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Gnome's
Hound of the Baskervilles
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Everything
seems normal in Mrs. Hudson’s prim and pretty ornamental garden
at 221B Baker Street (Hounslow). Normal, that is, until the disappearance
of Lord Baskerville the fishing gnome. Might one of His Lordship’s
many enemies have done something awful? Has the Baskerville curse
struck again? Is that eerie howling in the night really the fearsome
cry of a supernatural hellhound? This looks like another case for
that famous gentle-gnome detective, Sherlock Gnome.
About the Show
Sherlock
Gnome’s Hound of the Baskervilles is a comedy mystery musical
for children, ideally suited for a leavers’ show at the end
of Year 6 (ages 10-11).
It is one-act show, 50 minutes in length, with minimal staging requirements.
Most of the songs are chorus numbers, with a few character numbers
to allow the more able kids to show off.
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Song List
1. The Horrible, Horrible Hound from Hell
2. It’s Elementary
3. It Wasn’t Me
4. Everything in the Garden is Rosy
5. The Horrible, Horrible Hound from Hell (reprise)
6. Dig It
7. A Place in the Sun
8. Gnome Improvement
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Character
Breakdown
Sherlock
Gnome - the
famous gentle-gnome detective
Dottie Watson – Sherlock’s faithful
friend
Harriet the Heron Pond Protector
Hildegaard the Wheelbarrow Gnome
Ziggy the Doorstop Gnome
Spike the Hedgehog Bootbrush
Selina the Sundial Fairy
Henry Baskerville, the new Fishing Gnome
Lord Baskerville, the old Fishing Gnome
Owl – A wise old stone bird
Inspector Lescargot, a terracotta snail
Plod, a terracotta tortoise
The Hound – non-speaking (mainly barking and howling) role
Mrs. Hudson (heard only)
Gnome Chorus
Mole Chorus
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Production History
Sherlock
Gnome’s Hound of the Baskervilles is being premiered at Ibstock
Place School, Roehampton, London, July 2007.
The Story In
Mrs. Hudson’s prim and pretty front garden at 221b Baker Street
(Hounslow) something horrible has happened. Lord Baskerville, the
fishing gnome has mysteriously disappeared.
As Mrs. Hudson shuts her front door, the many and varied garden
ornaments come to life, wondering what on earth to do about this
state of affairs. The position of fishing gnome is the most prestigious
in the garden. What on earth can have happened?
Suspicion falls upon a ferocious hellhound, whom all have heard
eerily howling away in the dead of night – although none have
actually seen it.
A new fishing gnome, Henry (purchased at Baskerville’s Gnome
Emporium, purveyors of the finest gnomes since 1882), is terrified
at the thought of the hound, especially when told of a legendary
curse upon all Baskerville fishing gnomes.
The baffling disappearance stumps Inspector Lescargot of the Yard
(that’s the Back Yard, not the Scotland variety). The portly
porcelain snail finds he is getting nowhere fast. No, the only one
who can solve the mystery of the hound is that super sleuth, Sherlock
Gnome.
Sherlock is sceptical about the curse and he and his lifelong friend,
Dottie Watson, start to investigate the clues. They soon discover
that there is a long list of suspects, all of whom have motive and
opportunity: these include Hildegard the wheelbarrow gnome, Spike
the hedgehog boot-brush, Harriet the heron pond protector and Ziggy
the doorstop gnome.
Gradually Sherlock and Dottie, through patient investigation and
logical deduction, discern the facts from the fable and unravel
the terrible truth behind the legend of the Hound of the Baskervilles.
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