Act One Scene One Flashcards
First Line
Stop! Moriarty, it’s over
(Moriarty)This afternoon at Doctor Watson’s office I took the liberty of relieving you of your gun.
This morning at the gas works I took the liberty of removing the bullets
(M) Damn you, Holmes
There is no means of escape this time
(M) Do you think I’ll surrender to a two bit consulting detective
I’m afraid you’ll have to
(M) Oh, please the gun is empty
I emptied only the first chamber. How else to catch a master criminal?
(Alice): Mr. Holmes
(Marian): Professor
Don’t! Don’t Do it, it’s three stories!
(Count Zerlinsky): Vell done, vell done, Mr. Holmes
Come, ve get the letters from the dead body! Ha
The letters are not on the body. I secured them this morning
(Z): Oh, excellent! Please hand zem over
I’m afraid I can’t do that
(Z): But vhy not?
Because they compromise a young lady who deserves better. A young lady who made one small mistake but will not, I promise you pay for it for the rest of her life
(Z): He vill ruin you reputation! He vill have my head he vill
Get out! Now! I don’t want to see you ever again
(A): Then you did promise to give him the letters
Yes. And now that you see me in my true light, we have nothing left to say but goodbye. My supposed friendship for you was a pretense a sham
(A): Kiss me kiss me and then tell me you don’t love me
I don’t
Curtain Call
Ladies and gentlemen, Merry Christmas.
(Audience): Merry Christmas
My name is William Gillette and I thank you for your kind reception of our play about a man of reason who loses his heart and stands up for the one fixed start in his firmament - the cause of justice
(Audience): Applause
As many of you know, I wrote this play some fifteen years ago with the blessing of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in order to keep his greatest creation - Mr. Sherlock Holmes - alive and well on the stages of the world. Any success we have attained, I attribute entirely to Sir Arthur, though I’m more that happy to bask in his reflected glory
(Audience): Laughter Applause
This was our final performance in New York City, but I hope that you’ll come see us again, on tour, which we begin right after Christmas in just - wait. Stop Don’t anyone move (Point into the audience) That man has a gun
(Audience) Laughs
No, no I mean it. I’m not joking. He could be -
