Holmes, The Legend

The musical, the plot of which is more or less fictional, is humorously based on the fame of the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes and the peripeteia of his author, the writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Organiser

: Karlín Music Theatre

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Information about the performance

2 hours 55 minutes
including a break
The big scene
6+

Accessible from
6
flight
English subtitles

(Reduced visibility of subtitles from certain areas in the auditorium due to the installation of new lighting equipment. We are working on resolving the issue.)

Premiere

Th 18. 10. 2018

Holmes, The Legend

The musical, the plot of which is more or less fictional, is humorously based on the fame of the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes and the vicissitudes of his author, the writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. He, under pressure from the media, society and especially his publisher Virgil Cromwell, begins to succumb to jealousy, which leads him to his only chance of freeing himself from the shadow of the famous detective. He sees deliverance in death, his most famous literary figure. How will this humorous story, full of exaggeration and great music, turn out? Even our own Sir Arthur Conan Doyle doesn't know yet.

Yes, in real contours Arthur Conan Doyle did indeed get rid of Sherlock Holmes for a time when he had him drowned in the depths of the Reichenbach Falls in the short story The Last Case, but he was never driven to do so by such extreme motives, which I have taken the liberty to portray in my musical, a little eccentrically, but with the greatest love for his legacy. Many of the characters also have a real basis, such as Louisa Hawkins, who was a real-life companion of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Dr. Sigmund Freud also so existed, although there is no mention of his friendship with Doyle, nor is it impossible that it could not have existed, as both men lived at the same time in our history. The single character of Virgil Cromwell, Arthur Conan Doyle's publisher, is fictional, but were it not for him the musical could not contain that dramatic plot, which must be taken with exaggeration and humour as artistic licence, not as a description of the actual realities of history.

Even the character of Sherlock Holmes does not always stick to his so much typical character, but occasionally he unexpectedly veers off, for the sake of refreshing the plot, into another position, equally sympathetic to the viewer.

The whole point is to make the viewer laugh, be touched, perhaps a little enlightened, but above all royally entertained throughout.

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Artists

Sherlock Holmes / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Brzobohatý Ondřej Gregor , Janota Lukáš

Irene Adler / Louise Hawkins

Daňhelová Kristýna , Fialová Anna

Dr. John Watson / Dr. Sigmund Freud

Holý Marek , Ratajský Denny

Professor Moriarty / Virgil Cromwell

Sklenář Jan , Vaněk Petr

Mrs. Hudson

Chýlková Ivana , Kretschmerová Jaroslava

Inspector Lestrade

Dulava Jaromír , Rajmont Filip

Company

Bouša David , Hrbáč Ivo , Kellner Lukáš , Nováková Kateřina , Příhodová Vendula , Šampalíková Barbora , Šlégr Jakub , Urban Jan , Petr Špinar , Dominika Býmová , Brožová Julie , Faltus Petr , Morávková Veronika , Stojánek Marek , Fialová Barbora , Lhotský Marek , Antošíková Jitka , Beerová Karolína , Kosková Petra , Miškovič Eva , Křehlová (Lebedová) Daniela , Červinková Dominika , Dvořák Jakub , Filipenský Jan , Hanušová Veronika , Chaloupková Vanda , Jandus Dominik , Koutecký Václav , Kubešová Nikola , Kůdela Jiří , Kvasnovská Tereza , Onderková Barbora , Pribylinec Michal , Procházka Václav , Semelová Ludmila , Smíšková Barbora , Wolf Leonard , Ledvina Zdeněk , Šůtovská Klára

Off stage

Langoska Athina , Seidl Radek , Zelinková Tereza , Březík Jiří , Holub Jaromír , Jindra Lukáš , Chlumská Lucie , Piller Štěpán , Fialová Barbora , Novotná Lucie , Mikula Jan , Pytloun František , Savicová Veronika , Zeifartová Adéla , Audolenská Lenka , Hálová Tereza , Krofová Daniela , Beneš Jaroslav , Korsa Karel , Halamová Kunická Jaroslava , Koubek Adam , Holý David , Koutová Jana

Creators

Music, text, libretto

Brzobohatý Ondřej Gregor

Directed by

Barre Gabriel

Choreography

Sieber Karen

Musical staging

Iwasaki Chuhei

Scene

Horáčková Hořejší Michaela

Costumes

Záveská Kristina

Choirmaster

Bukovská Sára

Light design

Dautovský Pavel

Sound design

Ackermann Petr

Expert consultant for the musical's stunt filling

Kunc Jaroslav

Choreography of fight scenes

Bidrman Norbert