William Gillette News

The famous actor/playwright William Gillette brought Sherlock Holmes to life on stage in his own play in 1899, paving the way for hundreds of actors who have played the great detective since then. In 1916, when a touring company visited Chicago, Gillette starred in a silent film based on his play. The film, long lost, redisovered last year in a vault in Paris, and carefully restored, is now available once again, with titles in English and a musical score.

The Connecticut premiere of the newly discovered (in Paris!) and restored 1916 silent film SHERLOCK HOLMES, with William Gillette in the title role, will be presented as a two-hour feature film, with English subtitles and musical score, by the Friends of Gillette Castle State Park.

The Connecticut premiere of the newly discovered (in Paris!) and restored 1916 silent film SHERLOCK HOLMES, with William Gillette in the title role, will be presented as a two-hour feature film, with English subtitles and musical score, by the Friends of Gillette Castle State Park.

Exhibits Development Group (EDG), St. Paul, MN, and Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles, CA, announce the presentation of the celebrated 1916 silent film, Sherlock Holmes, featuring the most famous Sherlock actor of all times, American actor-playwright William Gillette.

'Please be at the Black Swan Hotel at midday tomorrow. Do come!' was how the telegram read. It was sent to Sherlock Holmes from Violet Hunter, a governess employed at The Copper Beeches.

One-hundred-and-fifty-years ago, on Good Friday, April 14, 1865, President and Mrs. Lincoln attended 'Our American Cousin' at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C. During the third act, John Wilkes Booth entered the President's box to fire the fatal shot.

Due to an unprecedented demand for tickets, resulting in many sold-out houses, TheatreWorks New Milford is adding three performances to Ken Ludwig's farcical Holiday whodunit, THE GAME'S AFOOT OR HOLMES FOR THE HOLIDAYS. Extended performances are Sunday, January 4 at 2:00 p.m., as well as Friday and Saturday, January 9 and 10, at 8:00 p.m. Scroll down for a look at the show!

Amphibian Stage Productions opens its final staged reading of the 2014 season, A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath, this Sunday, kicking off a two-performance run of the play. Greg Holt, Seth Johnston, Jenna Meador and Matthew Minor star in this infectious comedy running Sunday, December 7 and Monday, December 8 at the Berlene T. and Jarrell R. Milburn Theatre at Amphibian Stage Productions.

'In two days it will be Christmas!' said Old Applejoy to himself. 'Can it be that my close-fisted grandson John does not intend to celebrate Christmas! It has been years since he has done so, but now that his niece, Bertha, is in the house, will he dare to pass over it as though it were a common day? I've seen no preparations, heard nothing, smelt nothing. I will go this moment and investigate.'

On Friday, December 5 at 8:00 p.m., TheatreWorks New Milford will proudly present the hilarious Holiday whodunit, THE GAME'S AFOOT OR HOLMES FOR THE HOLIDAYS by Ken Ludwig. The show opens for a five-week run.

'Please be at the Black Swan Hotel at Winchester at midday tomorrow. Do come! I am at my wit's end. Don't fail me,' was how the telegram read. It was sent to Sherlock Holmes from Violet Hunter, a governess employed at The Copper Beeches.

This Holiday Season, TheatreWorks New Milford will present the hilarious Ken Ludwig whodunit, THE GAME'S AFOOT OR HOLMES FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

The Santa Paula Theater Center will close out their 2014 season with Ken Ludwig's hilarious comedy The Game's Afoot or Holmes for the Holidays from November 14 - 21 at the Santa Paula Theater Center, 125 South 7th Street, Santa Paula, CA 93060. Performances are at 8 pm Friday and Saturday and 2:30 pm on Sundays.

In a mystery show featuring the murder and intrigue of Sherlock Holmes, normally actors would expect a theatrical death onstage......but not the murder of an actual cast member! Directed by Susan Thornton, Postmortem premieres this Friday, Oct. 17 at the Old Opera House in Charles Town, WV.

The Heights Players continues its 59th season with the New York premiere of Ken Ludwig's The Game's Afoot or Holmes for the Holidays. This is the second straight New York premiere for the Heights Players, following on the heels of last month's New York premiere of The Great Gatsby, and this one brings mayhem and madcap adventure to the John Bourne Theater as only Ken Ludwig can do!

Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC) Theatre will bring Ken Ludwig's "The Game's Afoot or Holmes for the Holidays," a classic whodunit tale, to the Pease Auditorium stage this October and November.

The Minstrel Players Theatre Company of Northport Village are proud to be staging the Long Island premiere of Ken Ludwig's 2012 Edgar Award Winning play for Best Mystery -- 'The Game's Afoot'. This play is a follow-up to Ludwig's 'Postmortem' which the Minstrels staged a few years earlier. Performances of 'The Game's Afoot' will be over two weekends on Saturday, October 25th and November 1st at 8 P.M and 3 P.M. matinee performances on Sunday, October 26th and November 2nd at Houghton Hall - Trinity Episcopal Church, 130 Main Street in scenic Northport Village. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast below!

The Old Opera House Theatre Company presents POSTMORTEM, a thriller by Ken Ludwig.

CAT Theatre's 51st season will open with Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure which runs October 24 through November 8, 2014. Adapted by Steven Dietz, it is based on the original 1899 play by William Gillette and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and was the winner of the 2007 Edgar Award for Best Mystery Play.

Drury Lane Theatre, 100 Drury Lane, continues its landmark 30th anniversary season with the winner of "Best Play" at the 2012 Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe Awards, THE GAME'S AFOOT. The show opened last night, September 4 at 8 p.m., and runs through October 19, 2014. BroadwayWorld has photos from the opening night festivites below!