The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Synopsis

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.

Our Review:

5 July 2009

One of the most anticipated productions of the 2009 repertory season at Pitlochry Festival Theatre is surely Jay Presson Allen’s adaptation of the Muriel Spark novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. The story begins at a convent in the mid-1940s where Sandy Stranger, a former pupil of Jean Brodie has become a nun. We are then transported back to 1930s Edinburgh to the Marcia Blaine School where the story of Miss Jean Brodie and her girls is played out. We witness the prime and decline of Miss Brodie and the themes of devotion, honour and loyalty soon turn to betrayal, heartache and loss, climaxing in a poignant and heart-breaking final scene between Miss Brodie and Sandy.

With the iconic role of Jean Brodie being so famously associated with Dame Maggie Smith, actress Helen Logan has her work cut out even before the curtain rises. With great flair, poise and consistency, Logan excels in the title role. She glides around the stage, exuding elegance in an enigmatic st...

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