Conan Doyle's Strangest Case


(4.1 stars; 36 reviews)

Conan Doyle's Strangest Case Tony Mulholland's play tells the true story of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's obsession with a miscarriage of justice. Doyle assumes the mantle of his famous creation Sherlock Holmes and sets out to solve the case.   Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Peter Jeffrey Kathleen Moriarty: Frances Jeater George Edalji: Kim Wall Shapurji: Kaleem Janjua Anson: Richard Avery Campbell: Terry Pearson Distumal: Terry Molloy Vachell: Gerry Hinks With: Roger Hume, Tina Gray, Simon Carter, Daphne Neville, Alex Jones, Pat Quayle And Sheila Kelley Director: Rosemary Watts Saturday-Night Theatre: Sat 6th Jan 1996 19:50 on BBC Radio 4 FM

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

Chapters

1 1:28:37

Reviews

Good


(4 stars)

Nice twist in having Doyle play his own character in the detective mystery. Good acting, but not an easy story to follow.

Entertaining


(3.5 stars)

Entertaining but a little hard to follow, not one of Doyle's best in my opinion; however the dramatization was excellent.