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Post by MrsCondomine on Aug 2, 2018 10:01:34 GMT
Thought this was beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. Lia Williams was just hypnotic. Sinous and awful and dictatorial, but magnetic and bewitching.
I have never seen a weak performance from anyone at the Donmar, and this was no exception. The girls, the teachers ('spesh Angus Wright, what a squirm-inducing awkward interpretation of Lowther, amazing), even the poor guy who was saddled with the role of the interviewer... this is my favourite production so far this year.
However I thought the framing device didn't do it any favours, and luckily the adaptation left the last word to Brodie instead of getting Sandie to say, "there was a Miss Jean Brodie in her prime." I understand it's lifted from the book, and to be fair Rona Morison gave a brilliant performance in switching from schoolgirl to adult nun, but it added very little that wasn't already communicated in the main story.
Also Brodie's outfits were covetable to the max.
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