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Sign up todaySherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Missing Countess - Abridged
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Learn moreScotland Yard is puzzled. A young countess has gone missing, and Sherlock Holmes, the world's greatest detective, is summoned. Accompanied by the redoubtable Watson, Holmes must juggle the clues. What does he see? Why does he instruct Watson to bring his wife to the circus three days later? And why does Watson keep sneezing? An original Holmes adventure, it is one of Holmes' more whimsical cases.
Written by actor, writer, and director Jon Koons in the style of Arthur Conan Doyle, performed by the author, and enhanced with sound effects and music, Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Missing Countess has been published in the anthology The Game Is Afoot: Parodies, Pastiches, and Ponderings of Sherlock Holmes, as well as in Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine.
Bonus Tracks: Noted fictional newsman Walter Cockeyed (Joe Bev) fills in for Joe Bevilacqua to present an interview with Jon Koons, the actor-writer-director behind the new stage play Cockeyed Radio: Sherlock Holmes' Misadventures with Abbott & Costello, sponsored by Brooklyn Seltzer Boys and Thayers Natural Remedies. Also heard is The Mystery of the Creepy Hack Writer, the first installment of Joe Bev's ten-part audio parody series, the Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Jon Koons has been dubbed โRenaissance Manโ by the media. Having been on stage since the age of nine, he has appeared as an actor and singer on Broadway, off Broadway, and in summer and regional theaters. He has also been seen in feature films, on television, and in commercials. Awarded the title โNYCโs Plum Craziest Performer,โ Koons does virtually every variety skill, including magic, ventriloquism, stilt walking, fire eating, juggling, mime, and more. As a director and production stage manager he has worked with numerous prestigious theater and opera companies. A published author of both fiction and nonfiction, Koonsโ popular childrenโs books include A Confused Hanukkah and Arthur and Guen: A Tale of Young Camelot. A Confused Hanukkah is currently being developed as an animated feature. Jon is a regular contributor and associate editor for Weird Tales magazine. He owns and operates JestMaster Productions, Inc., an entertainment and theatrical production company, as well as the unique JestMasterโs Foolery Shoppe online catalog.
Jon Koons has been dubbed โRenaissance Manโ by the media. Having been on stage since the age of nine, he has appeared as an actor and singer on Broadway, off Broadway, and in summer and regional theaters. He has also been seen in feature films, on television, and in commercials. Awarded the title โNYCโs Plum Craziest Performer,โ Koons does virtually every variety skill, including magic, ventriloquism, stilt walking, fire eating, juggling, mime, and more. As a director and production stage manager he has worked with numerous prestigious theater and opera companies. A published author of both fiction and nonfiction, Koonsโ popular childrenโs books include A Confused Hanukkah and Arthur and Guen: A Tale of Young Camelot. A Confused Hanukkah is currently being developed as an animated feature. Jon is a regular contributor and associate editor for Weird Tales magazine. He owns and operates JestMaster Productions, Inc., an entertainment and theatrical production company, as well as the unique JestMasterโs Foolery Shoppe online catalog.
Joe Bevilacqua, also known as Joe Bev, is a public radio producer and radio theater dramatist. However, his career has taken him into every aspect of show business, including stage, film, and television as a producer, director, writer, author, actor, journalist, documentarian, and even cartoonist. He is also a member of the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York City.