The cast including Maggie Smith (Brodie,) Robert Stephens (Teddy Llloyd,) Pamela Franklin (Sandy,) Gordon Jackson (Gordon Lowther,) Celia Johnson (Miss Mackay,) Diane Grayson (Jenny,) Jane Carr (Mary McGregor,) and Shirley Steedman (Monica.

The moral quandary of liking Maggie Smith and despising Brodie.

The central characters and how they differ in the adaptation.

The interesting life story of Muriel Spark.There are many changes between the book & the film. The 1969 movie was not a huge hit at the time but when Dame Maggie Smith won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1970, it went back into the theaters and became a classic. The complicated story about education and mentorship is an indictment on giving one person too much power over a young mind. Turns out Brodie is a Fascist which is her ultimate undoing. The competition for her attention and affection marks their relationships and is a game the girls enjoy watching. Lowther is a kind person but a bit wishy-washy. Lloyd who is a painter, father of six, and a bit of a letch. Each year she picks a group of students to be an elite part of the “Brodie set”–under her tutelage learning mostly about the arts & beauty (and not science!)īrodie is single and considers herself at her “prime” with two gentlemen vying for her affection. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Theater Row/Acorn 199 seats 56.25 top Production: A New Group presentation of a play in two acts by Jay Presson Allen, based on the novel by Muriel Spark. It tells the story of the charismatic Scottish school teacher Miss Jean Brodie and her influence on the lives of six impressionable students at the Marcia Blaine School for. Brodie is a popular teacher at a girls’ school in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1931. Considered a modern classic and having been adapted for both television and film, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is a short novel written by Muriel Spark published in 1961. The Margos are celebrating September with a series of “Back to School” episodes starting with 1961 classic The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark. The Muriel Spark Novel Vs the 1969 Maggie Smith Film

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