Adaptations and derived works Sherlock Holmes

1 adaptations , derived works

1.1 related , derivative writings
1.2 adaptations in other media
1.3 copyright issues

adaptations , derived works

the popularity of sherlock holmes has meant many writers other arthur conan doyle have created tales of detective in wide variety of different media, varying degrees of fidelity original characters, stories, , setting. according alternative sherlock holmes: pastiches, parodies, , copies peter ridgway watt , joseph green, first known period pastiche dates 1893. titled late sherlock holmes , came pen of doyle s close friend, j. m. barrie, create peter pan decade later. common take creating new story detailing otherwise-passing canonical reference (such aside mentioning giant rat of sumatra, story world not yet prepared in adventure of sussex vampire ). other adaptations have seen character taken in radically different directions or placed in different times or universes. example, holmes falls in love , marries in laurie r. king s mary russell series, re-animated after death fight future crime in animated series sherlock holmes in 22nd century, , meshed setting of h. p. lovecraft s cthulhu mythos in neil gaiman s study in emerald (which won 2004 hugo award best short story). influential pastiche nicholas meyer s seven-per-cent solution, 1974 new york times bestselling novel in holmes s cocaine addiction has progressed point of endangering career. made film of same name in 1976 , popularised pastiche-writing trend of introducing identified , contemporaneous historical figures (such oscar wilde, aleister crowley, or jack ripper) tales featuring holmes, conan doyle himself never did.

related , derivative writings

in addition holmes canon, conan doyle s 1898 lost special features unnamed amateur reasoner intended identified holmes readers. author s explanation of baffling disappearance argued in holmesian style, pokes fun @ own creation. similar conan doyle short stories field bazaar , man watches , , 1924 s how watson learned trick , parody of watson–holmes breakfast-table scenes. author wrote other material, plays, featuring holmes. of appears in sherlock holmes: published apocrypha, edited jack tracy; final adventures of sherlock holmes, edited peter haining, , uncollected sherlock holmes, compiled richard lancelyn green.

in terms of writers other doyle, authors diverse anthony burgess, neil gaiman, dorothy b. hughes, stephen king, tanith lee, a. a. milne, , p. g. wodehouse have written sherlock holmes pastiches. notably, famed american mystery writer john dickson carr collaborated arthur conan doyle s son, adrian conan doyle, on exploits of sherlock holmes, pastiche collection 1954. in 2011, anthony horowitz published sherlock holmes novel, house of silk, presented continuation of conan doyle s work , approval of conan doyle estate. in 2014, sequel, moriarty, announced , published.

some authors have written tales centred on characters canon other holmes. m. j. trow has written series of seventeen books using inspector lestrade central character, beginning adventures of inspector lestrade in 1985. carole nelson douglas irene adler series based on woman scandal in bohemia , first book (1990 s night, mr. holmes) retelling story adler s point of view. martin davies has written 3 novels baker street housekeeper mrs. hudson protagonist. mycroft holmes has been subject of several efforts: enter lion michael p. hodel , sean m. wright (1979), four-book series quinn fawcett, , 2015 s mycroft, former nba star kareem abdul-jabbar. john gardner, michael kurland, , kim newman, amongst many others, have written tales in holmes s nemesis professor moriarty main character. anthologies edited michael kurland , george mann entirely devoted stories told perspective of characters other holmes , watson.

in 1980 italian novel name of rose umberto eco, central character william of baskerville alludes hound of baskervilles, , description in beginning of book tribute dr. watson s description of sherlock holmes when first makes acquaintance in study in scarlet.

laurie r. king recreated holmes in mary russell series (beginning 1994 s beekeeper s apprentice), set during first world war , 1920s. holmes, semi-retired in sussex, stumbled upon teenaged american girl. recognising kindred spirit, trains apprentice , subsequently marries her. of 2016, series includes fourteen novels , novella tied book king s kate martinelli series (the art of detection).

the final solution, 2004 novella michael chabon, concerns unnamed long-retired detective interested in beekeeping tackles case of missing parrot belonging jewish refugee boy. mitch cullin s novel slight trick of mind (2005) takes place 2 years after end of second world war, , explores old , frail sherlock holmes (now 93) comes terms life spent in emotionless logic; adapted film, 2015 s mr. holmes.

adaptations in other media



basil rathbone holmes

guinness world records has listed holmes portrayed movie character , more 70 actors playing part in on 200 films. first screen appearance in 1900 mutoscope film, sherlock holmes baffled. detective has appeared in many foreign-language versions, including russian miniseries broadcast in november 2013.

william gillette s 1899 play sherlock holmes, or strange case of miss faulkner synthesis of 4 conan doyle stories: scandal in bohemia , final problem , adventure of copper beeches , , study in scarlet. in addition popularity, play significant because it, rather original stories, introduced key visual qualities commonly associated holmes today: deerstalker hat , calabash pipe. formed basis gillette s 1916 film, sherlock holmes. in lifetime, gillette performed holmes 1,300 times. in 1900s, h. a. saintsbury took on role gillette tour of play. between play , conan doyle s own stage adaptation of adventure of speckled band , saintsbury portrayed holmes on 1,000 times.

basil rathbone played holmes , nigel bruce played watson in fourteen u.s. films (two 20th century fox , dozen universal pictures) 1939 1946, , in new adventures of sherlock holmes on mutual radio network 1939 1946 (before role of holmes passed tom conway). while fox films period pieces, universal films distinctive abandoning victorian britain , moving then-contemporary setting in holmes battled nazis.

the 1984–1985 italian/japanese anime series sherlock hound adapted holmes stories children, characters being anthropomorphic dogs. series co-directed hayao miyazaki.

between 1979 , 1986, soviet television produced series of 5 television films, adventures of sherlock holmes , dr. watson. series split eleven episodes , starred vasily livanov holmes , vitaly solomin watson. livanov appointed honorary member of order of british empire performance ambassador anthony brenton described 1 of best ve ever seen .

jeremy brett holmes in granada series

jeremy brett considered definitive holmes critic julian wolfreys. brett played detective in 4 series of sherlock holmes britain s granada television 1984 1994 , appeared holmes on stage. watson played david burke , edward hardwicke in series.

bert coules penned further adventures of sherlock holmes starring clive merrison holmes , michael williams/andrew sachs watson, based on throwaway references in doyle s short stories , novels. produced original scripts series, issued on cd. coules had dramatised entire holmes canon radio four.

benedict cumberbatch holmes in sherlock

the 2009 film sherlock holmes, earned robert downey jr. golden globe award portrayal of holmes , co-starred jude law watson, focuses on holmes s antisocial personality. downey , law returned 2011 sequel, sherlock holmes: game of shadows. of may 2016, script third film ready , aim begin shooting before end of year; further sequels acknowledged possible.

benedict cumberbatch plays modern version of detective (with martin freeman john watson) in bbc 1 tv series sherlock, premiered on 25 july 2010. in series, created mark gatiss , steven moffat, stories original victorian setting replaced present-day london. cumberbatch s holmes uses modern technology (including texting , blogging) solve crimes. similarly, on 27 september 2012, elementary premiered on cbs. set in contemporary new york, series features jonny lee miller sherlock holmes , lucy liu female dr. joan watson.

the 2015 film mr. holmes starred ian mckellen retired sherlock holmes living in sussex, in 1947, grapples unsolved case involving beautiful woman. film based on mitch cullin s 2005 novel slight trick of mind.

holmes has appeared in video games, including adventures of sherlock holmes series of 7 titles. detective based on jeremy brett s portrayal, series s plot independent of conan doyle stories.

copyright issues

the copyright conan doyle s works expired in united kingdom , canada @ end of 1980, revived in 1996 , expired again @ end of 2000. author s works in public domain in territories. works published in united states before 1923 in public domain; includes sherlock holmes stories, except of short stories collected in case-book of sherlock holmes. conan doyle s heirs registered copyright case-book in 1981 in accordance copyright act of 1976.

on 14 february 2013, leslie s. klinger (lawyer , editor of new annotated sherlock holmes) filed declaratory judgement suit against conan doyle estate in northern district of illinois asking court acknowledge characters of holmes , watson public domain in u.s. court ruled in klinger s favour on 23 december, , seventh circuit court of appeals affirmed decision on 16 june 2014. case appealed u.s. supreme court, declined hear case, letting appeals court s ruling stand. final step resulted in characters holmes stories, along ten of holmes stories, being in public domain in u.s.