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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787739103321

Autore

Conan Doyle Arthur

Titolo

The hound of the Baskervilles / / Arthur Conan Doyle ; adapted for the stage by Clive Francis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Oberon Books, , 2013

ISBN

1-84943-888-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (155 p.)

Collana

Oberon modern plays

Disciplina

133.40942

Soggetti

Blessing and cursing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Half-title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Cast; The Hound - A Creeper of an Idea; ACT ONE; SCENE ONE. 221B, BAKER STREET; SCENE TWO. BAKER STREET. DR. MORTIMER; SCENE 3. BAKER STREET. SIR HENRY BASKERVILLE; SCENE 4. PADDINGTON STATION; SCENE 5. THE PADDINGTON TO DEVON EXPRESS; SCENE 6. GRIMPEN STATION; SCENE 7: BASKERVILLE HALL; SCENE 8. THE GREAT HALL; SCENE 9. WATSON'S ROOM. SIR HENRY'S ROOM; SCENE 10: THE MOOR; SCENE 11: GRIMPEN POST OFFICE; SCENE 12: BAKER STREET; SCENE 13: BASKERVILLE HALL; SCENE 14: GRIMPEN MOOR; ACT TWO; SCENE 1: THE PROLOGUE

SCENE 2: THE BILLIARD ROOMTHE MOORS. SCENE 3; SCENE 4: COOMBE TRACEY; SCENE 5: THE HALL; SCENE 6: THE MOOR; SCENE 7: THE STONE HUT; SCENE 8: THE HALL; SCENE 9: THE HALL. THE NEXT MORNING; SCENE 10: COOMBE TRACEY. LAURA LYONS' HOUSE; SCENE 11: THE MOOR; SCENE 12: MERRIPIT HOUSE; SCENE 13: GRIMPEN MIRE; SCENE 14: TURKISH BATH. LONDON; BY THE SAME AUTHOR

Sommario/riassunto

Sir Hugo Baskerville was the picture of aristocratic excess, drunkenness and debauchery until he was struck down by a demonic hound sent to punish his wickedness - or so thelegend tells. Two hundred years later his descendant Sir Charles apparently meets a similar fate, dying of fright in the grounds of Baskerville Hall. Can Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson solve the mystery of the Hound of the Baskervilles before Sir Charles' heir comes to an equally gruesome end? The Hound of the Baskervilles is one of the greatest stories of the twentieth



century and its macabre appeal has made it t