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War of the Worlds, The
: RB narrates,
(i)

Ward, James (‘Skip’),
(i)

Ward, Sir John Guthrie and Daphne Norah, Lady,
(i)

Warhol, Andy,
(i)

Warmbrodt, Sam,
(i)

Warner Brothers film corporation,
(i)

Warner, Francis,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

Warner, Jack L.,
(i)
,
(ii)

Warner, John: marries ET,
(i)

Warner, Sylvia Townsend,
(i)
n19

Wasserman, Lew,
(i)
,
(ii)

Waterfront
(film),
(i)

Waterloo
(film),
(i)

Waters, Mira L.,
(i)

Watson, James D.:
The Double Helix
,
(i)

Waugh, Don,
(i)

Waugh, Evelyn: RB admires writing,
(i)
; on Anthony Powell,
(i)
;
Black Mischief
,
(i)
;
Vile Bodies
,
(i)

Wayne, John,
(i)

Webb, Alan,
(i)
,
(ii)

Webb, Sidney (Baron Passfield),
(i)

Webling, Peggy:
The Story of Virginia Perfect
,
(i)

Weibel, Berenice,
(i)
,
(ii)

Weibel, René,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Weiller, Commandant Paul-Louis,
(i)

Weiss, Peter:
Marat-Sade
,
(i)

Weissburger, Arnold,
(i)

Welch, Raquel,
(i)
n17,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Welles, Orson,
(i)
,
(ii)

Wellington, Wyndham,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Wendy (nurse),
(i)
,
(ii)

Werner, Oskar,
(i)
,
(ii)

West, Morris:
Shoes of the Fisherman
,
(i)

West, Nathaniel:
Miss Lonelyhearts
,
(i)

Where Eagles Dare
(film),
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)

Wherle, Colin,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)

White, Edward Higgins,
(i)
n83,
(ii)

White, Nat and Louise,
(i)

White, Terence Hanbury,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
;
The Once and Future King
,
(i)

White, Theodore Harold:
The Making of the President 1968
,
(i)

Whitehead, Paxton,
(i)
,
(ii)

‘Who Cares about Wales? I Care’ (RB; article),
(i)
n37

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
(film): RB and ET in,
(i)
; RB reads,
(i)
; ET reads,
(i)
; filming,
(i)
; reception,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
; nominated for Oscars,
(i)
,
(ii)
; Mike Nichols directs,
(i)
; success,
(i)

Wichert, Willi and Chantal,
(i)
n28

Wicker, Tom,
(i)

Wigmoller, Jorgen,
(i)

The Wild Ones (pop group),
(i)

Wilde, Cornel,
(i)

Wilde, Oscar,
(i)

Wilder, Billy,
(i)

Wilding, Beth (
née
Clutter, Michael Jr's wife): marriage,
(i)
; birth of daughter,
(i)
; and Michael's untrustworthy behaviour,
(i)
; visits Rome,
(i)

Wilding, Christopher (ET's son): horseriding,
(i)
; RB gives compass key-ring to,
(i)
; RB takes to cinema,
(i)
; accompanies RB to work,
(i)
; appears in
Taming of the Shrew
,
(i)
; writes to RB,
(i)
; holidays from school,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
; popularity,
(i)
; girl friends,
(i)
,
(ii)
; attends Millfield school,
(i)
,
(ii)
; in London,
(i)
; on valuing beautiful days,
(i)
; RB writes to,
(i)
; grows,
(i)
; travels to Geneva with RB,
(i)
; retains American accent,
(i)
; withdrawn from Millfield,
(i)
; in Puerto Vallarta,
(i)
; RB's fondness for,
(i)
; character and manner,
(i)
,
(ii)
; visits RB,
(i)
; at ET's 40th birthday,
(i)
; RB phones for Mark Getty's number,
(i)
; Tennessee Williams makes pass at as boy,
(i)
; inheritance from RB,
(i)

Wilding, Henry (Michael's father),
(i)

Wilding, Leyla (Michael-Beth's daughter),
(i)

Wilding, Michael,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)

Wilding, Michael, Jr (ET's son): horseriding,
(i)
; RB gives compass key-ring to,
(i)
; RB takes to cinema,
(i)
; accompanies RB to work,
(i)
; in Rome,
(i)
; appears in
Taming of the Shrew
,
(i)
; RB writes to,
(i)
,
(ii)
; holidays from school,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
; RB meets in Rome,
(i)
; expelled from school,
(i)
,
(ii)
; dates girl,
(i)
; attends Millfield school,
(i)
,
(ii)
; in London,
(i)
; and Claudye,
(i)
; grows,
(i)
; sick from drinking,
(i)
; travels to Geneva with RB,
(i)
; artistic interests,
(i)
; anglicized,
(i)
; manner,
(i)
,
(ii)
; withdrawn from Millfield,
(i)
; religious views,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
; writes from Hawaii,
(i)
; appearance,
(i)
; returns from Hawaii,
(i)
; in Gstaad,
(i)
; behaviour,
(i)
; letter of farewell to RB,
(i)
; RB dreams of being dead,
(i)
; travels in Asia,
(i)
; marriage (to Beth Clutter),
(i)
,
(ii)
; aspires to be pop musician,
(i)
; RB's concern for lifestyle,
(i)
; takes drugs,
(i)
; bohemian life,
(i)
; visits Rome with wife and baby,
(i)
; in Wales,
(i)

Wilding, Naomi (Michael Junior's daughter),
(i)

Williams, Alan,
(i)
,
(ii)

Williams, Arthur Neville,
(i)

Williams, Billy,
(i)

Williams, Brook: writes in RB diary,
(i)
; attends Besancon's funeral,
(i)
; and birth of child,
(i)
; RB attacks,
(i)
,
(ii)
; RB praises,
(i)
,
(ii)
; RB visits in Oxfordshire,
(i)
; career and ambitions,
(i)
; plays badminton with RB,
(i)
,
(ii)
; visits RB in Switzerland,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
; RB explains baseball to,
(i)
; and ET's tiger,
(i)
; attends rehearsals for Oscars,
(i)
; invited to post-Oscars ‘Thanksgiving’ dinner,
(i)
; in Mexico and California with RB,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
; and Lucille Ball,
(i)
; gives typewriter to RB,
(i)
; on British politics,
(i)
; drinking,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
; plays in
Raid on Rommel
,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
; on Clinton Greyn,
(i)
; travels to Chicago,
(i)
; in Yugoslavia,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
; ET attacks,
(i)
; RB's disenchantment with,
(i)
; reports accident to Liza,
(i)
; in Rome,
(i)
; and father's selling South Moreton cottage,
(i)
; and RB's filming
Jackpot
,
(i)
; drives MG sports car,
(i)
; on RB's audience with Duvalier,
(i)
; in New York,
(i)
,
(ii)

Williams, Dai Morgan (‘Dai Mogs’),
(i)

Williams (William), David,
(i)

Williams, Elizabeth (Brook's wife; ‘Liz'; ‘Lillabetta’),
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)
,
(xii)
,
(xiii)

Williams, Elmo,
(i)

Williams, Emlyn: speaks at RB's memorial service,
(i)
; RB auditions with,
(i)
; sends scripts to RB,
(i)
,
(ii)
; meets RB in Switzerland,
(i)
; RB's view of,
(i)
; RB meets,
(i)
; prospective honour,
(i)
,
(ii)
; ageing and nervous collapse,
(i)
,
(ii)
; revue numbers,
(i)
; influence on RB,
(i)
; RB offers to buy Oxfordshire cottage,
(i)
; RB acts for,
(i)
;
The Druid's Rest
,
(i)

Williams, Freddie,
(i)
,
(ii)

Williams, Gerwyn (‘Gin'; ‘Ginger’),
(i)
,
(ii)

Williams, Hugh,
(i)

Williams, I.,
(i)

Williams, Jack,
(i)

Williams, Jake,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Williams, Ken,
(i)

Williams, Molly (
née
Shan),
(i)
,
(ii)

Williams, Stan,
(i)

Williams, Tennessee,
(i)
,
(ii)

Wilson, Alice (‘Gwladys’),
(i)
,
(ii)

Wilson, Edmund: RB criticises,
(i)
;
Europe Without Baedeker
,
(i)
;
Memoirs of Hecate County
,
(i)

Wilson, Harold (
later
Baron),
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)

Wilson, Otis,
(i)

Wilson, Robert (Bob): in Rome,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
; predicts outcome of Ali-Cooper fight,
(i)
; drinking with RB,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
; RB's rudeness to,
(i)
; accompanies RB home,
(i)
; limited helpfulness,
(i)
; at Cap Ferrat,
(i)
; in Sardinia,
(i)
,
(ii)
; gives birthday present to RB,
(i)
,
(ii)
; in London with RB,
(i)
; uses ET's Rolls Royce,
(i)
; RB attacks,
(i)
; wedding,
(i)
; entertains Geneviève Bujold,
(i)
; in San Felipe with RB,
(i)
; RB's view of,
(i)
; and Romany Bain,
(i)
; awareness of prejudice,
(i)
; in New York,
(i)
,
(ii)
; legacy from RB,
(i)

Wilson, Sally,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
; death,
(i)

Windsor,
(i)

Windsor, Edward, Duke of,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)

Windsor, Wallis, Duchess of,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)

Winnipeg, Canada,
(i)

Wishart, James,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)

Wodehouse, P. G.,
(i)
,
(ii)
;
Do Butlers Burgle Banks?
,
(i)

Wolf, Nero,
(i)

Wolfe, Thomas,
(i)

Woman with No Name, The
(film),
(i)

Wood, Natalie,
(i)

Woodstock, Oxfordshire,
(i)

Woolf, Virginia,
(i)

Woollcott, Alexander,
(i)

Wooller, Wilfred,
(i)

Wordsworth, Wiulliam,
(i)

Worsthorne, (Sir) Peregrine,
(i)
,
(ii)

Wynberg, Henry,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

X, Y and Zee
(film),
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)

Yeats, William Butler,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

Yesenin, Sergei,
(i)

York, Michael,
(i)

York, Susannah,
(i)
,
(ii)
n7,
(iii)
,
(iv)

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