Card games based on Sherlock Holmes include I Say, Holmes! (2007, updated 2014),Holmes: Sherlock & Mycroft (Devir Games, 2015), and Clash of Minds: Holmes vs Moriarty (2019).
Comics
Comic strips
Three Sherlock Holmes adaptations have appeared in American newspapers. The first, titled Sherlock On May 6, 1876, Thomas Gainsborough’s painting, Duchess of Devonshire, causes a stir when it goes up for auction at Christie's in London. It sells to a London art dealer, William Agnew, for $51,540, the highest price ever paid for a painting at auction. Three weeks later, Agnew displays the painting at his gallery—and it is stolen by Adam Worth. Worth, whom Scotland Yard later called the “Napoleon of Crime,” and upon whom Sir Arthur Conan Doyle eventually based Sherlock Holmes’ arch nemesis Dr. Moriarty, stole the artwork in order to come up with the bail to release his brother from jail. However, his brother was freed without his help, so Worth decided to keep the painting, even in the face of serious consequences. Adam Worth was perhaps the 19th century’s most masterful criminal. Born in Germany but raised in the United States, Worth joined the Union Army in the Civil War. After erroneously being reported killed in the Second Battle of Bull Run, he spent the rest of the war hopping from one regiment to another, collecting money to join and then immediately deserting. After the war, he made his way to New York, where he joined a gang of pickpockets. A conviction for robbery resulted in a three-year sentence at Sing Sing Prison. However, Worth escaped after only a few weeks and vowed to be more careful in the future. Using the alias Henry Raymond, Worth took up a lucrative career robbing banks before moving his criminal exploits to Europe. With perfectly planned heists and a consistent forgery operation, Worth avoided all violent encounters and established himself in respectable society. Yet the theft of the Duchess of Devonshireled to his eventual downfall. His co-conspirators, Joe Elliot and Junka Phillips, were angered by the fact that they weren’t financially rewarded for stealing the valuable painting. When Worth refused to divulge its whereabouts, Elliot and Phillips went to the po You can read the story here: https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/The_Adventure_of_the_Final_Problem You can hear a reading by Greg Wagland here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXnEehQkZGg And you can listen to the episode here: A closed-caption version of the episode will appear two days after the episode date at our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@doingsofdoyle Synopsis Following his marriage to Mary Morstan, Dr Watson has lost touch with the routines of Baker Street and is somewhat surprised when a dishevelled and agitated Sherlock Holmes appears on his doorstep in the Spring of 1891. Seeking a temporary haven and trustworthy company, it appears that Holmes has become embroiled in a perilous contest of wits with one Professor Moriarty, a mathematical genius and unlikely kingpin of London’s criminal underworld. His duel with Holmes is reaching its crisis, and the great detective seeks a European retreat while the police round up the Professor’s gang. He also requests Watson’s company, despite the journey’s inherent danger… Writing and publication history Conan Doyle first considered killing off Sherlock Holmes when writing the last of ‘The Adventures’ in December 1891. The detective earned a reprieve, on the entreaties of Conan Doyle’s mother, but it was not long into writing ‘The Memoirs’ that Conan Doyle returned to the idea of disposing of Holmes. In September 1892, he spoke to J. M. Barrie of his plans, and in December 1892 to Frederick Villiers, the war artist for The Graphic. Conan Doyle was half way through writing ‘The Final Probl .“Duchess of Devonshire” painting stirs interest—and theft
34. The Adventure of the Final Problem (1893)
The immortal entry in the Norwood Notebook for December 1893 (Collection of Glen Miranker)
This episode, we travel to Switzerland with Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson for a showdown with the fiendish Professor Moriarty in ‘The Adventure of the Final Problem’ (1893).