Baskervilles News

It seems that one trend in plays nowadays is works featuring numerous characters played by a small number of actors, possibly building on the success of plays such as "The 39 Steps." Penguin Rep is producing such a piece, titled "The Hound of the Baskervilles," a comedy adaptation by Steven Canny and John Nicholson.

Literary legend: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's old home is at the centre of a planning battle and could be split up into new houses Undershaw, a large, rambling red brick house, was where Conan Doyle wrote 13 stories about his renowned detective - including the most famous of all, the Hound of the Baskervilles.

Undershaw, the house in which Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle penned The Hound of the Baskervilles, is under threat from developers, with a Judicial Review of the proposed work fixed for tomorrow .

Chapter Hotels second property - The Magdalen Chapter - will open June 25 in the heart of Exeter, Devon, England, close to the city's Norman cathedral and Gandy Street's independent boutiques and historic quayside.

Broadway actress Randy Graff will star in "As Bees in Honey Drown" at Cape Playhouse.

Hardly, if ever, has there been a time when the mentioning of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Hound of the Baskervilles" elicited an eruption of laughter.

SIR Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous tale of the Baker Street detective and a devilish hound has been brought to life by Oldham Coliseum Theatre and Imitating the Dog, in a magnificent mixed-media production of The Hound of the Baskervilles.