Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders

By: Barry Day

Narrated by: David Ian Davies

London 1899 and a matter of grave national importance. American impresario Florenz Adler, has rebuilt Shakespeare's Globe playhouse. The grand opening is to take place in the presence of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. Amid the excitement, the actors receive sinister warnings in the form of cryptic quotations from Shakespeare's plays and a drawing of a rose. A hoax? A literary joke? But not for long - the joke turns sour as the murders begin, each an exact copy of a death in a Shakespeare play. Even the Queen receives a warning, and so Sherlock Holmes is called in to fathom out the plot - assisted, of course, by Dr. Watson.

©1997 Barry Day (P)2010 One Voice Recordings

Critic reviews

"The most incredible one-person audio you have heard. Has to be heard to be believed. David Ian Davies creates theatre in a book." (Charles Prepolec, one of the most respected Sherlockians)

Much better done than you'd think for the price

The narrator does a much better job than the sampling shows, and the writer does an entertaining and competent job on the story. It would be a bargain at twice the asking price.

Very Disappointing Sherlock

Many people have tried to write new Sherlock Holmes stories over the years. A few of them have been pretty good. This is not one of them. It is basically a parade of cliches. It swings between sadly shallow and ridiculously over done. On the whole I would say if you need something to listen to just for background noise then this story will fill the void. If you want a story to actually engage with this is not the one.

Good Sherlock Holmes adventure

I enjoyed this Sherlock Holmes adventure very much. I thought the narrator did a great job.

Reader issues?

Overall ver entertaining; however, there were times (sometimes mid sentence, often mid paragraph) that a character's voice would totally change. Initially this made it confusing to follow. After it had happened several times, I got used to it. I think there were post-production changes made. It detracted enough to warrant 4 instead of 5 stars for the performance.

facts are not well researched.

This is a reasonable story. however, insulin was not discovered and first used until 1922. The whole premise of a good part of this story is based on something that is completely impossible. A bit disappointing that the author would not have checked that. As a physician and a sherlockian, I certainly would have expected more.