Sherlock Holmes
Transcript: In 1893, the community-dubbed "Sher-flock," "Sherlockians," and "Holmesians" took to the streets wearing black armbands to protest the death of Sherlock Holmes in The Final Problem. The Return is a collection of thirteen short stories, which began with The Adventure of the Empty House, in which Holmes reappears, explaining that he had faked his own death previously. 1902 Since then, several plays, two musicals, and a ballet have been written around Sherlock Holmes. Like the first, The Sign of Four was a full-length novel. Currently celebrating 112 years of a strong fandom, it doesn't seem like Sherlock Holmes is going anywhere soon. (cc) photo by Metro Centric on Flickr The eponymous Broadway, Sherlock Holmes, ran from 1899 to 1930 and contributed essentially to the current vision of Sherlock Holmes, portrayed with a deerstalker cap and calabash pipe. Doyle didn't actually intend to publish any further stories, but was convinced otherwise by the pleas of his fans, so he concocted the idea that Sherlock had faked his death. Applying Higher Criticism logic to Sherlock Holmes became a common pastime for Sherlockians, which sparked the invention of "The Game", in which fans began to pretend that Sherlock Holmes and John H. Watson were real people, and that Arthur Conan Doyle was, in fact, their literary manager. Guinness World Records lists Sherlock Holmes as the "Most Portrayed Movie Character". In 1951, the Sherlock Holmes Society of London was created to replace the Sherlock Holmes Literary Society. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes was a compilation of twelve short stories. The newly-met Holmes and Watson explore the case of Enoch J. Drebber's unusual death and the word "Rache" written on the wall in blood. These twelve include two of the most famous of his stories, A Scandal in Bohemia and The Five Orange Pips. 1927 The Valley of Fear is the fourth and final full-length novel published about Sherlock Holmes, and covers the actual story of James McParland, an agent for Molly Maguires and Pinkerton. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box was unintentionally published in the Memoirs, as Doyle believed it was currently too scandalous for young readers. 1887 Sherlock Holmes has been portrayed by seventy-five actors in over two hundred and eleven films, spanning from 1900 to 2012. 1905 1917 This is the final book ever published by Doyle, and is comprised of twelve stories. It contains three stories that aren't narrated by John Watson, either in third person or narrated by Sherlock Holmes himself. Sherlock Holmes 1894 (cc) photo by jimmyharris on Flickr Sir Arthur Conan Doyle In 1941, the Baker Street Irregulars held their first official dinner meeting to discuss the series. (cc) photo by Franco Folini on Flickr Revisions were only made in American publications, however, and to this day any canon copies have only eleven stories. The Sher-flock still commonly plays this game, though is far less vocal about it than it was back in the 1800's. 1915 Series adaptations of Sherlock Holmes can be found in plain sight from Russia to the United Kingdom, as clearly as "Sherlock", and as obscurely as "House". Consulting Detective Their protests worked, because in 1905, Doyle published The Adventure of the Empty House, in which Sherlock explained that he had faked his death. ("Rache" means "revenge" in German.) The fifth book of Sherlock Holmes is a novel as well, covering the story of a murder plotted around the legend of a devilish hound. His Last Bow is a compilation of seven short stories, including the story of the same name, which was the first Holmes story ever to be written in third person. 1890 Another collection of twelve short stories was (accidentally) published with an unintended edition. The Fans (cc) photo by Metro Centric on Flickr Doyle's second installment follows the curious story of Miss Mary Morstan, the great Agra treasure, and the deaths surrounding them. The novel is considered a prequel to Sherlock's untimely death in The Final Problem. The world's first glimpse of Sherlock Holmes was a full-length novel. 1892 In American versions, The Adventure of the Cardboard Box serves as an eighth addition to the book.
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