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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
by Jay Presson Allen (1998)
newly revised version adapted from the novel
by Muriel Spark (1961)
Fiona Shaw returns to the National to play one of the great creations of post-war literature.
Jean Brodie is a schoolmistress with a difference - proud, cultured and romantic, her ideas are progressive and radical.
When she decides to transform a group of young girls into the crème de la crème of Marcia Blaine school, 'the Brodie Set' feel honoured and privileged - but in return she expects their undivided loyalty…
Based on Muriel Spark's celebrated novel, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is a disturbing portrait of adolescent trauma
and lost innocence.
Fiona Shaw was recently seen in
TS Eliot's The Waste Land and at the National in Richard II and The Way of the World. The latter was directed by Phyllida Lloyd, whose other work includes What the Butler Saw (National and on tour), Dona Rosita (Almeida) and Hysteria (Duke of York's).
Approximate running time 2hrs 45mins
Image of Fiona Shaw by Huntley/Muir from a photo by Anna Hodgson
Cast credits:
:
: Adam Kotz
: and members of the
: Annette Badland
: Camilla Power
: Diane Thornton
: Finchley Children's
: Fiona Shaw
: Irene Allan
: Joanna Bending
: Joanna Page
: Joyce Henderson
: Julie Maisey
: Lindsey Fawcett
: Music Group
: Nicholas Le Provost
: Nicola Burnett Smith
: Nicola Wheeler
: Pauline Lynch
: Sarah Corbett
: Sarah Goodchild
: Susannah Wise
Production credits:
Director: Phyllida Lloyd
Designers: Huntley/Muir
Lighting: Peter Mumford
Music: Stephen Warbeck
