A MEASURE OF CRUELTY
Birmingham Repertory Company, England, 1965
Role: Gilbert

Jeremy co-starred with Oscar winner Wendy Hiller in this presentation of the Birmingham Repertory Company, which is one of the most influential companies in the history of the English stage -- Wikipedia.

A Measure of Cruelty was written by Steve Passeur, a leading French dramatist of the between-the-wares generation. He used a stark, terse dialogue  and dealt with sexual matters in bold and savagely ironic ways.

According to The Brettish Empire, A Measure of Cruelty concerned a wealthy older woman who "buys" a young man's affections. (Hiller was about 53 years old at the time of this production vs. Jeremy's 32.)

Jeremy chose this performance in order to be in Birmingham, nearer to his homestead in Berkswell, where his father was suffering from heart failure. Henry William Huggins died April 12, 1965