Sherlock Holmes
Gee, I love the internet! I just found an audio clip on youtube of a play my husband and I saw during our honeymoon to London - 25 years ago!
I adore Cumberbatch's Sherlock (and enjoy Rober Downey Jr.'s too, and Johnny Lee Miller's), but I will always love Jeremy Brett's rendition - both on TV and on stage. He was magnificent!
There is also an wonderful German comedy "Der Mann der Sherlock Holmes war" - filmed in 1937 - with Hans Albers and Heinz Rühmann playing Holmes and Watson... well not quite, but that would be giving away the twist... when I watched it as a little girl, I fell in love with the characters right away. I find it amazing how Holmes is one of the most beloved characters ever. He survives everything, even tongue-in-cheek movies like "Without a Clue". Granted, not all Holmes movies are great, but most of them are at least interesting.
If you asked me who my favourite ficticious character is, on 8 out of 10 days I'd say Holmes. On the ninth day I'd say Spike, on the tenth something like The Doctor, Buffy, Dracula, or Malcolm Reynolds...
Click to viewI adore Cumberbatch's Sherlock (and enjoy Rober Downey Jr.'s too, and Johnny Lee Miller's), but I will always love Jeremy Brett's rendition - both on TV and on stage. He was magnificent!
There is also an wonderful German comedy "Der Mann der Sherlock Holmes war" - filmed in 1937 - with Hans Albers and Heinz Rühmann playing Holmes and Watson... well not quite, but that would be giving away the twist... when I watched it as a little girl, I fell in love with the characters right away. I find it amazing how Holmes is one of the most beloved characters ever. He survives everything, even tongue-in-cheek movies like "Without a Clue". Granted, not all Holmes movies are great, but most of them are at least interesting.
If you asked me who my favourite ficticious character is, on 8 out of 10 days I'd say Holmes. On the ninth day I'd say Spike, on the tenth something like The Doctor, Buffy, Dracula, or Malcolm Reynolds...