20 at the Barn Theatre in the Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Ross. ‘Sherlock Holmes and The Case of the Jersey Lily’ runs through Feb. Sherlock Holmes Chapter One is powered by a brilliant story and the chance to take in some superb cases. The real mystery here is how playwright Forgette could combine such great characters with an interesting premise and deliver such a flat script. Overall though it’s still a solid affair. Production values are slight, leaving it to costume designer Michael Berg to give the show its sense of time and place.įamiliarity and affection for the characters goes a long way towards enjoying the show, but there’s very little mystery in the two-and-a-half-hours it takes for Holmes to solve the case. Heath’s Oscar Wilde is quite amusing and has the best lines in the show, as is to be expected since Forgette has sprinkled her script liberally with Wilde’s own bon mots. The less I thought about Sherlock Holmes, the more I liked 'Sherlock Holmes.' Yet another classic hero has been fed into the f/x mill, emerging as a modern superman. Brooks makes for an alternately charming and remorseful Langtry. Yen is a good vessel for Holmes’ dry humor while Ross nicely avoids Nigel Bruce-like buffoonery as Watson. Act I consists of 30 minutes of talk at Holmes’ and then 30 minutes of talk at Langtry’s, while Act II consists of 30 minutes of talk at the villains’ lair, a sword fight, and then 30 minutes of talk/explanation back at Baker Street.ĭirector Phoebe Moyer’s cast of North Bay regulars is game and – while limited by the script – deliver solid character work. Forgette has a lot going on in her script, the problem is most of it goes on off-stage making most of the dialogue expository.
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