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''[[The Secret of
This two-man play is neither an adventure nor a whodunnit, but rather a [[Homage|tribute]] to [[The Power of Friendship|the remarkable friendship]] of [[Heterosexual Life Partners|Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.]] It is one hour long and divided into two Acts: Act I covers the friendship from their meeting in ''A Study in Scarlet'' to Holmes's faked death in "The Final Problem", while Act II deals with the friendship strained by Holmes's deception, as well as the titular secret.
The most comprehensive webpage for the original production can be found [https://web.archive.org/web/20131002083629/http://www.jeremybrett.info/st_holmes.html here].
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* [[Alternate Universe]]: Act II.
* [[Brutal Honesty]]: Holmes's [[The Reveal|confession]]. Watson is ''not'' happy.
* [[Challenge Seeker]]: The play really emphasizes this part of Holmes's personality.
* [[The Chessmaster]]: Holmes, oh so hard.
* [[Continuity Nod]]: Many of the original short stories are compressed into snippets to fit the time slot and keep the focus on the friendship. Impressively, Watson [[Happily Married|gets married]] (off-stage) to Mary Morstan [[Sherlock Holmes (TV series)|this time around.]]
* [[Cursed
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: Holmes reveals his unhappy childhood in a monologue to the audience.
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: Act II. Of course, Act I has its moments, as well...
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Holmes and Watson certainly have their moments...
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* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: Holmes in Act II.
* [[Guile Hero]]: Need we really say?
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* [[Intelligence Equals Isolation]]: As Act I progresses, Holmes appears to grow somewhat distant from Watson, keeping things to himself - and it's really heartbreaking.
* [[Ironic Echo]]:
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'''Watson:''' "On the contrary, I think it very evident that I ''do''." }}
* [[Large Ham]]: Holmes in the original production. You think [[Jeremy Brett]] was hammy in [[Sherlock Holmes (TV series)|the series]]? He takes it [[Up to Eleven]] on-stage.
* [[Master of Disguise]]: Naturally, as this is [[Sherlock Holmes]] we're talking about, but Act II takes it [[Up to Eleven]] with one particular disguise. One theatre-goer reported that [[Jeremy Brett]] transformed "with a shake of the head and a click of the tongue" into what this character looked like in the original Sidney Paget illustration.
* [[The McCoy]]: Watson.
* {{spoiler|[[Mean Character, Nice Actor]]: Holmes, in-universe. Though the niceness factor is [[Good Is Not Nice|entirely questionable]]...}}
* [[Noble Male, Roguish Male]]: Most adaptations have Watson and Holmes, respectively, as this, but probably very few play it for as much drama as ''Secret'' does.
* [[Not So Stoic]]: [[The Atoner|"BECAUSE I COULD NOT]] [[Being Evil Sucks|LIVE WITH HIM!"]]
* [[Offscreen Villainy]]: Moriarty.
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* [[Promoted to Love Interest]]: Left ambiguous, but Holmes sounds suspiciously wistful when speaking of Irene Adler - Watson notices and rebukes him by saying that she is a married woman. Holmes counters sadly that she is dead.
* [[The Reveal]]:
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* [[Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right]]: Holmes's (weak) justification for his titular secret.
* [[Sherlock Scan]]: [[The Watson|Watson]] actually does this on ''[[Aloof Big Brother|Mycroft]]'', of all people. And then [[Moment of Awesome|reveals his results]] to Sherlock much later on.
* [[The Spock]]: Holmes.
* [[Unreliable Narrator]]: Holmes turns out to be this.
* [[What Happened to
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Watson delivers [[You Wouldn't Like Me When I'm Angry|a harsh one]] to Holmes in Act II.
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