A listing of mentions of William Shakespeare in Sherlockian pastiches & parodies. Titles in regular type are those in which he appears. Titles in italics indicate that he is merely mentioned. Page numbers indicate the page on which the character appears or is mentioned.

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A

Sherlock Holmes and the Man Who Lost Himself (Val Andrews) 44
Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties (Val Andrews) 51, 85
"The Case of the Blazing Star" (Judie Angell) 24

B

"Mr. Homes Solves A Question of Authorship" (John Kendrick Bangs)
The Pursuit of the Houseboat (John Kendrick Bangs) 4, 19, 59
"The Greatest Tertian" (Anthony Boucher) 80-82

"The Mechanical Pup" (Dana Martin Batory) 97
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Anthony Boucher) 55, 91
"The Adventure of the Cheshire Cheese" (Jon L. Breen) 172-173
Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 8, 47, 70, 173
"The Case of the Unmarked Graves" (Colin Bruce) 90
The Haunting of Torre Abbey (Carole Buggé) 137, 193
"The Madness of Colonel Warburton" (Carole Buggé) 252

C

The Italian Secretary (Caleb Carr) 32
The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 27-28, 187
"The Adventure of the Talking Ghost" (Philip J. Carraher) 196
"Before The Adventures" (Lenore Carroll) 190
Deadly Season (Tim Champlin) 19, 62-63, 194
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 265
"The Adventure of the Christmas Bear" (Bill Crider) 169
"The Adventure of the Young British Soldier" (Bill Crider) 25
"The Case of the Vampire's Mark" (Bill Crider) 113
A Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 67

D

The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 284
Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 54, 169, 173, 308-309, 318
Sherlock Holmes and the Hentzau Affair (David Stuart Davies) 4
Mrs Hudson and the Malabar Rose (Martin Davies) 188
Sherlock Holmes and the Alice In Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 134-135, 138
Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 84, 131, 134
Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 55, 64, 66, 90, 129, 171, 187
Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 28, 122
Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Globe Murders (Barry Day) 11-188
Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 301, 457, 484
Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 183
Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 304, 309, 396, 400, 435
Good Morning, Irene (Carole Nelson Douglas) 8, 105, 107-108, 332
Good Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 181
"Parris Green" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 208
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 63, 75, 207, 429
"The Thief of Twelfth Night" (Carole Nelson Douglas) 229

E

Sherlock Holmes Vs. Dracula (Loren D. Estleman) 59

F

Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 22, 67, 69, 93-94, 103, 162-163, 177, 179, 185-186, 193, 204, 213, 225, 272, 276-279, 292, 296-304, 306-307, 321, 380-381

Embassy Row (Quinn Fawcett) 21
The Flying Scotsman (Quinn Fawcett) 57, 69
The Scottish Ploy (Quinn Fawcett) 15-352
The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 63, 73-74, 95, 136, 141
The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 34-36, 45, 64-67, 69-71, 73, 97, 162-163
Killer Finish (Denny Martin Flinn) 28
San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn)172-173
"Shady Sinners of the Styx" (Lawrence Daniel Fogg) 15
"Flashman and theTiger" (George MacDonald Fraser) 315
The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 30
The List of 7 (Mark Frost) 65, 94, 282
The 6 Messiahs (Mark Frost) 40, 104, 180, 239
The D. Case (Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 52, 423

G

Moriarty (John Gardner) 233, 269
"The Curious Incident of the Dogs in the Night-Time" (Wolcott Gibbs) 146
They Might Be Giants (James Goldman) 137
"The April Fool's Murder" (Ken Greenwald) 32
"The Case of the Baconian Cipher" (Ken Greenwald) 119
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Raleigh Legacy (L.B.Greenwood) 149
Sherlock Holmes and the Frightened Golfer (J.M.Gregson) 172

H

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon) 140
Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (Kelly Hale) 59
Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 117, 235, 252
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna)10, 163
The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 15, 181, 197
The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 90
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 111
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 20
I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 17, 21
The Case of the Invisible Thief (Thomas Brace Haughey) 135
"A Story For Which The World Is Now Prepared" (Jacob Hay) 38
The Notched Hairpin (H.F.Heard)197
A Taste for Honey (H.F.Heard) 191
Supping with Panthers (Tom Holland) 229, 368
My Hero (Tom Holt) 13, 47, 84-85, 117, 165, 172, 213
Elementary, Mrs. Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 15
"The Case of the Scientific Recluse" (Ned Hubbell) 66
"The Strange Death of Matthew Tidmore" (Ned Hubbell) 78-79, 113
"Sherlock Holmes and the Muffin" (Dorothy B. Hughes) 212

J

An Opened Grave (L. Frank James) 82, 202
The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 258
"The Accidental Murderess" (H. Paul Jeffers) 52-55, 59
"The Adventure of the Grand Old Man" (H. Paul Jeffers) 186, 199
 "The Adventure of the Old Russian Woman" (H. Paul Jeffers) 25
The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 19, 45, 50
"In Flanders Field" (H. Paul Jeffers) 20, 22, 26, 32
"The Paradol Chamber" (H. Paul Jeffers) 46

K

The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 10
The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 44
The Game (Laurie R. King) 274
Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 168
A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) 98, 207
The Empress of India (Michael Kurland) 72, 87-88
The Great Game (Michael Kurland) 92

L

"The Adventure of the Global Traveler" (Anne Lear) 67, 73-76

All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 66, 87, 171
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 19, 113, 116-117, 213, 300
Copper Beeches (Arthur H. Lewis) 225
Dead Man's Confession (Cass Lewis) 32

M

"The Adventure of the Ripper's Scrawl" (Michael Mallory) 35-36, 38
"The Beast of Guangming Peak" (Michael Mallory) 21
Murder in the Bath (Michael Mallory) 182
Skullduggery (Peter Marks) 190
The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 172
The Case of the Second Séance (Sam McCarver) 23
The Rainbow Affair (David McDaniel) 153
"The Adventure of the Field Theorems" (Vonda N. McIntyre) 67
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 95, 97, 130
The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 29-30, 33, 38, 40, 61, 99, 108
Watson's Choice (Gladys Mitchell) 26
The Case of the Blazing Star (Sue Mongredien) 20-21, 69
The Childhood of Sherlock Holmes (Mona Morstein) 64, 127, 129

N

"Angel Down, Sussex" (Kim Newman) 130
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 88
The Bloody Red Baron (Kim Newman) 71
The Night Mayor (Kim Newman) 57, 64, 77
The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 9

P

"The Eight Pointed Cross" (Bill Paxton) 224
Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Murder In Euston Square (Ronald Pearsall) 33
"The Case of the Highland Hoax" (Anne Perry & Malachi Saxon) 129
The Dorking Gap Affair (Glen Petrie) 150, 193, 294, 331
The Hampstead Poisonings (Glen Petrie) 66, 142, 207, 209
The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 110, 131
Sherlock Holmes and the Story For Which The World Is Not Yet Prepared (Stephen E. Pierce) 139

R

"The Lion of Draksville" (Julian Rathbone) 150
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 16, 56
"A Singular Affair at Trincomalee" (Ted Riccardi) 229
The Vampire Serpent (Kel Richards) 10, 74
The Book of the Dead (Robert Richardson) 41
Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail (Barrie Roberts) 25
Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (Barrie Roberts) 145
The Affair of the Incognito Tenant (Lora Roberts) 185
"The Adventure of Vanderbilt and the Yeggman" (Roberta Rogow) 239

S

"The Adventure of the Unique Hamlet" (Vincent Starrett) 81-82, 87, 92, 96

Séance for a Vampire (Fred Saberhagen) 207
The Demon Device (Robert Saffron) 124, 135
Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 263, 269, 310
"Call Me Wiggins" (Norman Schreiber) 69
The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion) 31
Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 49, 94
"The Case of Vittoria the Circus Belle" (Jay Sheckley) 335
Hound and the Witching Affair (Brenda Sivers) 42
Death's Angel (Kathleen Sky) 28
"Sherlock Holmes Solves The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Harry B. Smith) 217, 223
A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 54, 88, 230
Death of a Scavenger (Keith Spore) 16-17
The Case of the Missing Marquess (Nancy Springer) 46, 96
The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires (Brian Stableford) 72
"The Adventure of the Agitated Actress" (Daniel Stashower) 95
"The Eccentric Gentleman" (Alan Stockwell) 12
"The Oppressed Tragedian" (Alan Stockwell) 135
"The Sporting Gent" (Alan Stockwell) 83

T

"The Case of the Yokohama Club" (Donald Thomas) 297
"The Hoax" (Frank Thomas) 93
Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 156
Some Danger Involved (Will Thomas) 49, 86, 179-180, 205
"The Case of the Notorious Canary Trainer" (June Thomson) 154
"The Case of the Wimbledon Tragedy" (June Thomson) 79, 86
Basil and the Lost Colony (Eve Titus) 102
Basil in the Wild West (Eve Titus) 77, 93-94
Brigade (M.J.Trow) 367, 371, 374-375
Lestrade and theDead Man's Hand (M.J.Trow) 60, 140-142, 224
Lestrade and the Deadly Game (M.J.Trow) 45
Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince (M.J.Trow) 101
Lestrade and the Guardian Angel (M.J.Trow) 50
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J.Trow) 62, 220, 226
Lestrade and the Magpie (M.J.Trow) 56

V

Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 117
No Ordinary Terror (J. Brooks Van Dyke) 8, 210
Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Ralph E. Vaughan) 58
The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 53

W

"The Case of the Fiery Messengers" (Ron Weighell) 3
"The Case of the Maestro's Ghost" (John Whitman) 70-71, 89
Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 122-123, 135, 143, 158, 263
 Stanley Bagshaw and the Frantic Film Fiasco (Bob Wilson)
"The Case of Lady Sannox" (Peter H. Wood) 82

Shagsper: Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 186
Shagtspore: Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 177
Shagxtspar: Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 177
The Shakespeare Case: Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 10, 12, 15, 31, 169, 288-289, 304, 309, 325
Shakespeare House: Lestrade and the Ripper (M.J.Trow) 216
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre: Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J. Trow) 219
Shakespeareana: Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 81
Shakespearean: Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright (Val Andrews) 152; Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties (Val Andrews) 51; The Strange Adventures of Charlotte Holmes (Hilary Bailey) 143; "The Mechanical Pup" (Dana Martin Batory) 95; "The Anomaly of the Empty Man" (Anthony Boucher) 32; The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 170; A Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 109; Sherlock Holmes' Last Case (Robert D'Artagnan) 282; Chapel Noir (Carole Nelson Douglas) 63, 157; Femme Fatale (Carole Nelson Douglas) 48; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 379; Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 128; The Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 69, 136; Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 177; The Master Sleuth on the Trail of Edwin Drood (Robert F. Fleissner) 33, 41, 71, 163; San Francisco Kills (Denny Martin Flinn) 28; Druid's Blood (Esther M. Friesner) 1; Moriarty (John Gardner) 106; I, Sherlock Holmes (Michael Harrison) 62; A Taste for Honey (H.F. Heard) 52; "The Accidental Murderess" (H. Paul Jeffers) 53, 65; The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions (H. Paul Jeffers) 21, 40; "In Flanders Field" (H. Paul Jeffers) 17; The Incredible Umbrella (Marvin Kaye) 278; All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 155; Creighton's Castle (Miriam Lynch) 169; "The Adventure of the Ripper's Scrawl" (Michael Mallory) 35-36; The Pandora Plague (Lee A. Matthias) 172; The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (Larry Millett) 215; Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Murder In Euston Square (Ronald Pearsall) 30; The Monstrous Regiment (Glen Petrie) 193; "The Murder of Conan Doyle" (Ray Russell) 265; Escapade (Walter Satterthwaite) 347; The Fatal Mistake (Hugh S. Scullion) 105; Believe (William Shatner & Michael Tobias) 275; A Samba for Sherlock (Jô Soares) 181, 257; "The Adventure of the Unique Hamlet" (Vincent Starrett) 80; Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus (M.J. Trow) 223; Dr Mortimer and the Barking Man Mystery (Gerard Williams) 129, 139
Shakespoor: Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 186
Shakstpear: Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 177
Shaxpreke: Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 296
Shaxzpar: Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 177
Shaxtper: Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 93, 185, 277, 281
William Shgakespeafe: Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 297-302, 304, 306-307, 321, 380
WillClone: Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 177, 277
Will-Speak Machine: Something Rotten (Jasper Fforde) 67-68, 70, 258, 365
Yiddish Shakespeare: The Adventure of the New York Ripper (Philip J. Carraher) 159