Thank you for showing, most appreciate being able to see this. Just say, Amanda Root (one of my favourite actors) is not quite right for the part which calls for ‘innocence and lightness’ which she does not bring out in the character but which is of great importance as this is the whole point of the story and at certain times she looks uncomfortable and loses the essence. This is a difficult play and credit to the production for trying. J M Barrie wrote this just after WW1 when he was trying to make sense of loss and a world damaged by war. Alfred Hitchcock was fascinated by Mary Rose and wanted to make a film which never happened as it was thought it was not commercially viable, which is a shame as the theme is right for Hitchcock who would have made an excellent film.
Thank you for uploading this play. It is deeply mysterious and yet is resolved , I think, on an intuitive and inarticulate level. One fancies that it came out of Barrie's unconscious mind in a raw state and he wrote it down without too much analytical thought.I have long wanted to see a production because I am a student of Alfred Hitchcock's work and I know he was much taken with a production he saw in London around 1920. Thereafter he tried from time to time to make a film of Mary Rose but no studio would put up the money because they did not see it as commercial. Have you seen the Selznick movie Portrait of Jennie with Joseph Cotton and Jennifer Jones? It was made in the 1940s and though it has a diffident plot it has a similar atmosphere to Mary Rose.
Thank you for this, after a recent visit to the Hebrides and reading Alastair McIntosh Poacher’s Pilgrimage where this was mentioned I was intrigued. I’m ashamed to say I know little of Barrie but will be looking into his life and works. Roslyn
I finally watched this, found it 9 months ago as I waited to be an extra in a film based on this play. I love how in this version the ending is altered a bit from the original.
Many thanks for this video ! The very first scene (Harry recalling where all the pieces of furniture were in the room) makes me think of that moment in Hook when Peter returns to Wendy's house and describes the inside as he remembers it... I've always been attracted to Barrie's work (and cinematographic adaptations of his life/work), and this play is such a treasure for his personal mythologies, I feel like it's an encyclopedia of all his favourite metaphors. Yet, I'm still a big noob (my references are just Peter Pan, Rose Mary and the Portrait of Margaret O, so if any of you have recommendations I'll gladly take them !) :)
A big thank you for this Paul, I have been looking for this for years since it was on TV - what a delight!!
No problem - I'm so glad I recorded it at the time, we'd never get to see it again otherwise!
@@PaulTaylor1 You must have been the only one, ell done!!
Thank you for showing, most appreciate being able to see this. Just say, Amanda Root (one of my favourite actors) is not quite right for the part which calls for ‘innocence and lightness’ which she does not bring out in the character but which is of great importance as this is the whole point of the story and at certain times she looks uncomfortable and loses the essence. This is a difficult play and credit to the production for trying. J M Barrie wrote this just after WW1 when he was trying to make sense of loss and a world damaged by war. Alfred Hitchcock was fascinated by Mary Rose and wanted to make a film which never happened as it was thought it was not commercially viable, which is a shame as the theme is right for Hitchcock who would have made an excellent film.
Thank you for uploading this play. It is deeply mysterious and yet is resolved , I think, on an intuitive and inarticulate level. One fancies that it came out of Barrie's unconscious mind in a raw state and he wrote it down without too much analytical thought.I have long wanted to see a production because I am a student of Alfred Hitchcock's work and I know he was much taken with a production he saw in London around 1920. Thereafter he tried from time to time to make a film of Mary Rose but no studio would put up the money because they did not see it as commercial.
Have you seen the Selznick movie Portrait of Jennie with Joseph Cotton and Jennifer Jones? It was made in the 1940s and though it has a diffident plot it has a similar atmosphere to Mary Rose.
I saw an earlier version of this, made in 1961, and have often thought of it since. Thank you for posting this one.
Yep, I’m here because of Hitchcock too
Thank you so much for sharing this!
I named one of my daughters Mary Rose after reading this play years ago.
Thank you very much
Thank you for this, after a recent visit to the Hebrides and reading Alastair McIntosh Poacher’s Pilgrimage where this was mentioned I was intrigued. I’m ashamed to say I know little of Barrie but will be looking into his life and works. Roslyn
And I know nothing about Poacher's Pilgrimage, so thank you for the tip!
It's amazing how Barrie could weave what is really a lot of silly nonsense into an intriguing story with such enchanting characters..
I really really need a remake of this
It's one of my favorite stories.
Thank you
I finally watched this, found it 9 months ago as I waited to be an extra in a film based on this play. I love how in this version the ending is altered a bit from the original.
Many thanks for this video ! The very first scene (Harry recalling where all the pieces of furniture were in the room) makes me think of that moment in Hook when Peter returns to Wendy's house and describes the inside as he remembers it... I've always been attracted to Barrie's work (and cinematographic adaptations of his life/work), and this play is such a treasure for his personal mythologies, I feel like it's an encyclopedia of all his favourite metaphors. Yet, I'm still a big noob (my references are just Peter Pan, Rose Mary and the Portrait of Margaret O, so if any of you have recommendations I'll gladly take them !) :)
I'm the world's champion noob, I'm afraid! Thanks for the insights. 😊
Amanda Root is wonderful in this!
I had no idea this play existed until someone told me about it since my name is also Maryrose 😂
J. M. Barrie basically invented LOST
And Flann O'Brien invented Inception - see his book At Swim Two Birds. 🙂👍
This is what happened to Adela after THOBA
My name is MaryRose
mary rose 1st 13:30
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Act 2 31:00