{"id":103,"date":"2007-07-28T12:21:17","date_gmt":"2007-07-28T17:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/sherlock-holmes-jeremy-brett.html"},"modified":"2023-11-14T23:06:49","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T05:06:49","slug":"sherlock-holmes-jeremy-brett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/sherlock-holmes-jeremy-brett\/","title":{"rendered":"Sherlock Holmes… Jeremy Brett…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sherlock<\/a> I should begin this TV\/Movies review by saying that you probably saw Jeremy Brett years before you thought you had seen him. If you remember the scene in My Fair Lady<\/a> (1964) with Eliza’s young suitor dancing and singing down the street where she lived, then you know where you first saw Jeremy Brett.<\/p>\n

It is for this reason, that when you see these Sherlock Holmes shows, you will clearly see what a lithe dancer Jeremy Brett was. He sometimes seems to simply pirouette through the air, leaping and bounding as gracefully as a dancer would.<\/p>\n

But, Brett brought much more than just large movements to his Holmes’ character! Brett’s facial ticks, all-too-brief attempts at smiles, meditative poses (almost\u00a0yoga-like trances), and pensive gazes into space ( just to name a few smaller physical movements) were all part of the Sherlock Holmes persona that we have grown to anticipate and love. Brett\u00a0conveys emotions through his acting, and instead of having to verbalize his feelings,\u00a0he simply shows us.\u00a0How many times, during the many episodes, do we see\u00a0Holmes sit in his chair, smoking his long pipe, flashing a (not even) momentary smile? He\u00a0doesn’t have to say one word, we\u00a0know exactly what he is thinking…<\/p>\n

The sets and costumes of these delightful Sherlock Holmes productions are period-appropriate, and\u00a0exactly what we have come to expect from the folks at the Granada production company.<\/p>\n

There are several different sets that are now available for us to enjoy.\u00a0Here is a list of the shows in order:
\nThe Adventures of\u00a0Sherlock Holmes<\/em><\/strong><\/a>,\u00a01984 (13 episodes)
\nThe Return of Sherlock Holmes<\/em><\/strong><\/a>,\u00a01986 (11 episodes)
\nSherlock Holmes: The Sign of Four<\/em><\/strong><\/a>,\u00a01987
\nSherlock Holmes: Hound of the Baskervilles<\/em><\/strong><\/a>,\u00a01984 (I know that ’84 comes before ’86 & ’87, but the official site puts this show in this chronological\u00a0spot… not where I initially thought it should go…)
\nThe Casebook of Sherlock Holmes<\/em><\/strong><\/a>,\u00a01991 (6 episodes)
\nSherlock Holmes: The Master Blackmailer<\/em><\/strong><\/a>,\u00a01992 (a 2 Hour Movie)
\nSherlock Holmes: the Last Vampyre<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a01993 (a 2 Hour Movie)
\nSherlock Holmes: The Eligible Bachelor<\/em><\/strong><\/a>,\u00a01993 (a 2 Hour Movie)
\nThe Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes<\/em><\/strong><\/a>,\u00a01994 (6 episodes)<\/p>\n

This is one television series that was almost seamlessly able to switch actors playing a leading character. Dr. Watson was played by David Burke until 1985, with Edward Hardwicke taking over from 1986 until the end of the series. I enjoyed both of the Watson portrayals… I have found that in several other Sherlock Holmes adaptions, Dr. Watson is portrayed as (almost) a bumbling idiot. I doubt that Holmes would have kept him around for longer than it took for him to dismiss him>>> with a wave of his hand! (No words needed if it is Jeremy Brett doing the dismissing!)<\/p>\n

Although a small part, Rosalie Williams was perfect\u00a0as \u00a0Mrs. Hudson. \u00a0She neither coddled Sherlock nor shied away when he would bellow out orders…. She held her own!<\/p>\n

We should remember, while watching these wonderful productions, that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote these stories as newspaper installments. He was one of, if not the first, prolific mystery writer. (Edgar Allan Poe was more of an author of suspense.) Doyle had actually tired of the Holmes stories, and killed him off… only to find that he “had to bring him back to life” when the public “demanded” more Sherlock Holmes newspaper stories.<\/p>\n

The one very bad thing about this series is this:\u00a0 Once you see these television productions, you will never be happy with another actor’s portrayal of the great Sherlock Holmes character!<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you would like to see more TV and Movies<\/a><\/strong> suggestions, click here.<\/p>\n

*****I wrote this entry back in 2007. Since then, I have seen several different renditions of Sherlock Holmes, and I still think Jeremy Brett’s is the absolute best. April 2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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