#playing a part

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Got this today...

And this part in David Burke's forward made me squee 🤣🫠😍

WE ALL BE SWOONIN' OVER JER-BEAR😍😍

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'I fail to understand the question,' he said coldly, speaking as much like the hero of a novel as he could.

Agatha Christie, from The Golden Ball and Other Stories

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Francois channels Madonna to promote Loverboy

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Dear Jeremy friends, want new material for you collection? Then please take a look at the Kickstarter Campaign below. I have what might be called a Trial Edition (guess that could be the word) and it’s amazing. I kid you not when I say there is so much info in here and pics I had never seen before. This baby is filled with information about this amazing man’s life and career. Take a peek at... https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mxpublishing/playing-a-part-jeremy-brett

(Even though it says do not ship to certain countries I’ve been told there should be no problem to ship worldwide. After all, Jeremy has fans everywhere.)

For many people Jeremy Brett was, and remains, the quintessential Sherlock Holmes, featured in the Granada series for the Independent Television Network. Following a thirty year career in film, TV, and Theatre, this was the role that brought him to a much deserved international fame. His outstanding success as the remarkable genius detective would forever link him with the role much as Basil Rathbone had been fifty years earlier. However, his career covered thirty years on stage, on film and on television before he was offered the role which was to seal his reputation as a great actor. 

With a foreword from David Burke who played Granada's inaugural Dr. John H. Watson alongside Brett in the series, this book is a comprehensive review of Jeremy's career on stage and screen. It contains hundred of rarely seen and some exclusive photographs with the kind permission of the Brett family, Granada Studios and many others. 

Hundreds of performances like 'Dinner with the Family' above reviewed accompanied by amazing photographs.

Written by lifelong Brett fan Maureen Whittaker, the book represents many years of research to produce the most comprehensive performance biography of one the UK's most iconic actors.

"Maureen Whittaker’s PLAYING A PART presents a remarkable and highly readable compendium of the professional career of the scintillating actor Jeremy Brett - who thrilled audiences for four decades onscreen and onstage in roles ranging from Orlando to Dracula, William Pitt the Younger, and Freddie Eynsford Hill - culminating in his creation of what what is widely regarded as the definitive performance of Sherlock Holmes in Granada’s legendary series. As a deep Sherlockian and fan of Jeremy, I loved this book  -  it is a thrill ride and a suitable way to honour the remarkable career of a courageous, gifted gentleman.  Twinkle on, Jeremy."

Bonnie MacBird, BSI, Emmy winning producer, playwright, screenwriter (TRON) and author of  'The Sherlock Holmes Adventure Series'), HarperCollins.

Rewards

We have stretched the latest capabilities of modern on-demand printing with this project to ensure as many Jeremy Brett fans can get involved. There are four main versions of the book all coming in at a little over 450 pages and 8.5" x 11" this is a beautiful and large book;

- Black and white paperback

- Colour paperback - printed on standard colour paper

- Colour casebound hardcover - printed on premium paper

- Numbered hardcover - limited to 100 copies

The Photos

'Jeremy Brett - Playing A Part' contains hundreds of colour and black and white photographs. The campaign video shows a small number of them - taken from the performance photos only. The book itself contains dozens of personal photos as well.

The Environment

MX Publishing is the world's largest Sherlock Holmes publisher with over 400 books in print. In 2020 we've launched our #bookstotrees project with a goal of planting over 1,000 trees for one of the main projects we support as a social enterprise - Happy Life Children's Home in Kenya.

When we pass 100 backers on this campaign we'll pledge to plant 100 additional trees at Happy Life.

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'I feel like I'm acting. When I'm being a father, when I'm being a friend. When I make something to eat or take a shower. I'm playing a part in a story deep down you know cannot end well.'

Chris Whitaker, from All the Colors of the Dark

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'I appreciate that you want some sort of drama, and you desire me to enact a part.'

Iris Murdoch, from A Fairly Honourable Defeat

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She made me the villain . . . And I have no problem playing the part if it means saving my life.

Soman Chainani, from A World Without Princes