The Adventure of the Speckled Band a pipe. Even Conan Doyle's bow was upstaged when Lyn Harding appeared at curtain call with the snake draped around his neck. "The Speckled Band" ran for 169 performances at the Adelphi Theatre before transferring to the Globe on 28 August. The play enjoyed a successful tour in England, with two touring-companies on the road by the end of August, while the New York presentation was marred by clumsy production. Conan Doyle's financial difficulties were at an end, yet there were still problems to be resolved with the production. While the human cast was excellent, the live snake proved to
The Landlady (short story) Awards. This was the second time Dahl was honoured, the first having been for his collection of short stories, "Someone Like You" (Best Short Story, 1954). The Landlady (short story) "The Landlady" is a short horror story by Roald Dahl. It initially appeared in "The New Yorker", as did other short stories that would later be reprinted in the 1960 anthology, "Kiss Kiss". 17-year-old Billy Weaver travels from London to Bath, by himself, on a work matter when he stops for the night at a quaint bed-and-breakfast. The landlady is a kind older woman who Billy comes to suspect is