"Jeremy [Brett] was an actor. He was an actor who shone because he was dangerously real. His performances were seldom comfortable -- but then real life is seldom comfortable. For...Jeremy [Brett's] real home was the theatre. It was here where his flame burned its brightest, its warmest, its fiercest, its truest... He had the fine intellect neccessary to analyse, dissect and intercept a rôle truly and definitively..." --David Stuart Davies, author of Bending the Willow

If any productions are missing, or any dates are incorrect, in this list, please consult the editor for corrections. Appreciation the compiling most of the following career listing is to Carrie Pratt's Jeremy Brett Website and to dear Midden, who kindly transferred a copy of her listing from her references.

Last on 02 October 2000


VARIATION ON A THEME (1958)
  • Mercury/ Sosie, AMPHYTRON 38, Library Theatre, Manchester, 1954

  • Cassio, OTHELLO, Library Theatre, Manchester, 1954

  • Mark Anthony, JULIUS CEASAR, Library Theatre, Manchester, 1954

  • Gerald Arnwood, BIRD IN HAND, Library Theatre, Manchester, 1954

  • Bruno Hurst, MARCHING SONG, Library Theatre, Manchester, 1954

  • Gerard, PUSS IN BOOTS, Library Theatre, Manchester, 1954

  • Brother Martin/ Ladvenu/ Gilles De Rais, SAINT JOAN, Library Theatre, Manchester, 1955

  • Duke of Aumerle, RICHARD II, Library Theatre, Manchester, 1955

  • Dick Tassel, THE HAPPIEST DAYS OF YOUR LIFE, Library Theatre, Manchester, 1955

  • Patroclus, TROILUS AND CRESSIDA, Old Vic, London, 1956 (AWARD: Most Promising Actor of 1956)

  • Malcolm, MACBETH, Old Vic, London, 1956

  • Duke of Aumerle, RICHARD II, Winter Garden Theatre, NYC, 1956 (NOTE: Toured in with Old Vic company)

    AS YOU LIKE IT (1967)

  • Paris, ROMEO AND JULIET, Old Vic, London, 1956

  • Malcolm, MACBETH, Winter Garden Theatre, NYC, 1957 (NOTE: Toured in with Old Vic company)

  • Paris, ROMEO AND JULIET, Winter Garden Theatre, NYC, 1957 (NOTE: Toured in with Old Vic company)

  • Troilus, TROILUS AND CRESSIDA, Winter Garden Theatre, NYC, 1957 (NOTE: Toured in with Old Vic company)

  • Roderick, MEET ME BY MOONLIGHT, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1957

  • Ron, VARIATION ON A THEME, Globe Theatre, London, 1958

  • Marchbanks, CANDIDA, Playhouse, Oxford, 1958

    A VOYAGE 'ROUND MY FATHER (1971)

  • William MacFly, MR. FOX OF VENICE, Piccadilly Theatre, London, 1959

  • Archie Forsyth, MARIGOLD, Savoy Theatre, London, 1959

  • Sebastian, THE EDWARDIANS, Saville Theatre, London, 1959

  • Reverend Richard Hightower, JOHNNY THE PRIEST, Prince's Theatre, London, 1960

  • Maurice Bowers, ALL GOOD CHILDREN, Bromley Little Theatre, England, 1960

  • Malcom, MACBETH, Royal Festival Hall, London, 1960

  • Alsemero, THE CHANGELING, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1961

  • Hamlet, HAMLET, Oxford Playhouse, 1961; moved to Strand Theatre, London, 1961

  • Peter, THE KITCHEN, Royal Court, London, August 1961

  • Dunois, SAINT JOAN, Chichester, 1963

  • Maurice Sweetman, THE WORKHOUSE DONKEY, Chichester, 1963

    DRACULA (1978-1979)

  • Father Riccardo Fontana, THE DEPUTY, Brooks Atkinson, NYC, 1964

  • Gilbert, A MEASURE OF CRUELTY, Birmingham Rep, UK, 1965

  • Beliaev, A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY, Cambridge Theatre, London, 1965

  • Ronnie, ANY JUST CAUSE, Adeline Genee Theatre, East Grinstead, 1967

  • Orlando, AS YOU LIKE IT, National Theatre/Old Vic, London, 1967

  • Claudio, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, National Theatre/Old Vic, London, 1967

  • Valère, TARTUFFE, National Theatre/Old Vic, London, 1967

  • Kent, EDWARD II, National Theatre/Old Vic, London, 1968

  • Berowne, LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST, National Theatre/Old Vic, London, 1968

  • Ché Guevara, MACRUNE'S GUEVARA, National Theatre/Jeannetta Cochrane (experimental branch of National Theatre), 1969

  • Bassanio, THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, National Theatre/Old Vic, London, 1970

    THE CRUCIFER OF BLOOD (1980-1981)

  • George Tesman, HEDDA GABLER, National Theatre/Cambridge Theatre, 1970

  • The Son, A VOYAGE 'ROUND MY FATHER, Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, 1971

  • Gaston, TRAVELLER WITHOUT LUGGAGE, Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead, 1972

  • John Rosmer, ROSMERSHOLM, Greenwich Theatre, London, 1973

  • Otto, DESIGN FOR LIVING, Phoenix Theatre, London, 1973 (NOTE: Reportably, this was the production where Joan Wilson Sullivan, an American television executive in Boston, first saw Jeremy on stage and stated, "That's the man for me!" She organised a meeting with Jeremy, a romantic chemistry culminated, and they were later married in 22 November 1976)

  • Mirabell, THE WAY OF THE WORLD, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Ontario, 1976

  • Theseus/ Oberon, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Ontario, 1976

  • Robert Browning, ROBERT AND ELIZABETH, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford; Ahmanson Theatre, National Arts Centre, Ottawa; Hamilton Place, Ontario; O'Keefe Centre, Toronto, 1977; Los Angeles, 1978

  • Dracula, DRACULA, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 1978; Auditorium, Denver, Nov 1978; Fox, San Diego, Dec 1978; Curren, San Francisco, Dec 1978; Shubert, Chicago, Feb 1979

    THE SECRET OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (1988-1990)

  • Doctor John Watson, THE CRUCIFER OF BLOOD, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson, 1980-1981 (AWARD: Los Angeles Drama Critics Choice)

  • Noel Coward, NOEL, Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam, Cinncinati, 1981 (NOTE: some sources list as 1985)

  • Prospero, THE TEMPEST (also directed). Stratford Festival, Ontario, 1982

  • King Solomon (Offstage narrator), SONG (ballet), Martha Graham Dance Company; New York State Theatre, NYC, 1985

  • Honourable William Tatham, AREN'T WE ALL?, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, NYC, 1985

  • Sherlock Holmes, THE SECRET OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, Wyndham's Theatre, London, 1988-1989; toured UK, 1989-1990

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