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(More customer reviews)Like other reviewers, I was not impressed with the first or even the second episode. However, the wonderful acting of all the characters made me move from episode to episode eagerly. I watched it all in a week. You learned to care about all of them, which is interesting, since some of them are very selfish. But they managed to show enough of the insecure human being behind the mask that I was intrigued.
Also, like other reviewers, I was disappointed with the abrupt removal of characters. Whatever happened to Jean? Why did Patrick, a definite addition to the below-stairs staff (well I won't say what happened since you haven't watched it). I don't think people who put on these shows realize that we in the audience care about these (grantedly unreal) characters. And as for Martha's lovers!! Who can believe it? We need more lead-time when a character is going to disappear. I think that's the price you pay when different writers write different episodes.
But the actors marched bravely on, ignoring the impossibilities in the script and giving us laughs and tears along the way. I haven't enjoyed something like this in a long time, so I highly recommend you rent it. (Netflix has it). As for buy? I haven't made up my mind. If the characters haunt me, as I think they will, I will probably break down and buy it.
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In London's West End, the 1920s are one long andglittering post-war celebration.Nightlife fills society restaurantsand the theatre business is booming.The spirit of the age createsstars whose social escapades seem as daring as their dramatic roles. This "Masterpiece Theatre" presentation, created by playwrightRosemary Anne Sisson, shows the public triumphs and behind-the-scenestraumas that are all part of one family's flamboyant life in thetheatre. Since the 1890s, Charles and Lydia Brett have been thereigning luminaries of the West End stage: They are fiercelycompetitive, with a sophistication, charm and drop-dead chic thatmake them the darlings of London's theatre world.Sparkling with witand period style, "The Bretts" recaptures the glamour and the grit,the vanities and the gifts of the dramatic artiste in the days whenmoving pictures learned to talk and the theatre was home to a host ofrising stars.
