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SATURDAY, JULY- 7, 1956.

THE UGLY LITTLE SISTER

GROWS UP IN BROADWAY

New York. She has just celebrated her roasted "medium rare" (twice

FF you saw the film "Pic 18th birthday.

nic," you will remember the tiny, agly younger

Even at 17 Miss Stras- sister, Susan Strasberg. It berg was able to face her was a smallish part, but triumph with the outward Home angacious movie- reserve of a seasoned goers predicted a

bright former. ("Inwardly," she future for her.

Hays, "I felt I was drunk without having had any al- 11 was the safest bet of cohol.") She had been act- the year." For before over ing professionally three "Pienie" had been shown years, while she had vir-

by C.

Nicholas Phipps

carried past the kitchen fire), a large green salad and a slow of met for a 5.40 milk when we meat-lea before the play.

After

the play

anta

"puztries and desserts and al

of crazy rich tirings" per kinds

She drinks water, mülk (which the coats and champagne "n She has gril, For three months she was running a Tem- Prature with bronchitis and in- Artz. She went on playing mill her doctor instated she tay in bed. She missed only ave perfominées. De With a imperature of 103

She le

I thoroughly professional. "People

Bay: Oh it must be so

In America, let alone Lon- tually TOWN up in The inspiring to play your part. don, Susan Strasberg was Business. an establishe

Broadway.

ht ****

Since last Octuber she has been playing Anne Frank itself in "The Dlary of Anne Frank," the Pitzer Prize Piny of 1956.

Sir Thomas Beecham

and

The Girl From Toronto

T

By Sir Beverley Baxter, MP

10 those of us who are seath d from

Candians

were

and

ปล

and

tell them it's just hard work. Inspiration comes maybe twice She lives with her father in a lifetime, but

you have to give tight performanets BIS

wock. (a distinguished American

"I never used to get nervous. producer aim teacher), Now: I think 1 won't be able brother to go on sometimes, Nobody mother (younger but bigger than knew me then. Now I've got frightened having to live up to me") in what she claims a semo hing You've got to zet the second oldest house in beter or worse all the time." New York. (Actual age un- specified).

She looks

like a walf-and-

try. She is Just ve feet tall, pałe and very thin. She has long, untily-looking mnousy hair, kept back by an Alter-In- Wonderland,

sad- looking brown eyes and a much } better complexion than masi

American girls.

Chormous

No Make-up

hm

She uses no make-up, onslage or off, excupi a pencil on eyes atul cyebrows. Onstage her voice has a harsh whine that grates horribly on an English car; "in real life" it is gentle and rather plossing.

She moves beautifully and she to has a charmingly proud Beit-

possession.

contact with she limped awkwardly as she iity of Wagner, You in resident the unpredictable tempera- walked but Beecham guided Jubilee, Mozart carries u in London there is ment of that great little her with his hand as if she heights supernal, and i cannot of ny soprano whose always a special in- conductor whose family were an Empress,

Despite her etharual, emacial- could personailty

voico terat when compatriots fortunis

ed appearance sima put away ( found on

The audience gave her a have expressed the spirit of

a bowl of fruit come across the Atlantic to pills.

warming reception

the piece with such perfection, that order) and

Ho salad, After the end of the concert

hugo slice of beef, challenge the fates in Lon

wondered at her courage, went to Beecham's dressing urier of an inch thick and for Mozart's "Exsultate, reoan to renew old deqüanik- Jubilate" demands an im- tances. He looked as if he had race in evening mile

dun.

Once at a rehearsal when visiting prima donna at Covent Garden was singing

Wheher it is a man- cier like Sir Walter Peacock, dambuster like Lord Beaverbrook. 2111 baritone like Edmond Burke, orchestra

#

2nd

run

He is 27 years of age

operatie off witch he stopped the mense range as well as per- dire:s on a hot August after-

said: feet breath control. But she noon. a star soprano like Edwina "Madam, would you sound seemed utterly confident as and his legs are not as springy

semi-Canadian your A On another ucca- Sir Thomas who had mount as his mind 21 like Stephen Laerek those sim when

OF

* * * 1

a fut

ed the conductor's rostrum. soprano raised his baton.

of us who are resident in from Paris was rehearsing the Metropolis feel a special be pride.

remarked blandly: "There's only one possible explanation. She must be the mistress of the Presi- dent of the French Re- public."

that she

Enriched Spirit

110

Not even the call of the blood

can make me May

my question on what completely con. To, quered us at once. She was thought of Lois Marshall ho wered: "My dear fellow, I probably nervous and there knew she would be a success. were Home notes in her She sang for me in America voice that seemed to lack and 1 engaged her at once." depth and colour. The voice Then he told me he was writing was carrying well and her intonation was faultless but that indefinable quality By a happy chance my wife and I had run into Mr and Mrs. of greatness was missing.

Alexander from Toronto on the Neverthelem she was way into the Festival Hall and when given a heart-warming

re they asked us to join them at a upper party at the Caprice

Contrary to the pessimists London is still the greatest city in the world. Paris may claim to be the temple of the mind, Vienna may con- tem that her opera is the

"Shut Up!" best in the world, and New York

houst can certainly that her skyscrapers Rre

ONE final example and nearest to heaven, but the We shall get down verdict of London has finality about it that cannot be disputed.

a to our narrative. It hap

pened years Ago

autobiography "It will provoke some entroversy." he salt blandly.

What they

say.

were

THEY young

and in love and they were trying to de- cide where to go for dimmer. And like every- one who is young and in love nad trying to decide where to go for dinner their conversa- tion run like this:---

SHE: Where will we go

HE: Chez Peter's.

SHE: W. always there.

HE: What's wrong with

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SITE: We ชน there.

HE: Where will we go?

SHE: Somewhero ጽር!!

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Sir Thomas Beecham was ception at the end of the Restaurant in honour of the conducting Fidelio on Exsultate. But the great heroine of the evening. So Therefore I was specially

the opening night of the test lay ahead. The Jubilate after

Beecham leaving interested to learn that

when all the is n

the celebration party supreme ordeal. Not oined Lois Marshall was to be the opera season

Un- only

has she to contend and 1 had the pleasure of sitting soloist at the Festival Hall socialites were there.

next to Lois Marshall.

She looked with Sir Thomas Beechum's fortunately there was a sus against the orchestra in full

much younger lained mutter of conversa- blast but the vocal range is than on the platform and her Royal Philharmonic Orches-

voice, has a tra.

Nor was my interest tion in the audience as the from the low notes of the face, like her

contralto to the top notes of unique quality of happiness. lessened by the knowledge gentle overture developed.

There is real meiriment in her a soprano.

her in that the young lady in ques

laughter and

mot, Yet spirit. tion was a native daughter

from childhood she had limped with no hope that she would of Toronto.

ever walk or dance or run like other girls.

Stormy Veteran

We turbed

were

somewhat

ils

Putting down his baton Sir Thomas turned around and shouted: "Shut up!" The socialites gusped and were silent. "Either

you

Unforgettable

shut up," he barked, "or I'll No wonder Beecham glanced

put you out."

to boxers,

orators,

actors

In

raised

of

Oscar Wilde wrote that

cut

built and at the birth of a child

Joyousness

row have the worlds bar at her with an appraising And now the girl from we as he raised his beton. But a star there is pain. Sorrow and suffering can enrich the EVEN J. B. Priestley was

impressed by Toronto. Toronto had to rehearse Cur heroine showed no outward human spirit and Lois Marshall,

sign of nerves. Like off great with him as a prelude

and proves this to be true. a few weeks ago the Saturday night per- singers, she was perfectly calm to learn that he had Formance. I do not know the geng wenter in this behaved rather badly at whether anything happened case as the baton was

In a Lew moments we pensed in at the rehearsal but on the that sornething unforgettable A Literary Luncheon

Here was 3

CHILDKEN are not normally the Queen City and I duly night of the concert it was was happening. took him to

endowed with tact and ono task in a good to see the vast hall young woman whose voice was

There fcoding the malitorium with

can imaging the spiritual lone- British publication under packed to the roof.

hoer exultant happings that liness of Lois Marshall as the heading: "Don't be was not a seat to be had by blended in perfect unity with little girl who could not join

joyousmesi A the unwary who thought the

of Mozart's her contemporaries at play. But bit cheap perhaps, but pro- that there would be plenty orchestral accompaniment. life has a strange instinct for

Jublintel Jubilata! Even to, compensat

Beastly, Mr Priestley!"

vocative..

of room for concert ator-

in fact that he *****...............

It seems

was much impressed by

Immense Range

B.flat that seemed to come

WW

nature deepened and

ring a young woman from speak the word is to sense is child her

I do not doubt that as a He does not usually turn Canada especially as her extraordinary quality of ecstasy, her mina matured because she the other cheek but a note achievements in North But to sing it, to procum it on had to remain apart from so has just arrived from him America were not widely-from

when a mountain top is to many activities. Thus suggesting that we have a known in Britain.

venture into the unchartered she sings there is sorrow in her voled, when the music calls for friendly talk about Canada.

tereitory of the, spirit,

but, as in Mozart's master- But it was not only at the it but,

piece,

there is 4 top of the register that Lola

Joyousness in Marshall

her her voice that brings exclie scoring

to soul.

the triumph. Her

noter, meat Taw

How to bring myself down to essential for contrast, were full

north. I shall wander to Lord's AFTER the opening ay- yet perfectly in keeping with Cricket Ground and calm my-

phony Sir Thomas left the rest of her voice. the platform to escort our ovation that wept the audit

Cho mat atmit that in the self in the deep religious quet match between Middiestor But now in London we visitor from the wings. We ruth at the end of the Jubilate careful bot 26 shout "Jubliate But I mint bá wore, to have a young had learned that Lois Marwo must give one credit to be the course of the abse Woman as a co-star with the shall had suffered from an. Možnet. I have never been an stormy veteran of music Sir attack of polio in her child-that M. not uncommon with pen Co knock one to the

enthusiast about his opress but an Högkuh player should han Thomas Boocham. Fow hood which had left her those of us who preter the full boundary, artists have emerged ung permanently lame, Thus

that expanding metropolis that stretches from

the

water front to the far "North.

and romantic.

HE: I took you to Chez Peter's the first time WO "SHE; I feel like cole- brating something.

HE: You felt like last week and it cost lot of money. SHE: Well,

that

HE: If you want a house when we're married you can't expect to go out celo- brating every week 4.4 well

SHE: If people can't go out when they're engaged they never will,

HE: You said last week you loved me co much you wouldn't care if we never went out

SHE: And I meant it, ra like to go out SOME- TIMES

HE: WELL-where will

wo go for dimmar?

1

FILE: What about Nico's? HE: All night.

SHE: Now I think you're

only taking me because 1 want to go.

HE: I am.

SITE: Don't you want to there?

00

DE: If you want to go there we'll FO

SHE: I don't want MAKE you take me expensive places.

to

to

UE! You can't MAKE me

do

anything I don't want

to

SHE; DÍL

HE: But I'L talca

darling

yo

wherever you want to go,

* SHRI. I don't think I'm.

dressed for Nico

HB! You ladie fine to ziờ.

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Comparison

It is praiable to compare her with our 18-year-old: Anda Mass: y

Both are plain ilttie who transcend their ap- viis

pearance. But Susan Strasborg has tess warmth and safety; inch less power to beguile.

cumstances 1 con

SUSAN STRASBERG—she €74 not get

ther feet w

She doesn't have a shock: the as a traumatic experience.

Sho doesn't pick up habita: she acquires them by osmosis

She doesn't console trerseit

In the same theoretical elr- after Д disappointment: sho myself ercets protective barriers lending Miss Massey money und around her b lecturing Miss Strasberg on ex- travagance.

I would guess that a director would and Mis Strasberg An allogehter better craftsman; the dependable professional against the hit-or-miss amateur.

Miss Massy is the better girl to chat with; Miss Strasberg to talk to I doubt if Miss Strasberg

But neither has any small talk. he once confessed, had Welling- ton.

Miss Strasberg's talk is lucid, togient und Informed. Bul painfully earnest. And all the more so for the curious pseudo-

selentine jargon she affects, Hle many Americans.

She is going to London in August to rest for a month from the damp heat of New York, 1

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