10 Heritage Holmes
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James Chapman
Abstract
Chapter 10 focuses on Granada Television’s The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984–85) and its various later iterations. These high-end television adaptations – including the first dramatisation of Holmes’s fateful meeting with his arch-enemy Professor Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls in ‘The Final Problem’ – are placed within the context of ‘heritage’ drama in the 1980s. The chapter explores the ideological and cultural contexts of the Granada series and considers how and why it departed from the original intent of faithful adaptation in the 1990s. The chapter also includes other ‘heritage Holmes’ adaptations, including a BBC ‘classic serial’ of The Hound of the Baskervilles in 1982 and a brace of television films produced by Sy Weintraub in 1983.
Abstract
Chapter 10 focuses on Granada Television’s The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984–85) and its various later iterations. These high-end television adaptations – including the first dramatisation of Holmes’s fateful meeting with his arch-enemy Professor Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls in ‘The Final Problem’ – are placed within the context of ‘heritage’ drama in the 1980s. The chapter explores the ideological and cultural contexts of the Granada series and considers how and why it departed from the original intent of faithful adaptation in the 1990s. The chapter also includes other ‘heritage Holmes’ adaptations, including a BBC ‘classic serial’ of The Hound of the Baskervilles in 1982 and a brace of television films produced by Sy Weintraub in 1983.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front Matter i
- Dedication v
- Contents vii
- List of Illustrations viii
- Acknowledgements xiii
- Abbreviations xv
- Note on source texts and titles xvi
- Introduction 1
- 1 From stage to screen 13
- 2 Silent Holmes 40
- 3 Talkie Holmes 63
- 4 Gaslight Holmes 97
- 5 Contemporary Holmes 121
- 6 Gothic Holmes 148
- 7 Television Holmes 169
- 8 Revisionist Holmes 197
- 9 Parody Holmes 226
- 10 Heritage Holmes 248
- 11 Action Holmes 278
- 12 Postmodern Holmes 294
- Conclusion 324
- Select bibliography 329
- Index 339
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front Matter i
- Dedication v
- Contents vii
- List of Illustrations viii
- Acknowledgements xiii
- Abbreviations xv
- Note on source texts and titles xvi
- Introduction 1
- 1 From stage to screen 13
- 2 Silent Holmes 40
- 3 Talkie Holmes 63
- 4 Gaslight Holmes 97
- 5 Contemporary Holmes 121
- 6 Gothic Holmes 148
- 7 Television Holmes 169
- 8 Revisionist Holmes 197
- 9 Parody Holmes 226
- 10 Heritage Holmes 248
- 11 Action Holmes 278
- 12 Postmodern Holmes 294
- Conclusion 324
- Select bibliography 329
- Index 339
