BASKERVILLE Production Analysis v1

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BASKERVILLE: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery
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*Something troubling from

the Romantic repertoire.
Perhaps the opening of the
First Movement of
Mahlers Symphony No. 3
in D Major.
The Yew Alley at

Baskerville Hall. On the
Moors of Devonshire, a
grass alley between yew
trees. A gate.
-Pocketwatch (Sir Charles)

-Cigar (Sir Charles)
Begin in darkness.
-Something terrible and

large breathing heavily in
the distance, gets steadily
louder.
*See Music
221B Baker Street. A sitting

room with a window to
the street.
Bucket & rag (Daisy)
Blackout.
-Sound of something
approaching at a walk,
then at a gallop.
-Roar of something almost
supernatural.
-Sound of carriages on
cobblestones.
Costumes
Notes
ACT ONE
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Walking stick (Dr.

Mortimer)
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Doorbell.
Manuscript from 1742, Of
the Origins of the Hound of
the Baskervilles (Dr.
Mortimer)
Dr. Mortimer: Goldrimmed glasses.
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Lightning.
-Eerie, troubling music.

-Thunder.
-Singing and carousing.
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Lightning.
-Thunder.
-Horses hooves.
-Hounds baying.
-Dogs whimpering.
-Hideous snarling, tearing
sounds.
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-Actor 2 goes from Daisy to

Sir Hugo Baskerville in the
view of the audience.
-There are 2 pages
between Mrs. Hudsons
exit and Actress 1s
entrance as the Maiden.
Actress 1 plays the Maiden
and the Shepherdess on
the same page.
Actor 2 plays Sir Charles

and Sir Hugo on the same
page.
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Daisy: Scullery maid, mob

cap.
(Sir Charles and Daisy are
played by the same Actor
2.)
A screech of sound.
Tobacco (Bradley)
A mirror.
Prepared by: Abigail Worden (SM)
Pipe (Holmes)
There are 2 pages between

Actor 2 as Sir Charles and
as Bradley the tobacconist.
Holmes changes his tie
onstage.
*A dense cloud of tabacco

smoke.
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The end of Act Two of

Tosca.
-A box at the Royal Opera

House. A stage below.
-Then, inside 221B Baker
Street.
Knife (Floria Tosca)
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Envelope addressed: To
Sir Henry Baskerville,
Northumberland Hotel
(Sir Henry)
Times Newspaper (Watson)
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Through the London

Streets.
A cab.
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A District Messenger office.
Shelves inside the District

Messengers office.
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Hotel directory (Holmes)
Money (Holmes)
The lobby of the

Northumberland Hotel. A
hotel counter.
Behind the actors we see

the letter projected or
otherwise displayed,
consisting of several words
cut out of newspaper and
glued to a piece of paper
with the last word written
in ink.
Lightning.
Sound
Costumes
Notes
*See Music
-Doorbell.
-There are 1 pages

between Mortimer exiting
and Actor 1 entering as
Baron Scarpia.
-Actress 1 goes from Floria
Tosca to Mrs. Hudson in
less than a page.
-Actor 1 goes from Baron
Scarpia to Dr. Mortimer in
less than a page.
*Play goes from the box at

the opera house back to
221B Baker Street on the
same page.
-Pouring rain.
-Thunder.
-Noises of a crowded
street.
-Hat (Holmes)
-Hat (Watson)
-Actor 1 goes from Dr.
Mortimer to Man with
Black Beard in 1 page.
Actor 2 goes from Sir Henry
to Wilson in pages.
-Horse whinny.
-Carriage hurrying over
cobblestones.
-Jingle of a door bell.
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Lighting
-Hotel registry (Desk Clerk)

-Plant on hotel desk.
Actor 1 goes from Man

with Beard to Lucy in 1
page.
-Cap (Cartwright)
-Actor 1 goes from Lucy to
Milker in less than a
page.
-Actor 1 goes from Milker
to Desk Clerk in less than
a page.
-Actor 2 has 2 pages to
go from Wilson to
Inspector Lestrade.
*Actress 1 is in the baby

carriage.
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A baby carriage rolls across

stage*
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Black boot (Sir Henry)
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The opening bars of the

Second Movement of
Mahlers Symphony
Number One in D Major.
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-Train whistle.
-Conductors voice
offstage.
*See Music
-Sound of a clopping horse
and trap.
-A blast of discordant
sound.
-Inside the train carriage.

-Inside the trap.
-Outside of the looming
faade of Baskerville Hall, a
front door.
The Trauermarsch
(Funeral March) from the
first movement of Mahlers
Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp
Minor.
A doorbell near the door.
-Portrait of Sir Hugo

Baskerville.
-Watsons bedroom. A bed
and a nightstand. Curtains
Sound
Train whistle.
Noises of a bustling train
station.
Train platform at
Paddington Station.
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Lighting
-Suitcase (Watson)
-Suitcase (Sir Henry)
Dark, threatening.
-Distant wolves howling.

*See Music.
-Doorbell, sounds like the
doorbell to Hell
Costumes
Notes
Actress 1 goes from

Cartwright to Baby in 1
pages.
-Actor 2 goes from
Lestrade to Sir Henry in
less than a page.
-Actress 1 goes from Baby
to German Maid in less
than a page.
-Actor 1 goes from Desk
Clerk to Mortimer in less
than a page.
-Warm coat (Mortimer)
-Hat (Mortimer)
*The carriage must be

large and sturdy enough to
hold Actress 1.
Actress 1 goes from

German Maid to Mrs.
Clayton in 3 pages.
*A blast of smoke fills the

air.
Actor 1 goes from Dr.

Mortimer to Trap Driver in
a page.
*Actors sway and bounce

to indicate movement of
the train and trap.
**In one page, script
travels from the train
carriage to inside a trap, to
outside of Baskerville Hall.
-Actor 1 goes from Trap

Driver to Barrymore in a
page.
-Barrymore is a hunchback
with a withered arm and a
full black beard. Both he
and Mrs. Barrymore are
eerie, mournfully dressed.
-Gloomy clock ticking.

-Distantly a woman
sobbing.
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over a window.
Inside 221B Baker Street.
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A path along the moors.
Props
-Letter from Watson
(Holmes)
-A six-gun (Sir Henry)
-A butterfly appears in the
sky.
-Butterfly net (Stapleton)
-Over-the-shoulder tin box
for botanical specimens
(Stapleton)
Lighting
Notes
Bright sunlight.
Birds twittering.
-Stapleton: Flaxen hair,

wire-rim glasses and a
straw hat.
-Actor 1 goes from
Barrymore to Stapleton in
2 pages.
Multiple blasts of
discordant music.
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A rabbit goes by.
The jangled tonalities of

the Dies Irae from
Benjamin Brittens War
Requiem.
Actress 1 goes from Mrs.

Barrymore to Miss
Stapleton in 2 pages.
Inside 221B Baker Street. A

chair.
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Howl in the distance: long,

low moan, incredibly sad
that swells into a deep,
almost satanic roar. The
howling continues.
-Actor 1 goes from

Stapleton to Milker in 2
pages.
-Actress 1 goes from Miss
Stapleton to Cartwright in
a page.
-Sealed envelope and letter

from Watson (Cartwright)
-Bandages over Holmes
eyes.
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Gun (Sir Henry)
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Costumes
-Distantly a woman
sobbing.
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Sound
Adventurous music.It
might be the Opening of
Act II, Scene 3 of Verdis
Don Carlo.
Huge stones dot the

landscape; the wind blows
furiously.
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*Match (Barrymore)
-Candle (Barrymore)
A distant pinpoint of light;

a signal responding to the
lit candle.
Pistol (Watson)
Steel grey moonlight.
-Candle stuck into a rock.

-A huge rock; Victor strikes
Watson in the head with it
Actor 1 goes from Milker to

Barrymore in 1 page.
Actress 1 goes from
Cartwright to Mrs.
Barrymore in 1 pages.
*The match is practical

onstage.
*See Music
-The howl of the hound
the creature moans, then
cries out.
**There is a
choreographed fight
between Victor, Sir Henry,
and Watson (Actor 1, 2,
and Watson).
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Fierce, exciting music.
-The same as the previous

Act One, Scene Sixteen.
-Then, the sitting room at
Baskerville Hall.
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A path on the moors.
Sound
Sir Henry fades away into

darkness and so does the
moor.
*See Music
Costumes
The various characters

appear in a passing
dumbshow in quick
successionthis is
continuous and does not
slow the flow of the
narrative:
-Actor 1 goes from Doctor
to Victor in 1 page, then to
Barrymore in less than a
page.
-Actress 1 goes from Nurse
Malloy to Mrs. Barrymore
in 1 page.
-Actor 1 quickly changes
from Barrymore to
Stapleton onstage.
-Actor 2 goes from Sir
Charles to Sir Henry in 1
page.
-Actress 1 goes from Mrs.
Barrymore to Miss
Stapleton in less than 1
page.
-A hatchet (Barrymore)
We see the outline of the

Man of Mystery cross the
stage.
Butterfly onstage.
Bright sunlight.
Twittering birds.
The stage darkens.
A roll of thunder.
We see a projection of Sir

Charles burned letter.
Thunder.
Notes
**The butterfly net is

thrown from offstage to
Actor 1 and expertly
caught.
Watson hides behind a

rock.
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Lighting
-Bandages (Nurse Malloy)

-A pound note (Holmes)
-Roses (Sir Charles & Mrs.
Barrymore)
-A large, nasty knife
(Barrymore)
-An apple (Barrymore)
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Props
Inside Baskerville Hall.

Stapleton to Mrs.
Barrymore in a page.
-Actor 1 goes from
Stapleton to Barrymore in
a page.
*If there is no projection,
Mrs. Barrymore should not
say I feel so wulnerable.
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Those four words should
be dropped.
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Foreboding music.
A street in Coombe Tracy.
-A baby carriage (Winnie)
Inside Dr. Mortimers

house and office. Includes
a desk with drawers.
The Black Tor, the summit
of a steep hill. Several
crude, makeshift stone
huts.
Inside one of the stone
huts. A table.
A handheld telescope
(Mortimer).
A blast of howling wind.

Actors in scene are
shouting over blustering
wind.
Loud wind.
-Pile of blankets
-Canned peaches
-A diary with a loose page
-Pistol (Holmes)
Holmes is wearing a
removable wig
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-The sound of the giant

hound crying and snarling.
-Agonized screams.
Ominous music.
The platform of the train

station at Coombe Tracy.
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Inside of Mrs. Laura Lyons

Typing Establishment.
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Baskerville Hall: the

portrait gallery. The walls
are lined with portraits of
the Baskerville family.
Actor 1 is standing inside a
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**Sir Henry and Watson

slide down the hill and fall
over.
*See Music
-A twig snapping outside
the hut
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-Scarves (Sir Henry &

Watson)
-Actress 1 goes from Mrs.
Barrymore to Winnie in 1
page
-Actor 1 goes from
Barrymore to Dr. Mortimer
in 1 page
Actress 1 goes from Winnie
to Nurse MacKeeble in 1
page.
Actor 1 goes from Dr.
Mortimer to Country
farmer in less than 1 page.
-An envelope; photograph

inside
-Thumping
-A train whistle
*See Music
A body onstage is dressed

like Sir Henry.
-Actor 1 goes from

Stapleton to Milker in a
page
Stapleton to Cartwright in
a page
Actress 1 goes from
Cartwright to Laura Lyons
in a page
Thumping.
Actor 1 is wearing the
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-The train platform at

Coombe Tracy.
-Then, The Moors. The
shadows of enormous
rocks dot the terrible
landscape. In the distance,
the lit windows of a solitary
house.
Outside of Merripit house.
Latticed windows. A door
leading inside. An outbuilding nearby.
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In the distance, the lit

windows of a solitary
house.
A key (Stapleton)
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The whole soundscape

changes as the wind
wooshes across the barren
moors.
fancy costume of a 17th

Century Cavalier, with
flowing hair and beard,
moustache, hat and cloak.
These pieces are all
removed by Holmes
onstage.
Actor 1 goes from
Stapleton to the Desk Clerk
onstage.
Actor 2 goes from Sir Henry
to Lestrade in 2 pages.
Actor 2 goes from Lestrade

to Sir Henry in a page.
-A door opening in the
distance
*See Music
-The sound of a key in a
lock
-A door creaking open
-The patter of dogs feet,
breaking into a run
-Ferocious growl
-Gunfire
-Howling
Inside Merripit House.

Visible ceiling beams.
-The corpse of the massive

hound, painted with
phorphorus
-Miss Stapleton is lashed to
one of the ceiling beams
Notes
**Play goes from the train

platform to out on the
Moors on the same page.
-Hissing wind
-Boots upon gravel
-Creak of a door opening
-Scuffling noise, like that of
a huge beast wanting its
supper
-Barking, growling
One of the Merripit house
lights goes out.
Music builds.
Costumes
**A dense fog onstage.

**We see the hound jump
and attack the actors
onstage
-Actor 2 goes from Sir

Henry to Lestrade in a
page
-Miss Stapleton is halfnaked and gagged with
welts on her shoulder and
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-Actor 2 portrays both Sir

Henry and Lestrade, who
both have lines in the
scene.
The final fugue of Falstaff,
Actor 1 singing his heart
out.
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-Inn the distance, we see

Stapleton being sucked
into the Mire.
-Inside 221B Baker Street.
A box at the Convent
Garden opera. Onstage,
the final moments of
Verdis Falstaff.
The final bars of the opera

ring out thrillingly from the
orchestra.
The lights dim and

everyone disappears, save
Watson.
*See Music
A burst of confetti.
A knife sticking out of

Falstaff (Actor 1)s back.
**We see Stapleton being

sucked into the Mire.
-Actor 1 has 1 pages to

go from Stapleton to
Falstaff.
Blackout at end of show
*See Music
-A woman screams
-A huge explosion
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BASKERVILLE: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery

*Something troubling from

The Yew Alley at

-Pocketwatch (Sir Charles)

-Something terrible and

221B Baker Street. A sitting

Bucket & rag (Daisy)

Walking stick (Dr.

Dr. Mortimer: Goldrimmed glasses.

-Eerie, troubling music.

-Actor 2 goes from Daisy to

Actor 2 plays Sir Charles

Daisy: Scullery maid, mob

Prepared by: Abigail Worden (SM)

There are 2 pages between

*A dense cloud of tabacco

BASKERVILLE: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery

The end of Act Two of

-A box at the Royal Opera

Knife (Floria Tosca)

Through the London

A District Messenger office.

Shelves inside the District

Hotel directory (Holmes)

The lobby of the

Prepared by: Abigail Worden (SM)

Behind the actors we see

-There are 1 pages

*Play goes from the box at

-Hotel registry (Desk Clerk)

Actor 1 goes from Man

*Actress 1 is in the baby

BASKERVILLE: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery

A baby carriage rolls across

Black boot (Sir Henry)

The opening bars of the

-Inside the train carriage.

A doorbell near the door.

-Portrait of Sir Hugo

Prepared by: Abigail Worden (SM)

-Distant wolves howling.

Actress 1 goes from

*The carriage must be

Actress 1 goes from

*A blast of smoke fills the

Actor 1 goes from Dr.

*Actors sway and bounce

-Actor 1 goes from Trap

-Gloomy clock ticking.

BASKERVILLE: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery

A path along the moors.

-Stapleton: Flaxen hair,

A rabbit goes by.

The jangled tonalities of

Actress 1 goes from Mrs.

Inside 221B Baker Street. A

Howl in the distance: long,

-Actor 1 goes from

-Sealed envelope and letter

Gun (Sir Henry)

Huge stones dot the

Prepared by: Abigail Worden (SM)