Flat 114, 24 John Islip Street, London, S.W.1. - Have seen a lot of Brian [?], who visited from Woburn, was very scatty; the [Joe] Orton play ['What the Butler Saw'] died a death the first night, with a restive audience, awful press except for Frank… read more
Flat 114, 24 John Islip Street, London, S.W.1. - Have seen a lot of Brian [?], who visited from Woburn, was very scatty; the [Joe] Orton play ['What the Butler Saw'] died a death the first night, with a restive audience, awful press except for Frank Marcus' review; 'Your Own Thing' flopped badly, Simon Gray's 'Dutch Uncle' is doing poorly, and [Georges] Feydeau's 'Cat Among the Pigeons', which 'Mr B' [Beaumont?] insisted on putting on has already cost £25,000 and they might never get it back, good only for Victor Spinetti; took 'wee Gordon'[?] to see '[The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie]', which he thought too long but loved Celia Johnston; is buying Gordon a house, doesn't want the Government to get anything when he dies; Binkie [Beaumont] is fiddling while the Globe burns; his friend Roger Stock questioned Gordon about his real estate agent and brought up the subject himself; quotes a nice letter from the Undertaker/publican/grocer Beat MacCarthy after he paid for his sister's tombstone.
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