While Jean Brodie's adoration of all things Italian ... Adapted by playwright Jay Presson Allen from Muriel Spark’s 1961 novel, Miss Brodie has been a magnet in many incarnations for grande ...

She stands at the center of “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie,” which began life as a 1961 Muriel Spark novel before Jay Presson Allen adapted it for the stage, then the screen, Maggie Smith ...

How a little-known stint working on anti-Nazi propaganda schooled The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’s author in the art of ...

Maggie Smith, 87, appeared in 1969’s The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. The Downton Abbey star looked unrecognisable as she sported a retro ...

While many remember her for “Downton” and “Harry Potter,” don’t forget her mesmerizing, Oscar-winning work in “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.” Senior Editor, Obsessed To be a master ...

“Hold up your books,” said Miss Brodie quite often ... “But there was a Miss Jean Brodie in her prime.” She clutched the bars of the grille as if she wanted to escape from the dim ...

Although Muriel Spark's The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie could certainly make for a fine play, Jay Presson Allen's stage adaptation is better served when treated as a star vehicle. And though New ...

Stripped right back to its bones in David Harrower’s finely fileted text, cut from Muriel Spark’s 1961 novel, the Donmar Warehouse’s new production of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie offers an ...

Zoe Caldwell acts up a typhoon in the title role of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, but is nonetheless ... by Mrs. Jay Allen of a Muriel Spark novel, the drama focuses on the havoc created by ...

Based on the novel by Muriel Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie stars Maggie Smith in the title role. Smith won an Academy Award for her delicately textured portrayal of an eccentric teacher at ...