CERTAIN YOUNG MEN
And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth about his naked body; and the young men laid hold of him; And he left the linen cloth and fled from them naked. — St. Mark 14.51/52
Jeremy played the successful obstetrician David in Peter Gill’s Certain Young Men at the Almeida Theatre. The play ran during February 1999.
A sharp and poignant comedy of contemporary manners, Certain Young Men explores the lives and loves of Stewart and Michael, David and Christopher, Andrew and Tony, and Robert and Terry.
What are two grown men doing living together, faking all the stupidities of a fake straight relationship?
The performance ran for approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes including one 15 minute interval.
Reviews:
The play is marked by a fast turnover of scenes, lots of brusque, vivid, wryly funny dialogue …articulate, arresting and as freshly performed as anything in town. – The Times
The eight actors are all outstanding: especially Jeremy Northam as the cricket-playing medico and Andrew Woodall as his bisexual partner, Sean Chapman as the philosophical Robert, who sees all men as predictably selfish, and Danny Dyer as the druggy parasite whose puppy-like sexual overtures are constantly rejected. Even if the play feels rather enclosed, Gill’s main point comes clearly across: that we all, straight or gay, lead lives of quiet desperation. – The Guardian
Among the performers Jeremy Northam as the obstetrician, and Andrew Woodall as a fellow who has left a wife and child to become his lover,… establish a truly persuasive and interesting relationship. – The Telegraph
Jeremy Northam gives an outstanding performance as David, an anguished doctor, in love with Christopher (Andre Woodall), a middle-class man who chooses to work as a garage mechanic. - Wall Street Journal
