“Oh, he rates my assistance too highly,” said Sherlock Holmes, lightly. “He has considerable gifts himself. He possesses two ...

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The very first story about Sherlock Holmes came in 1887, in a full-length novel titled A Study in Scarlet. Doyle only ever wrote four novels about Holmes in total, with most of the other stories ...

The main character in the novel is the private detective, Sherlock Holmes. He is presented through the viewpoint of his friend, Dr John Watson, the narrator of the story. Watson describes him as a ...

The association between Sherlock Holmes and the Pathology Museum lives on, and in the new BBC 'Sherlock' series, Sherlock and Watson meet at Barts in "A Study in Pink" and the roof of Barts was used ...

I went to the theatre last weekend to see a thrilling performance of The Return of Sherlock Holmes. I have been a fan of the ...

Holmes and Watson, having made their debut in Doyle’s A Study in Scarlet in 1887, were famous enough by 1891 for Doyle’s ...

Sherlock Holmes debuted in 1887 in "A Study in Scarlet," and in a short time proved so popular that Conan Doyle felt compelled to "kill" him in "The Final Problem," published in 1893. Recognizing ...

Sherlock & Daughter creator Brendan Foley explores what continues to draw audiences - and commissioners - back to the enigmatic detective ...

Theater critic Jeffrey Borak calls Mark Shanahan’s “A Sherlock Carol” at theRep a "lively and spirited production." ...

Fictional detective Sherlock Holmes is a genius at forgetfulness. In “A Study in Scarlet” by Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), Holmes says, “I consider that a man’s brain originally is like ...