by Conan Doyle · Cluster: Detective Fiction · Ratiocination Detection · Crime and Punishment
Abstract
A one-act Sherlock Holmes play in which Holmes lures the ruthless Colonel Sebastian Moran and his accomplice into his Baker Street rooms using a wax dummy decoy, forcing a confession over the theft of the great yellow Crown Diamond.
Connections
Forms & Genres: Detective Fiction, Melodrama Themes & Concepts: Ratiocination Detection, Crime and Punishment, Deception, Justice Right and Wrong Motifs: Concealment Hidden Identity, Clothing and Costume, Money and Gold Settings: London Characters: Sherlock Holmes, Doctor Watson Archetypes: Detective, Villain