Arsène Lupin vs Sherlock Holmes 3: The Stage Play

This 1910 stage play completes Black Coat Press’ trilogy of Lupinian / Holmesian pastiches and includes an all-new Holmes play by Frank J. Morlock. Arsène Lupin has stolen the Sultan Diamond under the nose of the French Police and Sherlock Holmes has sworn to recover the stone and arrest his rival - all in less than a week! This 1910 French stage play pitting France's notorious Gentleman Burglar against England's Great Detective has never before been translated into English! Arsène Lupin vs Sherlock Holmes: The Stage Play is not the work of Maurice Leblanc, but of Victor Darlay and Henri de Gorsse, who present to us a Holmes accompanied not by Dr Watson, but by his young son Frederick Holmes, known as 'Little Sherlock'! This is an ingenious and imaginative comedy, matching the master burglar once again with the master detective. It would be nice to see Arsène Lupin vs Sherlock Holmes staged, though the fact that it requires a cast of over thirty might make that difficult. The District Messenger.