by Shelley A. Sackett

“Miss Holmes Returns” — Based on the characters by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Written by Christopher M. Walsh. Directed by Weylin Symes. Set Design by Katy Monthel; Lighting Design by Corey Whittemore; Sound Design by David Remedios; Costume Design by Deirdre McCable Gerrand. Produced by Greater Boston Stage Company, 395 Main St, Stoneham, MA. (Run has ended)

In this world premiere, the all-male main characters of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous mysteries are recast as women. Miss Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Dorothy Watson are called upon to get to the bottom of a murder (or two) for which an Indian nurse is framed. Along the way, they encounter the effects of racism, sexism, classism and the Contagious Disease Act, laws enacted by men to “tell women what they can and cannot do with their own bodies.”

The Victorian era never seemed so far away, and yet so close.

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