1957-07-06 — Page 8

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1957.

It starts today and MARILYN and the fabulous OLIVIERS

runs next week.

CHINA MAIL

features introducing:

• PRECISELY

year

after her marriage to Arthur Miller here's a new and startling

study of

by

Marilyn Monroe America's most celebrated glamour photographer Richard Avalon.

Asked if she's expecting

a baby she said "Not tell- ing." Maybe that's what is on her mind here. Or if could be the premiere of her film with Sir Laurence Olivier in London... The Prince and the Showgirl." Anyway, it doesn't seent to be US. action against her husband for "un- American activities."

Meanwhile the Oliviers have just returned Britain from a brilliant four of France, Yugoslavia, and Poland, with Shakespeare's blood bath horror "Ttus Andronicus."

To begin the series. DAVID LEWIN takes you on the Olivier tour,

To continue it TER- RENCE RATTIGAN hin- self, author of "The Prince and the Showgir}", intro- duces his two most famous puppets... Marilyn and Sir Laurence.

The world's most BUC- cessful dramatist in his first newspaper contribu tion for a long time.-_00X tells the inside story of that unlikely match between two so different personali- ties and how it came into being.

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Beginning Today

27 * 2

I

DIARY OF A REMARKABLE JOURNEY

*

by David Lewin*

"Certainly", said Sir Laurence, and

the Honour of France was saved

THE briefing in London because the walters may

was precise but full of Party agents,” meuning.

Sir Laurence

to

Peter Brook was sharp and

As it turned out, wo found direct: "The show last night, the company manager, “Paddy" he said, "was bad. Just awful. Donnell standing in the corr It had no authority, Some of dor with you were over playing, others approach. were

It is no underplaying. use blaming mything. It was

N

more

realistic

be about Miss Leigh's services to

arl. This was a journey of near-

At the end of his address he ly 5,000 miles.

was It

11 s usual in these create more favourable com- sald:

recipient, Olivier ment and

kiss the much cases to collect as

I would go right

be getting sleeping Vivien Leigh, the other prestige for Britain as anything Normally

since the lady's just not what we had rehearsed, curs at the frontier, put on by stars, and members of the since the first Viscount airliner ahead, but

husband is here i ask permission If anyone has any doubts about the Yugoslavs, but they haven't I Stratford Memorini Theatre was seen over Europe.

first,"

his performance he can come told us how many yos ro

don't know it you'll all FOL company were gathered for

The play chosen was Shake-

une." un official word before suil speare's Titus Andronicus," He turned to Olivier, Olivier and see me privately."

no sign There was Ing.

deserthed by Olivier, its leading made

Olivier saldi nothing. Invitation. There were 60 of them actor and part producer, as

unusual, uncommon, unknown. Hits French is not that fluent

many to be altogether-1 was the Gist and thought by

Then, in a stage whisper, Miss official member of the most unacluble,"

Leigh husband: impressive show troupe to set out from England.

saw.

AN

LAVINIA

there is 3

pause.

hissed cross to her "What he saya,

Few B

needed to accept the

DESIRED EFFECT

Vivlen Leigh said: "I don't mind

I don't going without. need much sleep, до mora than four or five hours a night, unyway. All this 13 80 exciting."

derling, is can he kiss me?" THE rocket had the desired

effect. There was never need As the train moved along to The trip was to take in

"Certainly," suki Sir Laurence for another from Belgrade to Tricate, Ralph Michael, who Venice, Belgrade,

and the honour of France was Warsow. |Paris,

playe Miss Leigh's lover early saved.

the show and gets filled after Zagreb, Vienna, and War- SHAKESPEARE, in an

manuscript, gave it a subtitle,

On the last night in Venice. 50 minutes for his pains, set the travelling, "The Rape of Lavinia," and by

On the crest of a tremendous Brook hnd them together again, of with me to search the train except the last hop from Scene IV

stogo wave the show tredn

left Thank you," he said. "Much, compartments for possible apics. on down to much better. This is not just a Poland, was to bo by direction for Lavinia, played by Paris and rolled

Vivien Leigh, which says; "She Venice and there the

waters show for stars--everyone is in We found nothing sinister train.

enters, her hands cut off, her became shallover,

it. Everyone is in I, --Now I except an English tourist in the Patrick Donnell, the com; tongue cul out, and ravished."

bags stating his It may have been that on the must leave you to fly to New dining car,

in the pany manager, said:"Just

By the time the show (Ila first night in Venice the coms York. I will try to be back for with rolls to eat later

Warsaw. Good luck,”

privacy of his compartment, a few things to know about atrector, Peter Brook, always pany was cull dazed by their

In the corridor of my-com- this tour. In Yugoslavia calls it a show) is over Titus Paris reception. They also had

Vivien Leigh, partment and Poland freedom of has lost one of his hands, the other things on their minds,

the Grand Canal and boarded busy waking up after-lunch alcopera to see the coustiina the Simplon Orient Express to spreading out towards Trieste break through to Belgrade,

speech is something to be bodies of two young boys have The reception from the Venige been made into a ple aud fed to audience was entirely satisfac- their mother during a banquet, and the dining table is groaning tory; but not to Peter Brook, with corpses at the final scene,"

this

first

He is a determined young man with a string of hits behind him, including, as a contrast to Titus, night "Cat

on a Hot Tin Roof" Dougins Pails.

very careful about.

"It was a British football team who went to Belgrade and the first thing one of thern sald Paris just lapped at the hotel was; What's Ule

although at the like under this bloke Tito"

"Well, it's a bit tricky, that, Fairbanks swallowed his chew- and I don't advise it to is gum in excitement, Joan tongue quite above criticism, although there Marals bit hi

Romay Francoiso might be some of his Govern- badly, and

swore she would becomė A ment

vegetarian immediately.

PRESTIGE

in the audience

JUST AWFUL

second

in

The next morning the "Titan Andronicus". troupe sallea up

and then, some way beyond Simplon-orient is still roman- Trieste, the Yugoslav frontier. tie-sounding. That is the popu¬

The whole troupe'turned out lar myth anyway.

for Uils. Ita destination board-"Trieste

At the frontier -- station the ....Belgrado...Istanbul" had, train stopped. There were Tito's the correct Graham Greene Hng man in a variety of snappy about it as the Titus troupe uniforms with red stats on the the platform in peaks of their caps.

drove up

Venice.

night in Venice he issued a call for Sly Laurence - Olivier turned

The red-stays looki· at un the Tod For ten days the French were the company to meet in stage to me and said: "I expect and we contemplated

stars. "Well," bald BULDONO, dizay with it nil.

three hours before the evening Alfred Hitchcock is driving and than $1,7 Government show,

we'll meet Peter Lorre in, the corridor,"

Tho

Fronch

:

64 AS.

for Poland: they have decided to sword Vivien Leigh "A" checked their caps out of the Legion of Honour at a They were ul} there: the

Oliviem, Anibany Quayle, There was nothing like that the window, you might say, and corgnong after the lost nights Audley, Frank Thring, at all-in fact, when it comes takes good care of

they are prepared to tails "abit

girange characters overything. But be careful in The company gathered on. Alen. Wobb-down to the marent to

They came Simplon-Orient express comes ». poiltica My advice is let them stage and a Minister. from the carrier.

cams expecting to be conseled about good way behind the Brighton, In ang French Foreign Ofco CORPORATION do the riking pollo

Holla in Britan. Come never talk politics at table along to make a preto speech thele grublarna.

BRITISH

OVERSEAS. 'AFRWAYS

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MONDAY: Will Tito really come?