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EPISODE · Nov 5, 2025 · 40 MIN

The Sherlock Holmes We Never Knew

from Sherlock Holmes: Trifles

"and actor and a rare one" [SIGN]  The monthly feature of Morley-Montgomery Award-winning articles continues apace, when we share these top-notch pieces of Sherlockian scholarship from the pages of The Baker Street Journal.    This episode is from S.E. Dahlinger's truly remarkable 1999 article "The Sherlock Holmes We Never Knew," which gives us a better understanding of William Gillette and the play that made him a household name (and a fortune). It's a large article and a very significant Trifle.  If you have a question for us, please email us at [email protected]. If you use your inquiry on the show, we'll send you a thank you gift.   Don't forget to listen to "Trifling Trifles" — short-form content that doesn't warrant a full episode, released at the beginning of every month. This is a benefit exclusively for our paying subscribers. Check it out (Patreon | Substack).   Links The Morley-Montgomery Award The Morley-Montgomery Award series of episodes (Patreon | Substack) Long Lost William Gillette Sherlock Holmes Film from 2016 Found Remembering William Gillette Other episodes mentioned: Episode 126: Becoming the Gillettes (I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere) Episode 147: Sherlock Holmes and Silent Films (I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere) Episode 34: William Gillette, America's Sherlock Holmes (I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere) All of our social links: https://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock Email us at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com    Music credits Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: United States Marine Band. Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0      

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