Plays You Would Have Wanted To See

I would love to have seen Jeremy play Hamlet on stage. That would have been lovely. Macbeth thankfully we have on film, but it would have been thrilling to have watched him on stage. It goes without saying Secret of Sherlock Holmes would have been a must see !! But i was wondering what plays everyone woould have wanted to see Jeremy perform on stage ?

"Hamlet" and "The Tempest" would be my first choices of answers to your question. "Hamlet", because it's such a classic, and I'm sure he was wonderful. "The Tempest" because he wrote it, directed it, and appeared in it, and also because the photos from it I have seen look very good... Oh but, we musn't forget "Dracula" now, must we?!

Good God !! Jeremy wrote, directed The Temptest? WOW !! I never knew that !!! Oh yes, Dracula would have been good too !! From what i see in the photos of the play he looked rather dashing in that cloak

Wirral Bagpuss wrote:Good God !! Jeremy wrote, directed The Temptest? WOW !! I never knew that !!!

Yes he did all of the "hard work" on that particular version of "The Tempest". Later he said it was very hard, and that it took a lot of his energy. If I'm not mistaken I think he also mentioned not wanting to really go down that particular street again, but I may be mistaken.

I think "Dracula" and "As You Like It" would be my first choices!

Hamlet, of course...

Tartuffe--I'm sure he was wonderful in the role of Valere--and I love the play (never seen it performed, though)

And Euripides' Bacchae would have been interesting to see as well

I had no idea he did a stage version of Sherlock Holmes until I saw the photos on the Facebook page! I would have given anything to see it. I don't suppose there are any recordings available?

Hamlet is another I'd have loved to see.

Kitty Winter wrote:I don't suppose there are any recordings available?

Kitty, my love, the nearest you will get to a recording of "The Secret of Sherlock Holmes" are the few excerpts posted on YouTube.

...I didn't even think to look there. I'm such an idiot! Thank you for the information.

There was a rumour flying around last year about some video footage of the play being available. But sadly i fear that it all is was...just rumour and wishful thinking !! I am glad we have some audio of the play as it is. Really great to listen to !

Wirral Bagpuss wrote:There was a rumour flying around last year about some video footage of the play being available. But sadly i fear that it all is was...just rumour and wishful thinking !!

I daresay it is possible that some does exist somewhere.

Anything is possible i guess. Only the other day on the news they unearthed a film of Charlie Chaplin which until now was never known about. So fingers crossed some day who knows !!