Thursday, October 29, 2009

“HOUND” is here!: Sherlock’s greatest case Live on Stage for Halloween weekend

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You know, it’s so rare that Sherlock Holmes novels get produced on stage.  Even stranger is that even though “The Hound of the Baskervilles” is arguably Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most well known Sherlock novel and the most filmed, I rarely hear of any theatre mounting any kind of production of it.

Until now.  The Spartanburg Little Theatre has pulled out all the stops with this lush, mysterious, exciting, intriguing and inventive production.  We’re talking scenes that disappear into the floor, a 16 foot raised stage that rakes backwards, gothic windows that fly in and out, fog that seems to rise out of the ground and envelope the characters on the moor, and of course an extremely talented group of very excited actors who have worked tirelessly to bring the characters you know so well to life.

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Dr. Mortimer, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson on the moor

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Barrymore welcomes the men to Baskerville Hall

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Sir Henry receives an anonymous note warning him not to return to Baskerville Hall

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Beryle Stapleton tells Dr. Watson about the legend of the Hound

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The moor at night and Merripit House

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Toasting the conclusion of the case

Tix are available at www.chapmanculturalcenter.org or by calling (864) 542-ARTS. 

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