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- However, strange events are occurring at the estate, including the disappearance of Sir Robert's sister Lady Beatrice Falder and the discovery of human remains in the family crypt. Holmes and Watson uncover a complex plot involving Sir Robert's financial troubles, his sister's death, and attempts to cover up the circumstances.
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The keeper of the inn where they are staying is the one who now has Lady Beatrice's dog, and it is quite an expensive breed, one that an innkeeper ordinarily could never afford. With the innkeeper's permission, Holmes takes the dog for a walk, and goes to Shoscombe, where he releases it as Lady Beatrice's carriage comes out of the gate.
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in Liberty (5 march 1927 [US]) 7 illustrations by Frederic Dorr Steelein The Strand Magazine (april 1927 [UK]) 5 ill. by Frank Wilesin The Los Angeles Times (29 may 1927 [US]) 1 ill. by Frederic Dorr Steele(?)in The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes(1927-1930)Illustrations by Frederic Dorr Steele in Liberty(5 march 1927)"It was a head and a few bones of a mummy that must have been a thousand years old.""Who the devil are you and what are you doing upon my property?" he asked, raising his heavy stick.Holmes crouched behind the bush with the dog as the carriage approached.9 may 1883 (Jay Finley Christ)6 may 1902 (William Stuart Baring-Gould)1968 : Shoscombe Old Place (UK). Holmes : Peter Cushing. Watson : Nigel Stock.1991 : Shoscombe Old Place (UK). Holmes : Jeremy Brett. Watson : Edward Hardwicke.1931 : The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place. Holmes : Richard Gordon. Watson : Leigh Lovell.1940 : Shoscombe Old Place. Holmes : Basil Rathbone. Watson : Nigel Bruce.1941 : Shoscombe Old Place. Holmes : Basil Rathbone. Watson : Nigel Bruce.1948 : The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place. Holmes : John Stanley. Watson : Alfred Shirley.Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are investigating a mysterious situation at Shoscombe Old Place, the home of Sir Robert Norberton. Sir Robert is heavily invested in a horse named Shoscombe Prince that is running in the upcoming Derby race. However, strange events are occurring at the estate, including the disappearance of Sir Robert's sister Lady Be...
Sherlock Holmes had been bending for a long time over a low-power microscope. Now he straightened himself up and looked round at me in triumph. 'It is glue, Watson,' said he. 'Unquestionably it is glue. Have a look at these scattered objects in the field!' I stooped to the eyepiece and focused for my vision. 'Those hairs are threads from a tweed co...
Sir Robert lives with his sister, a widow, at her deceased husband’s estate Shoscombe Old Place in Berkshire. John Mason is worried about Sir Robert’s behaviour. He has massive debts which can be cleared if his horse wins the forthcoming Derby.
1927 The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Sherlock: From Adler to Amberley Karl Coppack. Jude Law. Jeremy Brett. 221B Baker Street....
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The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place 9 Pictured is the Green Dragon Inn, where Holmes and Watson stayed while in Berkshire investigating the case at Shoscombe Old Place. From the story: ‘What is the name of that inn you spoke of?’ ‘The Green Dragon.’
Holmes’s investigation in the 1890’s of the events at Shoscombe Old Place – the eccentric behaviour of Sir Robert Norberton and the sinister mystery of the haunted crypt – was triumphantly successful. JIM CROZIER and DAVE HAWKES played Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. The story was dramatised by M.J. ELLIOTT and directed by ROGER JOHNSON.
"The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place" is the last of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. The story is part of the short story collection The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in the US in Liberty in March 1927. [1] It was published in the UK in The Strand Magazine in April 1927. [2]
