Baker Street Kids, The -The Case of the Newgate Breakout
A Drama
by Dave Buchanan
published 2008
Suitable for Youth Groups
Price: £5.50
A Sherlock Holmes mystery for youth groups featuring the Baker Street Irregulars.
The Case of the Newgate Breakout is an original adventure story based on Conan Doyle's stories of Sherlock Holmes. It features a gang of boys and girls known as The Baker Street Irregulars, who assist the great detective in thwarting a plot to bomb Newgate Prison. The kids are detailed to keep a lookout for a bomber at Paddington Station, but things go seriously wrong when one of them is attacked and another, an 8 year-old girl, is kidnapped. The play which is for a mixed cast of 11-15 year-olds and has sixteen parts, is ideal for schools. It is technically demanding, but full of comic and suspenseful moments, and guaranteed to thrill and amuse.
Players: 8 Male, 7 female, 1 M/F Parts
Sets: Holmes′s lodgings, the kids den, outside Newgate Prison
Period: 1890 - Midsummer
Running Time: 1 Hour 15 Minutes
Download Sample Script: Baker Street Kids, The -The Case of the Newgate Breakout
ISBN: 1-904930-89-1