Curtain Up (80 page)

Englind, Arvid 191

English Stage Company 308–9, 441

Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) 11, 148, 162, 171, 178, 191

Entertainment Tax 254–8, 272, 289, 401, 442–5, 460

Equity (UK) 189, 190, 223, 253, 317, 343, 406

Erlanger Theatre, Philadelphia 122

Ervine, Saint John 78

Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York 122

Evans, Edith 256, 287, 423

Evening News
64, 280, 479

Evening Standard
280, 427, 527

Exton, Clive 555

Farebrother, Violet 475

Farndale Pictures Ltd (later Farndale Ltd) 163, 166, 169, 170, 171, 174, 177, 181, 184, 195, 206, 242, 243, 244, 278, 440

Federation of Theatre Unions 253

Feldstein, Robert 395

Fernald, John 316–17, 331, 332

Festival of Britain (1951) 269, 286

Fichandler, Zelda 394

Field, Anthony 269–70

Fielding, Harold 498

Film Rights (agency) 341, 342

Financial Times
524, 525

Firbank, Ann 493, 494

First World War (1914-18) 7, 23, 47, 54, 56, 93, 112, 129, 144, 149, 335, 420, 422

Fishbach, John Paul 95

Fisher, Charlotte 69–70, 71

Flamm, Donald 385–6

Flanagan, Bud 232, 265

Flaubert, Gustave:
Madame Bovary
41

Fleming, Ian 151

Fontaine, Joan 481–3

Fortune Theatre, London 93,
277, 278, 279, 281, 285, 286–7, 302, 311, 418, 552

Foster, Dianne 282

Franken, Rose 178

Fulton Theatre, New York 122, 124

Furse, Judith 412

Furse, Roger 305

Gale, Maggie B.:
West End Women
14, 15

Gardner, Judith 71

Gardner, Lyn 441

Garrick Club, London 303

Garrick Theatre, London 75, 314, 320, 420

Gaylen, Danae 151, 156, 197, 205, 231

Genn, Leo 337, 338, 345, 346, 349, 350

Geoffrey Hastings Ltd
see
Hastings, Geoffrey

George VI, King 287, 288

Gibson, Chloe 437

Gielgud Theatre, London 256, 556

Gielgud, John 119, 136, 137, 154, 177, 255, 256, 287–8, 368, 397, 434, 476, 532

Gilbert and Sullivan 35;
Iolanthe
68;
The Yeoman of the Guard
35–6

Gill, Gillian:
Agatha Christie: The Woman and her Mysteries
13

Glanville, Stephen 136, 137, 156, 174–5, 176, 194, 204, 206, 274, 451

Glasgow, Mary 269

Glass, Eric 332

Globe Theatre, London 169, 177, 215, 256, 459–60

Golders Green Hippodrome, London 412

Gough, Reginald and Esther 305

Grand Guignol 9, 48–50, 53, 73, 75, 76, 109, 112, 124, 502–3, 504, 505, 521, 526

Grand Magazine
111

Grand Theatre, Swansea 78

Grant, John 548

Grantham, A.E.:
The Wisdom of Akhnaton
143–4

Gray, Dulcie 555

Green, Frank 157, 186

Greenfield, George 414–16

Greenway, Devon 18, 26, 154, 156, 226, 291, 325, 334, 534, 539, 540

Greenwich Mews Theatre, New York 396

Gregg, Hubert 26, 313, 340, 341, 349, 375, 382, 383, 406, 407, 442 466, 474, 490, 539–40, 541, 548; on AC's legacy 553;
Agatha Christie and All That Mousetrap
17, 24–5, 265–6;
Go Back for Murder
and 24–5, 490, 494, 495, 496, 497;
The Hollow
and 265–6, 267, 268, 274, 275, 280, 282–5, 286, 287, 380, 383;
The Mousetrap
and 313–16, 318, 319, 322–3, 325, 333, 420;
Rule of Three
and 506, 507, 512, 514–17, 518, 520, 523, 526;
The Unexpected Guest
and 467, 468, 469, 472–3, 474, 475–6, 477

Greneker, Claude 235

Grimston, Dorothy 75

‘the Group' (theatre owning cartel) 120, 178, 213, 253, 254, 268, 272, 278, 290, 319, 330, 364, 410, 423, 459

Group Theatre, New York 382–3, 459

Guardian
(
Manchester Guardian
until 1959) 441, 492, 495, 518–19, 521, 556–7

Gullan, Campbell 120

Gurney, Claude 217, 230

Guthrie, Tyrone 257

Guyler, Deryck 328

Gyseghem, André van 86, 92–3, 100, 101, 197, 205, 292, 382–3, 414, 415

H.M. Tennent Ltd 120, 122, 137, 153, 166, 169, 170, 177, 178, 218, 232–3, 253, 254–8, 271, 272, 278, 287, 290, 292, 313, 320, 397–8, 399–400, 410, 440, 442–3, 459–60, 476, 554–5
see also
Tennent, Henry Moncrieff ‘Harry';
Tennent Plays Ltd
and
Tennent Productions Ltd

Haining, Peter:
Murder in Four Acts
13, 14, 24

Hall, Henry 359, 372

Hall, Peter 441

Hamilton, Patrick:
Gas Light
153;
Rope
81
,
153, 502

Hampshire Telegraph
541

Hampstead Everyman Theatre, London 83, 86, 167

Hampstead Theatre Club, London 491

Handl, Irene 513, 549, 550

Harkers (scenic studio) 214, 215, 363

Harris, Jed 105, 106, 185, 386

Harris, Robert 219–20, 223

Hastings, Barbara 448, 450–1

Hastings, Geoffrey 257, 412, 428, 438, 465, 468

Hastings, Warren 59

Hayes, Helen 230

Heinemann 435, 565

Heinz, Gerard 456

Hellman, Lillian 178, 271, 337, 440, 456

Helpmann, Robert 239

Henry Miller's Theatre, Broadway 378, 384

Hentschel, Irene 166–7, 168–9, 170, 175, 178, 182, 189, 193, 195, 230, 242, 246, 255, 265, 283, 292, 313, 314, 382, 497

Hepburn, Audrey 378

Hickman, Charles 349, 457, 461, 464

Hicks, Anthony 266–7, 315–16, 407, 525, 534, 536

Hicks (formerly Prichard, née Christie), Rosalind (AC's daughter) 47, 69, 71, 81, 169, 170, 174, 192, 193–4, 259, 260, 266, 267, 274, 275–6, 310, 315, 330, 393–4, 403, 423, 425, 430, 435–6, 470, 510, 511–12, 513, 526, 534, 544–7, 552

Hickson, Joan 210, 214

Hilton, James:
Random Harvest
162, 242

Hirschfield, Al 190

Hitchcock, Alfred 88, 119, 122;
Murder!
88;
Rebecca
481;
Suspicion
481;
The Farmer's Wife
162;
The Man Who Knew Too Much
119

Hitchin, Laurence 478

Hobbes, Halliwell 189, 236

Hobson, Harold 305, 479, 504–5

Homicide Act (1957) 489

Hope-Wallace, Philip 521, 523

Hornblow Jr, Arthur 392

Horne, David 230, 231, 232, 343, 380, 389

Howard & Wyndham Ltd 213, 242–3, 268, 271, 278, 364–5, 418, 424

Howard, Barry 542

Hudson, Verity 288, 363, 467

Huggett, Richard 271, 445

Hughes Massie archive, Exeter University 21, 22, 158, 303

Hughes Massie Ltd 21, 22, 23, 24, 39, 70, 73–4, 82–3, 95, 96, 105, 108, 112, 113–14, 117, 119–20, 133, 145, 146, 149, 152, 158, 159, 160, 164, 181, 183, 186, 191–2, 209, 216, 218, 219, 220, 228, 229, 238, 243, 259, 265, 266, 289, 303, 417, 467, 481, 498, 507, 526, 530, 541, 551

Hulbert, Jack 402, 412, 551

Hull Repertory Theatre Company 87, 92

Hunt, Martita 434

Hunter, N.C. 287, 397–8

Huntly-Gordon, Anthony 331, 346, 348

Hyde White, Wilfrid 402, 405, 414

Illustrated London News
280

Independent
313

Iran 302, 509

Iraq 94, 273, 337, 344, 416, 421, 446, 457, 490

ITV 443

Jackson, Barry 40, 93, 96, 405, 474

Jeayes, Allan 176, 195

Jennings, Gertrude 14, 18, 153

Jesse, Fryn Tennyson:
A Pin To See the Peepshow
322, 338

Jessel, Patricia 343, 345–6, 348–9, 367, 375, 376, 380, 384–5, 387, 389–90, 456–7, 463–4

Johns, Glynis 412

Johnson, Celia 278

Jones, Maurice 440

Jones, Patricia 289

Kabatchnik, Amnon:
Blood on the Stage
13

Karen, Anna 296

Kaufman, Adolph 184, 209, 219, 220

Kavanagh, Ted 242

Keats, Viola 464

Keen, Malcolm 57

Kennedy, Margaret 5, 75, 81, 146, 481–2;
The Constant Nymph
119, 121, 147, 285, 482

Kent, Kenneth 267

Kenwright, Bill 553

Kerr, Walter F. 368–71, 387, 477

Keynes, John Maynard 178, 269

King's Theatre, Edinburgh 120, 490–1, 565

King's Theatre, Glasgow 211, 564

King's Theatre, Southsea 541, 566

Kitchen, Laurence 462

Knight, Joan 335

Knott, Frederick:
Dial M for Murder
297, 320, 386, 483

Kon, George 89

Kon, Judith 430

Kon, Nan 71, 89, 430, 490

Krellberg, Sherman S. 293, 296, 297

Labour Party 26, 59, 60, 80, 226, 246, 264, 397–8, 400, 489

Lachman, Marvin:
The Villainous Stage
13

Lanchester, Elsa 106–7, 392, 477

Landis, Jessie Royce 122

Landor, Walter Savage 450, 453, 466

Landstone, Charles 150;
Off–Stage: A Personal Record of the First Twelve Years of State Sponsored Drama in Great Britain
150, 152

Lane, John 47

Lane, Lupino 232

Laughton, Charles 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 81, 90–1, 93, 99, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 117, 122, 123, 154, 197, 241, 359, 361, 383, 392, 419, 456, 477, 523–4

Law, Mary 383, 424, 427

Lawn Road Flats, Belsize Park 127, 156, 160, 196, 225, 448–9, 450, 451

Lawrence, Gertrude 147, 153, 255, 434, 440, 503

Leblanc, Maurice 62

Lee, Auriol 153, 178

Lee, Norman 162

Lehmann, Carla 212, 213

Leigh, Vivien 166, 255, 256, 378, 423, 457

Leister, Frederick 424

Lena Ashwell Players 93

Lenthall Players 396

Lenthall, Franklyn 396

Leroux, Gaston:
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
62

Levin, Bernard 520–1

Lewis, Robert 382, 383, 384, 387, 391–2

Library of Congress, Washington DC 27

Life
(magazine) 387

Light, Alison:
Forever England
13

Lillie, Beatrice 296, 297

Linnit, Bill 162, 257, 399

Lionel Bute Ltd 74

Little Theatre, London 49–50, 76, 94, 502–3

Littler, Emile 315

Littler, Prince 174, 253, 278, 315, 365, 414, 423

Littlewood, Joan 372, 438, 455

Liverpool Repertory Theatre 54

Livesey, Roger 342, 359, 361

Llewelyn, Desmond 406

Lockhart, Robert Bruce 437

Lockwood, Julia 528, 537, 539–40, 549

Lockwood, Margaret 337, 401–3, 405, 406, 411, 412, 413, 437, 491, 514, 528, 529, 532, 533, 537, 539–40, 549, 550, 551

Lolly's Theatre Club, New York 412

Lom, Herbert 191

London Council for the Promotion of Public Morality 327

London Pavilion 503

London Resident Company (Theatre Royal, Bath) 438–40

Lonsdale, Frederick 166, 504

Lord Chamberlain's Office 19–20, 40, 49, 58, 59, 61, 71, 73, 75, 77, 82, 87, 91, 95, 96, 97, 100, 102, 113, 133, 142, 201, 203, 208, 303, 309, 313, 318, 342, 410, 425, 437, 453, 507, 508–9, 510, 516, 527

Lord Chamberlain's Plays collection, British Library 19–20, 61

Lorde, André de 48

Lovegrove, Arthur 513

Lucas, Joseph 417

Lucy, Reggie 47

Lyceum Theatre, London 75

Lyceum Theatre, New York 27, 105

Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith 258, 287, 320, 462

Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue 172, 215, 232, 287, 414

MacDonald, Murray 121, 423–4, 459

Macdonnell, Leslie 520

MacDougall, Malcolm 366

MacDougall, Roger:
To Dorothy, a Son
314, 316, 420

Mackintosh, Cameron 270, 547, 553

Macmillan, Harold 443–4

Maddox, Frank G. 443

Mahon, Patrick 117, 118

Maidman Playhouse, New York 395

Makinen, Merja:
Agatha Christie: Investigating Femininity
13

Malden, Herbert 287, 319

Mallowan, John and Peter (nephews of Max Mallowan) 533, 536

Mallowan, Max 81–2, 87, 89, 154, 416;
Akhnaton
and 135–6; archaeological work 81, 87, 94, 98, 110, 135, 273, 336, 490; Barbara Hastings, relationship with 448, 450–1; correspondence with AC 10, 11, 18, 19, 22, 88, 89, 92, 97, 98, 99, 105, 158, 164, 166, 169, 170, 174, 194, 195, 196–7, 198, 199, 206, 210, 211, 239, 240; death of AC and 552; Gielgud and 137; Howard Carter and 136; Kashmir and Iran, visits 509; knighted 544;
Mallowan's Memories
17, 135–6, 260–1; New York trip to accept award from University of Pennsylvania 396; Nile cruise with AC (1933) 197; Second World War and 156, 169, 226, 240;
The Hollow
and 260–1, 266, 267, 272–3;
The Mousetrap
, on success of
326, 327; Westmacott novels, on 435;
Witness for the Prosecution
, on
365–6, 376

Man with Red Hair, A
(Levy) 76, 90, 197

Manchester Guardian
478, 479

Maney, Richard 388

Margaret, Princess 371, 411

Marney, Derrick de 164, 206, 210, 216, 243, 313, 420

Marney, Terence de 164, 210, 215, 420

Marple, Miss 8, 12, 77, 127, 210, 230, 239, 241, 244, 245, 246, 260, 276, 454, 542, 546, 552, 555

Marriage (Enabling) Act (1960) 68

Marshall's typing agency 58, 80, 82, 95, 135

Martha's Vineyard Gazette
224–5, 439

Mason, Herbert 150, 152

Matrimonial Causes Act (1923) 44, 56; 1937 56, 153

Maurey, Max 48

Mayo, Margaret 178

McCracken, Esther 178, 215, 232

McGill, Donald 523

Medcraft, Russell 295

Menteath, Judy 86

Merivale, Bernard 145–6

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) 25, 392, 494

Meyer, Bertie 276, 292, 527;
Alibi
and 74, 75, 76, 78, 160;
Appointment with Death
and 206, 207, 208, 209–10, 211, 212–13, 214, 215–16, 219, 242; background and early theatre career 75;
Black Coffee
and 94; death 554;
Meet Mr Callaghan
and 320, 420;
Murder at the Vicarage
and 241–2, 245, 258, 259, 269, 417;
Noddy in Toyland
and 414, 415; St Martin's Theatre and 55, 75, 94;
Ten Little Niggers/Ten Little Indians
and 160, 161, 162–4, 165–6, 170, 171, 174, 181, 184, 192, 195, 206, 207, 208,
212, 219, 241–2, 517–18, 546;
The Hollow
and 259, 264–5, 268, 276;
Towards Zero
and 226, 359, 416, 417–19, 420–2, 424, 425