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To the average moviegoer, the name of Basil Rathbone conjures a graphic of fiction's most well-known detective - Sherlock Holmes. Certainly, of all actors who have enjoyed the Baker Block sleuth, his interpretation was the most definitive.Yet, for the true aficionado of the theatre, the professional was much more than the personification of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's creation. He was also Mr. Murdstone in David Copperfield, Richard III in Tower of London, Louis XI in If I Were King, Tybalt of Romeo and Juliet, Captain Estaban Pasquale in The Draw of Zorro, Sir Person of Gisbourne from The Journeys of Robin Hood, and, of course, the Kid of Frankenstein.For the majority of his years in motion pictures, Rathbone was the sufferer of type-casting. Through the 1930s, he was known as the screen's ultimate villain - constantly popular by producers to carry out dastardly deeds. Later, he assumed the guise of Sherlock Holmes and his past accomplishments were almost ignored. However, the fame that supported that role emerged at a price: In the twist of destiny, the role of an eternity managed to irrevocably affect Rathbone's career.Michael B. Druxman's Rathbone joins the professional close to the end of his life while, because of his troubled financial condition, he is working on another significantly less than memorable film. The play delves into Rathbone's dark side, exploring his connections along with his first wife, the son he virtually left behind, and Ouida, the divisive woman to whom he was wedded for over 40 years, yet perhaps hardly ever really knew.
