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The Game is Afoot: Hunting and Playing in Sherlockian Theatre

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The variety of ways in which games are played in Sherlockian theatre is the focus of this chapter. From filling in the blanks in the Holmes and Watson narratives, to setting the audiences challenges, dares and mysteries to solve, contemporary theatre featuring Sherlock Holmes, the chapter argues, involves its audiences in various forms of play. This preoccupation with play is fully present in the canonical stories, and is illuminated by an engagement with modern theories of play.

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Poore, B. (2017). The Game is Afoot: Hunting and Playing in Sherlockian Theatre. In: Sherlock Holmes from Screen to Stage. Adaptation in Theatre and Performance. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-46963-2_4

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