Sherlock Holmes: The Speckled Band at Parkview Event Room, Johnson-Springview Park

Placer Rep once again turns the Parkview Event Room into a black box theater to share an active stage reading of The Speckled Band, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to be performed by five early career to seasoned actors.

Placer Rep's adaptation, Sherlock Holmes: The Speckled Band is part mystery, part detective story with elements of romance and comedy punctuating the intrigue and action.

Placer Rep has even infused some of its signature interactivity into the play.

• In the first act, YOU, the audience, are the JURY at an inquest that opens the show!

T.S. Forsyth's adaptation maintains all that is wonderful about the original script, while enhancing and clarifying the language, characters and story for modern audiences.

PLAY HISTORY:

• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle penned this classical theater play in 1910, based upon his short story "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" published in 1892.
• Doyle's friend J.M. Barrie (Peter Pan author) attended rehearsal to provide advice and support.
• The play premiered on 4 June 1910. The play was an immediate success. The Speckled Band ran for 169 performances at the Adelphi Theatre before enjoying a successful tour in England and the continent. Autumn of 1910 brought the production to Boston, Massachusetts and later New York City, New York.