The Crucifer of Blood: A New Sherlock Holmes Mystery

[gift inscription (non-authorial) plus previous owner's name and circumstances of acquisition, all in ink on front endpaper, otherwise a nice clean copy with no discernible wear; the jacket has just a touch of edgewear]. This Sherlock Holmes play, an adaptation of Conan Doyle's "The Sign of the Four," was first performed on Broadway, where it ran for 236 performances during the 1978/1979 season, with Paxton Whitehead as Holmes. Keith Michell took over the role for the subsequent London production, and when it finally made it to Los Angeles in December 1980, we got the only-in-L.A. casting of Charlton Heston as Holmes. (With, weirdly, Jeremy Brett as Dr. Watson -- who must have been eyeing Heston the whole time, and thinking "I believe I could improve on this.") Heston also starred in the TV adaptation, filmed a decade later.

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Publisher: Nelson Doubleday, Inc.

Year: (c.1979)

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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