Murder in the Casbah and Other Myster..., Anthony Boucher
Murder in the Casbah and Other Myster..., Anthony Boucher
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Murder in the Casbah and Other Mysteries
New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Author: Anthony Boucher, Denis Green

Narrator: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce

Abridged: 6 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/07/2005


Synopsis

Welcome to the Golden Age of Radio and the best in classic mystery.
From 1939-1946 Americans gathered around their radio to listen to The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes -- featuring Basil Rathbone as the high-strung crime solver and Nigel Bruce as his phlegmatic assistant, Dr. Watson.
Witty, fast-paced and always surprising, these great radio plays, written by the prolific writing team of Anthony Boucher and Denis Green, are as fresh today as they were then.
The latest audio technology was employed to bring the best audio quality and fidelity to the original performances, which feature nostalgic wartime announcements, original commercials and radio narrations.
This special CD edition includes:
• Murder in the Casbah and The Tankerville Club
• The Strange Case of the Murderer in Wax and The Man With The Twisted Lip
• The Guileless Gypsy and The Camberville Poisoners
• The Terrifying Cats and The Submarine Cave
• The Living Doll and The Disappearing Scientists
• The Adventure of the Speckled Band and The Purloined Ruby

About Basil Rathbone

When Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce were chosen to play Holmes and Watson in the 1939 film The Hound of the Baskervilles, no one realized that they would be forever linked with the chracters of the great detective and his loyal friend. The immediate success of the film led to their being chosen to portray Holmes and Watson on the radio for 8 years in 213 episodes of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries.

About Nigel Bruce

When Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce were chosen to play Holmes and Watson in the 1939 film The Hound of the Baskervilles, no one realized that they would be forever linked with the characters of the great detective and his loyal friend. The immediate success of the film led to their being chosen to portray Holmes and Watson on the radio for 8 years in 213 episodes of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Yosef on June 25, 2019

These are radio episodes from radio’s Golden Age of Sherlock Holmes episodes. They feature Basil Rathbone, for many the definitive Holmes, and Nigel Bruce as Watson. These episodes are set in Victorian London . Some of them are adaptations of AC Doyle’s original stories. Others are original stories.......more

Goodreads review by Kylie on October 12, 2016

Do murderers really commit suicide instead of letting themselves get caught? The Holmes stories use that plot device a little too frequently to be realistic.......more