Tag: The Play’s the Thing
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Prime Stage Mystery Theatre:
“What’s the alternative to looking?”The image at left is from the recently restored film Sherlock Holmes (1916), starring William Gillette in the first-ever screen portrayal of the master sleuth. The film is currently streaming on Apple TV. There’s more than one way to find a missing person, but could you do it without actually looking? This week’s episode of…
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Prime Stage Mystery Theatre:
Bringing Mystery to the Virtual StageAgatha Christie had quite a formula. She didn’t discover it. Others employed similar elements before her, and many more have practiced it since. But Christie perfected it with her cozy who-done-its featuring Hercule Poirot. Above: Hercule Poirot (Albert Finney) explains his solution to the story’s mystery in Sidney Lumet’s adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Murder on…
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Nightmares and Mysteries:
Prime Stage Mystery Theatre – Season TwoHeard about the actor’s nightmare? It’s a variation of the dream in which you find yourself completely out of place and unprepared for a given situation. You know, like being in the produce section of a grocery store, standing behind a stack of vegetables and hoping no one notices you’re naked. Or perhaps it’s the…