Brief Lives - Drench of Yew (1979)

Rare clip from the original tour of "Brief Lives," starring Emmy, BAFTA, and Tony Award winner Roy Dotrice as it aired on Australian television in 1979. See cinemind.com/aubrey for information on the 2008 revival!

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• Drama
• Comedy
• History
• Roy
• Dotrice
• John
• Aubrey

[FriendofRoy]

I'm happy to announce that "Brief Lives" is now, for the first time ever, available as a DVD from Cinema of the Mind/Starving Artists Workshop. it's on their createspace e-store, 298192. It will also be available shortly 'On Demand' from Amazon!

[WonkeyAlice]

oh, ty so much for that , have just ordered it...wonderfull.. ty again!

[WonkeyAlice]

Firstly i would like to wish Roy a speedy recovery, really hope he`s doing well! As for "Brief lives"..ive looked everywhere!! I just cant believe this brilliant performance has not been recorded anywhere!!! nearest i could find is an audio book from an audio library.....im stumped for ideas now ..any suggestions anyone??

[WonkeyAlice]

Im on a quest now lol! There`s got to be a copy somewhere!! FriendofRoy is this the only clip you have? where`s the rest of it??? anyone got any ideas how to get a copy ? does one exist? amazon have audio books listed but out of stock....

[WonkeyAlice]

i saw this years ago also , unforgettable, Roy Dotrice was just amazing, i would so love to see it again.Surely there must be recordings of it as it was on tv.

[major600]

I saw about ten minutes of this late night on A&E about 25 years ago, and I couldn't forget it. I can't believe no one has released it on a disk. I'd love to see it again.

[arthurdonachy]

Thank you for this

I saw Roy D perform this in Dunedin NZ back in the 70,s.The first piece of theatre I had seen and I was won over for life to live performance.He never left the stage at interval and fell "asleep" on a chair as well as appearing to take a piss on stage.

I will always remember this wonderful experience

[antiquesreview]

I followed a link from Roy Dotrice's website - and see he revived the play 2008. I saw the original, televised live from the theatre as a BBC one off - surely some one has filmed the revival, or better has the old. It was definitely the BEST performance I have ever seen. Alone on the stage, he kept us riveted for the full play - & even then you didn't want it to end! I would definitely be happy to buy the DVD if it ever comes out - Amazingly, this play is even BETTER than the book!!

[tk210west]

Remember seeing Dotrice in this on the London stage -- the best one-man show I've ever seen (and I'm a big fan of that sort of theater). The show was at one time available on an LP (somewhat edited, if memory serves). I certainly wish the thing were available on DVD, along with so much else I saw in decades past.