query: when was the prime of miss jean brodie written

pos: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (novel) The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (novel) The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is a novel by Muriel Spark, the best known of her works. It first saw publication in "The New Yorker" magazine and was published as a book by Macmillan in 1961. The character of Miss Jean Brodie brought Spark international fame and brought her into the first rank of contemporary Scottish literature. In 2005, the novel was chosen by "Time" magazine as one of the one hundred best English-language novels from 1923 to present. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" No.

pos: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (novel) of Miss Jean Brodie". It starred Geraldine McEwan. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (novel) The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is a novel by Muriel Spark, the best known of her works. It first saw publication in "The New Yorker" magazine and was published as a book by Macmillan in 1961. The character of Miss Jean Brodie brought Spark international fame and brought her into the first rank of contemporary Scottish literature. In 2005, the novel was chosen by "Time" magazine as one of the one hundred best English-language novels from 1923 to present. In 1998, the Modern Library

pos: Jean Brodie Jean Brodie Jean Brodie is a fictional character in the Muriel Spark novel "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (1961); and in the play and 1969 film of the same name—both by Jay Presson Allen—which were based on the novel, but radically depart from it in the interest of theatre and poetic licence. Miss Brodie is a highly idealistic character with an exaggerated romantic view of the world; many of her catchphrases have become clichés in the English language. The character takes her name from the historical Jean Brodie (aka Jean Watt), common law wife or mistress of Willie Brodie,

pos: Jean Brodie Brodie by another character in the book itself (though sharing none of Brodie's attraction to fascism) and the comparison was taken up by critics. McCall Smith also cites the book as one of his favourite humorous books. Jean Brodie Jean Brodie is a fictional character in the Muriel Spark novel "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (1961); and in the play and 1969 film of the same name—both by Jay Presson Allen—which were based on the novel, but radically depart from it in the interest of theatre and poetic licence. Miss Brodie is a highly idealistic character with an exaggerated

pos: Vanessa Redgrave co-starred with her father. In 1961, she played Rosalind in "As You Like It" for the Royal Shakespeare Company. In 1962, she played Imogen in William Gaskill's production of "Cymbeline" for the RSC. In 1966, Redgrave created the role of Jean Brodie in the Donald Albery production of "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie", adapted for the stage by Jay Presson Allen from the novel by Muriel Spark. Redgrave had her first credited film role, in which she co-starred with her father, in Brian Desmond Hurst's "Behind the Mask" (1958). Redgrave's first starring film role was in "Morgan – A

pos: The Guardian's 100 Best Novels Written in English the Day by Elizabeth Bowen (1948) 70. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (1949) 71. The End of the Affair by Graham Greene (1951) 72. The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger (1951) 73. The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow (1953) 74. Lord of the Flies by William Golding (1954) 75. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (1955) 76. On the Road by Jack Kerouac (1957) 77. Voss by Patrick White (1957) 78. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (1960) 79. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark (1960) 80. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (1961) 81. The

pos: Victor Reinganum Victor Reinganum Victor Reinganum (1907–1995) was an artist and illustrator, probably best known for his illustrations on book dustjackets, including the first editions of Muriel Spark's "The Ballad of Peckham Rye" (1960) and "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (1961). Reinganum was born in London, England, on 13 September 1907 and died on 24 January 1995, aged 87. During 1925–1928, Reinganum studied at Heatherley School of Fine Art and the Académie Julian, Paris, also taking private lessons with Léger. In 1928, he joined Elstree Studios and was an art director there until 1929 when he became a freelance illustrator. He

pos: Frank Buchman St. Paul." A group of Oxford Buchmanists is prominent in the action of one of Rose Macaulay's earlier novels, "Going Abroad", published by Collins in 1934. On the first page of 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie', by Muriel Spark, (1961) Miss Brodie's girls are described as having "heard of the Buchmanites and Mussolini," much to the consternation of the headmistress. Frank Buchman Franklin Nathaniel Daniel Buchman (June 4, 1878 – August 7, 1961), best known as Dr. or Rev. Frank Buchman, was a Protestant Christian evangelist who founded the Oxford Group (known as Moral Re-Armament from 1938 until 2001,

pos: Muriel Spark woman who becomes aware that she is a character in a novel. "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (1961) was more successful. Spark displayed originality of subject and tone, making extensive use of flashforwards and imagined conversations. It is clear that James Gillespie's High School was the model for the Marcia Blaine School in the novel. Her residence at the Helena Club was the inspiration for the fictional May of Teck Club in "The Girls of Slender Means" published in 1963. In the 1940s Spark began to keep a record of her professional and personal activities that developed into a

pos: Victor Reinganum was a prolific contributor to "Radio Times". The book "Surrealism in England – 1936 and After" (1986) says of Reinganum: Victor Reinganum Victor Reinganum (1907–1995) was an artist and illustrator, probably best known for his illustrations on book dustjackets, including the first editions of Muriel Spark's "The Ballad of Peckham Rye" (1960) and "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (1961). Reinganum was born in London, England, on 13 September 1907 and died on 24 January 1995, aged 87. During 1925–1928, Reinganum studied at Heatherley School of Fine Art and the Académie Julian, Paris, also taking private lessons with Léger. In

pos: Robert Stephens a year of more challenging parts in repertory at the Royalty Theatre, Morecambe, followed by seasons of touring and at the Hippodrome, Preston. The London director Tony Richardson saw a performance at the Royalty and this led to an offer of a place in the "momentous" first season of English Stage Company at the Royal Court in 1956. His success was assured. His early films included "A Taste of Honey" (1961), "Cleopatra" (1963) and "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (1969) with his then wife Maggie Smith. There was also a minor role as Prince Escalus in Franco Zeffirelli's "Romeo

neg: Jean (song) Jean (song) "Jean" is a popular song from the 1969 movie "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie". It was written by the American poet and composer Rod McKuen, who also recorded a version of the song. The song was the theme to the 1969 film adaptation of Dame Muriel Spark's "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie", which starred noted British film actress Maggie Smith. Smith won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of the lead character in the film, Jean Brodie. The song was performed by songwriter McKuen, who was nominated for an Academy Award in the

neg: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (film) Maggie Smith and Pamela Franklin are both stirring and mesmerizing. "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" is the crème de la crème." The film was released on DVD in the UK by Acorn Media in July 2010. "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" was adapted by Scottish Television into a seven episode television serial for ITV in 1978 that featured Geraldine McEwan in the lead role. Rather than recapitulate the plot of the novel, the series imagined episodes in the lives of the characters, such as conflict between Jean Brodie and the father of an Italian refugee student, who fled

neg: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (film) Mussolini's Italy because the father was persecuted as a journalist who objected to fascism. It consisted of seven episodes of 60 minutes. It has been released on DVD in Region 1 and 2. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (film) The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is a 1969 British drama film, based on the novel of the same name by Muriel Spark. Directed by Ronald Neame, it stars Maggie Smith in the title role as an unrestrained teacher at a girls' school in 1930s Edinburgh. The novel was turned into a play by Jay Presson Allen that opened in

neg: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (film) The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (film) The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is a 1969 British drama film, based on the novel of the same name by Muriel Spark. Directed by Ronald Neame, it stars Maggie Smith in the title role as an unrestrained teacher at a girls' school in 1930s Edinburgh. The novel was turned into a play by Jay Presson Allen that opened in London in 1966 with Vanessa Redgrave and on Broadway in 1968, with Zoe Caldwell in the title role, a performance for which she won a Tony Award. This production was a moderate success,

neg: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (novel) home, alone, with Miss Brodie. We surmise that there is something unfulfilled and even desperate about her, but the novelist refuses us access to her interior. Brodie talks a great deal about her prime, but we don't witness it, and the nasty suspicion falls that perhaps to talk so much about one's prime is by definition no longer to be in it." The character of Miss Jean Brodie was based in part on Christina Kay, a teacher of Spark's for two years at James Gillespie's School for Girls. Spark would later write of her: "What filled our minds with wonder

neg: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (novel) of Brodie and Mr Lowther. Once the girls are promoted to the Senior School (around age twelve) though now dispersed, they hold on to their identity as the Brodie set. Miss Brodie keeps in touch with them after school hours by inviting them to her home as she did when they were her pupils. All the while, the headmistress Miss Mackay tries to break them up and compile information gleaned from them into sufficient cause for Brodie's dismissal. Miss Mackay has more than once suggested to Miss Brodie that she should seek employment at a 'progressive' school; Miss Brodie declines

neg: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (novel) report to her in detail, and she thrills at the telling. One day when Sandy is visiting Mr Lloyd, he kisses her. Before the Brodie set turns sixteen, Miss Brodie tests her girls to discover which of them she can really trust, ultimately settling on Sandy as her confidante. Miss Brodie is obsessed with the notion that Rose, as the most beautiful of the Brodie set, should have an affair with Mr Lloyd in her place. She begins to neglect Mr Lowther, who ends up marrying Miss Lockhart, the science teacher. Another student, Joyce Emily, steps briefly into the picture,

neg: Jay Presson Allen another play. She drew on her married life and wrote "The First Wife", about a suburban working couple. It was made into the film "Wives and Lovers" in 1963, starring Janet Leigh and Van Johnson. When Allen read "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie", by Muriel Spark, she instantly saw play potential where no one else did. After undergoing hypnotherapy to alleviate a yearlong bout of writer's block, Allen produced a draft of the play in three days. While "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" was still an unproduced script, Alfred Hitchcock read it and offered Allen the script for

neg: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (novel) to move to what she describes as a 'crank' school. When two other teachers at the school, the Kerr sisters, take part-time employment as Mr Lowther's housekeepers, Miss Brodie tries to take over their duties. She sets about fattening him up with extravagant cooking. The girls, now thirteen, visit Miss Brodie in pairs at Mr Lowther's house, where all Brodie does is ask about Mr Lloyd in Mr Lowther's presence. At this point Mr Lloyd asks Rose and occasionally the other girls to pose for him as portrait subjects. Each face he paints ultimately resembles Miss Brodie, as her girls

neg: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (novel) her interest in the mind that still loves Jean Brodie grows. In the end, Sandy leaves him, adopts his Roman Catholic religion, and becomes a nun. Beforehand, however, she meets with Miss Mackay and blatantly confesses to wanting to bring a stop to Miss Brodie. She suggests that the headmistress could accuse Brodie of encouraging fascism, and this tactic succeeds. Not until her dying moment a year after the end of World War II is Miss Brodie able to imagine that it was her confidante, Sandy, who betrayed her. After her death however, Sandy, now called Sister Helena of the

neg: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (novel) 76 on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. In 1930s Edinburgh, six ten-year-old girls, Sandy, Rose, Mary, Jenny, Monica, and Eunice are assigned Miss Jean Brodie, who describes herself as being "in my prime," as their teacher. Miss Brodie, determined that they shall receive an education in the original sense of the Latin verb "educere," "to lead out," gives her students lessons about her personal love life and travels, promoting art history, classical studies, and fascism. Under her mentorship, these six girls whom Brodie singles out as the elite group among her students—known as

neg: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (novel) imperfections. Hal Hager, in his commentary on the novel, writes of Sandy and Miss Brodie: "The complexity of these two characters, especially Jean Brodie, mirrors the complexity of human life. Jean Brodie is genuinely intent on opening up her girls' lives, on heightening their awareness of themselves and their world, and on breaking free of restrictive, conventional ways of thinking, feeling, and being". Critic James Wood noted that by "reducing Miss Brodie to no more than a collection of maxims, Spark forces us to become Brodie's pupils. In the course of the novel we never leave the school to go

neg: Vennel Edinburgh appears in the film 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie' (1969) when Brodie takes her girls on a walk through the Old Town, ending up in Greyfriars Kirkyard. It was announced on 2 June 2018 that The Vennel steps have been renamed Miss Jean Brodie Steps to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of author Muriel Spark. Vennel A vennel is a passageway between the gables of two buildings which can in effect be a minor street in Scotland and the north east of England, particularly in the old centre of Durham. In Scotland, the term originated in

neg: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (novel) Transfiguration and author of "The Transfiguration of the Commonplace," maintains that "it's only possible to betray where loyalty is due." One day, an enquiring young man visits Sandy at the convent, because of her strange book on psychology. He enquires about the main influences of her school years, asking her: "Were they literary or political or personal? Was it Calvinism?" Sandy answers him, instead, by saying: "There was a Miss Jean Brodie in her prime." "She thinks she is Providence, thought Sandy, she thinks she is the God of Calvin." In some ways she is: in her prime she draws

neg: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (novel) trying unsuccessfully to join the Brodie set. Miss Brodie takes her under her wing separately, encouraging her to run away to fight in the Spanish Civil War on the Nationalist side, which she does, only to be killed in an accident when the train she is travelling in is attacked. The original Brodie set, now seventeen and in their final year of school, begin to go their separate ways. Mary and Jenny leave before taking their exams, Mary to become a typist and Jenny to pursue a career in acting. Eunice becomes a nurse and Monica a scientist. Rose lands

neg: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (novel) a writer. Spark, like Sandy, converted to Roman Catholicism. The novel has been adapted for stage, film and television. The original 1966 London stage version starred Vanessa Redgrave and a young Olivia Hussey. Redgrave turned down the Broadway production in 1968 which starred Zoe Caldwell who would go on to win the Tony Award. Redgrave also turned down the film role. In 1969 the film "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" was released. It starred Maggie Smith, and she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance. In 1978 Scottish Television produced the seven part serial "The Prime

neg: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (novel) her chosen few to herself, much as Calvinists understand God to draw the elect to their salvation. With regard to religion, Miss Brodie "was not in any doubt, she let everyone know she was in no doubt, that God was on her side whatever her course, and so she experienced no difficulty or sense of hypocrisy in worship while at the same time she went to bed with the singing master." Feeling herself fated one way or another, Brodie acts as if she transcends morality. Of the set, "Miss Brodie fixed on Sandy," taking her as her special confidante. She

neg: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (novel) the "Brodie set"—begin to stand out from the rest of the school. However, in one of the novel's typical flash-forwards we learn that one of them will later betray Brodie, ruining her teaching career, but that she will never learn which one. In the Junior School, they meet the singing teacher, the short Mr Gordon Lowther, and the art master, the handsome, one-armed war veteran Mr Teddy Lloyd, a married Roman Catholic with six children. These two teachers form a love triangle with Miss Brodie, each loving her, while she loves only Mr Lloyd. However, Miss Brodie never overtly acts

neg: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (film) wants to get married, but Brodie drags her feet. She still has feelings for her married ex-lover, Teddy Lloyd (Robert Stephens), who is the art teacher in the senior section of the school. Also working with Brodie (and all somewhat disapproving of her unorthodox teaching methods and her influence on the girls) are Miss Campbell (Margo Cunningham), the physical education teacher; Miss Ellen (Helena Gloag) and Miss Allison Kerr (Molly Weir), two sisters who serve as the school's sewing teachers; Miss McKenzie (Isla Cameron), the strict librarian; and Miss Gaunt (Ann Way), the headmistress's mouselike, non-talking secretary. Miss Gaunt's brother,

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1969 National Society of Film Critics Awards (5 points)
 3. Maggie Smith – "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (5 points)
 3. Ingrid Thulin – "The Damned" (5 points) 3. Verna Bloom – "Medium Cool" (12 points)
 3. Dyan Cannon – "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" (12 points)
 3. Celia Johnson – "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" 2. Costa-Gavras and Jorge Semprún – "Z" (18 points)
 3. Alvin Sargent – "The Sterile Cuckoo" (6 points) 2. Miroslav Ondricek – "If..." (11 points)
 3. Haskell Wexler – "Medium Cool" (8 points) 1969 National Society of Film Critics Awards The

neg: Braid Burn The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, when Sandy and Miss Brodie meet after the war at the Braid Hills Hotel: 'They looked out of the wide windows at the little Braid Burn trickling through the fields and at the hills beyond, so austere from everlasting that they had never been capable of losing anything by the war.' Braid Burn The Braid Burn is a burn or stream in length that flows through south and east Edinburgh. The burn forms near Bonaly in the Pentland Hills south-west of the city, when the Bonaly and Howden burns that flow from the Pentlands

neg: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (film) Mr. Lloyd. Sandy ends the affair because of Mr Lloyd's overwhelming obsession with Brodie. Mary, influenced by Brodie, sets out to Spain to join her brother, who she believes is fighting for Franco. She is killed when her train is attacked shortly after crossing the frontier. This event serves as the last straw for Sandy, who betrays Brodie's efforts to impose her politics on her students to the school's board of governors, who finally decide to terminate Brodie's employment. Sandy confronts Brodie on her crimes, most especially her manipulation of Mary, her part in her senseless death (for which Brodie

neg: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (film) a deacon at Lowther's church, eventually asks for his resignation as church organist and elder because of his relationship with Brodie. Over a number of years, Brodie rises to her apex, but then spectacularly falls, given that Miss Mackay and most of the other teachers and staff at the very conservative school don't want her to continue teaching there. During her downfall, she loses Lowther, who gets engaged to Miss Lockhart (Rona Anderson), a chemistry teacher in the Senior School, and one of the few teachers at Marcia Blaine who tended to be more sympathetic towards Brodie as a person

neg: Rosanne Sorrentino Rosanne Sorrentino Rosanne Sorrentino is a former child actress, best known for playing the role of the bossy orphan Pepper in the 1982 film of the musical "Annie". Rosanne Sorrentino was born on January 15, 1968, in Oceanside, Long Island, New York. She made her professional stage debut in the 3rd National Tour of "Annie" in 1980-81, playing the title role of Annie. Sorrentino was "bitten by the acting bug" in 1976, when she played a schoolgirl in the American Academy of Dramatic Arts's summer workshop production of "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie". The play was written by Jay

neg: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (film) nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song for "Jean", but lost to Burt Bacharach and Hal David's "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" from another 20th Century Fox film, "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid". "Jean" also became a huge hit for the singer Oliver in the autumn of 1969. Jean Brodie (Maggie Smith) is a teacher in the junior-aged section of the Marcia Blaine School for Girls in Edinburgh, Scotland, in the 1930s. Brodie is known for her tendency to stray from the hard knowledge of the school's curriculum, to romanticize fascist leaders like Benito Mussolini and Francisco

neg: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (novel) painting, Rose has the likeness of Brodie, whom Mr. Lloyd stubbornly loves. Rose and Sandy are the two girls in whom Miss Brodie places the most hope of becoming the "crème de la crème". Again unlike Sandy, Rose "shook off Miss Brodie's influence as a dog shakes pond-water from its coat." Dim-witted and slow, Mary is Brodie's scapegoat. Mary meekly bears the blame for everything that goes wrong. At the age of 23 she dies in a hotel fire, killed running back and forth through the hotel, unable to escape. Spark creates deep characterisations which are realistic in their human

neg: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (novel) is characterised as having "small, almost nonexistent, eyes" and a peering gaze. Miss Brodie repeatedly reminds Sandy that she has insight but no instinct. Sandy rejects Calvinism, reacting against its rigid predestination in favour of Roman Catholicism. In contrast to Sandy, Rose is an attractive blonde with (according to Miss Brodie) instinct but no insight. Though somewhat undeservedly, Rose is "famous for sex", and the art teacher Mr. Lloyd asks her to model for his paintings: it rapidly becomes clear that he has no sexual interest in her and uses her simply because she is a good model. In every

neg: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (film) governors, Sandy did so out of concern for other girls who could have been targets of Brodie, and, perhaps, less commendably, personal resentment over Brodie's preference for Jenny, and Teddy Lloyd's obsession with Miss Brodie. As Sandy leaves the school for the last time, her face streaked with angry and bitter tears, Brodie (in voiceover) states her motto: "Little girls, I am in the business of putting old heads on young shoulders, and all my pupils are the "crème de la crème". Give me a girl at an impressionable age, and she is mine for life." There were two married

neg: Jean Brodie was Sandy. In the novel, Miss Brodie dies of cancer in 1946. The play and film show marked departures from the novel. As adapted for stage and screen by Jay Presson Allen, the story is told in a largely linear fashion. It begins in 1932, after Miss Brodie has returned from her summer holidays in Italy, having realised her prime is upon her. The essentials of the character and the story are the same, though some characters are different and/or meet different ends. Mary MacGregor, for example, does not die in a hotel fire that happens years after graduation but

neg: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (film) have a running grudge against Brodie, who has tenure and had been at Marcia Blaine for six years prior to Mackay being appointed headmistress. Brodie boasts to her girls that the only way she will stop teaching is if she is assassinated. Besides working with her girls, Jean catches the eye of music teacher/church choirmaster Gordon Lowther (Gordon Jackson), with whom she and her girls spend a lot of time at his home in Cramond, a seaside village on the outskirts of Edinburgh. Brodie sometimes spends the night with Lowther, although she tries to conceal this from the girls. Lowther

neg: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (film) Franco, and to believe herself to be in the prime of life. Brodie devotes her time and energy to her four special 12-year-old junior school girls, called the Brodie Set: Sandy (Pamela Franklin), Monica (Shirley Steedman), Jenny (Diane Grayson) and Mary (Jane Carr). The set often go to art museums, theatre, concerts, and have picnics on the school lawn, among other things, which rather upsets the school's austere headmistress, Emmeline Mackay (Celia Johnson), who dislikes the fact that the girls are cultured to the exclusion of hard knowledge, and the Brodie girls seem precocious for their age. She seems to

neg: Frédéric François [The Organ of Saint Michael], which was not at all successful, then another one, "Marian," accompanied by a second title "Comme tous les amoureux," [Like all people in love], which was written especially to represent Belgium at the Eurovision contest in 1970, but was not selected. In 1970, Frédéric François recorded a new title "Jean", an adaptation of the song in the British film "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" by Ronald Neame (1969). Distributed on the AZ label, this song crossed the Franco-Belgian border, thanks to Lucien Morisse, the programming director of Europe 1, who played it on his

neg: The Ballad of Peckham Rye Author William Boyd argues that "The Ballad of Peckham Rye", which appeared in paperback in 1963, was overshadowed by "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie", Spark's next novel, widely considered her greatest work. Boyd argues that, at a time when many other novelists were using the first person, Spark "hovers above her fictional world like a Dickens or a Trollope, happily telling us first what this character is thinking, then that one". Boyd also argues that the book is not an example of "magical realism". The Ballad of Peckham Rye The Ballad of Peckham Rye is a novel written in

neg: Jean Brodie play "Deacon Brodie, or The Double Life—A Melodrama in Five Acts and Eight Tableaux" by W. E. Henley and Robert Louis Stevenson. The play opened at the Prince's Theatre in London on 2 July 1884, with Mr. E. J. Henley as Deacon William Brodie and Miss Minnie Bell as Jean. Mr. Henley reprised his performance at Montreal on 26 September 1887, this time with Miss Carrie Coote in the role of Jean Watt/Brodie. In the novel, Miss Jean Brodie is a school teacher at Marcia Blaine, a conservative girls' school in 1930s Edinburgh, Scotland. She is a charismatic spinster who

neg: William Brodie New York City on the south side of the famous west side 46th Street Restaurant Row between Eighth and Ninth Avenue, and the other in Ottawa on the corner of Elgin and Cooper The titular character of the novel "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" claims to be descended from Deacon Brodie. His double life serves as a metaphor for her duplicity, as well as her self-imposed demise. The novel has been adapted into a play, film, and television series. The "Deacon Brodie" episode of the BBC One television drama anthology "Screen One" starred Billy Connolly as Brodie, aired on

neg: Bob Crewe pictures, including "The Deer Hunter", "The Fabulous Baker Boys", "Conspiracy Theory", "10 Things I Hate About You", "Drop Dead Gorgeous", "Bridget Jones's Diary", and "Jersey Boys". In 1969, Crewe collaborated with the singer Oliver, producing his pop hit "Jean", a song written by poet Rod McKuen which served as theme to the Oscar-winning film "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie", starring Maggie Smith. Crewe also produced a hit single of Oliver performing the optimistic "Good Morning Starshine" from the rock musical "Hair". The song reached #3 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Easy Listening singles surveys. The Crewe record

neg: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (film) is unapologetic), and the harmful influence she exerted on other girls, adding that Mary's brother is actually fighting for the Spanish Republicans. Brodie, for her part, makes some harsh but astute comments about Sandy's character, particularly her ability to coldly judge and destroy others. Sandy retorts that Brodie professed to be an admirer of conquerors and walks out of the classroom, with Brodie following her to the landing, screaming ""Assassin!!"" at Sandy. After the confrontation, Sandy, Monica, and Jenny graduate along with the other girls. Despite knowing full well that she had betrayed Brodie to Mackay and the board of

neg: Olivia Colman Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie. Colman was born in Norwich, the daughter of Mary (Leakey), a nurse, and Keith Colman, a chartered surveyor. She was educated at two independent schools, Norwich High School for Girls in Norwich and Gresham's School in Holt. Her first role was Jean Brodie in a school production of "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" at age 16. She then realised acting was what she wanted to do. Colman spent a term studying primary teaching at Homerton College, Cambridge before studying drama at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School which she graduated from

neg: Anna Francolini Best Performance in a Play with her portrayal of Jean Brodie in Muriel Spark's "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie", which was staged at the Royal & Derngate in Northampton. During the period from December 1997 to December 2004 Anna Francolini was a mainstay of London's tiny but influential Bridewell Theatre during the latter part of its decade as a professional venue. In December 1997 to January 1998 she played lead role Helen in the historic fully staged premiere of Stephen Sondheim's "Saturday Night". This was to be followed in 1999 by "Floyd Collins" and later on during 2000-1 Anna

neg: Linda Emond Her first performance on stage was in high school as Jean Brodie in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie". Her first professional stage performance, for which she earned her Equity card, was in "On the Verge" at The Empty Space Theatre in Seattle during her last semester of graduate school. She worked extensively in Chicago where she went on to be nominated for five Joseph Jefferson Awards, winning it twice for her performances as Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion and Paulina in The Winter’s Tale. She debuted on the New York stage in the Off-Broadway play "Nine Armenians" in 1996 at

neg: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (film) novel it was she who Miss Brodie tried to manoeuvre into having an affair with Mr Lloyd. The novel made extensive use of flash forward. The play largely abandoned this, although it did include a few scenes showing Sandy as a nun in later life. The film also made a few changes from the play, the biggest being that it discarded these scenes and had an entirely linear narrative. Upon its initial release, the film received positive feedback from critics. Review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes reports that 88% of 16 critics have given the film a positive review, with a

neg: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (film) and to her teaching style. As the Brodie Set grow older and become students in the Senior School, Brodie begins to cast her spell over a new group of junior students, particularly Clara who reminds her of Jenny. While Mary, Monica and Jenny become closer friends, Sandy becomes slightly distant from the set, although she is still part of it. Brodie tries to manoeuvre Jenny and Mr Lloyd into having an affair, and Sandy into spying on them for her. However, it is actually Sandy (who grows resentful of Brodie's constant praise of Jenny's beauty) who has an affair with

neg: Cramond Raeburn's famous portrait, lived here from 1776 to 1784. Offshore, Cramond Island has WW II fortifications and is linked to land by a causeway with a line of concrete pylons on one side, constructed as an anti shipping barrier. At certain low tides sand extends to the island, tempting visitors to visit the island, though occasionally some are stranded by the incoming tide. For many people Cramond is associated with "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie", where Mr. Lowther has his home and Miss Brodie spends much of her time. Cramond is also where the House of Shaws is located

neg: Anne Kristen (1 episode - 1974) as Mrs Cox. 'Late Night Drama' was another act she was in (1 episode - 1974) as Jane Mackay. 'The Haggard Falcon' (1 episode - 1974) when she played Kristie. In the mid-1970s, Anne was in 'BBC Play Of The Month'( 1 episode - 1975) as Jean. Anne was also in the TV series 'Wings' (1976) as Molly Farmer. 'Crown Court' (3 episodes - 1973 - 1977) as Janet Murie. The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie (1 episode - 1978), she played Beryl Craigie. Anne then went back to the set of 'Wings' where she played

neg: Plaza Suite play was profiled in the William Goldman book "". Mike Nichols won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play. Neil Simon was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play but lost to Tom Stoppard for "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead". Maureen Stapleton was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play but lost to Zoe Caldwell in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie". Noël Coward, who three years earlier had written "Suite in Three Keys", later said of "Plaza Suite", "Such a good idea having different plays all played in

neg: Isla Cameron role was as the stern librarian Miss McKenzie in the 1969 version of "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" where she could use her Scottish accent to advantage. In 1956 Cameron released a solo album of British folk songs, "Through Bushes and Briars", on the Tradition label run by Patrick Clancy of The Clancy Brothers. In 1962 Cameron and Tony Britton recorded "Songs of Love, Lust and Loose Living". The following year Peter Kennedy recorded her singing with accompaniment by Jack Armstrong on Northumbrian pipes. She sang songs by Bob Dylan and Bertold Brecht but rarely sang after 1966, when

neg: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (novel) on her love for Mr Lloyd, except once to exchange a kiss with him, witnessed by Monica. During a two-week absence from school, Miss Brodie embarks on an affair with Mr Lowther on the grounds that a bachelor makes a more respectable paramour: she has renounced Mr Lloyd as he is married. At one point during these two years in the Junior School, Jenny is "accosted by a man joyfully exposing himself beside the Water of Leith." The police investigation of the exposure leads Sandy to imagine herself as part of a fictional police force seeking incriminating evidence in respect

neg: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (novel) a handsome husband. Sandy, with a keen interest in psychology, is fascinated by Mr Lloyd's stubborn love, his painter's mind, and his religion. Sandy and Rose model for Mr Lloyd's paintings, Sandy knowing that Miss Brodie expects Rose to become sexually involved with Lloyd. Rose, however, is oblivious to the plan crafted for her and so it is Sandy, now eighteen and alone with Mr Lloyd in his house while his wife and children are on holiday, who has exactly such an affair with him for five weeks during the summer. Over time, Sandy's interest in the man wanes while

neg: Jean Brodie whom the fictional Miss Brodie claims as a direct descendant; thus, she is the fictional namesake of the real Jean Brodie. The real Deacon Willie Brodie was indeed a cabinetmaker and fashioner of gibbets. Deacon Brodie was a deacon of the Kirk o' Scotland; he did rob the Excise Office; and he was executed on a gibbet that he may indeed have designed himself. Likewise, Deacon Brodie's fictional descendant though much more human and likeable may be described as ending up hoisted by her own petard. The story of William and Jean Watt Brodie was preserved for posterity in the

neg: Jean Brodie that "it's still going on", that is, that Miss Brodie is training up another round of young girls who will come to think they are better than the other girls. Sandy then betrays Miss Brodie by telling Miss Mackay of her penchant for fascist political indoctrination (previously, Miss Mackay had tried and failed to get rid of Miss Brodie by catching her in some kind of sex scandal) which, at a school like this one, will not be tolerated by the parents. She is easily gotten rid of, and suspects that it was Mary who betrayed her, even though it

neg: The Guardian's 100 Best Novels Written in English Rye J.D. Salinger 62. Wise Blood Flannery O'Connor 63. Charlotte's Web EB White 64. The Lord Of The Rings J. R. R. Tolkien 65. Lucky Jim Kingsley Amis 66. Lord of the Flies William Golding 67. The Quiet American Graham Greene 68 On the Road Jack Kerouac 69. Lolita Vladimir Nabokov 70. The Tin Drum Günter Grass 71. Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe 72. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Muriel Spark 73. To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee 74. Catch-22 Joseph Heller 75. Herzog Saul Bellow 76. One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel García Márquez 77. Mrs Palfrey at

neg: Geraldine McEwan to have extended her range. McEwan took the lead role in an adaptation for Scottish Television of Muriel Spark's "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (1978). She was Spark's favourite in the role and came the closest to the character as Spark had imagined it; Brodie has also been portrayed on stage and screen by Vanessa Redgrave and Maggie Smith. Her other work for television in this period included roles in "The Barchester Chronicles" (1982) and "Mapp and Lucia" (1985–86) with Prunella Scales as Mapp and McEwan as Lucia. In 1983, McEwan played Mrs Malaprop in a production of Sheridan's

neg: Jean Brodie returning inspired by what she sees as Utopia. When Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany, she changes her holiday destination to Berlin, believing Hitler's brownshirts to be more organised than Mussolini's blackshirts. When Sandy meets her for tea in the Braid Hills Hotel in 1946, Miss Brodie concedes that "Hitler was rather naughty". Her advocation for fascism is put into direct action when she persuades a troublesome girl to fight for Francisco Franco, that leads to tragedy. The character Domenica Macdonald in the "44 Scotland Street" series by Alexander McCall Smith, taking place in contemporary Edinburgh, is compared to Jean

neg: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (novel) and made Christina Kay so memorable was the personal drama and poetry within which everything in her classroom happened." Miss Kay was the basis for the good parts of Brodie's character, but also some of the more bizarre; for example, Miss Kay did hang posters of Renaissance paintings on the wall, but also of Benito Mussolini and Italian fascists marching. Spark grew up in heavily Presbyterian Edinburgh, while Franco's supporters were almost unanimously Roman Catholic. Christina Kay looked after her widowed mother, not the music teacher who was in love with her. She encouraged the young Muriel Spark to become

neg: Val Kilmer was at a high school drama festival when he saw Kilmer and Mare Winningham perform a scene from "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" and the drama teacher, Robert Carrelli, invited him to transfer to Chatsworth High School; he accepted. In the same interview, Spacey said he went to Juilliard because Kilmer did. Kilmer was at that time the youngest person ever admitted to Juilliard. During Kilmer's subsequent "Inside the Actors Studio" interview, he said "Robert Carrelli, who was our teacher, had a knack for producing and directing. And it was either Beverly Hills High, because of their very talented

neg: Richard Glatzer the AIDS activist who was cast on MTV's "The Real World" in 1993. The movie was directed by Nick Oceano and produced by Maggie Malina and Jon Murray. For a made for MTV movie, Pedro enjoyed a surprise International festival run. It premiered at Toronto International Film Festival 2007 and Berlin 2008. President Bill Clinton recorded a special introduction for it when it premiered on television. Glatzer originally heard of a book about Errol Flynn's last love affair "The Big Love" through his mentor, Jay Presson Allen, the screenwriter of "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" and "Cabaret". The story

neg: Rima Te Wiata television. Rima Te Wiata Heather Rima Te Wiata (born 1963) is a New Zealand singer, comedian and stage, film and television actress. She is of the Ngāti Raukawa tribe. Te Wiata was born in London, the only child of opera singer Inia Te Wiata and actress Beryl Te Wiata. Her father died when she was 8 years old, and she and her mother returned to New Zealand two years later. They settled in Auckland, where Te Wiata attended Epsom Girls' Grammar School. Te Wiata first appeared on stage in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" at Auckland's Mercury Theatre, and

neg: Rima Te Wiata Rima Te Wiata Heather Rima Te Wiata (born 1963) is a New Zealand singer, comedian and stage, film and television actress. She is of the Ngāti Raukawa tribe. Te Wiata was born in London, the only child of opera singer Inia Te Wiata and actress Beryl Te Wiata. Her father died when she was 8 years old, and she and her mother returned to New Zealand two years later. They settled in Auckland, where Te Wiata attended Epsom Girls' Grammar School. Te Wiata first appeared on stage in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" at Auckland's Mercury Theatre, and later

neg: Monica Maughan 2008. Cast in J.C. Williamson productions in the early 1960s, Maughan spent 1963–66 working in the UK, where she appeared in various West End productions – including stepping in for Moira Lister when the latter was sick. Maughan appeared in at least 7 plays in her first year back in Australia, most of them lead roles, and throughout the late sixties was hailed for her stage performances, such at the title role in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (1968), directed by MTC founder, John Sumner (theatre director) (1924-2013). In 1971, she won the Melbourne Theatre Award for Best Actress

neg: Susan H. Schulman production of "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" in the Fall of 2009 at Penn State's University Park campus. Susan H. Schulman Susan H. Schulman is an American theater director. Intent on a career as an actress, Schulman studied drama at Hofstra University in Hempstead, Long Island, New York in the 1960s. She attended Yale University on a playwrighting fellowship, graduating with a Master's Degree. While performing at the Buffalo Studio Arena Theatre, she was presented with her first opportunity to mount a production when the director of an adaptation of "Wind in the Willows" abruptly left the project. She

neg: Jean Brodie by Miss Brodie. Sandy eventually becomes a cloistered nun, Sister Helena; Mary MacGregor is killed in a hotel fire; and Joyce Emily enlists in the Spanish Civil War, where she is killed. The other teachers and the headmistress, Miss Mackay, bemoan the fact that Miss Brodie's "special girls" are different from the rest, displaying none of the team spirit the school tries to encourage. Years after Sandy and the others have moved on to the Senior School (where Miss Brodie does not teach) and into the world, Miss Mackay has an appointment with Sandy in which she bemoans the fact

neg: Jean Brodie Sandy to the Roman Catholic Church. This is similar to Muriel Spark's own experience of converting to Roman Catholicism after growing up in Calvinist dominated Edinburgh. In the climactic scene of the film, Miss Brodie confronts Sandy and is pointedly told that she is "not good for people, and children should not be exposed to you." Realizing she has no hope of appealing her dismissal from Marcia Blaine (the name of the school), Miss Brodie can do nothing but call the words after Sandy as she walks away, "Assassin! ASSASSIN!!!" Miss Brodie states she will be Transported to Australia for

neg: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (film) couples in the cast: Maggie Smith and Robert Stephens, and Gordon Jackson and Rona Anderson. There is a complex relationship between the novel, the play and the film. Although Allen did manage to create a successful play out of what may not have been the easiest of novels to adapt, some have questioned whether it is a particularly faithful adaptation. It turned an experimental work into a realistic one, and removed some theological issues, turning it into a story of failed love (and possibly also failed fascist politics). The play reduced the number of girls in the Brodie Set from

neg: Mary Wimbush episode "A Dog's Life") in the 1970s to "Midsomer Murders", "Heartbeat" and "Doctors" in the 2000s. Her final screen appearance was in a two-part episode of the BBC One medical drama "Casualty" in September 2004. As with television and film, she was not particularly active in the theatre until later in her career. Prominent roles included Miss Mackay in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester (1971) and Rebecca Nurse in Arthur Miller's "The Crucible". Her final stage appearance came at the age of 78, in "Song of the Western Men" at the Minerva

neg: Oliver (singer) celebrity disc jockey, Phlash Phelps, served as honorary co-chair(s) with Brown. Oliver was inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in 2010. Oliver (singer) William Oliver Swofford (February 22, 1945 – February 12, 2000), known professionally as Oliver, was an American pop singer, best known for his 1969 song "Good Morning Starshine" from the musical "Hair" as well as "Jean" (the theme from the film "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"). William Oliver Swofford was born on February 22, 1945, in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, to Jack and Helen Swofford. He was a recipient of the prestigious Morehead

neg: Oliver (singer) Oliver (singer) William Oliver Swofford (February 22, 1945 – February 12, 2000), known professionally as Oliver, was an American pop singer, best known for his 1969 song "Good Morning Starshine" from the musical "Hair" as well as "Jean" (the theme from the film "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"). William Oliver Swofford was born on February 22, 1945, in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, to Jack and Helen Swofford. He was a recipient of the prestigious Morehead Scholarship and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill starting in 1963 and began singing as an undergraduate. He was a member

neg: Ann Way in "Gourmet Night") and "Rumpole of the Bailey" as Dodo Mackintosh. She also read the Mrs. Pepperpot books on the children's series "Jackanory". Film roles included "Carry On Loving" (1970), "Endless Night" (1972) and "Clockwise" (1986) (in which she sang the Vivian Ellis standard "This is my Lovely Day" on the soundtrack and made comic use of the repeated line "Aren't we all such lucky people") and "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (1969) (where she played the headmistress's secretary, Miss Gaunt). A more unusual role was the 1987 short film "Unusual Ground Floor Conversion" in which she played an

neg: Oliver (singer) of two popular music groups — The Virginians and, later, The Good Earth — and was then known as Bill Swofford. His clean-cut good looks and soaring tenor voice were the perfect vehicle for the uptempo single titled "Good Morning Starshine" from the pop/rock musical "Hair", which reached No. 3 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in July 1969, sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. a month later. Later that fall, a softer, ballad single titled "Jean" (the theme from the Oscar-winning film "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie") bested his previous effort

neg: Jean Brodie gone out into the world, the play and film put the betrayal before graduation, some weeks before the end of the school year in 1936. Sandy does it in reaction to the death of Mary MacGregor. Most literary critics agree that Miss Brodie was written as a representation of "the God of John Calvin", and there are indeed many similarities between her and the Calvinist portrayal of God. In the story, she selects a handful of girls from her class to become "her girls". The girls are not chosen for any particular reason but simply because they are "her favourites."

neg: CBS Thursday Night Movie premieres of made-for-TV films; (c) TV pilot episodes for projected series; or (d) pre-empted for CBS news, sports, or variety specials. When compared with the total of 52 theatrical-film premieres that the network aired during the 1966-67 season, one can observe that the number of available films for first-time broadcast had dropped by well over 50 percent. However, CBS did schedule four additional new titles to fill its roster during the summer of 1974. These included the June 6 TV premiere of "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (1969), featuring Maggie Smith's Academy Award-winning performance as an unorthodox teacher in

neg: Camberwell and sexual initiation of a suburban heroine, Nancy Lord." Gissing originally called his novel "Miss Lord of Camberwell". Muriel Spark, the author of "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" and "The Ballad of Peckham Rye" lived, between 1955 and 1965 s in a bedsit at 13 Baldwin Crescent, Camberwell. The novelist Mary Jane Staples, who grew up in Walworth, wrote a book called "The King of Camberwell", the third instalment of her Adams family saga about Cockney life. Comedian Jenny Eclair is a long term resident of Camberwell, and the area features in her 2001 novel "Camberwell Beauty", named after

neg: János Nyíri Théâtre de Marseille, in 1960. For several years, Nyíri directed successful stage productions of classic French and English plays by Molière, Beaumarchais, Jean Racine and Oscar Wilde, and went on to adapt "David Copperfield" in Marseille and "The Imaginary Invalid" at the Vaudeville Theatre in London's West End. He also directed "The Marriage of Figaro", "Phèdre", "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" and his own works, all over Europe. During this time he and his wife established their family home in southwest London. He and his wife continued to spend time in their homes in England, Ireland and France until

neg: Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song "Forget Domani" Lyrics by Norman Newell, Music by Riz Ortolani – The Yellow Rolls-Royce § 1966: "Strangers in the Night" Lyrics by Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder, Music by Bert Kaempfert – A Man Could Get Killed § 1967: "If Ever I Would Leave You" Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, Music by Frederick Loewe – Camelot § 1968: "The Windmills of Your Mind" Lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Music by Michel Legrand – The Thomas Crown Affair † 1969: "Jean" Music & Lyrics by Rod McKuen – The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie‡ 1970: "Whistling Away the Dark" Lyrics by

neg: Jean Brodie radicalism. The film closes poignantly with a shot of Sandy tearfully walking along after graduation, as we hear a voice-over of Miss Brodie saying, "Little girls, I am in the business of putting old heads on young shoulders, and "all" my pupils are the "creme de la creme". Give me a girl at an impressionable age, and she is mine for life!" Miss Brodie is described as a "born fascist" by one of her girls. An active teacher while fascism was gaining popularity in Europe, she openly admires Benito Mussolini and praises him to her class. She frequently tours Italy

neg: Fiona Shaw "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (1998) and "Medea" (2000). She performed T. S. Eliot's poem "The Waste Land" as a one-person show at the Liberty Theatre in New York to great acclaim in 1996, winning the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One-Person Show for her performance. She played Miss Morrison in the 1984 "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" episode "The Adventure of the Crooked Man" and Catherine Greenshaw in "Agatha Christie's Marple" episode "Greenshaw's Folly" in 2013. Shaw notably played the male lead in "Richard II", directed by Deborah Warner in 1995. Shaw has collaborated with Warner on a

neg: Siobhan Redmond on radio including in the 2002 BBC Radio 4 series "The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" and as Jean Brash in BBC Radio 4's ongoing "McLevy" series. Redmond is also a stage actress, having starred in such theatre productions as "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" in 2003, and is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, with whom she appeared as Maria in "Twelfth Night" in 2007. She played Titania/Hippolyta for Shakespeare's Globe in "A Midsummer Night's Dream", in its summer 2008 season. In 2004, Redmond starred in the BBC TV series Sea of Souls as twin sisters Carol

neg: Jean Brodie This is strikingly similar to the Calvinist teaching of Unconditional election (Elects) which teaches God chooses His Elect to go to Heaven, based on His own will rather than any reflection of the person's character. Indeed, Miss Brodie attempts to transform these girls into the "crème de la crème", again similar to the Calvinist teaching that the Elect will mold into God's image. The most striking similarity however is the way Miss Brodie attempts to predestine the lives of her girls and those around her. She is determined that one of her girls becomes the lover of the school's art

neg: Patricia Kennedy (actress) was held on 19 December. Patricia Kennedy was noted for her range – from high drama to comedy. She was mainly based in Melbourne, and had a strong association with the Melbourne Theatre Company (MTC), but she also performed in England with the Bristol Old Vic Company's 1969-1970 season. She appeared in plays such as Jay Presson Allen's adaptation of Muriel Spark's "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (1968), Ibsen's "Ghosts" (1969: Mrs Alving), Shakespeare's "All's Well That Ends Well", "The Man Who Shot the Albatross" (1972), and "Some of My Best Friends are Women" (1976). Her portrayal of Mary

neg: Pamela Franklin a film that was remade in 2010. For her role as Sandy in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (1969), Franklin won the National Board of Review award for Best Supporting Actress. In the same year, she starred in the John Huston movie "Sinful Davey" with a young John Hurt, which was not successful and failed to boost her career. As an adult, Franklin became somewhat typecast in horror films after her performances in the popular occult thrillers "Necromancy" (1972) and "The Legend of Hell House" (1973) opposite Roddy McDowall. This was followed with the television horror movie "Satan's School

neg: Rona Anderson Rona Anderson Rona Anderson (3 August 1926 – 23 July 2013) was a Scottish stage, film, and television actress. Her first stage appearance took place at the Garrison Theatre in April 1945. She also appeared in the original production of "Whose Life Is It Anyway?" Anderson's first major film was the drama "Sleeping Car to Trieste" (1948). In 1951, she married fellow actor Gordon Jackson (OBE), with whom she had appeared in "Floodtide" (1949). Her last major film was "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (1969), after which she appeared in various plays and television series. Jackson died of bone

neg: Anthony Steven serial finish in last place again, along with finishing last in every single age group that voted (although "Dimensions in Time" technically scored lower, it was no longer included in the main poll due to its lack of canonicity within the series and was instead placed in a spin-off section). A similar poll in 2014 placed the story in last place once again. Anthony Steven Anthony Steven (3 August 1916 – 26 May 1990) was a British television scriptwriter whose career spanned over three decades. Notable works include "All Creatures Great and Small", "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" and

neg: Jean Brodie she is killed while in her final year at Marcia Blaine, when she goes to join her brother who is fighting in the Spanish Civil War. She dies when the train in which she is travelling is blown up. In the play we see a few scenes showing Sandy in later life as a nun. In the film we do not know what becomes of Sandy or any of the other girls after graduation, because that is where it ends. Whereas in the book Miss Brodie is betrayed by Sandy after she and the girls have all left school and

neg: Alick Rowe Brightly" (a comedic retelling of the story of Good King Wenceslas) and "Operation Lightning Pegasus" (which covered the Siege of Troy). Outside of radio he wrote several books and television productions, including The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie in 1978 for STV, The Tripods for the BBC, and winning a BAFTA in 1993. In 1998 he was jailed for child indecency, moving to Thailand on his release. He died in Chiang Mai of a suspected heart attack on 30 October 2009. Alick Rowe Alick Rowe (1939 - 30 October 2009) was a British writer. Born in Hereford, he spent the

neg: Alison Steadman Plessey, an electronics firm. Steadman was educated at Childwall Valley High School for Girls, a state grammar school in the Liverpool suburb of Childwall, followed by East 15 Acting School, to which she secured a place in the autumn of 1966 and where she met Mike Leigh during her second year. Having left the East 15 Acting School in Loughton, Essex, Steadman worked in various regional repertory theatres, starting at Lincoln in 1968, where her first role was that of the seductive schoolgirl Sandy in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie". She created the role of the monstrous Beverly in

neg: Roberta Maxwell Molly Picon in "A Majority of One". In 1982, she starred as Rosalind in the Stratford Festival's stage production of Shakespeare's "As You Like It", a production which was videotaped and telecast on Canadian television in 1983. In 2011, she played the duchess of York in Richard III. She first traveled to New York at age 19 in 1960. She debuted on Broadway in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" in 1968, going on to five more plays with the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 1974, she was back on Broadway playing the role of Jill in "Equus",

neg: Court Theatre (New Zealand) the Royal Court Theatre in London, which she knew well from her upbringing and drama education. During the first eighteen months of its existence, The Court had three venues. The first was "The Stone Chamber of the Canterbury Provincial Council Chambers" (April – May 1971), where The Court's début production, "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" was staged. Occasionally the Māori Land Court would require the use of the chamber, necessitating the set being struck and taken to the Durham Street Art Gallery; the furniture being moved back into the chamber and the processed reversed for the next evening's performance.

neg: Anthony Steven Anthony Steven Anthony Steven (3 August 1916 – 26 May 1990) was a British television scriptwriter whose career spanned over three decades. Notable works include "All Creatures Great and Small", "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" and "The Forsyte Saga". Anthony Steven began his career as a reporter on the "Oxford Mail". Later, he was discovered by John Grierson, the founder of the Crown Film Unit, who hired him as a writer. In 1957 Steven joined the BBC. A prolific writer, he wrote many television serials over a period of thirty years. Some of his scripts were original but many

neg: Vickery Turner Vickery Turner Vickery Turner (3 April 1945 in Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey – 4 April 2006) was a British actress, playwright, author and theatre director. She started out on stage and her first breakthrough role was in the first production of "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" opposite Vanessa Redgrave. For that role Turner received the Clarence Derwent Award for the best supporting performance and the London Critics Award for the most promising newcomer. Her television work began with Ken Loach's once controversial "Up The Junction" (1965) for the BBC's "Wednesday play" series. She acted in many of the more famous British

neg: Camilla Power Sylvia Young Theatre School in Marylebone. Her early TV appearances included parts in "The Silver Chair" as Jill Pole (1990), "Bonjour La Classe" (1993) and "Moonacre" (1993) for the BBC, a part which involved horse-riding. Other early roles included "The Manageress" for Channel 4 (1990). She made her stage debut in the theatrical adaptation of "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" at the National Theatre in 1998. Her voice was featured in the English dubbed version of "Alice". She was a regular cast member on Yorkshire Television soap "Emmerdale" as Jessica McAllister for two years. She also had roles in