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Review sherlock holmes and the adventure of the elusive ear
Review sherlock holmes and the adventure of the elusive ear













review sherlock holmes and the adventure of the elusive ear

The crime, if there is one, is a murky piece of business. Then he disappears for much of the play only to be at the center of solving the crime at the play’s end. Whelen is picture-perfect in this role, elaborating much of what we already know about Van Gogh. Believing the ear to have been stolen by Gaugin, he now wants Holmes to recover it. Tom Whelen arrives onstage as an ear-bandaged Vincent Van Gogh with a sordid story about cutting off his ear to demonstrate his love for a woman. Doctorow, introducing and merging real characters from history with the classically fictional Holmes and Watson. Writer Macgregor takes a page from writer E. Their fight choreography is chemistry, a dueling duo, a dance in intimate conflict.Ĭavannaugh’s Inspector Clouseau’s version of a French accent adds much humor to her character. Kamoo moves across the stage with a fluidity equal to that of Cavannaugh. She engages and dominates the swordplay with Chartier. Rather than engaging en garde, Holmes throws his rapier over to Adler. She whips out a sword from the dark recesses of a billowy black dress. When Chartier turns out to be the evil goddaughter of the now deceased Dr. When a deceptively mourning potential client arrives, Caitlan Cavannaugh as Maria Chartier, it is Adler who smells a rat. Sarob Kamoo is a saucy Adler - every bit Holmes’ equal in deductive logic. She is equal in wit, a partner in crime-stopping, a fiery feminist, a lover and confidante. The old Adler is now transformed into a sidekick with pizazz. Writer David Macgregor’s incarnates the traditional Holmes’ story - Holmes as the world’s greatest detective - then adds a fresh and twisty spin on the role of Holmes’ housekeeper, Irene Adler. Watson, played drolly by Paul Stroli, is the consummate bromance-buddy, looking out for Holmes in all situations. He glides across the stage, completely at ease with this historic well-known character, comic timing and word puns abounding. Watson in need of a new story and income to support their lavish lifestyles.Ĭolson is a tall-drink-of-water laconic version of Sherlock. Colson clears the character’s mind quickly with much of Holmes’s acerbic wit, as he encounters Dr. He comes stumbling onto the stage in bedclothes and bathrobe, slippers and stocking cap, a bit befuddled. Moriarty era behind-the-scenes version of not what we recall as his more dapper self. Bauer’s exquisite replica of a Victorian era drawing room, which includes an arcane semi-hemispheric solarium. Mark Colson as Sherlock, arrives on Bartley H. Ladies and gentlemen, I present “Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Elusive Ear,” now playing in Chelsea at Jeff Daniel’s Purple Rose Theatre Co. Out of the dustbin crypt of literary history, a witty new superhero phoenix takes flight.















Review sherlock holmes and the adventure of the elusive ear