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             Sherlock Holmes and the
                  Wolf Family Caper      

                          
                                     is published by

           Big Dog Publishing

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           A BRIEF EXCERPT


Beulah Berkshire. You not listening to me, Dr. Watson ....

Sherlock Holmes.  As I have previously stated, Madam, my name is Holmes; Sherlock. I am not  Dr. Watson and he is not presently here.

Beulah. Watson. Holmes! What difference does it make?

Holmes. Watson doesn’t play the violin, Madam!  

Beulah. What difference does that make? I’m here because my son has vanished.

Holmes.   Yes, I believe that is precisely what you have previously stated.  Are you certain that he just hasn’t taken a long weekend out of town?

Beulah. Chester would never leave town without telling me.

Holmes. Is there any possibility he may have gone out of town to a soccer tourney -- perhaps with the “Baker Street Irregulars?”

Beulah. You’re not listening to me,  Dr. Watson.  I’m his mother.

Holmes.  Then he should have let you know where he was going. And my name is Holmes.

Beulah. I am trying to tell you that Chester would never leave town without telling me.

Holmes.  How can you be so certain?

Beulah.  (Warmly)  Because he loves me. (Complete change of tone) Because he knows that when he gets back, I’d kill him.

Holmes. Ah! That makes perfect sense. All right, let me get further information. (Holmes gets out a pen and  paper, or perhaps begins using his computer)  What’s his full name?

Beulah. Chester White.

Holmes. White? But you said your name is “Berkshire?”

Beulah. When I was young, I was in show business. County Fair Circuit.

Holmes. So, then,  you kept your maiden name?

Beulah. Correct.  Chester’s father was my third husband. He was a  White.

Holmes. Now I see. His age?

Beulah. His father’s?

Holmes. Chester's.

Beulah.  21.

Holmes. When was the last time you saw him, Mrs. Berkshire?

Beulah. When he divorced me -- three years ago.

Holmes. Your son, Madam....

Beulah. Friday about 5:30. I was just putting pop corn  in the microwave.

Holmes. How long did he stay?

Beulah. Just  long enough to pick up his high school year book. He was in a hurry. He said he had to pick up his date.

Holmes. Did he mention the name of his date?

Beulah. No, sir.

Holmes. Has he been dating anyone in particular?

Beulah. Not that I know of.

Holmes.  Are you saying, you have no idea at all?

Beulah.  All I can tell you, is that before he got his own place, the girls were calling him  all the time. Lots of them.

Holmes. Would you be so kind as to give me his physical description?

Beulah. I’d have to say he’s uncommonly handsome.

........

                  Synopsis



In this adorable “Law and Order” type mystery, the audience is called upon to help out Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick, Dr. Joan Watson, solve the mystery of “The Wolf Family Caper.” Holmes and Watson are investigating the mysterious case of two missing pigs. Not only have the pigs disappeared, but a straw house and a stick house have vanished as well. Just when Holmes and Watson begin to think they have a serial house-napper on the loose, they discover a single paw print at the scene, which gives rise to the "Huff-and-Puff Theory."

Suspecting a wolf may be the culprit, Holmes and Watson pay a visit to Ezekiel Wolf, the owner of a local pork processing plant. When the duo suggests that a wolf may have huffed and puffed and blew the houses down, Mr. Wolf’s hair bristles at the insinuation, and he insists that such stories are just old wives’ tales. And, besides, he suffers from emphysema. As Holmes and Watson continue their investigation, they discover that all clues lead back in some way to the annual Wolf Family Picnic Extravaganza….

In a word, this play is "fun." The characters are painted broadly. And each character gives the young actor a chance to go beyond himself or herself and become an actor.

The play is based very “loosely" on the traditional story of the “big bad wolf” - very loosely indeed!

That “imprecision” has allowed me to surround my “wolf" with a bevy of memorable and colorful characters.




                          Interactive Children's Mystery

                                By: John Donald O'Shea

                    Cast: 4 M, 10 F, 2 flexible (Doubling possible.)

    Performance Time: Approximately 90-120 minutes, 84 pgs.



     
       CAST OF CHARACTERS


  (4 men;  11 women, if Dr. Watson and “Wiley Fox” are cast as women)
    
(6  men; 9 women, if Dr. Watson and “Wiley Fox” are cast as men)


Dr.  Watson {female or male}
                                             Colleague of Sherlock Holmes.

Beulah Berkshire
                                            Mother of Chester White, Yorky
                                            Yorkshire and Rocky Landrance.
Sherlock Holmes
                                           World’s greatest detective.

Harry Lupus
                                           Proprietor of “Boars R Us” Restaurant

“Wiley” Fox {female or male}
                                           Harry’s Attorney

Becky Berkshire
                                          Chester White’s Girl Friend

Sally Superglu
                                          Police Forensics Expert

Greta von Cistern
                                         Obnoxious TV Investigative Reporter

Rosemary Razorback
                                        Neighbor of Yorky Yorkshire

Louie Lobo
                                       Proprietor of Beef Processing Plant

Mrs. Wolfgang “Wolfie” von Wolfe
                                      A Wealthy Society Matron

Ezekiel Wolf
                                      Proprietor of Wolf Pork Processing Plant

Ruth DeWolf
                                     Proprietor of DeWolf Hauling and
                                     Excavating Company

Rocky Landrance
                                    Daughter of Beulah Berkshire

Little Red Riding Hood
                                    A High School Actress





         Seton Junior High Production, Moline, IL - March, 2009
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