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The Best of Sherlock Holmes, Volume 1 (Dramatised)

By: Arthur Conan Doyle
Narrated by: John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson
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Recognised as the ultimate dramatisation of Conan Doyle's famous stories, these recordings have been acclaimed since their reissue by Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks in 1995. They have been carefully remastered so that the sound is as good as possible without destroying the unique ambience of the original performances.

Contents:

"The Blackmailer": Holmes resorts to some lawbreaking of his own in the pursuit of essential evidence on a powerful blackmailer.

"A Scandal in Bohemia": A delicate case involving an ardent monarch and an indiscreet photograph leads Holmes to the one person he could not outwit: the beautiful Irene Adler.

"Silverblaze": Holmes searches for a murderer and a missing racehorse called Silverblaze.

"The Speckled Band": Holmes and Watson are entreated by a woman to get to the bottom of her sister's horrible and mysterious death.

Public Domain (P)2010 Heritage Media Limited Classics Crime Fiction Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Mystery Crime Funny Feel-Good Sherlock Holmes Adaptation Murder Mystery British Mysteries Radio Detectives Crime Mystery Fiction

Editor reviews

On this remastered first volume of The Best of Sherlock Holmes, actors John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson dazzle as the beloved English detective and his faithful assistant, Dr. Watson. Their interpretation of the classic material by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is considered to be the gold standard of Sherlock dramatizations; the dynamic chemistry between the pair is unmistakable. This volume contains “The Blackmailer”, “A Scandal in Bohemia” (where listeners are introduced to the clever and beautiful adversary Irene Adler), “Silverblaze”, and “The Speckled Band”.
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The production is simply lovely with outstanding performances from the cast particularly John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson as Holmes & Watson.

What is lovely is to hear a quality piece from the 1950s. The stories were co-produced by the BBC in the UK and ABC in the USA. This explains the American continuity announcer that loudly and proudly introduces each episode.

The audio quality is very good throughout but watch out for Holmes' violin playing - it does tend to hit the high notes and came as quite a shock through my earbuds.

Naturally the stories are superb and the production team really understood how to make radio drama narrative work well.

Treat yourself to a very reasonably priced treasure...

Superb productions from a bygone age...

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wonderful voices of Sir John G and Sir Richardson. loved it all! classic Sherlock stories.

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A good listen but the delivery is quite dated.

The Derek Jacobi versions are the ones to go for....

a good listen

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Excellent in every way - like taking a walk in history. The narration was exactly as you would want it to be.

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These Sherlock Holmes adaptations are really good Sir John Gielgud as Sherlock Holmes is really good and Sir Ralph Richardson is a good Doctor Watson.

This is quite a nice surprise.

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