{"id":28342,"date":"2021-05-01T00:01:49","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T06:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greatdetectives.net\/detectives\/?p=28342"},"modified":"2021-04-29T11:15:12","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T17:15:12","slug":"audio-drama-review-the-trial-of-sherlock-holmes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatdetectives.net\/detectives\/audio-drama-review-the-trial-of-sherlock-holmes\/","title":{"rendered":"Audio Drama Review: The Trial of Sherlock Holmes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The Trial of Sherlock Holmes\u00a0<\/em>finds Sherlock Holmes whisked away to a secret courtroom and forced to answer to charges of being a public menace and is forced to relive three little known cases.<\/p>\n<p>This is a more comedic take on Holmes and Watson. Essentially in less than an hour, we&#8217;re given three remembered mysteries and the framing story about the trial which is itself a mystery and we&#8217;ve got a lot of comedy mixed in.<\/p>\n<p>The acting is broad but decent. The five-member cast play their ensemble roles well and make all of their characters quite distinct. The writing is fine. While I knew from the start, there was something wrong with the judge, I didn&#8217;t figure out until 2\/3 of the way through what he might be up to. The story explores the idea that Holmes&#8217; rivals (aka detectives who sprang up soon after him) emerged during the time he was presumed dead after &#8220;The Final Problem.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The story and its comedy veers towards the silly, and has its hits and misses. So the stories are mostly off-beat.<\/p>\n<p>That said, doing a Sherlock Holmes comedy is hard. I&#8217;ve heard some awful attempts and by comparison, this isn&#8217;t half-bad. It&#8217;s unremarkable but it&#8217;s relatively short, occasionally funny, and a relatively pain-free listen. If you&#8217;d like to hear a silly Sherlock Holmes comedy that isn&#8217;t truly horrible, this might be worth trying.<\/p>\n<p>Rating: 2.75 out of 5<\/p>\n<p>The story can be downloaded for free from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wirelesstheatrecompany.co.uk\/podcast\/the-trial-of-sherlock-holmes-audio-drama\">Wireless Theatre Company<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trial of Sherlock Holmes\u00a0finds Sherlock Holmes whisked away to a secret courtroom and forced to answer to charges of being a public menace and is forced to relive three little known cases. This is a more comedic take on Holmes and Watson. 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