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- 19 Sept. [1966] (Creation)
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John Gielgud, 16 Cowley Street, London S.W.1. - Saw 'Black Comedy' at long last, thought Maggie Smith brilliant, Bob Stephens, whom he didn't like in the Lope de Vega play, is excellent, thinks the characters should have exchanged trousers; Larry [Olivier] has approached him about going to the National, and discusses the Pirandello Henry IV which he has been told he should act; would like [Luchino] Visconti to direct it, not [Franco] Zeffirelli ('for obvious Othello reasons on my part!'), wonders if PS could adapt it, and suggests ways of doing it so that English audiences will like it; wonders what PS thinks of the idea; has to go to New York to do a small part in a film in November but will be in London until then.
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- Gielgud, Sir Arthur John (1904–2000) Knight, actor and theatre director (Subject)
- Smith, Dame Margaret Natalie (1934-2024), actress (Subject)
- Stephens, Sir Robert Graham (1931-1995), Knight, actor (Subject)
- Olivier, Laurence Kerr (1907-1989) Baron Olivier, actor (Subject)
- Modrone, Luchino Visconti di (1906-1976) Count of Lonate Pozzolo, director (Subject)
- Zeffirelli, Gian Franco Corsi (1923-2019), director (Subject)