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An all-new retelling of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic “The Hound of the Baskervilles” premieres on ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre on Sunday, January 19 on PBS. This “Hound” has all the complexity, intrigue, and terror of the original, and features Holmes and Watson as Conan Doyle conceived them: vigorous men in their mid-thirties. Richard Roxburgh (“Moulin Rouge”) is riveting as Sherlock Holmes. 

Special features on “The Hound of the Baskervilles” companion Web site include: 

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle:  Child prodigy, tuba player, surgeon, sleuth, spiritualist…learn all about the man and see his full bibliography at www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/hound/ei_doyle.html

The Lure of the Moor: Its harsh, chaotic weather, inhospitable to human life, has nonetheless proved fertile ground for the many writers who've set their stories on its gloomy plain. 
www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/hound/ei_moor.html

Online Teacher Guide:  A valuable resource for teachers who choose to use the film and the novel in their classrooms. This guide provides teachers with background information; before-and-after viewing discussion questions; activities and investigations; a bibliography; Web links; and other resources: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/hound/tguide.html

Novel to Film: Track a scene from the novel to the screenplay to the Masterpiece Theatre film using Real Media or Apple QuickTime Player. We focus on the scene where Watson (Ian Hart) meets the intriguing belle of the moor, Miss Stapleton (Neve McIntosh)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/hound/ntof.html

Book Club: “The Hound of the Baskervilles” is a selection of the brand-new ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre Book Club. Want to know how to start and maintain a “Masterpiece” book club? Want to know what other films and novels are included? http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/bookclub/

Who’s Who: Mortimer, Barrymore, Stapleton? Learn the relationship of those on the moor and the biographies of the actors who play them. 
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/hound/whos_who.html

Game: Are you a super-sleuth? Test your powers of detection via this exercise in memory and observation coming soon. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/hound/ei_mystery.html
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The ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre Web site is produced in association with WGBH Interactive, Boston, which produces Web sites supporting WGBH national series such as NOVA, ANTIQUES ROADSHOW and ARTHUR. WGBH Interactive also produces
WGBH ONLINE (http://www.wgbh.org).
 
 

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