The Mind Creative DEC 2013
In the later years, when Doyle created the fictional Sherlock
Holmes, he endowed the detective with the looks and the
astonishing powers of observation and deduction of Dr. Bell.
In 1892, Doyle wrote to his former tutor, “It is certainly to you
that I owe Sherlock Holmes and though in the stories I have the
advantage of being able to place him in all sorts of dramatic
positions I do not think that his analytical work is in the least an
exaggeration of some effects which I have seen you produce in
the out-patient ward".
Trivia
Amongst the many actors
who have portrayed Sherlock
Homes on the screen, Jeremy
Brett is seen by many as the
definitive Sherlock Holmes.
Brett was bipolar, which
heightened his mannered
performance as Holmes,
making his sudden flashes of
wit, manic thought and
melancholic malaise truly
convincing.
Brett became obsessed with the character and often took
method acting to the extreme to fully understand the spirit of
Holmes. In part, this dedication to intricate character detail
contributed to his untimely death in 1995.
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