A frankly brilliant play about, well, Sherlock Holmes talking on the Martian conquerors of Earth. League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen-style, it involved more characters from Victorian fiction than you could shake a Malacca cane at.
Written by John Barnes (no, not either of the John Barnes'), it was performed in an the Moser theatre in Wadham College in 1999. The followup, 'The Exquisite New Adventures of Mata Hari', was similarly kaleidoscopic but ultimately less successful.
This unique piece of work made use of "The Eve of the War" (from the War Of The Worlds soundtrack) as part of its incidental music, along with a number of suspiciously recognisable tracks from the "Worlds of Doctor Who" CD.
It is not the first piece of work to pit Mr Holmes against those fiends from the Red Planet?: <http://www.mysterylist.com/holmes.htm>.
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