On the far left, Sherlock Holmes (a middle-aged white woman in a red Victorian suit) stands crouching. Kneeling before her is Dr. Dorothy Watson, in an orange coat. A dead man's body lies before them on the floor. Inspector Lestrade, in a tan suit, stands behind them, taking notes.

Six years ago, Lifeline Theatre unveiled the world premiere of Christopher M. Walsh’s Miss Holmes—a cunning gender-bent take on Arthur Conan Doyle’s Baker Street polymath that predated the film Enola […]

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