An index of plays, theatre styles and other popular entertainment forms mentioned in Sherlockian fiction. Play titles in italics indicate that the title is fictitious.

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Abie's Irish Rose: Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 120

Adrienne Lecouvreur - Eugène Scribe: A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 46-47, 49-50, 230

L'Africaine - Meyerbeer: Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 136

Aïda - Verdi: Sherlock Holmes and the Man Who Lost Himself (Val Andrews) 37, 41, 45; Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R.Bensen) 94; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 338; "The Adventure of the Odd Lotteries" (Robert L. Fish) 187; San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 95-106, 108; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 115; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 54; "The Mystery of Jaisalmer" (Ted Riccardi) 285; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 210; "The Case of the Boulevard Assassin" (June Thomson) 46, 61; Basil in the Wild West (Eve Titus) 58
"Ah! Si schiude il ciel...": San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 104
"Gli dei l'adducano...": San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 100
"La fatal pietra sovra mi si chiuse...": San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 103
"Qual gemito!...": San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 104

L'Aiglon - Edmond Rostand: W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 246

Aladdin: Mrs Hudson and the Malabar Rose (Martin Davies) 111; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 256

Aladdin and His Magic Lamp: The Case of the Ranjipur Ruby (Anthony Read) 24

Albert Herring - Benjamin Britten: San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 92

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves: The Case of the Ranjipur Ruby (Anthony Read) 24

All's Well That Ends Well - William Shakespeare: The Scottish Ploy (Quinn Fawcett) 352; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 2; Basil in the Wild West (Eve Titus) 94
"All's well that ends well": Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 157; Sherlock Holmes and the Hentzau Affair (David Stuart Davies) 52; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 296, 366; "Sherlock Holmes and the Muffin" (Dorothy B. Hughes) 223; "Holmes In Scotland (W.R.Duncan Macmillan) 144; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 17; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 156; The Jewel of Covent Garden (Wayne Worcester) 137

L'amour mèdecin - Molière: The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 89

Amphitryon - Molière: The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 181

Antony & Cleopatra - William Shakespeare: The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 29; Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 202; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J. Trow) 209-210
"Age hath not withered her...": Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 155; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 75; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 248
"I am fire and air and my other elements are given to baser life": The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 115
"Infinite variety": The Pursuit of the House-Boat (John Kendrick Bangs) 78

Arabian Nights: Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 111, 120

Arden of Feversham: The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 45-46

Around the World in Eighty Days - Adolphe Denerry: "The Very First Affair" (Johan Heliot) 260

As You Like It - William Shakespeare: "Mr. Homes Solves A Question of Authorship" (John Kendrick Bangs) 209; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 84; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 301; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 297; "The Adventure of the Global Traveler" (Anne Lear) 74; "The Eight Pointed Cross" (Bill Paxton) 224; "Call Me Wiggins" (Norman Schreiber) 93; "The Case of the Wimbledon Tragedy" (June Thomson) 86; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 60
"All the world's a stage..."
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Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 157; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 297; My Hero (Tom Holt) 51
"Tongues in trees, books in running brooks": "The Case of the Fiery Messengers" (Ron Weighell)
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Astley's Circus: "The Adventure of Vittoria The Circus Belle" (Edward D. Hoch) 71; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 68

Attendez-moi sous l'orme - Jean-François Regnard: The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 88

Babes in the Wood: Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties (Val Andrews) 112; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 73

The Ballet Russe: Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 208

The Banqueters - Aristophanes: All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 87

The Barber of Seville - Rossini: The Scottish Ploy (Quinn Fawcett) 86

Barnum & Bailey's Circus: Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 36; "The Adventure of Vittoria The Circus Belle" (Edward D. Hoch) 69, 71; "The Manor House Case" (Edward D. Hoch) 270; The Game (Laurie R. King) 217; Son of Holmes (John T. Lescroart) 179; A Study In Terror (Ellery Queen) 160; The Holmes-Dracula File (Fred Saberhagen) 185; "The Horror of Hanging Wood" (John Taylor) 139; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 126; Sabrina The Teenage Witch: Hounded By Baskervilles (Mercer Warriner) 58
Scarnum & Scaley's: "The Fingerprint Failure" (A. Conning Goil) 109

Bartholomew Fair - Ben Jonson: "The Italian Sherlock Holmes" (Reginald Hill) 237

Batty's Grand National Hippodrome: All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 283

Beach Blanket Babylon Blames Bonzo: Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 211, 253

Becket - Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 20, 41, 137-138, 141; "The Oppressed Tragedian" (Alan Stockwell) 134-135; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 370

The Beggar's Opera - John Gay: The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 214, 220, 227; "The House That Jack Built" (Edward Wellen) 298

The Belle's Stratagem - Hannah Cowley: Eye of the Crow (Shane Peacock) 143

The Bells - Lewis: "The Singular Affair of the Aluminium Crutch" (Ian Charnock) 130; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 27; Sherlock Holmes and the Crosby Murder (Barrie Roberts) 67; "The Eccentric Gentleman" (Alan Stockwell) 12; "The Oppressed Tragedian" (Alan Stockwell) 135-137; "The Case of Lady Sannox" (Peter H. Wood) 79

Der Bettelstudent - Millnocker: "The Adventure of the Boulevard Assassin" (Richard A. Lupoff) 222

The Big Five - Agatha Christie: The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 175

The Black Crook - Charles M. Barras: "The Adventure of the Magic Alibi" (Philip J. Carraher) 54, 62; The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 159

Blithe Spirit - Noel Coward: The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 105

La Bohème - Puccini: Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 100, 102; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 249; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 123; "Sherlock Holmes & 'The Woman'" (Michael Harrison) 113; "A Ballad of the White Plague" (P.C.Hodgell) 219; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 111; "The Phantom of the Barbary Coast" (Frank M. Robinson) 109

The Bohemian Girl: The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 21

Boris Godunov - Mussorgsky: "Dracula on the Rocks" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 22-23

Bostock's Circus: Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 63-64, 200

Box & Cox - Morton: A Puzzle for Sherlock Holmes (Robert Newman) 125

A Boy & His Doge: "The Adventure of the Odd Lotteries" (Robert L. Fish) 184

The Browning Version - Terence Rattigan: "The Sound of the Buskervilles" (Douglas Moreton) 121, 124

Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show: "Holmes and the Loss of the British Barque Sophy Anderson" (Peter Cannon) 94; "The Adventure of the Magic Alibi" (Philip J. Carraher) 73; The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 158; "The Adventure of the Christmas Bear" (Bill Crider) 175-178; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 47, 51-53, 129, 132, 161, 396, 493; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 182, 257-258, 277, 282-284, 287-298, 301, 355, 357, 382, 421, 426, 428, 450, 474; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 144, 170, 191-192, 225, 258, 288, 386; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 163; Holmes on the Range (Steve Hockensmith) 86; Murder, Mrs. Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 92; The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 102, 104; Son of Holmes (John T. Lescroart) 179; The Case of the Vanishing Corpse (Robert Newman) 100-104, 154, 217; Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 17, 50, 64, 113-114, 121-122, 126, 129-146, 161, 167; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 18, 31-35, 112; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 267-268; Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 7-8, 12, 21-24, 33, 52, 78, 92, 94-95, 98, 104, 109, 133, 137, 141-142, 147-148; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 35-46, 48, 117; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 155

Bulldog Drummond: "Sherlock Holmes & 'The Woman'" (Michael Harrison) 113

Bunraku: Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 235

Burlesque: Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 109

Caesar & Cleopatra - George Bernard Shaw: Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 56
"When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty": Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J. Trow) 56

Camille - Alexandre Dumas, Fils: A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 5-6, 12, 45, 210, 230

Candida - George Bernard Shaw: The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 158

Cardenio - William Shakespeare: Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 45

Carmen - Bizet: "The Strange Case of the Tongue-Tied Tenor" (Carole Buggé) 337-338, 347-348; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 368; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 199; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 288; San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 169; "The Adventure of the Anonymous Author" (Edward D. Hoch) 104; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 60-65, 71, 112-114, 147, 182-183

La Cenerentola (Cinderella) - Rossini: Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 342; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 172-173; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 314; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 123

Chance Is Your Uncle: Watson's Choice (Gladys Mitchell) 16

Charley's Aunt - Brandon Thomas: Moriarty (John Gardner) 36; The Game's Afoot Mrs. Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 77; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 80

Chicken Soup With Barley: Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 190

Chipperfield's Circus: "The Adventure of Zolnay The Aerialist" (Rick Boyer) 13-26, 33-37

Chomp: The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 227

Chu Chin Chow: The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 21; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 77

Le Cid - Pierre Corneille: The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 89; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 130

Cinderella: Mrs Hudson and the Malabar Rose (Martin Davies) 111; Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 190

Cinderella - Rossini: see La Cenerentola

Circus Gentz: Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 177

Circus Rentz: Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 120

Clarimonde's Coming Out - Henry Arthur Jones: Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 98, 101

Cleopatra: Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 366; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 109

The Cocoanuts: Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 71

A Comedy of Errors - William Shakespeare: "Mr. Homes Solves A Question of Authorship" (John Kendrick Bangs) 209; Watson's Choice (Gladys Mitchell) 111
"Unquiet meals make ill digestions": Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 269

Commedia Dell Arte: San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 35; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 229

Coquette: Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 300

Coriolanus - William Shakespeare: "Mr. Homes Solves A Question of Authorship" (John Kendrick Bangs) 209; Embassy Row (Quinn Fawcett) 367; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 258, 365; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 57-58; "The Oppressed Tragedian" (Alan Stockwell) 135
"Drive out a nail with a nail": "The Lion of Draksville" (Julian Rathbone) 150

The Corsican Brothers: "The Eccentric Gentleman" (Alan Stockwell) 12

Cosi Fan Tutte - Mozart: "The Anomaly of the Empty Man" (Anthony Boucher) 37

The Country Court - Chiquinha Gonzaga: A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 61

The Country Girl: Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 118

Cox & Box - Sir Arthur Sullivan: A Puzzle for Sherlock Holmes (Robert Newman) 125

The Crimson Cryptogram: Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 3

The Critic - Sheridan: The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 99

The Cup: Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 95

Cymbeline - William Shakespeare: The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 113, 317
"I love thee brotherly...": The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 112-113, 317

La Dame Aux Camélias - Alexandre Dumas: The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 219; "The Lady of the Camellias" (Ronald C. Weyman) 78, 80, 84, 86, 91

The Dark Street: The Case of the Vanishing Corpse (Robert Newman) 37

The Darling of the Gods - David Belasco: Shady Sinners of the Styx (Lawrence Daniel Fogg) 9-10

The Deadly Plank or The Dumb Sailor Boy: The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 128

Deadwood Dick or The Sunbeam of the Sierras: The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 102-104

Dell & Travers Giant Amusements Carnival: Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 171

A Doll's House - Henrik Ibsen: The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 20, 47, 53, 60-61, 79; "The Manor House Case" (Edward D. Hoch) 268

Don Giovanni - Mozart: San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 97; "The Missing Don Giovanni" (Paul D. Gilbert) 70, 77; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 167; The Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg Horror (Daniel Pinkwater) 518; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 7; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 153

Don Juan Triumphant - The Phantom of the Opera: The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 103, 162, 192-195, 197-198, 202, 214-216, 219; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 163, 226, 229

Dr. Faustus - Christopher Marlowe: Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 100

Dr. Hill's California Concert Company: The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 194

Dr. Jekyll & Mr Hyde: The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 17, 229; The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 133

Dr. Miracle: "The Case of the Phantom Chambermaid" (Donald Thomas) 242

The Drunkard: Death By Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 33

The Duchess of Malfi - John Webster: Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 86; Embassy Row (Quinn Fawcett) 135, 147, 203; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 64

Earl Carroll's Vanities: Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 205

The Education of a Basilisk: Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 17-21, 214, 224

Eleanor Rigby: The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 16

Ello Dali: "The Adventure of the Disappearance of Whistler's Mother" (Robert L. Fish) 142

Emilia di Liverpool - Donizetti: "A Shambles in Belgravia" (Kim Newman) 188

Eugene Onegin - Tchaikovsky: Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 151

The Fair Maid of Seville: Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 212

Faust - Berlioz: The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 180

Faust - Goethe: Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 182, 291; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 205; Dr Jekyll and Mr Holmes (Loren D. Estleman) 219, 221; Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 130-131, 137-138, 181, 222, 295-296; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 146
"Doch dieser Schwelle Zauber zu zerspalten, Bedarf ich eines Rattenzahns": "The Giant Rat of Sumatra" (Ted Riccardi) 205

Faust - Gounod: Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 123; "The Enigma of the Warwickshire Vortex" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 467; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 87, 97, 105, 107, 112, 125-129, 179; "Angels of Music" (Kim Newman) 162; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 4, 23-25, 43-45, 59, 81, 85, 88, 92-93, 95-96, 116, 152, 155-156, 165-166, 176, 180, 182, 197-204; "The Case of the Phantom Chambermaid" (Donald Thomas) 242; Basil and the Pygmy Cats (Eve Titus) 21
"Marguerite! sois maudite!": The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 201
"Non, monsieur! Je ne suis demoiselle, ni belle...": The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 93
"O silence! O bonheur! ineffable mystère": The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 96
"Salut! demeure chaste et pure...": The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 117
"Sois maudite! A toi l'enfer!: The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 200

Fédora - Victorien Sardou: A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 5, 230

Fernand Cortez - Spontini: The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 19

Die Fledermaus - Strauss: "Dracula on the Rocks" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 39; Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 15; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 167; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 64; Basil and the Lost Colony (Eve Titus) 40; Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 58; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 7

Florodora: "The Anomaly of the Empty Man" (Anthony Boucher) 33

The Flying Dutchman - Richard Wagner: Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 53, 59, 64-65, 73-74

Les Folies Bergère: "The Witch of Greenwich" (Gerard Dole) 148; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 171, 274, 280; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 321; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 7; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 130; Hellbirds (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 119; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 74, 76, 349; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 198; A Three-Pipe Problem (Julian Symons) 38

La Follies de Galmet: The Secret of Sherlock Holmes (Gary F. Boothe) 24

Frawley's Frolics Carnival: Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 191-192

Der Freischutz - Weber: The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 58-59; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 113

Frou-Frou - Meilhac & Halevy: A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 31-33, 230

The Gaiety Girl: Moriarty (John Gardner) 36

George Sanger's Circus:Â Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 91; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 142; Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 29, 84; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 33-231

Ghosts - Henrik Ibsen: The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 140-141

Gibson & Fowler's Carnival: Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 119-137, 165-167, 169, 184

The Gibson Girl: The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 158

Ginnet's Royal Cirque Italien: The Case of the Baffled Policeman (Allen Sharp) 41

La Gioconda (Ponchielli): Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 123

Girls of Gottenberg: Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder (M.J. Trow) 174

God, Man and the Devil - Jacob Gordin: The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 159

The Gondoliers - Gilbert & Sullivan: "Murder To Music" (Anthony Burgess) 262-263; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 63, 71

Die Götterdämmerung - Richard Wagner: Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 96; The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 255, 265, 273-274, 276, 279

The Grand Duchess and the Waiter: Pulptime (P.H.Cannon) 37

La Grand Duchesse De Gérolstein - Offenbach: Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 161; "Sherlock Holmes & 'The Woman'" (Michael Harrison) 112

The Grand Duke - Gilbert & Sullivan: The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 35, 63, 109

Grand Guignol: Solar Pons Versus the Devil's Claw (Basil Copper) 154; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 95; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 239; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 284; "The Paradol Paradox" (Michael Kurland) 245; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 4; "The Case of the Remarkable Worm" (June Thomson) 71

The Great Old Ones Come: "A Study In Emerald" (Neil Gaiman) 1, 14-15, 17

Greek Tragedy: Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J. Trow) 66

Il Guarani - Carlos Gomes: A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 91

Guys & Dolls - Loesser & Loewe: "Sherlock Holmes: The Missing History" (Miles Kington) 85

Haddon Hall - Sullivan: Brigade (M.J.Trow) 300

Hagenbecks Circus: "The Adventure of Vittoria The Circus Belle" (Edward D. Hoch) 71

Hair: "The Lion of Draksville" (Julian Rathbone) 144

The Hairy Ape - Eugene O'Neill: Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 9

Hamlet - William Shakespeare: Sherlock Holmes and the Greyfriars School Mystery (Val Andrews) 21; Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 144; Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties (Val Andrews) 85; "The Mechanical Pup" (Dana Martin Batory) 95; Deadly Season (Tim Champlin) 194; "The Singular Affair of the Aluminium Crutch" (Ian Charnock) 122, 129; A Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 109; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 135, 154; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 124, 128; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 67; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 39-175; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 241, 302; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 107; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 60; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 97, 109; "The Adventure of the Mocking Huntsman" (M.J. Elliott) 29; The Flying Scotsman (Quinn Fawcett) 103; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 61, 95, 136, 141; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 39, 67-69, 72, 75, 112-113, 155, 161-163, 179, 204, 225, 234-235, 277, 281, 307, 317, 320, 380-381; "The Adventure of the Ukrainian Foundling Orphans" (Robert L. Fish) 238; San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 172; Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 3; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 282; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 180, 382; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 263, 328, 410-411, 413, 422-423; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 62; Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 172-173; Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 386; My Hero (Tom Holt) 13-14, 22, 50-52, 79, 94, 112, 117, 165-166, 174, 213; "Sherlock Holmes and the Muffin" (Dorothy B. Hughes) 212; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 101; "The Accidental Murderess" (H. Paul Jeffers) 59; "The Adventure of the Grand Old Man" (H. Paul Jeffers) 199; "In Flanders Field" (H. Paul Jeffers) 26; "The Mystery of the Strange Noise" (Wex Jones) 114; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 66; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 43, 331; The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 191-192; Sherlock Holmes and the Skull of Death (Robert E. McClellan) 115; "The Case of the Ancient British Barrow" (Terry McGarry) 101; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 82; "The Whitechapel Murders" (Morecambe & Wise); "Angel Down, Sussex" (Kim Newman) 130; "The Case of the Highland Hoax" (Anne Perry & Malachi Saxon) 128; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 131, 293; Scarlet In Gaslight (Martin Powell & Seppo Makinen); Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 27, 56; Sherlock Holmes and the Crosby Murder (Barrie Roberts) 67; Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 171; The Problem of the Missing Miss (Roberta Rogow) 142; The Holmes-Dracula File (Fred Saberhagen) 26; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 120; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 171, 196; "The Adventure of the Unique Hamlet" (Vincent Starrett) 81-87, 90-96; The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 44, 117, 145; "The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 213; "The Two Failures of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 16; "The Case of the Vatican Cameos" (June Thomson) 141; Basil in the Wild West (Eve Titus) 78; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J. Trow) 138; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 139-144, 178, 224; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 138; No Ordinary Terror (J. Brooks Van Dyke) 77; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 267; The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 9, 154
"A rat! A rat!": My Hero (Tom Holt) 154
"Alas, poor Yorick...": Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 377; The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 70; The Fall of the Amazing Zalindas (Tracy Mack & Michael Citrin) 99; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano)
"And by a sleep to say we end...": My Hero (Tom Holt) 31-32
"Angels & ministers of grace...": The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 124
"Art thous a spirit of health...": Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 132
"Bare bodkin": My Hero (Tom Holt) 36
"But look, the morn in russet mantle clad...": No Ordinary Terror (J. Brooks Van Dyke) 77
"Conscience does make cowards of us all": Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 183
"Dead for a ducat": Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 296
"For he himself is subject to his birth": The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 142
"Foul deeds will rise": The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 148
"Get thee to a nunnery": My Hero (Tom Holt) 232
"Good night sweet prince...": Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (Gerald Frow) 26
"He is justly served": Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 156
"Hoops of Steel": Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 28
"How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable...": Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 5
"I am thy father's spirit": My Hero (Tom Holt) 130
"I could a tale unfold...": My Hero (Tom Holt) 38, 130
"I know a hawk from a handsaw": Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 76; My Hero (Tom Holt) 114
"I think it be thine...": Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 142
"If it be not now, yet it will come": The Shadow of the Rat (David Stuart Davies) 45
"A kind of fighting that will not let me sleep": Sherlock Holmes and the Alice in Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 175
"The lady doth protest too much": Murder, Mrs Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 19; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 134
"Leave her to heaven": Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 267
"Look to the lady": The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 96
"Lug the guts": The Shadow of the Rat (David Stuart Davies) 126
"Mad sou' by sou'west...": Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J. Trow) 128
"Man delights not me...": Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 173
"My hour is almost come": My Hero (Tom Holt) 131
"Now might I do it pat": My Hero (Tom Holt) 295
"O, I die, Horatio...": The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 43-44
"O that this too too solid flesh...": My Hero (Tom Holt) 99, 114
"O, what a noble mind...": The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 69; The Shadow of the Rat (David Stuart Davies) 95; Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 132; "A Scandal in Drury Lane, or The Vampire Trap" (Carolyn Wheat) 71
"O what arogue and peasant slave I am": My Hero (Tom Holt) 114, 153
"One may smile and smile and still be a villain": "The Strange Death of Matthew Tidmore" (Ned Hubbell) 113; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 196
"The paragon of animals": Sherlock Holmes and the Hentzau Affair (David Stuart Davies)
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"Passing through nature to eternity": "The Adventure of the Mocking Huntsman" (M.J. Elliott) 25
"Put the murderous Machiavel to school": The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 150
"Rat in the arras": Sherlock Holmes and the Alice in Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 154
"Rest! Rest! Perturbed spirit": Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 166
"Rich gifts wax poor...": The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 320
"Slings and arrows...": My Hero (Tom Holt) 36; Creighton's Castle (Miriam Lynch) 177
"Something is rotten...": The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 52; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice in Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 135; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 97; My Hero (Tom Holt) 298; Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 136; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 207
"That he is mad, 'tis true...": "The Adventure of the Unique Hamlet" (Vincent Starrett) 96
"The rest is silence": The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 44
"There are more things in Heaven & Earth, Horatio": The Haunting of Torre Abbey (Carole Buggé) 53, 137, 256; Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 304; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 241; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 245; "The Adventure of the Ukrainian Foundling Orphans" (Robert L. Fish) 238; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 84;
Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 173; Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 386; "The Horror of the Many Faces" (Tim Lebbon) 261; "The Adventure of the Voorish Sign" (Richard A. Lupoff) 359; Sherlock Holmes and the Skull of Death (Robert E. McClellan) 115; "The Beast of Guangming Peak" (Michael Mallory) 21; "Sherlock Holmes, Dragon-Slayer" (Darrell Schweitzer) 125; "Art in the Blood" (Brian Stableford) 130; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 16; "The Haunted House" (Alan Stockwell) 210; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 62; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 138; The Probability Pad (T.A. Waters) 131-132; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 199; The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 154
"These blazes, daughter...": The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 131
"Tis an unweeded garden...": My Hero (Tom Holt) 138
"Tis true, 'tis pity...": Sherlock Holmes and the Thistle of Scotland (L.B. Greenwood) 65
"To be or not to be": Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 109; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 69-70, 77, 156; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 383-384; My Hero (Tom Holt) 113, 237, 266; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 72, 103; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 21, 88
"To hold...the mirror up to nature...": My Hero (Tom Holt) 52
"Tragedians of the city": The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 192
"The undiscovered country": Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 253; The Case of the 2nd Séance (Sam McCarver) 23; Sherlock Holmes: Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David) 95
"What players are they?...": The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 191
"Who should 'scape whipping?": "The Human Mystery" (Tanith Lee) 259
"Who would these fardels bear?": My Hero (Tom Holt) 151, 153
"Why man, she did make love...": The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 293

Hansel & Gretel - Humperdinck: Basil in the Wild West (Eve Titus) 59

Heautontimoroumenos - Terence: "Humani nil a me alienum puto": The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 99; "The Case Of the Greek Key" (Donald Thomas) 97

The Help - Ernest Wild: "The Case of the Peasenhall Murder" (Donald Thomas) 178

Hengler's Circus: A Puzzle for Sherlock Holmes (Robert Newman) 140; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J.Trow) 182, 186-199; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 378; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 118; Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 109; Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 173

Henry IV - Shakespeare: Against the Brotherhood (Quinn Fawcett) 246; Creighton's Castle (Miriam Lynch) 169

Henry IV, Part 1 - Shakespeare: "The Case of the Vampire's Mark" (Bill Crider) 113; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 64; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 52-53; The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 90
"Neither fish nor fowl": Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 174
"So when this loose behaviour I throw off...": The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 90

Henry IV, Part 2 - Shakespeare: Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 33, 90; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 112
"I see a strange confession in thine eye": Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 263
"Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown": The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 177; The List of 7 (Mark Frost)

Henry V - Shakespeare: "Mr. Homes Solves A Question of Authorship" (John Kendrick Bangs) 209; The Nine Wrong Answers (John Dickson Carr) 82; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 54; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 28, 183; "In Flanders Field" (H. Paul Jeffers) 20; The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 197; "The Case of the Highland Hoax" (Anne Perry & Malachi Saxon) 128; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 64; "The Adventure of the Ripper's Scrawl" (Michael Mallory) 36; East of Ealing (Robert Rankin) 182; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 112
"Cry God For Harry...":
The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 197, The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 248
"Disguise fair nature with hard-favoured rage":
Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 94
"His nose was as sharp as a pen": Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 63
"Once more unto the breach": The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 197; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 54
"Piece out our imperfections": Sherlock Holmes and the Alice in Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 138

Henry VI - Shakespeare: Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 312-313; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 129, 158-159, 161
"After the slaughter of so many peers...": Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 298
"A deadly groan...": Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 300
"What a sign it is of evil life...": Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 302
"What is pomp, rule, reign...": Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 280

Henry VIII - Shakespeare: Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 14, 33, 99

Hernani - Hugo: The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 179, 181-182

His American Cousin: Death By Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 33

HMS Pinafore - Gilbert & Sullivan: Arthur and the Great Detective (Alan Coren) 34; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 52; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 283; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 55-71, 76-77, 87, 89; "Reichenbach" (Michael Kurland) 240; Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Murder In Euston Square (Ronald Pearsall) 92; "The Dilemma of the Distressed Savoyard" (Crighton Sellars) 453; "The Struldbrugg Reaction" (John Sutherland) 282; The Jewelled Peacock of Persia (Jake & Luke Thoene) 66

The House of Temperley - Doyle: "Five Rings In Reno" (R.L.Stevens) 96

Howes & Cushing's Circus: Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 68-69, 136, 174, 176

Hugo Your Way, I'll Go Mine: Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 224

Les Huguenots - Meyerbeer: The Tangled Skein (David Stuart Davies) 18; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 111

An Ideal Husband - Oscar Wilde: "The Adventure of the Noble Husband" (Peter Cannon) 51-52; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 161; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 12, 23, 136; "The Two Failures of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 10

I'll Say She Is!: Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 67

The Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde: Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 149-151, 158-159, 163-164; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 159, 161, 163, 165-166, 168-169, 171-172, 174, 186, 189; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 40; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 76-77; Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 155; Sherlock Holmes and the Skull of Death (Robert E. McClellan) 54-56, 59-61, 66, 69, 76; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 52; The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 23, 136; "The Two Failures of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 10-11; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 172

The Impresario - Mozart: San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 97

Iolanthe - Gilbert & Sullivan: The Final Solution (Michael Chabon) 17; The Shadow of the Rat (David Stuart Davies) 121; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 99; "Mesmerizing Bertie" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 277, 280, 283; "The Dilemma of the Distressed Savoyard" (Crighton Sellars) 453; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 56; "Exit Centre Stage" (M.J.Trow) 245

Ivanhoe - Sullivan: Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 170; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 95

Jack and the Beanstalk: Mrs Hudson and the Malabar Rose (Martin Davies) 111

Jane Annie - James M. Barrie & Arthur Conan Doyle: "The Adventure of the Two Collaborators" (James M. Barrie) 41, 43

The Jew of Malta - Marlowe: Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 100; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 49
"I count religion but a childish toy": The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 22
"That was in another country...": Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 406

Joan of Arc: Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 305

Le Joueur - Jean-François Regnard: The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 88

La Juive - Halevey: The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 100, 104, 120, 151-152, 165, 192

Julius Caesar - William Shakespeare: "Mr. Homes Solves A Question of Authorship" (John Kendrick Bangs) 210; The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 60; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 70, 73-74; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 69; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 377; "In Flanders Field" (H. Paul Jeffers) 26; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 64; The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 130; "The Adventure of Vanderbilt and the Yeggman" (Roberta Rogow) 239; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 53
"Cassius is aweary of the world": The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 55
"The evil that men do lives after them": "Shady Sinners of the Styx" (Lawrence Daniel Fogg) 14
"I will see thee at Philippi": Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 81
"A lean and hungry look": Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 58; An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) 82; The Fall of the Amazing Zalindas (Tracy Mack & Michael Citrin) 103
"Let me have men about me that are fat": The Fall of the Amazing Zalindas (Tracy Mack & Michael Citrin) 103
"Let slip the dogs of war": The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 240
"Security gives way to conspiracy": Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 304
"Such men are dangerous": Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 223
"Such men as he be never at heart's ease": The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 33
"There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood...": My Hero (Tom Holt) 117
"You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things": "The Anomaly of the Empty Man" (Anthony Boucher) 32; The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 179

Kabuki: The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 117

King & Collier - Dvorak: Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 222

The King & I - Rodgers & Hammerstein: Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 213

King Arthur - J. Comyns Carr: "The Oppressed Tragedian" (Alan Stockwell) 135

King John - William Shakespeare: "Mr. Homes Solves A Question of Authorship" (John Kendrick Bangs) 209; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 279
"The spirit of the time shall teach me speed": Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 279

King Lear - William Shakespeare: Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 99; The Flying Scotsman (Quinn Fawcett) 63; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 162; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 194; The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 96; Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 48; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 312; "The Murder of Conan Doyle" (Ray Russell) 265; The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 44
"As flies to wanton boys are we to th' gods": A Taste for Honey (H.F. Heard) 105
"Bind fast his corky arms": The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 238
"Foul fiend Flibbertigibbet": The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 296
"The green mantle of the standing pool...": The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 297
"Let not the creaking of shoes...": The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 298
"Poor Tom's a-cold": The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 296, 310
"Poor Turlygod! Poor Tom!": The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 296
"Soft, gentle and low": Good Night, Mr Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 181

The Lady of Lyons or Love & Pride - Edward Bulwer-Lytton: The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 128, 132

Lady Windermere's Fan - Oscar Wilde: The Dracula Caper (Simon Hawke) 40

Lady Windermere's Faun - Oscar Wilde: Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 185

Lakme - Delibes: Basil and the Lost Colony (Eve Titus) 39, 62

Le légataire universel - Jean-François Regnard: The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 88

Lena: Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 108-109, 111

The Lily of Killarney - Benedict & Oxenford: The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 318

The Littlest Violet-Seller: "A Study In Emerald" (Neil Gaiman) 1, 14

Lohengrin - Wagner: "The Nostalgia of Nervy Jim The Snatcher" (John Kendrick Bangs) 169-170, 173; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 204-205; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 325; Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 103; My Hero (Tom Holt) 44; Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 137; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 307; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 209

Lola Montez in Bavaria: Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 155, 165, 186

The London Gaieties: Sherlock Holmes and the Masquerade Murders (Frank Thomas) 173-174, 219

Lost Horizon: Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 213

Love's Labours Lost - Shakespeare: Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 278
"Honest plain words best pierce the ear of grief": Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 278
"When icicles hang...and greasy Joan doth keel the pot": "Sherlock Holmes and the Muffin" (Dorothy B. Hughes) 209, 212, 217

Love's Labours Wonne - William Shakespeare: All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 87

Lucia: "And The Rest" (C.D. Ewing) 354

Lucia Di Lammermoor - Donizetti: Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 113; "A Shambles in Belgravia" (Kim Newman) 188; Basil and the Pygmy Cats (Eve Titus) 32

Lucrezia Borgia - Donizetti: Murder by Decree (Robert Weverka) 11

The Lyons Diligence: The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 64

Macbeth - William Shakespeare: "Mr. Homes Solves A Question of Authorship" (John Kendrick Bangs) 209; "The Mechanical Pup" (Dana Martin Batory) 97; The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 187; "The Adventure of the Eyrie Cliff" (Rick Boyer) 97; Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 265; "The Adventure of the Young British Soldier" (Bill Crider) 25; Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 262; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 139; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 90, 129; Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 72; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 99; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 270, 303, 410-411, 444, 518; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 180-182; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 201; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 297; Embassy Row (Quinn Fawcett) 90, 335; The Scottish Ploy (Quinn Fawcett) 11-352; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 90; The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 261-262, 325, 377, 410-411, 422; "The Case of the Demon Barber" (Ken Greenwald) 76; Sherlock Holmes and the Thistle of Scotland (L.B.Greenwood) 5-6; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 63; "The Strange Death of Matthew Tidmore" (Ned Hubbell) 78-79; "In Flanders Field" (H. Paul Jeffers) 18, 26; "The Adventure of the Global Traveler" (Anne Lear) 67, 73-76; Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 269; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 67, 82-83, 108-109; The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 183; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 71; Eye of the Crow (Shane Peacock) 20; Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Murder In Euston Square (Ronald Pearsall) 143; Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 138-139; Sherlock Holmes and the Crosby Murder (Barrie Roberts) 67; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 276; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 286; Hound and the Witching Affair (Brenda Sivers) 41-42; The Adventure of the Missing Brother (Eugene Edmund Snyder) 13; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 81; "The Case of the Wimbledon Tragedy" (June Thomson) 79; Basil in the Wild West (Eve Titus) 78, 80; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 366-367, 375; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 150; Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 101; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 165; "A Scandal in Drury Lane, or The Vampire Trap" (Carolyn Wheat) 70-71, 76, 78; Stanley Bagshaw and the Frantic Film Fiasco (Bob Wilson)
"And all our yesterdays...": Death by Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 227
"Be bloody, bold and resolute": My Hero (Tom Holt) 60
"By the pricking of my thumbs...": Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 301; "The Case Of the Greek Key" (Donald Thomas) 146
"Cabin'd, cribb'd, confined": Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 121
"Come what come may": Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 286
"Glamis thou art...": Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 182
"If twere done when 'tis done...": A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 105
"Infirm of purpose...": "The Strange Death of Matthew Tidmore" (Ned Hubbell) 79
"Is this a dagger...": "A Scandal in Drury Lane, or The Vampire Trap" (Carolyn Wheat) 70; Stanley Bagshaw and the Frantic Film Fiasco (Bob Wilson)
"Life's but a walking shadow...":
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 113; Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 139
"Nothing in his life became him like the leaving it": Stanley Bagshaw and the Frantic Film Fiasco (Bob Wilson)
"Out damned spot": "The Mechanical Pup" (Dana Martin Batory) 97
"Sound and fury and signifying nothing": Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 49-50
"A tale told by an idiot": Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 179
"The Thane of Cawdor lives": Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 129
"Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow": Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 411; Death by Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 227
"Twere best done quickly": Enter the Lion (Michael P. Hodel & Sean M. Wright) 158
"Unsex me here...": The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Phil Rickman) 96
"We have scotched the snake...": The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 331; Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 145
"When shall we three meet again": Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 90
"Who would have thought the old man...": Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J. Trow) 181

Madame Butterfly (Puccini): I Have Madame Butterflies in My Stomach: Elementary, Mr Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 122

The Magic Flute - Mozart: "The Adventure of the Missing Countess" (Jon Koons) 310; Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 40, 60, 87-88, 95; The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 139

The Magnetick Lady - Jonson: The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 34

Le Mâitre De Forges - Georges Ohnet: A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 119

Maldurêve - De Lorde: The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 71

Manfred - Lord Byron: The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 114

Manon Lescaut - Massenet: "The Adventure of Foulkes Rath" (Adrian Conan Doyle) 167

The Marble Heart: The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 188

Maria Marten: Or Murder in the Red Barn: Lestrade and the Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 105

Maritana - William Vincent Wallace: Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 64

The Marriage of Figaro - Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 267; The Scottish Ploy (Quinn Fawcett) 154; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 167; "The Case of the Blood Royal" (Donald Thomas) 182

Mary Queen of Scots: Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 146

The Mascot Moth: "A Scandal in Drury Lane, or The Vampire Trap" (Carolyn Wheat) 78

A Masked Ball - Verdi: The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (Gilbert Pearlman) 81, 92-107

The Master Builder - Ibsen: Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M J Trow) 112

Measure For Measure - Shakespeare: Against the Brotherhood (Quinn Fawcett) 151
"Imagine howling": "The Anomaly of the Empty Man" (Anthony Boucher) 32

Die Meistersinger - Wagner: Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 49-50; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 276, 281

Melodrama: Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R. Bensen) 49; Mrs Hudson and the Malabar Rose (Martin Davies) 188; Death by Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 33-34; Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (Larry Millett) 188; "Angel Down, Sussex" (Kim Newman) 138; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 64; Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 33; Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 19, 35; "The Battersea Worm" (John Taylor) 44
Melodramatic Clichés: The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 232
Melodramatics: Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 135

Mephistofele - Boito: The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 180

The Merchant of Venice - Shakespeare: "Mr. Homes Solves A Question of Authorship" (John Kendrick Bangs) 209; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 230; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 148; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 277; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 104; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 60; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 103; A Taste for Honey (H.F.Heard) 51; Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 225; "The Adventure of the Nefarious Nephew" (Michael Mallory) 135; "The Adventure of the Ripper's Scrawl" (Michael Mallory) 36; The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 129; The Case of Emily V (Keith Oatley) 255; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 46, 49, 176, 179-180; "The Case of the Notorious Canary Trainer" (June Thomson) 154; "A Scandal in Drury Lane, or The Vampire Trap" (Carolyn Wheat) 76
"Fair thoughts and happy hours...": "A Scandal in Drury Lane, or The Vampire Trap" (Carolyn Wheat) 76
"I shall have my pound of flesh"
: Sherlock Holmes and the Masquerade Murders (Frank Thomas) 190; Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 230
"Look how the floor of heaven...": A Taste for Honey (H.F. Heard) 51
"The quality of mercy is not strained": Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J. Trow) 88

Merlinda the Mermaid and the Treasure of Blackbeard: Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 294-296, 302

The Merry Widow - Franz Lehar: The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 208

The Merry Wives of Windsor - Shakespeare: Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 26; Embassy Row (Quinn Fawcett) 244; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 163, 204, 380; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 32, 157-158, 161-163, 165

The Messiah - Handel: Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 29, 31, 33

A Midsummer Night's Dream - Mendelssohn: The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 45

A Midsummer Night's Dream - William Shakespeare: Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 15; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 42, 91; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 457; Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Holmes (Loren D. Estleman) 72; My Hero (Tom Holt) 87, 115, 299; Dead Man's Confession (Cass Lewis) 32; The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 195; Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 198; "The Dilemma of the Distressed Savoyard" (Crighton Sellars) 452; "The Case of the Maestro's Ghost" (John Whitman) 70-115
"I see their knavery": My Hero (Tom Holt) 294
"Ill met by moonlight": My Hero (Tom Holt) 162, 292
"I'll put a girdle round about the earth": Sherlock Holmes and the Alice in Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 60
"imagination bodies forth the forms of things unknown": The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 163
"A local habitation and a name": "The Case of the Scientific Recluse" (Ned Hubbell) 66
"Tarry rash wanton": My Hero (Tom Holt) 292
"What angel wakes me...": My Hero (Tom Holt) 90, 294, 305
"What fools these mortals be": Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Seven (Val Andrews) 18; Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J. Trow) 24
"What, jealous Oberon?": My Hero (Tom Holt) 292

The Mikado - Gilbert & Sullivan: Sherlock Holmes and the Thistle of Scotland (L.B.Greenwood) 185; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 18, 25, 77-87; A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 227; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 190; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 47, 94; "The Dilemma of the Distressed Savoyard" (Crighton Sellars) 452-453
"Let the punishment fit the crime": Moriarty (John Gardner) 71
"Three little maids from school are we": Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 121

Mondego: The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 56, 122

Morality Plays: San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 35; The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 327

La Morte Amoureuse - offenbach: The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 71

Mother Goose: Brigade (M.J.Trow) 367

Mother Goose and Dick Whittington in the Wood: Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 108

Le Moulin Rouge: The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 111; "The Witch of Greenwich" (Gerard Dole) 148; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 316; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 75; The Revenge of Moriarty (John Gardner) 153, 170, 251-252, 275-276; The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 60; "In Flanders Field" (H. Paul Jeffers) 17; The Spy Who Fell Off the Back of a Bus (Marc Lovell) 47; W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 217-223, 226, 234, 243, 245, 254

Mr. & Mrs. Daventry - Oscar Wilde: "Cabaret Aux Assassins" (Cara Black) 223

Much Ado About Nothing - Shakespeare: "Mr. Homes Solves A Question of Authorship" (John Kendrick Bangs) 209; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 52; "The Eccentric Gentleman" (Alan Stockwell) 12
"Much ado about nothing.": "Holmes In Scotland (W.R.Duncan Macmillan) 145

The Murder in the Cemetery - Agatha Christie: The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 175

The Murder of Roger Shamwell - Agatha Christie: The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 156-161

Music Hall: Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties (Val Andrews) 7-9, 35; The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 91-92; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 293; "The Accidental Murderess" (H. Paul Jeffers) 62; "The Haunting of Sherlock Holmes" (H. Paul Jeffers) 113; Death by Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 216-217; Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush (Barrie Roberts) 162; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 65; "The Black Heaven" (Ron Weighell) 125

My Lady's Dress: Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 190

My Look-Alike Brother Tom: "A Study In Emerald" (Neil Gaiman) 1, 14

The Mysterious Affair at Canterbury - Agatha Christie: The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 172, 191-193

Nabucco - Verdi: The Italian Secretary (Caleb Carr) 146; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 21; "A Singular Affair at Trincomalee" (Ted Riccardi) 247; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 213

Nansal: The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 18

The New Aladdin: The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 53

Night Must Fall - Emlyn Williams: The Cop Catchers (Terrance Dicks) 97

No, No, Nanette: Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 142

Noh Theatre: Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 235; "The Case of the Abandoned Lighthouse" (June Thomson) 191, 197, 215

Norma - Bellini: The Scottish Ploy (Quinn Fawcett) 86; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 52
"Ite sul colle , o Druidi...": Sherlock Holmes: Draco, Draconis (Brett Spencer & Dorian David) 203

Not In My Conservatory, You Don't: Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 190

The Nutcracker: "The Christmas Conspiracy" (Edward D. Hoch) 131; The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 92

Oberammergau Passion Play: Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 135

Oedipus Meets Electra - Quentin Drake-Chalmers: "The Murder of Conan Doyle" (Ray Russell) 266

Oedipus Rex - Sophocles: The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 95

Oh, Calcutta: A Three-Pipe Problem (Julian Symons)

Oh, Mr. Lincoln: Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 33

Oklahoma! - Rodgers & Hammerstein: My Hero (Tom Holt) 314

Opera Bouffe: Sherlock Holmes and the Skull of Death (Robert E. McClellan) 145

The Orchid - James T. Tanner, Caryll & Monckton: Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 118-119, 122, 145, 183, 189, 202, 213; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 55; "The Adventure of the Bramley Court Devil" (Michael Mallory) 86

Orphans of the Storm: Creighton's Castle (Miriam Lynch) 16

Orpheus in the Underworld - Offenbach: Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties (Val Andrews) 11

Otello - Verdi: Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 120; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 113; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 55

Othello - Shakespeare: Watson's Last Case (Ian Charnock) 16; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 99, 161; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 289; Embassy Row (Quinn Fawcett) 244; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 27, 29, 33-37, 43, 64-65, 71-72; "The Accidental Murderess" (H. Paul Jeffers) 53; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 18-22, 24-25, 31, 38, 43-44; "The Whitechapel Murders" (Morecambe & Wise); The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 70; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 207; The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 49, 53, 68; Basil in the Wild West (Eve Titus) 78; "The Case of Lady Sannox" (Peter H. Wood) 82
"Done the State some service": Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 37
"The green eyed monster...": The Fall of the Amazing Zalindas (Tracy Mack & Michael Citrin) 104
"He who steals my purse...": Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 173
"Look to her, Moor...": The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 207
"Though in the trade of war...": The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 21

Our American Cousin: Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 16, 56, 67-68, 184; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 60, 132, 138, 144, 233

The Painful Predicament of Sherlock Holmes - William Gillette: Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 202

Pagliacci - Ruggiero Leoncavallo: Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 62-63

Pantomime: Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties (Val Andrews) 105, 111; The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 142; Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R. Bensen) 20; Mrs Hudson and the Malabar Rose (Martin Davies) 111-112, 161, 271, 286-290, 319; Elementary, Mr Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 147; The Moor (Laurie R. King) 248; The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin O'Neill) 85; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 303; "Sherlock Holmes and the Chinese Junk Affair" (Roy Templeman) 70; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 141; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J. Trow) 73; "A Scandal in Drury Lane, or The Vampire Trap" (Carolyn Wheat) 62
Pantomime Dame: The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 266

Paradise Lost: Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 105

Parsifal - Wagner: The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 204; The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 66

Patience - Gilbert & Sullivan: Arthur and the Great Detective (Alan Coren) 34, 36, 39, 48, 50, 52, 54-55, 58-61; "The Adventure of the Gold Hunter" (Adrian Conan Doyle & John Dickson Carr) 40; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 47-49; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 151; "The Phantom of the Barbary Coast" (Frank M. Robinson) 120; "The Haunted House" (Alan Stockwell) 215; "Exit Centre Stage" (M.J.Trow) 232

La Perichole - Offenbach: The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 84

The Pestered Butterfly - Henry Chitterlow: "The Mechanical Pup" (Dana Martin Batory) 92

Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie: "The Adventure of the Ukrainian Foundling Orphans" (Robert L. Fish) 240; Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 77, 310; "The Enigma of the Warwickshire Vortex" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 465; Watson's Choice (Gladys Mitchell) 114
"Avast, belay, yo ho...": The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 35

Phantom of the Opera - Andrew Lloyd Webber: My Hero (Tom Holt) 109

Phèdre - Racine: A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 230, 238

Pinwheel Revue: Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 47

The Pirates of Penzance - Gilbert & Sullivan: Arthur and the Great Detective (Alan Coren) 31, 34, 40; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 186; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 246; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 25, 33-55, 61-64, 87; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 190, 261; "The Paradol Paradox" (Michael Kurland) 238; "The Beast of Guangming Peak" (Michael Mallory) 17; A Puzzle for Sherlock Holmes (Robert Newman) 169; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 96; "Places for Act Two!" (Bradley H. Sinor) 157-173; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 299; "Exit Centre Stage" (M.J.Trow) 244

The Police Revue: Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 142, 145, 164; Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 163-164; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J. Trow) 155; Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 147; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J. Trow) 74, 158, 199-200, 205-210

Poof in Boots: Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 115

Poppy: Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 175

Porgy & Bess: Porky & Bess: Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 187

Powell & Clarke's Circus: Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 74, 93, 177

The Prisoner of the Tower: The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 76

The Prisoner of Zenda: The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 35-37, 39, 377-378

Promenade Concerts: "The Adventure of the Dying Doctor" (Colin Bruce) 7

Le Prophète - Meyerbeer: The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 41-43, 53-54, 56, 77, 100, 182, 212; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 22, 162

Punch & Judy: Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 164; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 84; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 242; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 327; "Parris Green" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 216; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 358; Reply Paid (H.F.Heard) 74; Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 178; The Problem of the Missing Miss (Roberta Rogow); The Case of the Baffled Policeman (Allen Sharp) 31, 55, 65-67, 70, 90-91, 95; "The Case of Vittoria The Circus Belle" (Jay Sheckley) 318; "The Holy Rood" (Alan Stockwell) 114; The Thundering Underground (Jake & Luke Thoene) 14; "The Case of the Phantom Chambermaid" (Donald Thomas) 240; "The Case of the Hammersmith Wonder" (June Thomson) 47; Brigade (M.J.Trow) 245; Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds (Manly W. Wellman & Wade Wellman) 140

I Puritani - Bellini: The Flying Scotsman (Quinn Fawcett) 35

Purloin's Prophecy: The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 2

Pygmalion - Shaw: Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 109, 266; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 155

R.J. Toby's Colossal Travelling Circus: "The Adventure of the Missing Countess" (Jon Koons) 307, 312-319

Rain: Creighton's Castle (Miriam Lynch) 79

Restoration Comedy: "A Scandal in Drury Lane, or The Vampire Trap" (Carolyn Wheat) 59

The Revenger's Tragedy - Tourneur: The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 225, 283-284

Das Rheingold - Wagner: Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 173; The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 174, 178-179

Richard II - Shakespeare: Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 22, 39; "In Flanders Field" (H. Paul Jeffers) 26; The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 127
"The love of wicked friends...": Sherlock Holmes and the Hentzau Affair (David Stuart Davies) 91
"This blessed plot...": "In Flanders Field" (H. Paul Jeffers) 26; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 159
"This happy breed of men": "In Flanders Field" (H. Paul Jeffers) 26
"This other Eden...": Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Raleigh Legacy (L.B.Greenwood) 21; A Study in Terror (Ellery Queen) 30
"This royal throne of kings...": The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 298
"This sceptred isle": Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 207; "The Disappearing Prince" (Edmund Hastie) 10; The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 158; "A Singular Affair at Trincomalee" (Ted Riccardi) 217

Richard III - Shakespeare: "Mr. Homes Solves A Question of Authorship" (John Kendrick Bangs) 209; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 148; Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 207; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 26; The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 201; The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 66; Séance for a Vampire (Fred Saberhagen) 207; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 336
"And all the clouds that lour'd upon our house...": Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 148
"An honest tale speeds best...": Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 267
"It is a reeling world...": Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 336
"My kingdom for a horse": The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 187; Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 50
"Now is the winter of our discontent...": "A Scandal in Drury Lane, or The Vampire Trap" (Carolyn Wheat) 59
"So wise so young...": The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 65
"Was ever woman in this humour woo'd": Séance for a Vampire (Fred Saberhagen) 207
"We are not safe, Clarence, we are not safe": Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 298

Richelieu - Bulwer-Lytton: The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 334

Rigoletto - Verdi: Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R.Bensen) 139; "The Adventure of the Second Stain" (F.P. Cillié) 212; Basil in the Wild West (Eve Titus) 57; Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 9

The Ring Cycle - Wagner: The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 71; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 11, 184; The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 172, 255, 259, 265, 285; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 282

Ringling Brothers Circus: The Adventure of Vittoria The Circus Belle" (Edward D. Hoch) 69-70; Son of Holmes (John T. Lescroart) 179

The Rite of Spring: The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 192

The Rites of Eleusis: The Case of the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) 124

The Rivals - Sheridan: "The Case Of the Greek Key" (Donald Thomas) 102; "A Scandal in Drury Lane, or The Vampire Trap" (Carolyn Wheat) 63

The Road Is Narrow - Colin McGrath: "The Adventure of the Grand Old Man" (H. Paul Jeffers) 185-187, 189, 192-194, 198, 201

Robinson Crusoe: The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 42

Le Roi De Lahore: The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 77, 80; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 23

Romeo & Juliet - William Shakespeare: Young Sherlock Holmes (Alan Arnold) 176; Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 131; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 65; Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 3; Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 55; The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 162; "In Flanders Field" (H. Paul Jeffers) 26; The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 267; "The Adventure of the Other Woman" (Michael Mallory) 23; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 38-40, 45, 61, 108-109, 138; Sherlock Holmes and the Somerset Hunt (Rosemary Michaud) 3; The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 149; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 211; "The Adventure of Vanderbilt and the Yeggman" (Roberta Rogow) 239; "The Murder of Conan Doyle" (Ray Russell) 265; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 266; "The Case of Vittoria the Circus Belle" (Jay Sheckley) 308; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 223; The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (M.J. Trow)198
"Jocund day stands tiptoe...": Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 260
"A plague o' both your houses": The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 61, 138
"A rose by any other name...": Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 63; Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas)
101; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 143, 204
"Star-crossed lovers": "Call Me Wiggins" (Norman Schreiber) 98; Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 28
"They are but beggars that can count their worth": Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 266
"'Tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church": "The Case of Lady Sannox" (Peter H. Wood) 89
"What's in a name": The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 142
"Wherefore art thou...": "Call Me Wiggins" (Norman Schreiber) 69

Der Rosenkavalier - Richard Strauss: San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 92

Rover Brothers Circus: "The Adventure of Vittoria The Circus Belle" (Edward D. Hoch) 70-79

Ruddigore - Gilbert & Sullivan: Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 139; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 63, 71-75; Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 149-150, 310, 397; "The Dilemma of the Distressed Savoyard" (Crighton Sellars) 453-460

The Ruins of Astolot: "The Adventure of the Snared Drummer" (Robert L. Fish) 85-86

Ruy Blas - Victor Hugo: A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 51

Saint Ludmila - Dvorak: Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 222-223; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 459

Saints & Sinners - Henry Arthur Jones: Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 98

Sally: Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 300

Salomé - Richard Strauss: San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 91

Salomé - Oscar Wilde: Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 116; "The Macabre Affair" (Bill Paxton) 27; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J. Trow) 193

Samson et Delilah - Saint-Saëns : The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 210

Sardanapalus - Lord Byron : The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 131

Saul - Handel: The Problem of the Spiteful Spiritualist (Roberta Rogow) 241; Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 202

School For Scandal - Sheridan: Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 164; Embassy Row (Quinn Fawcett) 25, 33, 135; "A Scandal in Drury Lane, or The Vampire Trap" (Carolyn Wheat) 59-60, 63-64, 77

The Second Mrs Tanqueray - Pinero: Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R.Bensen) 15, 94, 150; "Flashman and the Tiger" (George MacDonald Fraser) 314; Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 93

Semiramide - Rossini: "The Phantom of the Barbary Coast" (Frank M. Robinson) 109; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 213

Sganarelle - Molière: The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 89

The Shame of Maudie Jones: Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 2

She Stoops To Conquer - Goldsmith: The Flying Scotsman (Quinn Fawcett) 69; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 128, 130, 214, 241-242, 245-246, 251, 254-257, 259-260, 262
"I love everything that is old": The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 129
"In this hypocritical age...": The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 256

Sherlock Holmes - William Gillette: "The Adventure of the Tired Captain" (Bob Byrne) 90-92; The Punjat's Ruby (Marian J.A.Jackson) 22, 83, 187, 208-209; "Too Many Stains" (Marvin Kaye) 329; O, Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 296; The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 34, 171-172, 241, 257; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 201-202; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 135; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 76; "The Adventure of the Agitated Actress" (Daniel Stashower) 93-97, 100-107, 111-112; The Kentish Manor Murders (Julian Symons) 41; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 207-208; Lestrade and the Hallowed House (M.J.Trow) 571-573; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 16, 130-131

Sherlock Holmes - Ouida Rathbone: "An Encounter In Central Park" (Basil Rathbone) 189

Siegfried - Wagner: The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 176, 202; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 147

The Silver King - Henry Arthur Jones: Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 98; Sherlock Holmes and the Crosby Murder (Barrie Roberts) 67

Sleeping Beauty - Tchaikovsky: Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 57-58, 73, 144, 164

The Sorceror - Gilbert & Sullivan: Dracula's Diary (Michael Geare & Michael Corby) 98; The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 85-92, 282, 285-286; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 87, 105-111; "The Dilemma of the Distressed Savoyard" (Crighton Sellars) 451, 453

South Pacific - Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Barker Street Regulars (Susan Conant) 113-115

The Speckled Band - Doyle: "Five Rings In Reno" (R.L.Stevens) 98

The Spectre Bride - Dvorak: "Dracula on the Rocks" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 30; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 154, 222, 257, 259-260, 263; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 436, 442, 459-460

The Spring Chicken - Monckton & Caryll: The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 8

Springtime For Henry: Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 99

The Squire's Daughter - Howard: The Case of the Vanishing Corpse (Robert Newman) 21

Still Waters Run Deep: The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 127

Swan Lake - Tchaikovsky: Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 352; The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 37, 39, 138-139; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 73

Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: "The Case of the Demon Barber" (Ken Greenwald) 71, 79-80

Tales of Hoffmann - Jacques Offenbach: Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 141; The King Edward Plot (Robert Lee Hall) 209; "The Adventure of the Dying Ship (Edward D. Hoch) 127; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 60; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 19; Hound and the Witching Affair (Brenda Sivers) 8 {Tails of Hoffman}

Tamburlaine - Christopher Marlowe: Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 25; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 100

The Taming of the Shrew - Shakespeare: "Mr. Homes Solves A Question of Authorship" (John Kendrick Bangs) 209; Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 26; Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 105-106; The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 50-51; A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 49; Basil in the Wild West (Eve Titus) 78

Tannhäuser - Richard Wagner: Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 173; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 22; "The Devil's Tunnel" (John Taylor) 104-105, 109; "The Case of the Crown Jewels" (Donald Thomas) 62

The Tempest - Shakespeare: The Haunting of Torre Abbey (Carole Buggé) 43, 193, 256; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 353; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 304; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 186; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 71-73; The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 9; "The Accidental Murderess" (H. Paul Jeffers) 53; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 171; The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 144; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 264, 277, 333; Sherlock Holmes in Tibet (Richard Wincor) 29; The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 10
"Brave new world": Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 435; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 293; My Hero (Tom Holt) 50
"Full fathom five": Lestrade and the Leviathan (M.J.Trow) 40
"Irreparable is the loss...": Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 264
"The isle is full of noises": The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 242
"Let us not burden our remembrances...": Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 333
"Our revels now are ended": Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 416
"The past is prologue": Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 304, 309; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 75, 77, 83, 324
"Such stuff as dreams are made on": Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 54; "The Struldbrugg Reaction" (John Sutherland) 293

Thaïs - Jules Massenet: The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 110; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 45

The Thieving Magpie - Rossini: Eye of the Crow (Shane Peacock) 15-17, 45-46, 150

This England: Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 85

The Thorn of Anxiety - Bazzard: The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 122

The Ticket of Leave Man - Tom Taylor: Sherlock Holmes and the Crosby Murder (Barrie Roberts) 67

Timon of Athens - Shakespeare: "Mr. Homes Solves A Question of Authorship" (John Kendrick Bangs) 209; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 287

Timour The Tartar - Matthew Lewis: The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 131

Titus Andronicus - Shakespeare: Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 265; Basil in the Wild West (Eve Titus) 78
"Come and take choice of all my library": Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 265

The Torments of Honoria: "The Adventure of the Bramley Court Devil" (Michael Mallory) 86, 94

Tosca - Puccini: The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 37; "The Missing Don Giovanni" (Paul D. Gilbert) 71; O, Jerusalem (Laurie R. King) 297; The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 193; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 194; "The Adventure of the Rara Avis" (Carolyn Wheat) 73

La Traviata - Verdi: Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 27, 30-32, 36, 38, 40; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 113; The Canary Trainer (Nicholas Meyer) 57; "The Phantom of the Barbary Coast" (Frank M. Robinson) 109; Basil in the Wild West (Eve Titus) 58

Trial By Jury - Gilbert & Sullivan: The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 84; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 24-25, 64, 90-105

Trilby - George Du Maurier: "The Puzzle of the Vanishing Laboratory" (Peter Calamai) 14

Tristan & Isolde - Wagner: The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 123; The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 116; "The Heavenly Taxi" (Shirley Purves) 67

Troilus & Cressida - Shakespeare: Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 266, 299
"He that is proud eats up himself": Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 299
"My thoughts were like unbridled children ...": Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 266
"O heart, heavy heart...": Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 298

The Trojan Women - Euripides: Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 31

Il Trovatore - Verdi: Basil in the Wild West (Eve Titus) 58

Twelfth Night - Shakespeare: Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 41, 99; "The Thief of Twelfth Night" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 229; The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 304; "Sherlock Holmes and the Muffin" (Dorothy B. Hughes) 212; "The Accidental Murderess" (H. Paul Jeffers) 53; The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 19, 21, 40-41, 50, 58, 86, 136, 153; "In Flanders Field" (H. Paul Jeffers) 21; The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 54; The Game (Laurie R. King) 274; The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 126; The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 130-131; "The Adventure of Vanderbilt and the Yeggman" (Roberta Rogow) 239, 243; Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 60
"Bay windows transparent as barricadoes...": The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 294
"How say you to that, Malvolio?": The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 50
"I marvel that your ladyship takes delight in such a barren rascal": The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 50
"Journeys end in lovers meeting":
Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 71, 142, 161-162; The Scroll of the Dead (David Stuart Davies) 125; The Veiled Detective (David Stuart Davies) 41, 218; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 185; The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 235; Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 16
"Not yet old enough for a man": The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 50
"Some are born great...": The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 92

Twilight of the Gods - Wagner: See Die Götterdammerung

Two Gentlemen of Verona - Shakespeare: "Mr. Homes Solves A Question of Authorship" (John Kendrick Bangs) 209; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 296; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 268
"Though the chameleon love can feed on the air...": Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 268
Two Gentlemen of Venice: W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 47

The Two Noble Kinsmen - Shakespeare: Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 268
"And here being thus together...": Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 268

221B Baker Street - Roger Creighton & Chickie Landell: Creighton's Castle (Miriam Lynch) 1-4, 7, 9, 12, 16, 23, 31, 36, 48, 50-55, 62, 67, 72, 84-86, 100-102, 121, 125, 127, 137, 158, 162-163, 168-170, 172, 182-183, 192, 197-198

The Unattainable - William Somerset Maugham: The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 99

Under The Clock - Charles Brookfield & Seymour Hicks: Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 86; The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 307; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 181

Utopia (Limited) - Gilbert & Sullivan: "Places for Act Two!" (Bradley H. Sinor) 159-160; "Exit Centre Stage" (M.J.Trow) 244

The Valkyrie - Wagner: see Die Walküre

The Vampire: The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 88

The Vampyres of Venice: or: A Maid, A Spade & A Blade - Gilbert & Sullivan: Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 70; The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 21

The Vanities: Sherlock Holmes and the Masquerade Murders (Frank Thomas) 237

Vaudeville: Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 73, 80, 131, 152; Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties (Val Andrews) 14, 27, 73; The Pursuit of the House-Boat (John Kendrick Bangs) 78; Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R. Bensen) 111; The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 76; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 123; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 160, 238-239, 245, 266, 276, 427; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 123, 439; Elementary, My Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 20, 66, 122, 246; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 32, 47, 57-58, 87-88, 91, 189, 195, 243, 245; The Art of Detection (Laurie R. King) 68; Death by Gaslight (Michael Kurland) 217; The Infernal Device (Michael Kurland) 121; Creighton's Castle (Miriam Lynch) 8, 133, 138; Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 78; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 101, 208-210; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 104; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 6, 20, 93; The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 34, 149, 322
Vaudevillians: Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties (Val Andrews) 74; Elementary, Mr Dear Groucho (Ron Goulart) 108; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 206; Creighton's Castle (Miriam Lynch) 24, 122

La Vestale - Spontini: The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 19

Volpone - Jonson: The Flying Scotsman (Quinn Fawcett) 127; The Scottish Ploy (Quinn Fawcett) 166, 265

Vortigern - Ireland: The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 183

Die Walküre - Richard Wagner: The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 202; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 75; Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 138, 176-177; The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 208

Wallace's Wondershow Carnival: Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 164-166, 169

Ward Number Six - Anton Chekhov: Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 130

Wayang Kulit: Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 136, 138

Welsh Brothers' Circus: Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 155-156; Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 6

The White Devil - John Webster: Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 66; Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 86

Why Marry?: Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 190

Widower's Houses - George Bernard Shaw: The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 29

The Widow's Dilemma: "The Phantom Chamber" (Gary Alan Ruse) 71-72

The Wife, Her Lover, Their Chauffeur and the Rest of the Domestics: Lestrade and the Devil's Own (M.J. Trow) 111, 115

The Wild Duck - Henrik Ibsen: The Flying Scotsman (Quinn Fawcett) 61

William Tell - Rossini: Eye of the Crow (Shane Peacock) 52

The Winter's Tale - William Shakespeare: Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 137; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 263, 286; The Probability Pad (T.A.Waters) 63
"so we profess ourselves...": Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 286
"Tis a lucky day, boy": Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 263

Witkin & Egan's Carnival: Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 171, 174

The Wolf Shall Lay Down With The Lamb: "The Adventure of the Christmas Bear" (Bill Crider) 178-181

A Woman of No Importance - Oscar Wilde: Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 81

The Woman-Man - Magalhâes, De Almeida & Gonzaga: A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 99, 117-118, 132, 143-144, 194

Wombwell's Circus: Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (M.J.Trow) 134, 200

World of Mirth Carnival: Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 170

Yelva - Henry Bishop: Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 165

The Yeoman of the Guard - Gilbert & Sullivan: The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 13, 63-64; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 73, 90; The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 159
"Little, or nothing, or much": "Too Many Stains" (Marvin Kaye) 328

Young Widow Malone: "The Murder of the Enigmatic Husband (Ned Hubbell) 221

Zé Caipora: A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 100, 257

The Ziegfeld Follies: Nevermore (William Hjortsberg) 88, 195; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 53; Sherlock Holmes and the Masquerade Murders (Frank Thomas) 173-174