BATTLE GROUND — Battle Ground High School drama students recently presented their take on “Baskerville,” a Ken Ludwig comedy loosely based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes mystery “The Hound of the Baskervilles.”
Students originally planned to put the play on in January, but a spike in COVID cases caused by the omicron variant made them press pause. While the delay was disappointing, students said they also appreciated the extra time to prepare.
The play featured a unique cast, putting students in roles regardless of gender, with both Holmes and Watson having been played by young women.
Freshman Tahlia Maya played Watson, who essentially acts as the show’s narrator. “In my scenes, we stuck pretty closely to the script, but we did get to play around a bit with the tone and the emotion of the moment, which was cool because it helped make the show different every performance.”
