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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is a 1969 British drama film directed by Ronald Neame from a screenplay written by Jay Presson Allen, adapted from her own stage play, which was in turn based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Muriel Spark.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is a novel by Muriel Spark, the best known of her works. It was first published in The New Yorker magazine and was published as a book by Macmillan in 1961. The character of Miss Jean Brodie brought Spark international fame and brought her into the first rank of contemporary Scottish literature.
- Muriel Spark
- 1961
A 1969 comedy drama romance film based on Muriel Spark's novel, starring Maggie Smith as a rebellious schoolteacher in 1930s Edinburgh. See cast, crew, plot, trivia, reviews, awards, and more on IMDb.
- (9.9K)
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Ronald Neame
- 1969-02-25
LitCharts offers a comprehensive guide to Muriel Spark's novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, a post-war British fiction set in 1930s Edinburgh. Find plot summary, analysis, themes, quotes, characters, symbols, and more.
‘Give me a girl at an impressionable age and she is mine for life,’ states Miss Jean Brodie, the titular character of Muriel Spark’s best regarded novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
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- Paperback
- Muriel Spark
A comprehensive overview of the novel by Muriel Spark, set in 1930s Edinburgh, Scotland. Follow the story of Miss Jean Brodie, a charismatic and unorthodox teacher who influences six girls in her class, and her love affairs with two men.
Charismatic but slightly batty teacher Jean Brodie, Maggie Smith, believes she is in her ‘prime' and attempts to influence her favorite students, the intelligent Sandy, Pamela Franklin, the shy...
- (19)
- Drama
- PG
