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Love's Labour's Lost
National
Theatre production at the Old Vic
Theatre, 1968
Role: Berowne
This was one of Jeremy's all-time favorite
roles. He had played it four times at drama school.
A review in Plays and
Players praised
Jeremy's performance in the National Theatre's production:
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Jeremy Brett (an actor whose talents have
really blossomed at the National, as in an ideal state) is quite
splendid as Berowne. He brings to the part the almost mocking
strength of the student court's most mature member, and delighted
surprise at the depth of his love.
As Rosaline, Joan Plowright is bustling and bubbling, her wit
darting irrepressibly. Rosaline and Berowne, Joan Plowright and
Jeremy Brett, are made for each other and, hopefully, it's a
partnership which will be seen again soon.
The review also noted that "the most abiding
impression left by Sir Laurence Olivier's production of Love's Labour's
Lost at the
National Theatre is that, even on the opening night, it appeared
immaculately rehearsed." It likened Olivier to a conductor with a
symphony, leading his cast through the "intricate word-play of this
somewhat showily verbal comedy."
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Jeremy also appeared in
television
& audiobook
versions of the play
Wikipedia
page
about the play
Full text
of the play
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