The Secret of Sherlock Holmes

Synopsis

The Secret of Sherlock Holmes is a journey into the mind of Sherlock Holmes and his relationships with the two most significant people in his life - his greatest friend, Dr Watson, and his deadly enemy, Professor Moriarty. Through his friendship with Dr Watson, Holmes reveals his driving forces and ambitions but also exposes his demons and fears. Watson discovers that behind the greatest detective mind of all time there is, after all, a heart. Following Holmes’s most infamous encounter with his nemesis Moriarty at Reichenbach Falls, Watson’s loyalty and friendship are tested to the very limit and Holmes comes to understand his own complicated nature and deep need for friendship.

Our Review:

31 March 2010

The little known private life and inner turmoil of Britain's famous detective is the subject of this play. It may be supposed that producing a play on the private life of a fictional character requires a fair amount of reading between the lines of Conan Doyle’s books - he is after all a fictional character.

This is not a production recounting Holmes’ and Watson’s ingenious and ‘elementary’ investigations solving devious and dastardly crimes, using Holmes’ powers of observation and deduction. It in fact, looks into the private life of the great detective, his meeting of and dependence upon Mr. Watson, his brilliance and outshining of his counterpart. Holmes is portrayed as a troubled and complex genius, plagued by addiction and schizophrenia, constantly searching for stimulation for his great intellect. His nemesis, Professor Moriatti, provides temporary respite from boredom, but is set upon Holmes’...

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