Curtain Up (81 page)

Meyer, Louis B. 392

Mill at Sonning Theatre 126, 556

Miller, Clara (AC's mother) 33, 34–5, 47, 48

Miller, Frederick (AC's father) 33, 34–5, 63

Miller, Gilbert 27, 105, 377–82, 384, 385, 386, 387, 389, 390, 391–2, 393, 397, 423, 481

Miller, Monty (AC's brother) 33, 81, 471

Mills, John 172, 287, 328–9, 359, 361, 365

Mitchell, Esther 223

Monkhouse, Allan:
Mary Broome
98–9

Morden Park Sound Studios 465

Morgan, Claudia 190

Morgan, Janet 15–16, 242

Morley, Robert 287, 342, 414

Morrow, Jeff 296

Morton, Michael 73, 74, 76, 77, 79, 105, 185, 377, 566

Moss Empires and Howard & Wyndham Tours Ltd 119, 120, 121, 122, 213, 253, 254, 258, 365

Mossadegh, Mohammed 302

Motte, Mischa de la 206, 230

Mount, Peggy 550

Mountbatten, Lord and Lady 479–80

Mullen, Barbara 244, 245–6, 552

Muller, Robert 494

Murphy, Althea 223

Murray, Braham:
The Worst It Can Be Is a Disaster
550

National Theatre 54, 328, 524, 551

National Trust 18

Neele, Nancy 70, 71, 81, 490

New Theatre, London 10, 111, 121, 194, 215, 232

New Theatre, Northampton 244

New York Drama Critics Circle Award 390

New York Evening Journal
105, 124

New York Herald Tribune
236, 368–71, 387

New York Journal-American
188, 395

New York Post
188, 236, 387

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts 237, 396

New York Sun
388

New York Times
106, 123–4, 186, 187, 190, 209, 223, 224, 235, 296, 297, 298, 386, 395, 396, 482, 551

New Yorker
236, 491

Newell, Joan 276, 287, 294, 319

News of the World
281, 479

Ney, Marie 121–2

Nimrud, Iraq 336, 462, 490

1930 Players 121

Nineveh, Iraq 94, 101, 509

Noel, Wendy 460, 464

Norman, Norman V. 75

Northen, Michael 495

Notable British Trials
338

Novello, Ivor:
Gay's the Word
278;
The Dancing Years
177

O'Brien, Barry 216, 229, 232, 258

O'Connor, Una 392

O'Malley, Pat 189–90

O'Neill, Dennis 305

Ober, Harold 26; AC's tax affairs and 110, 534, 536; Cork and 21, 110, 225, 234, 293, 298, 377, 381–2, 388–9, 390, 391, 393, 394, 412, 452, 480, 534;
death 480–1;
Hidden Horizon
and 227, 234;
Murder on the Nile
and 238;
Spider's Web
and 412;
Ten Little Indians
and 183;
The Hollow/The Suspects
and 293, 294, 295, 298, 299, 300, 379, 388;
The Mousetrap
and 396, 412;
Towards Zero
and 209, 219, 225–6, 227;
Verdict
and 452;
Wasp's Nest
and 110;
Witness for the Prosecution
and 377, 379, 381–2, 388–9, 390, 391, 392, 393, 394

Observer
76, 78, 93, 100, 119, 121–2, 168, 175, 208, 214, 231, 246, 280, 320–1, 411, 427, 441–2, 461–2, 478, 491–2, 522

Ogden, Charles 143

Old Vic, The 123, 138, 524, 551

Old Vic Company 10, 178, 194, 215, 232, 267–8, 337, 366, 474

Olding, Dorothy 481

Olivier, Laurence 97, 113, 215, 232, 255, 337, 378, 406, 423, 474, 481

Orient Express 81

Orsatti, Frank 187

Orton, Joe:
Entertaining Mr Sloane
527, 558

Osborne, Charles: novelisation of AC's plays 483;
The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie
13, 113, 134, 483

Osborne, John 153;
Look Back in Anger
3, 441–2, 456;
The World of Paul Slickley
460

Overture Theatres Ltd 163, 243

Page, Louise 126, 556

Palace Theatre, London 551

Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea 553

Palau, Pierre 126

Palm Beach Post
482

Paris, France 36, 48, 49, 50, 51, 75, 107, 138, 328, 483

Parish Rooms, Torquay 36

Parker, Cecil 359, 361

Pathé 62

Pattie, David:
Modern British Playwriting; the 1950s
269

Payne, Ned 223

Pember, Clifford 187

People's Entertainment Society (PES) 170–4, 177, 181, 206, 215–16, 232, 242, 246, 292, 485, 556

Perry, John 257

Phillpotts, Adelaide Eden 39, 41, 81;
Akhnaton
137–45, 146; father and 137, 138, 139–40;
Good Old Days
162;
Reveries
138;
The Wasps' Nest
(Philpotts/Stewart) 144–5;
Yellow Sands
112, 137, 214

Phillpotts, Eden 81; daughter and 137, 138, 139–40;
Good Old Days
162; mentor of AC 39–41, 47, 144;
The Secret Woman
40;
Yellow Sands
41, 112, 138, 214;

Phoenix Theatre, London 287, 320, 459, 518

Piccadilly Theatre, London 81, 213, 216, 279, 457

Pinter, Harold 378, 442, 462, 491

Playhouse Theatre, London 245–6, 258

Plymouth Theatre, New York 187, 195, 223, 235, 298

Poe, Edgar Allan: ‘The Murders in the Rue Morgue' 62

Pomeroy, Jay 174, 181

Poirot, Hercule 8, 29, 73–107, 108, 109, 110, 127, 145, 149, 150, 151, 196–8, 204, 207,
236, 239, 241, 247, 260, 267, 268, 276, 279, 280, 281, 324, 341, 381, 382, 383, 417, 419, 454, 469, 485, 486, 487, 501–2, 503, 524, 533, 542, 555, 562

Portman, Eric 359, 361

Portsmouth Evening News
541

Power, Tyrone 392

Prichard, Hubert (AC's son-in-law) 169, 226, 470

Prichard, Mathew (AC's grandson) 169–70, 291, 310, 311, 315, 330

Priestley, J.B. 54, 120, 153, 173, 174, 485–6;
An Inspector Calls
306;
Dangerous Corner
203, 486;
Eden End
167;
How Are They At Home?
172;
They Came To a City
168–9, 170, 172, 177;
Time and the Conways
497

Prince of Wales Theatre, London 8, 78, 79

Prince's Theatre, London 476–7

Punch
321, 438

Pwllywrach, Glamorgan 260, 470

‘Q' Theatre, Brentford 86, 162

Queen Elizabeth II 411, 412, 437, 479

Queen Mary 286, 287, 304, 313, 317, 411

Queen Mother 411

Queen's Theatre, London 57, 93, 122, 154

Racine, Jean 59

Radio Times
109

Rahvis of Mayfair 465

Rains, Claude 259, 361

Rathbone, Basil 125, 237

Rattigan, Terence 8, 148, 378, 440–1, 442, 451, 504, 535;
Flare Path
172, 177, 346, 456;
Love in Idleness
215;
Separate Tables
414, 441;
The Deep Blue Sea
320, 440, 441, 459;
Variation on a Theme
459–60;
While the Sun Shines
215;
Who Is Sylvia?
279

Raymond, Cyril 424

Rea, Alec 25, 54–5, 83, 84–6, 87, 93, 96, 100, 101, 122, 146, 151, 205, 214, 216, 228–9, 278, 292, 302, 382

Reading, Jack 303

Reandco 84, 85, 87, 89, 94, 95, 96, 99, 100, 101, 216, 218, 227, 228, 229, 230, 232–3, 234, 235–6, 277, 278, 302, 457

ReandeaN 55–6, 84–5, 105, 119, 405

Red
magazine 503

Redding, Lawrence 242, 245

Redmond, Moira 457, 462

Reeve, Arthur B 61–2, 64, 80, 562;
The Exploits of Elaine
61–4

Regent Theatre, London 105

Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London 85, 265

Reinheimer, Howard 293–4, 299, 388, 533, 536

Rewse-White, D. 232

Reynolds News
402

Richardson, Ralph 215, 232, 255, 317, 359, 360, 368, 397

Richmond Theatre, London 162

Ridley, Arnold 149, 303;
The Ghost Train
149;
Peril at End House
adaptation 148–52, 155, 158, 159–60, 195, 198, 205, 216, 238

Rix, Brian 406, 533

RKO 184

Robeson, Paul 100

Robinson, Edward G. 381

Robson, Flora 277, 343, 359

Robyns, Gwen:
The Mystery of Agatha Christie
16, 17, 330, 341, 407, 424, 557

Rodford, Peter 476

Roffey, Jack:
Hostile Witness
337, 343;
Justice is a Woman
343

Roos, Audrey 474

Roos, William 474

Rosehill Theatre, Cumbria 532

Ross, Adelaide
see
Phillpotts, Adelaide

Rowland, Susan:
From Agatha Christie to Ruth Rendell
13

Rowse, A.L. 11

Royal Court Theatre, London 3, 7, 93, 308–9, 441, 442, 491, 551, 553, 558

Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool 244–5

Royal Shakespeare Company 524, 550–1, 556

Royalty Theatre, London 83, 172, 551

Sadler's Wells 178, 462, 551

Sagan, Leontine 178

Samuel French Ltd 20, 24, 125, 152, 201, 216, 238, 373, 410, 428, 465, 481, 525, 563, 564, 565, 566, 567

Sandford, Christopher 480

Saunders, Sir Peter 3, 16, 17, 25–7, 137, 159, 257; archives 25–7; AC on 291;
Black Coffee
and 267–8; business success of 290–1; consolidation of position in West End 498–9; contribution to theatre 26–7, 554–5;
A Daughter's a Daughter
and 428, 429, 434, 437, 438, 439, 440, 442; death 554; early struggles of 257–9;
Fiddlers Five
and 541; first meets AC 266–7, 291;
Fly Away Peter
and 257, 423;
Go Back for Murder
and 483, 484, 490, 491, 493, 494;
The Hollow
and 264–5, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270–1, 272, 273–6, 277, 278, 282, 286–7, 288–91, 292, 293, 294, 299, 300, 301, 311, 377; importance to AC's theatrical career of 290–2, 414, 554; knighted 554; marriage to Ann Stewart 494; marriage to Katie Boyle 554;
The Mousetrap
and 17, 25, 26, 310–11, 312, 313, 314–20, 322, 323, 324, 325, 327, 328, 329, 330–1, 332–3, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 552;
Murder at the Vicarage
and 258–9, 267;
The Poison Belt
and 258, 259;
Rule of Three
and 499, 500, 507, 508–9, 510–11, 512, 513–15, 516–17, 518, 520, 521, 524, 525–7, 528;
Scales of Justice
and 335;
Spider's Web
and 401, 402, 406, 407, 410, 412, 413;
The Mousetrap Man
16, 77, 82, 159, 257–8, 271, 330, 376, 382, 401, 418, 445, 467, 499; theatre establishment, fight against 3, 257–8, 271, 290, 292, 443–5, 554; Theatrical Companies Bill and 399, 443–4;
To Dorothy, A Son
and 420;
Towards Zero
and 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 428;
The Unexpected Guest
and 467, 468, 473–4, 475, 477, 478–9, 481;
Verdict
and 445, 446, 447, 451–2, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 462–3, 464, 465, 466, 467; visits to Greenway 291, 334;
Witness for the Prosecution
film and 390–1, 392;
Witness for the
Prosecution
UK production and 334, 335, 336–7, 338, 340–77, 421, 422;
Witness for the Prosecution
US production and 377–90

Saville Theatre, London 278

Savoy Theatre, London 287, 376, 410, 464, 466, 483, 546, 552

Sayers, Dorothy L. 88, 153, 335, 376

Schoenfeld, Gerald 182, 183

Schopenhauer, Arthur 450

Second World War (1939–45) 6, 10, 11, 148, 152, 156–7, 158, 159–60, 165, 169–74, 177–81, 191, 192, 215, 218, 224, 226, 254, 260

Sekers, Nicholas ‘Miki' 532–3

Select Operating Corp 181

Select Theatres Corp 220

Selwyn Theatre, New York 503

Shaftesbury Theatre, London 75, 258, 551

Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford upon Avon 167, 343

Shakespeare, William 9–11, 26, 138, 167, 194, 232, 315, 320, 366, 378, 502

Shannon, Effie 105–6

Shaw, George Bernard 40, 43–4, 50, 93, 143, 535, 549;
Caesar and Cleopatra
378;
Don Juan in Hell
456;
Getting Married
40, 44, 53;
Man and Superman
43, 93;
Pygmalion
401, 452–3

Shelley, Elsa:
Pick-Up Girl
313, 314, 317, 322

Sherman Anti-Trust Act, 1890 292

Shubert, Jacob J. ‘J.J,' 182, 183, 233, 300

Shubert, John 300, 301

Shubert, Lee 241; achievement in theatre 182–3; character 182, 183, 186, 234, 377; death
300, 377; early years in theatre business 182–3;
Hidden Horizon
and 233, 234, 241, 292;
Ten Little Indians
and 183, 184, 185, 187–8, 292;
The Hollow/The Suspects
and 293, 294, 296, 297, 298, 299–300;
Towards Zero
and 209, 219, 220–1, 225, 234, 292–3

Shubert Brothers 241, 378, 386, 390, 481, 535; American theatre history, place in 182–3; Archive xi, 27, 183, 221, 237; death of Lee Shubert and 300; early days of 182;
Hidden Horizon
and 218–19, 229, 233–6, 237, 241, 292; monopoly on New York theatre 253, 256, 292; present day standing of 301; Shubert Theatre, New Haven and 389;
Ten Little Indians
and 27, 181, 182–5, 186–8, 189, 190, 246, 292, 452;
The Hollow/The Suspects
and 292–301, 377, 379, 388, 452;
Towards Zero
and 208–9, 210, 218–21, 223, 225–7, 234, 292–3, 303, 416

Shubert, Sam 182

Shubert Theatre, New Haven 389

Shulman, Milton 427

Silverman, Sydney 400, 489

Sim, Sheila 311, 312, 314, 322, 324, 341, 345, 403, 406

Simpson, Helen 88

Simpson, Reginald 159

Singer, Campbell 406

Sinodun Players 35

Skolsky, Sidney 106, 107

Slade, Jope 97

Small, Edward 392

Smith and Whiley Productions 438

Smith, Dodie 5, 14, 153, 192, 271, 424, 440

Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers (France) 125–6

Society of West End Theatre 269, 288, 290

Society for Theatre Research 303

Spencer, Charles 441

Spencer, Jessica 287, 317

St Clare Byrne, Muriel 153

St James's Theatre, London 170, 171, 174, 179, 193, 257, 378, 414, 423, 441

St Martin's Theatre, London 55–6, 57, 75, 84, 85, 87, 89, 92, 94, 98, 99, 100, 149, 290, 322, 382, 405, 474, 499, 518, 551, 552