Mr. William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes

unknown (1901) Mr. William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes. Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, 22 (132). pp. 613-621.

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"It seems that a famous lady temperance lecturer was travelling in the district, and by some chance had stopped at Tyron, where she was entertained by the president of the local temperance organization. Hearing of Mr. Gillette's retreat, she expressed a desire to visit it. Mr. Gillette was kindness itself in showing the lady and her companion about the house; [...] But, notwithstanding all this, at a moment when Mr. Gillette's back was turned the ladies endeavoured to open surreptitiously the door of a small cabinet which stood in the room. Mr. Gillette turned just in time; in a moment he was at their side; the door was opened and a bottle of whisky produced in one hand, with glasses in another. 'Ah, ladies,' he said, 'I am so pleased to see that you will accept a little refreshment! Allow me!'" [p.621]

Item Type:	Article
Categories:	1 Genre > 1.4 Anecdote 1 Genre > 1.6 (Auto) Biography 1 Genre > 1.15 Journalist's Report 1 Genre > 1.18 Literary/Social Gossip 1 Genre > 1.19 Miscellaneous 2 Content > 2.2 Arts/Literature 2 Content > 2.8 Foreign Content / Context 2 Content > 2.9 Health/Medicine 2 Content > 2.16 Professions/Work 3 Context > 3.1 Abroad 3 Context > 3.8 Provincial 4 Form of Participation > 4.2 Speaker 5 Textualisation of Lecture > 5.4 Mentioned without Title
Number of Pages:	9
URI:	http://victorianlecturing.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/2126

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