The Hound of the Baskervilles Study Guide by TheatreWorks Education

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INDIVIDUAL Anonymous (2) Toni Bassett Matty Bloom Joan Bowersock Stephen Carney Rebecca Carter Cheri Chapman Evelyn Comstock Frances Escherich Daniel Fourrier Alice Frayne Seth Leslie Bruce Lonie Russ Louthian Barbara McArthur Lewis Miller Guido Neels Sharon Perl Audrey Perlman Valerie Pierce Nancy Ruskin Judith Schwartz Frank Shifrin Debra Summers Lisa Walker Patricia Workman

WATSON So, is there really nothing else for us to worry about in this life? HOLMES We are what we are. Take away everything that is impossible and what are you left with? WATSON Everything. HOLMES Nothing.

Table of Contents For Teachers and Students • For Teachers: Using this Study Guide 4 • For Students: The Role of the Audience 5

Exploring the Play • • • • • • • • • •

The Hound of the Baskervilles Plot Summary 6–7 Understanding Plot: Sequencing Events 8 About the Setting 9 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 10 Adapting a Story 11 Adaptations: From Page to Stage 12 Will the Real Sherlock Holmes Please Stand Up? 13 Playing Detective: Observing Characters 14 Playing Detective: Observing Settings 15 After the Play: Study Questions 16

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SET MODEL BY ANDREA BECHERT

• Vocabulary & Suggested Reading • STUDENT/Student Matinee Evaluation • TEACHER/Student Matinee Evaluation

For Teachers The student matinee performance of The Hound of the Baskervilles will be held on April 24, 2014 at 11:00 am, at the Mountain View Center for Performing Arts. The production is approximately two hours, including an intermission. The performance will be followed by a discussion with actors from the show. Student audiences are often the most rewarding and demanding audiences that an acting ensemble can face. Since we hope every show at TheatreWorks will be a positive experience for both audience and cast, we ask you to familiarize your students with the theatre etiquette described on the following page.

How to use this Study Guide This guide is arranged in worksheets. Each worksheet or reading may be used independently or in conjunction with others to serve your educational goals. Together, the worksheets prepare students for the workshops, as well as seeing the student matinee of The Hound of the Baskervilles produced by TheatreWorks, and for discussing the performance afterwards. Throughout the guide you will see several symbols:

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The Role of the Audience All the work that goes into a production would mean nothing if there wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t an audience for whom to perform. As the audience, you are also a part of the production, helping the actors onstage tell the story. When the performance is about to begin, the lights will dim. This is a signal for the actors and the audience to put aside concerns and conversation and settle into the world of the play. The performers expect the audienceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s full attention and focus. Performance is a time to think inwardly, not a time to share your thoughts aloud. Talking to neighbors (even in whispers) carries easily to others in the audience and to the actors on stage. It is disruptive and distracting. Food is not allowed in the theatre. Soda, candy, and other snacks are noisy and therefore distracting. Please keep these items on the bus or throw them away before you enter the audience area. Backpacks are also not allowed in the theatre. Walking through the aisles during the performance is extremely disruptive. Actors occasionally use aisles and stairways as exits and entrances. The actors will notice any movement in the performance space. Please use the restroom and take care of all other concerns outside before the show. Cell phones and other electronic devices must be turned off before the performance begins. Do not text during the performance, as it is distracting to the audience members around you.

What to bring with you: Introspection Curiosity Questions Respect An open mind What to leave behind: Judgments Cell phones, etc. Backpacks Food Attitude

The Hound of the Baskervilles Plot Summary

Our play opens with a man smoking a cigar at night, waiting for something. All of a sudden, a great hound leaps at him. The actors then interrupt the show, because one of them has become too scared. We get a special pre-show announcement from our three fearless actors who warn us that this show is going to be scary. They give us (the audience) the opportunity to leave the theatre before the show begins. We start our journey on Baker Street, home of the great detective Sherlock Holmes and his fearless assistant, John Watson. We learn that a man named Charles Baskerville died of a heart attack on the estate of the Baskervilles in Devonshire, England. However, the death seems suspicious. There were tip-toe marks and the pawprints of a great hound found near his body. The concerned Dr. Mortimer believes it was the work of the infamous hound of the Baskervilles. He then tells Sherlock and Watson about the legend of this hound. Apparently, way back in the day (the Baskerville family goes back to the 17th century), Lord Hugo Baskerville became obsessed with a peasant lady and locked her up in his estate. She escaped one night, and, furious, he chased after her. He called upon the devil to help him

find the lady. Later, his drunken friends found both him and the peasant lady dead at the feet of a great hound. The hound was tearing Baskervilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s throat out. Now, Dr. Mortimer suspects that Charles Baskerville was killed by the same hound. He tells Sherlock and Watson that the final heir, Mr. Henry Baskerville, is arriving from Canada that day to claim his inheritance and to live at Baskerville Hall. Dr. Mortimer fears that Henry Baskervilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life is at stake. Sherlock and Watson visit Mr. Henry Baskerville as he relaxes in a steam room in London. He has just arrived from Canada and intends to move into Baskerville Hall shortly. In the steam room, he finds a letter that warns him not to come to the estate. Sherlock decides to send Watson to the moor (outside the Baskerville estate) with Henry. As they are leaving the steam room, they spy a suspicious looking man with a black beard watching them from a cab across the street. They try to follow him but to no avail. Watson and Henry take a train ride to the country town of Dartmoor, home to the Baskerville estate. When they Hayden Tee, Maureen McVerry, & Mindy Lym / Photo by Tracy Martin arrive a local man offers them a ride in his hansom

(carriage) and tells them they will get their throats cut if they decide to walk to the estate. They decide to walk to the estate. Along the way they meet an alluring Spanish shepherdess named Cecile who warns them to go back to England. Henry is smitten with her. The men realize they are standing in a mire and are sinking into the muck. A man named Stapleton (Cecile’s brother) arrives and helps them out of the mire. He tells them he is a naturalist and was chasing a butterfly when he stumbled upon them. He points them in the direction of the Baskerville estate. Night falls, and Henry and Watson aren’t sure if they are going in the right direction, but then they see a light from a window ahead and guess that the butler, Mr. Barrymore, is flashing a light to help them find their way. When they arrive at Baskerville Hall, they are greeted by Mr. Barrymore who seems befuddled, but shows them inside. There’s no food, so everyone goes to sleep. In the middle of the night, Henry and Watson both hear suspicious noises inside the house. They question Mr. Barrymore in the morning, but he doesn’t know a thing about it. They ask to meet Mr. Barrymore’s wife, who seems suspiciously absent all the time. That day Henry and Watson decide to explore the moor. Henry meets Cecile again, and Watson is confronted by a hermit (who is really Sherlock in disguise). Watson doesn’t realize that Sherlock is in disguise, but gives the “hermit” a letter to mail to Sherlock Holmes detailing all of the observations he’s made at Baskerville Hall and on the moors. That night Henry and Watson decide to figure out who was creeping around the night before, so they pretend to go to bed and then wait to see who appears. They discover Mrs. Barrymore has been flashing a light signal for her convict brother, Slasher Seldon, recently escaped from prison. She’s been giving him food and clothing in the middle of the night to help him survive on the moor. Watson then meets Sherlock on the moor and we hear a deadly howl. At this point, the play is interrupted by one of the actors for reasons which you will discover and which we won’t spoil here. Let us just say that the ghost of the theatre may be lurking! The three actors decide to break for intermission.

When we return, we learn that members of the audience have compiled a note telling the actors that they have no idea what is going on in the play. The actors decide to redo Act I, but at super fast-forward speed. When we’re caught up, we hear the same howl as before, but this time we see a body fall. Watson and Sherlock believe the body to be that of Henry Baskerville. They are horrified that they couldn’t save Henry’s life. Watson wonders if Stapleton, the naturalist, controls the hound. While Sherlock and Watson converse back at Baskerville Hall, Henry casually appears. He’s not dead! It turns out the body that Watson and Henry saw was that of Slasher Seldon. Mrs. Barrymore had stolen some of Henry’s clothing and given them to her convict brother. The hound picked up the scent from Henry’s clothes and believed Slasher to be Henry. Watson and Sherlock deduce all of this, but they don’t tell Henry what they’ve discovered. They realize that the only way to defeat the hound and Stapleton is to use Henry to lure them both out of their lairs. Watson and Sherlock do some research in the village and discover that Cecile is most likely Stapleton’s wife, and that Stapleton lived in Brazil for a time. Back at Baskerville Hall, Watson and Sherlock discover a portrait of a Roger Baskerville that looks EXACTLY like Stapleton. They realize that Stapleton is really the black sheep Roger Baskerville who wants the estate for himself, which is why he’s been attempting to kill off each of the Baskerville heirs. Cecile arrives to invite Henry to dinner, but she tries to warn him not to come. However, Stapleton is listening so she can’t warn him in a direct way. Henry is confused, but he is so smitten with Cecile that he is delighted to have an excuse to visit her again. When he arrives at Stapleton’s house, Stapleton tells him Cecile is not well and that they have to reschedule. As Henry walks across the moor, he is attacked by the hound and Watson shoots it just in time. Watson and Sherlock track Stapleton down who is stuck in the mire. Stapleton sinks to his death, calling out for Cecile as he goes. Back at Baskerville Hall, Henry and Cecile are reunited and do a passionate dance together. They are in love. Sherlock and Watson return to Baker street, totally satisfied with a job well done. They reward themselves with a night at the opera.

Understanding Plot: Sequencing Events The Hound of the Baskervilles jumps around in time and location quite frequently. Identify the six most important events in the play. Then number them 1-6 and assign them to a box. Draw a small picture of the event in the box and write a brief description of the event in the lines below the boxes or divide the class into six groups and have each group form one tableau, using their bodies and imaginations to tell the story in six frozen pictures.

About the Setting

Dartmoor and the Moors The Baskerville mystery is set primarily in the mysterious, wind-swept, mist-soaked part of southwest England known as Dartmoor. While Baskerville Hall is fictional (it may have been based on Hayford Hall or Brook Manor), Dartmoor itself is an actual area of England located in Devon county—a county known for its moorland and tors, or granite-topped hills. When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s friend Bertram Fletcher Robinson first told him the myth of the Hound of the Baskervilles in 1901, Doyle spent a year researching in Dartmoor and grew fond of the gloomy, mysterious terrain. The imposing estates, the misty weather, the craggy hills all added up to the perfect place in which to set a scary story. The moorland of England is found both in the hills of Devon county and in the more low-lying wetlands of southwestern England. Many famous, beloved tales of English literature take place in moor country. Check out Great Expectations by Charles Dickens and Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë for some moor delicious storytelling (see what we did there?).

Baskerville Hall Baskerville Hall is the imposing estate of the Baskerville family where Henry Baskerville now lives. The huge mansion has been in the Baskerville family for centuries and is full of secrets. Strange noises erupt from halls at night. Guests lose their pants unknowingly. Mysterious portraits line the walls. By spending time inside of Baskerville Hall, Holmes and Watson are able to get to the heart of the mystery that plagues the Baskerville family. The very walls speak to them! 221B Baker Street Fans of the Sherlock Holmes stories will recognize Sherlock’s infamous apartment in London at 221B Baker Street. Though the play doesn’t linger in 221B, we know that this is where Sherlock spends a good chunk of his time, welcoming new clients and solving mysteries. In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s first novel, A Study in Scarlet (1887), the apartment is described in the following way: We met next day as he had arranged, and inspected the rooms at No. 221B, Baker Street, of which he had spoken at our meeting. They consisted of a couple of comfortable bed-rooms and a single large airy sitting-room, cheerfully furnished, and illuminated by two broad windows.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the beloved author of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries, was originally a doctor who wrote fiction to supplement his income. He was born in 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he attended Edinburgh University and studied medicine after going to a strict Jesuit boarding school in England. His mother, a great storyteller, had a huge impact on him, and Doyle wrote her letters regularly throughout his life. Doyle had many adventures in his life leading up to his career as an acclaimed author. In his early days he worked as a surgeon on a ship that sailed to the Arctic and to Africa. Of his first voyage to the Arctic Circle, he said, “I went on board the whaler a big straggling youth…I came off a powerful well-grown man.” In 1891 he published a story in a brand new magazine called The Strand. The public adored his mystery stories about Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, but by 1893 Doyle grew bored of the Sherlock stories, hoping to devote more of his time to his historical novels. He decided to kill Sherlock off at the hands of his mortal enemy, Professor Moriarty. In The Final Problem, the two plummeted to their deaths at Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland. However, in 1901, after working as doctor in South Africa during the Second Boer War, he decided to bring Sherlock back. He wrote the novel The Hound of the Baskervilles, which appeared serially in installments, in The Strand. He set the story ten years before Sherlock Holmes died at the hands of Moriarty. Due to the huge success of the novel, Doyle brought Sherlock back from the dead and wrote a final set of 33 short stories. Over the course of his life Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote 56 short stories and four novels in total. While studying at the University of Edinburgh, he met writers James Barrie (Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up) and Robert Louis Stevenson (Treasure Island, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde).

Adapting a Story Many of the movies and plays you see today are actually adaptations, meaning they are based on a story already written. An adaptation may simply present the characters and plot points of a novel or play as they were originally written, or it may change the setting and situation of the story. Identify what grabbed you emotionally about the story. Before you start to form the plot and characters, decide the feeling you want to invoke in the audience. Pare down the story to only the most important plot points. A novel may tell a story in hundreds of pages that a film or stage adaptation would have to tell in roughly two hours. Which parts of the plot are the most important? What is extra, and might be cut out? When you’re outlining the plot, ask yourself if each scene helps to invoke the emotion you identified in the first step. Every scene doesn’t have to convey that feeling, but they should all help carry the story to that place. Decide which characters and locations are needed to tell the story. The number of characters in a stage or film production should be kept small. Hiring more actors is not only costly, but too many characters can be confusing to the audience in a story only two hours long. If a character has a minor part and doesn’t affect

the story much, leave that character out. When writing for the stage, do the same thing for locations: only use the most essential settings. A play can be very successful in only one place—no need for set changes! Films have a little more freedom because scenes can be shot in many different locations. Consider the conventions of your medium. A novel is not likely to include songs, but a musical adaptation certainly would. If you’re writing a screenplay, you might show the passage of time through a montage. Keep in mind the different ways that you can convey emotion or plot points that are different from the way they’re presented in a book. Begin writing the adaptation. Once you’ve outlined your scenes, you’re ready to start writing dialogue. If writing for the stage, include any essential stage directions. If writing for film, make sure your writing is very visual.

Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman in the BBC’s Sherlock

Adaptations: From Page to Stage The Hound of the Baskervilles is just one example of a novel adapted into a stage production. Can you think of other examples of adaptations, either on stage, on TV, or in film? What stories might you like to see adapted into stage productions? Why?

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What might a sequel of The Hound of the Baskervilles be like? Make a list of ideas. Consider: • • • •

What characters would be included? When would it take place? Where would it take place? What happens next, given the changes in time and place?

Now, write a plot summary or scene from this sequel: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Will the Real Sherlock Holmes Please Stand Up? No doubt you’ve heard of Sherlock Holmes and his intrepid assistant John Watson at some point in your life. Or perhaps you are familiar with his famous hat, known as a deerstalker. There have been countless TV, film, and radio adaptations of the great Sherlock Holmes mysteries. Most recently, the BBC has produced two seasons of a TV series called Sherlock which sets Mr. Holmes in modern-day Britain. While the series remains quite faithful to Sir Arthur’s original work, it also takes some liberties interpreting the characters in new ways. Every adaptation of Sherlock Holmes seems to put a different spin on Sir Arthur’s original works. Some seek to stay true to Doyle’s original storytelling, setting the story in the late 1800s and including as much of the original detail as possible. The 2009 film Sherlock Holmes featuring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law is a good example of this. Others seek to show a different side of Sherlock. In Mr. Canny and Mr. Nicholson’s version of The Hound of Baskervilles, we find a comedic approach to the mysterious tale. The actors make the audience aware that they are acting, and they are constantly warning the audience that what we’re about to see is going to be very scary. In doing so the play becomes less about the mystery and terror than it does about the comedic circumstances of three men playing many different roles and setting many different scenes. This adaptation is a parody of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s novel. A parody is a piece of writing, music, etc., that imitates the style of someone or something else in an amusing way.

Playing Detective: Observing Characters The cast of three actors plays many different characters and establishes many different settings over the course of this play. Make a list of each of the characters that you meet in one column, and in the other column, take notes on their personality using adjectives that other characters use to describe them or that you feel are appropriate.

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SHERLOCK CHERADES Now, choose one character from your list above. Assume the role of actor and think about how you would play the character youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve chosen. How does your character move? How does your character speak? What kind of gestures does your characters use? What does your character want more than anything in the world? Take notes in the space below, and then, working in groups of 4â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5, let your classmates interview you and try to guess which character you are.

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Playing Detective: Observing Settings Now that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve thought a little bit about the many characters portrayed in this play, consider the different settings. Make a list of each setting in one column with a brief description in the second column.

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SETTINGS GONE WILD Choose one setting from your list above and draw an elaborate, detailed version of that setting. What does the setting look like? What is the temperature like? What objects are located within this setting? Try to be as detailed as possible.

In the space below, take notes on how you would create this setting on stage if you were a set designer. How would you convey the mood, space, and feel of the setting?

After the Play: Study Questions Why do we like to be scared in movies, in novels, and in the theatre? What is it about scary stories that we love so much?

_____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Why do you think the authors of this adaptation chose to have the actors introduce their play and break out of character so often? What does this do to your experience of the story?

_____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ A parody is a literary or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of an author or a work for comic effect or ridicule. Why do you think the adaptors chose to write a play that parodies The Hound of the Baskervilles rather than offering an exact retelling of the story? Why might they do this?

Vocabulary Hansom: a horse-drawn carriage Michaelmas: September 29th, a day in the Christian calendar that celebrates the feast of Saint Michael the Archangel Mire: a piece of swampy or boggy ground Snooker: a version of pool (billiards) Tors: hills topped with bedrock Yokel: a naĂŻve or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town

Reading List A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Sign of the Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontĂŤ Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

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Rewrite the ending of the play. How would you like to see it end? Why?

Pick a moment in the play that affected you. Describe the stage elements that created that moment for you (the script, acting, lighting, music, costumes, set design, sound design and/or direction).

Write a review of the play or an actor.

Describe something you would change in the production. Describe what benefit that change would create in the production and why.

Identify and describe how this production might affect the values and behavior of the audience members who have seen it.

Write about any careers you learned about in attending this production (example: stage hands, set designers, actors, etc.).

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