Synopsis : Life with Jeremy Brett during the last seven years of his life, and his role as Sherlock Holmes. First meeting during the run of stage-play, The Secret of Sherlock Holmes; she asked for the star's assistance in raising money for cancer reaseach. Jeremy helped her set up and support "The Keep Hope Alive" marathon, raising over £50,000 for cancer research, and their contact continued on. Linda became his close friend, his "pixie", caring for him devotedly during his deteriorating health at the last years of his life. The irony that their great friendship started on 12 September 1988, and ended on 12 September 1995...

Jeremy Brett - Linda Pritchard Story

Linda Pritchard

Biographies & Memoirs

Rupert Books

<p>Written by Michael Cox, producer of the Granada series, suggested his idea for a definitive version of the Sherlock Holmes stories to Granada Television in 1981 and the first film reached the screen three years later. Since then, the series has been seen all over the world and Jeremy Brett's portrayal of the great detective has been widely acclaimed. But this book is not only about one man's acting achievement. It is a tribute to the other actors around him and the contribution of writers, directors, designers, and the whole production team which supported them, and about the controversial process of adapting classic literary fiction from the page to the screen. Each of the forty-one films in the series is analysed in relation to the Conan Doyle story on which it is based.</p>

A study in celluloid: A producer's account of Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes

Cox, Michael

Humor & Entertainment

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Politics & Social Sciences

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Social Sciences

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