Sherlock Jr. (Buster Keaton, 1924)

Instrumentation
violin, clarinet/bass clarinet, trombone, piano, percussion

Premiere
Avalon Theater, Washington DC, May 2023

Synopsis
Buster Keaton is a movie theater projectionist who is learning to become a detective on the side (a course of self-study). When a bully steps in to woo Buster's girlfriend (Kathryn McGuire) and frame him for a stolen watch, Buster's prospects go from bad to worse. But, in his dreams, Buster's alter ego, Sherlock Jr. - the World's Greatest Detective - manages to foil the villain and get the girl back. But can he do it in real life? A classic comedy in which Keaton, as usual, performs his own amazing stunts.