The Sign of the Four and play adaptations insure this book: The Sign of the Four was also adapted for radio by Bert Coules in 1989 as part of BBC Radio 4's complete audio Sherlock Holmes, with Clive Merrison as Holmes, Michael Williams as Watson, and featuring Brian Blessed as Jonathan Small. The Sign of the Four The Sign of the Four (1890), also called The Sign of Four, is the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle wrote four novels and 56 short stories featuring the fictional detective. The story is set in 1888. "The Sign of the Four"
Sherlock Holmes pastiches Holmes, but it features many Conan Doyle's stories such as "The Hound of the Baskervilles", "The Valley of Fear", "The Speckled Band", "The Silver Blaze", "The Musgrave Ritual", "The Gloria Scott", and "The Copper Beeches". "The Tale of the Giant Rat of Sumatra" is a comedy album created by The Firesign Theatre featuring Hemlock Stones and Flotsam. Sherlock Holmes pastiches Sherlock Holmes has long been a popular character for pastiche, Holmes-related work by authors and creators other than Arthur Conan Doyle. Their works can be grouped into four broad categories: New Sherlock Holmes stories fall into many categories, including: In