Sherlock Holmes The Panto
Nigel Currie
Genre: Pantomime
Cast size: 22 +Chorus
Duration: Two Act
Nigel Currie | Pantomime | Full-length | 8m, 5f, 9m/f +Chorus
Short synopsis
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In Dartmoor, Devon, Lord and Lady Babbacoombe live at Babbacoombe Manor with their daughter Rose and son Billy. Billy is in charge of Babbacoombe Farm. Rose is very fond of young Harry Holmes who is staying with the Babbacoombes and helping Billy to run the farm.
Their idyllic life is being spoilt by a recent spate of burglaries and very strange and unexplained events. Everything has started to go wrong since Professor Moriarty moved into Baskerville Hall. He has been buying up property and land all over Dartmoor and his intention is to also get hold of Babbacoombe Manor. Inspector Morrison and the local police, Sergeant Morris and Constable Minor seem totally inept and don’t seem able to solve the crimes. There is also a strange beast roaming Dartmoor, the hound of the Baskervilles, which is being blamed for killing all the farmers’ livestock.
Harry Holmes announces that he has a famous uncle, Sherlock Holmes who he will try and get to come to Devon to help solve all the mysteries. To add to the chaos, the Babbacoombe’s are hosting this year’s big annual talent competition, 'Devon’s Got Talent'!
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