Every author owes something to Shakespeare. His inventiveness with language has withstood the test of time, and many of the phrases he originated or popularized are still in use today.
We find Shakespeare's words dotted throughout the Sherlock Holmes stories, well beyond the usual quotes. A number of Shakespearean phrases are allusions in the Canon. It's just a Trifle.
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Inspired by "Sherlock Holmes: Shakespeare Scholar, or The Game's Afoot" by William D. Goodrich (Baker Street Miscellanea No. 76, Summer 1994)
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Music credits
Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra
Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: United States Marine Band
Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
Sherlock Holmes and Shakespeare