Editing The Hound of the Baskervilles (section)

===Stage===
Prolific playwright [[Tim Kelly (playwright)|Tim Kelly]] adapted the story for the stage in 1976.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tim Kelly: Hound of the Baskervilles, The |url=https://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsK/kelly-tim.php#53391 |website=doollee.com: The Playwrights Database}}</ref> One production was at [[Boston]]'s Theater Loft in 1982.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Edelstein |first1=David |title=Three-dog night: Murder most foul |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_boston-phoenix_1982-07-20_11_29/page/n72/mode/1up |access-date=7 September 2024 |work=The Boston Phoenix |date=20 July 1982}}</ref>

In 2007, Peepolykus Theatre Company premiered a new adaptation of ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' at [[West Yorkshire Playhouse]] in [[Leeds]]. Adapted by John Nicholson and [[Steven Canny]], the production involves only three actors and was praised by critics for its [[physical comedy]]. Following a UK tour, it transferred to the [[Duchess Theatre]] in [[West End of London|London's West End]]. ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' described it as a ‘wonderfully delightful spoof’, while ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' praised its ‘mad hilarity that will make you feel quite sane’. This adaptation continues to be presented by both amateur and professional companies around the world.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Licencing, ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'', Peepolykus Theatre Company |url=http://peepolykus.com/touring |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028170216/http://peepolykus.com/touring |archive-date=28 October 2014 |access-date=28 October 2014 |publisher=Peepolykus.com}}</ref>

Stage performances have also been performed in the UK in dramatisations by Joan Knight, Claire Malcolmson, [[Harry Meacher]], and Roger Sansom, among others. Meacher's version has been produced three times, each time with himself the actor playing Holmes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/home|title=Home|website=Thestage.co.uk|access-date=2 November 2021}}</ref>

[[Ken Ludwig]] authored an adaptation entitled ''[[Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery]]'' which premiered as a co-production at [[Arena Stage]] ([[Washington, D.C.]]) in January&nbsp;2015 and [[McCarter Theatre|McCarter Theatre Center]] in March 2015.<ref>{{cite web |last=Purcell |first=Carey |date=15 January 2015 |title=Ken Ludwig's ''Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes mystery'' makes world premiere tonight |work=[[Playbill]] |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/ken-ludwigs-baskerville-a-sherlock-holmes-mystery-makes-world-premiere-tonight-com-339380 |access-date=2 January 2018}}</ref>

In 2021, an adaption for the stage by Steven Canny and John Nicholson for Peepolykus, directed by Tim Jackson & Lotte Wakeman toured the UK produced by Original Theatre Company and Bolton's Octagon Theatre.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Akbar |first=Arifa |date=18 April 2022 |title=The Hound of the Baskervilles review – tongue-in-cheek sleuthing |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/apr/18/the-hound-of-the-baskervilles-review-original-theatre-company |access-date=8 February 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> It was a continuation the adaptation that was directed by Lotte Wakeman for English Theatre, Frankfurt, Jermyn St Theatre and Octagon, Bolton.

In 2022, to commemorate the book's 120th anniversary, a new staging was produced in the form of a live radio play reading, adapted by Martin Parsons, and starring [[Colin Baker]] and [[Terry Molloy]] as Holmes and Watson. The tour has continued on and off into 2025.<ref>{{cite web |title=Doctor Who's Colin Baker and Terry Molloy team for Sherlock Holmes play|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-colin-baker-terry-molloy-sherlock-holmes-newsupdate/ |access-date=February 7, 2025|work=Radio Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Hound of the Baskervilles – A Radio Play Live on Stage!|url=https://malthousetheatre.co.uk/event/the-hound-of-the-baskervilles-a-radio-play-live-on-stage/ |access-date=February 7, 2025|work=The Malthouse Theatre Canterbury}}</ref>