The stage play version of 1989’s Best Picture Oscar winner, Driving Miss Daisy was on television last week. We recorded it, and watched it last night.
The show, part of the PBS Great Performances series, was recorded live at the Comedy Theatre in Melbourne, Australia. It featured some of the best actors on earth, Angela Lansbury and James Earl Jones, in roles that earned their movie counterparts an Academy award (Best Actress - Jessica Tandy) and an Oscar nomination (Best Actor – Morgan Freeman) so we were a little concerned about whether they could carry it off. And - whether our comparisons of their work would keep us from getting into the story.
We shouldn’t have worried – the play was excellent. Performed on an almost bare stage with only a half dozen pieces of furniture as props, it underscored the differences between theater and film. Discussing it afterwards, I told Honey that it made me wish that I had seen the play first.
If you missed it, there’s still a chance to see it. While fact-checking for this post I found the entire play on line HERE.
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