Sherlock Holmes [Dutch] Arthur Conan Doyle

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1. De Vereniging Van Roodharige Heren 1891 The union of red-haired gentlemen The union of red-headed gentlemen is a radio play based on the story The Red-headed League (1891) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.  Thomas Ulrich edited it and AVRO broadcast it on Tuesday December 18, 1973, from 8:30 PM to 8:53 PM.  The director was Jacques Besançon. Eric Schneider (Sherlock Holmes) Johan Sirag (Dr. Watson) Niek Engelschman (Jabez Wilson) Hans Veerman (Vincent Spaulding) Hans Karsenbarg (Duncan Ross) Willem Wagter (Inspector Jones) Kommer Kleijn (Merryweather) Content The story follows Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as they attempt to solve the strange conundrum of a London pawnshop owner, Jabez Wilson, who is paid large sums of money just to come to an office and copy the Encyclopædia Britannica.  However, there is a much more serious motive behind it.  It seems clear to Holmes that Jabez Wilson is being kept out of his pawnshop for several hours every day doing a pointless job in order to commit some nefarious act there.  Jabez Wilson's high pay for his work suggests that a lot of money may be involved.  After visiting the pawnshop and the neighborhood, Holmes deduces exactly what the pawnbroker's helper is up to and catches him red-handed ... 2 De Vermiste Driekwart 1904 The missing three-quarters The Missing Three-Quarter is a radio play based on Arthur Conan Doyle's The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter (1904). Michael Hardwick turned this story into a Sherlock Holmes pastiche that was broadcast by the BBC on August 14, 1962. Ben Heuer translated the radio play and the KRO released it on Friday, August 8, 1969. The director was Léon Povel. The broadcast lasted 43 minutes. Huib Orizand (Sherlock Holmes) Jacques Snoek (Dr. Watson) Bert van der Linden (Sir Overton) Hans Veerman (Stevenson) Herman van Eelen (a doorman) Dogi Rugani (Gravin Mount-James) Joke Hagelen (a female official) Johan Walhain (Dr. Leslie Armstrong) Harry Bronk (Godfrey Staunton) Content Mr. Cyril Overton of Trinity College, Cambridge, arrives at Holmes and asks him to help find the missing Godfrey Staunton, a key figure on his rugby union team. They will never be able to win tomorrow's important match against Oxford if Staunton is not found. Holmes has to admit that sports are somewhat beyond his immediate interest, but he takes this matter as seriously as any other. However, it turns out not to be easy at all ... 3 De Partington Plannen 1908  The Partington Plans  The Partington Plans is a radio play based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's story The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans (1908). It was edited by Thomas Ulrich and the AVRO broadcast it on Tuesday, February 12, 1974, from 8:30 PM to 9:03 PM. The director was Jacques Besançon. Eric Schneider (Sherlock Holmes)  Johan Sirag (Dr. Watson)  Brûni Heinke (Mrs. Hudson)  Johan Schmitz (Mycroft Holmes)  Hein Boele (inspector Lestrade)  Bert Dijkstra (Colonel Walter)  Peggy Kropman (Violet Westbury)  Paul van der Lek (Sidney Johnson)  Content  A young man working as a clerk at the Woolwich Arsenal disappears while on a date with his fiancé and is found dead between the train tracks in the underground. Apparently he was pushed out of a train. He was carrying several secret plans of the Partington submarine at the time. Was he a traitor? And if so, who killed him? Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are told this from none other than Mycroft Holmes, brother of the Great Detective and one of the indispensable men in England. Sherlock's conclusions prove there's a lot more to the case ...  4 Een Kwestie Van Verf 1926  It's a matter of paint  A Matter of Paint is a radio play based on the story The Adventure of the Retired Colourman (1926) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was edited by Thomas Ulrich and the AVRO broadcast it on Tuesday, February 5, 1974, from 8:30 PM to 8:55 PM. The director was Jacques Besançon Eric Schneider (Sherlock Holmes)  Johan Sirag (Watson)  Paul Brandenburg (Barker)  Dick Swidde (Amberley)  Brûni Heinke (Mrs. Hudson)  Joop van der Donk (reverend Elman)  Paul van der Lek (MacKinnon)  Content  Josiah Amberley, a former paint salesman, comes to report to Holmes that his wife has disappeared, with all his money. She was twenty years younger than him and became intimate friends with the man he often played chess with, Dr. Ray Ernest ... 5 Huize De Drie Gevels 1926  Huize De three facades TheAdventure of the Three Gables Arthur Conan Doyle House "The Three Facades" is a radio play based on the story The Adventure of the Three Gables (1926) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Thomas Ulrich edited it and the AVRO broadcast it on Tuesday, March 26, 1974, from 8:30 PM to 8:54 PM. The director was Jacques Besançon.  Eric Schneider (Sherlock Holmes)  Johan Sirag (Watson)  Paul Brandenburg (Steve Dixie)  Jeanne Verstraete (Mary Maberley)  Trudy Libosan (Susan)  Hein Boele (inspector Lestrade)  Dore Smit (Isadora Klein)  Content  Sherlock Holmes and his friend and colleague Dr. John Watson have received a message from an elderly woman: a mysterious buyer makes her a strange request to buy her house. They soon discover that the purchase has to do with the woman's deceased grandson. Before his death, he was writing a manuscript that may be related to the mysterious buyer's desire to buy her house ...  6 Met Een Neuslengte 1927  The Adventure of Soshcombe Old Place Met Een Neuslengte  is a radio play after Arthur Conan Doyle's The Adventure of Soshcombe Old Place (first published in the Liberty Magazine of March 5, 1927). The KRO broadcast it on Saturday January 8, 1966. The director was Léon Povel. The radio play lasted 37 minutes.  Huib Orizand (Sherlock Holmes)  Constant van Kerckhoven (Dr. Watson)  Willy Ruys (John Mason)  Rien van Noppen (Josiah Barnes)  Jan Borkus (Sir Robert Norberton)  Maarten Kapteijn (Mr. Norlett)  Alex Faassen jr. (Stephens)  Jo Vischer sr. (coachman) Content  Shoscombe Old Place belonged to Lady Beatrice at the death of her husband and after her death the property will belong to her husband's brother. Her own brother, Sir Robert Norberton, is now deeply in debt. He has put all his hopes or financial salvation on a win at the horse races with Soshcombe Prince. Norbertson's head coach, Mason, comes to Holmes with the story that his boss is acting strangely. He got Lady Beatrice to drink. She never visits the stables again and only goes out for a short time in the afternoon accompanied by her maid. He gave away her favorite spaniel to Barnes, the owner of the Green Dragon Inn. He was seen visiting an old ghostly crypt late in the evening, in the company of a strange man with a mean yellow face. Now he brings Holmes a piece of charred bone found in the ashes of Harvey Mason's furnace. Watson identifies it as part of a femur. Holmes makes sure of the facts. ...

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