Baker Street News 221b: On This Day 30th January

The Adventure of the Priory School

The Adventure of the Priory School (PRIO) is a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in Collier's on 30 january 1904 (US) and in The Strand Magazine in february 1904 (UK). This is the 32th Sherlock Holmes story. Collected in The Return of Sherlock Holmes.

'We have had some dramatic entrances and exits upon our small stage at Baker Street, but I cannot recollect anything more sudden and startling than the first appearance of Dr Thorneycroft Huxtable, M.A., Ph.D., etc.' 'The Priory School'1st in Collier's OTD 1904.

Editions

in Collier's (30 january 1904 [US]) 6 illustrations by Frederic Dorr Steele
in The Strand Magazine (february 1904 [UK]) 9 ill. by Sidney Paget
in The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1905-1930)
in The Los Angeles Times (12 march 1905 [US]) as The Adventure of the Priory School and Its Outcome (1 map)
in The San Francisco Call (2 april 1905 [US]) 3 ill. by Walter W. Francis
in Owensboro Inquirer (5-11 june 1905 [US]) 2+ ill. by Frederic Dorr Steele
in L'École du prieuré (1906, Société d'Édition et de Publications Collection Rouge No. 17 [FR]), ill. by Martin Van Maële
in L'Humanité No. 1480-1486 (6-12 may 1908 [FR]) as L'École du Prieuré
in The World, New York, Fiction Magazine (7 may 1911 [US]) ill. by Dan Smith
in The Man with the Twisted Lip (1921, George Newnes Ltd. Sevenpenny Novels No. 32 [UK])
in Grand Magazine (december 1927 [UK])

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Chronology

16 may 1901 (Jay Finley Christ)
16 may 1901 (William Stuart Baring-Gould)
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Filmography

1986 : The Priory School (UK). Holmes : Jeremy Brett. Watson : Edward Hardwicke.
1921 : The Priory School (UK). Holmes : Eille Norwood. Watson : Hubert Willis.

Radiography

1993 : The Priory School. Holmes : Clive Merrison. Watson : Michael Williams.
1978 : The Priory School. Holmes : Barry Foster. Watson : David Buck.
1962 : The Priory School. Holmes : Carleton Hobbs. Watson : Norman Shelley.
1959 : L'École du prieuré (FR). Holmes : Maurice Teynac. Watson : Pierre Destailles.
1940 : The Priory School. Holmes : Basil Rathbone. Watson : Nigel Bruce.
1933 : The Priory School. Holmes : Richard Gordon. Watson : Leigh Lovell.
1931 : The Priory School. Holmes : Richard Gordon. Watson : Leigh Lovell.