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LILLI PALMER SHOW
March 1, 1951

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LILLI PALMER

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IN CHAIR.

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MISS PALMER

I have glven you what's called a buin
steer last week because I am not
going to talk to you about elther
Monaco or Russla, but about Irelandt
This is because I've met such a
fasclnatlng man - hls name Is Walter
Macken. He Is one of the leadlng
actors of the Abbey Theatre of
Dublin and he has Just made an
enormous personal success on Broad-
way In the play, "The King of
Prlday*s Men". He Is also an
author of great repute and hls last
book, ^'Raln On The Wind", whlch
will appear In April, has been
chosen as the Llterary Gulld
selectlon of the month. It has
already made a tremendous success
In England and Ireland. I shall
try and have an argument wlth hlm
about the Abbey Theatre about whlch
he feels strongly and I know
practlcally nothing. But I shall
needle hlm and we'll see what we
get. Here's Mr. Walter Macken.

- 3 -

MR. MACKEN

^ ^MSaMara

The Abbey Theatre I understand was
founded at the end of the last
Century by the great Irish poet,
William Butler Yeats, of whom you
thoroughly dlssapprove. Yeats
^as a very arrogant man - vlrtually
a dlctator of the Abbey actors and
actresses. He dld not believe that
a play should continue In the
Theatre longer than two weeks,
especlally If the public llked It --
so great was hls loathlng of the
public taste. The only exceptlon
to thls was when Syble Thorndlke
was allowed to play longer than
the two weeks In O'Casey's "Juno
and the Peacock". I have learned
a few llnes of Yeat 's poem "The
/Lj9^eislet of //Ü4JA4^tJEit^'\ whlch I
know Yeats wouldn't approve of
because he dldn^t believe llnes
should be read wlth any emotion at
all - he thought all that mattered
were the words themselves. He
would not even allow hls actors
to play to the audlence - if they
dared even to face the audlence they
were prompt ly firedt Here is the

poem:
POEM

- 4 -

MISS PALMER

Why dld you disapprove of Yeats so
thoroughly, Mr. Macken?

MR. MACKEN

MENTION LITTLE PEOPLE,. POETIC MIS-
MATCH, ETC. OP YEATS.

MISS PALMER
. . . and you are in favor of having
the Irlsh recoßnlzed all over the
World not by thelr leprechauns

but by what they are in reallty -
whlch Is strong -• wllled, extremely
hard-working, rather dour people
the kind O'Casey wrltes about.
Now, O'Casey Is a man after your
heart, isn't he, Mr. Macken?

MR. MACKEN

DISCUSS O'CASEY BRIEPLY-HIS STATURE
AMONG IRISH WRITERS IN MR. M/.CKEN^S
OPINION.

MISS PALMER

Teil me, Mr. Macken, the great
dlfflculty about Irlsh literature
is the controver^ in the languages -
Gaelic versus English. Have there
been any writers who write in

Gaelic.

MR. MACKEN

DISCUSS SUPPRESSION POR 700 YRS.
EMERGENCE OP GAELIC WRITING.

- 5 -

MISS PALMER

Teil me, what have you done for the
Gaellc language, Mr. Macken?

MR. MACKEN

DISCUSS GALWAY THEATRE AND
PRESENTATIONS OF SHAKESPEARE, IBSEN,
O'NEILL, O'CASEY IN GAELIC, AND HOW
ACTORS AND ACTRESSES TRANSUTE THEIR
ROLES INTO GAELIC

MISS PALMER

••• and do you thlnk these trans-
lations Into Gaellc are successful?

MR. MACKEN

AD LIB

MISS PALMER

Not always - One of the best plays
to translate into Gaellc is Macbeth
because of Its turbulent characters
actlonaid language. I have gone
to the trouble of learnlng five
llnes of Macbeth* I will reclte
them In Engllsh and Mr. Macken
will translate them into Gaelic
so that you can Judge which you
like better. Remember, Gaellc is
Macbeth 's own language - his own
native tongue.

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MACBETH EXCERPT

Out damned spot. Out I say, 1, 2* Why
then 'tls tlme to do't: Hell ia
murkyi - Fle, my lord, fiei a
soldler, and afeard? What need we
fear who knows it, when none can
call our power on account? - Yet
who would have thought the old man
to have had so much blood in hlm?

MISF PALMER

One more question, Mr. Macken. How
would you translate "Angel Face"

Into Gaellc?

MR. MACKEN

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about

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MISS PALMER

Next week I am going to talk to you
about Tsarlst Russla, Until then:

AUF WIEDERSEHN

ROLF GER ARD

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LILLI PALMER SHOW
March 8, 1951

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PALMER S INGING "AUF WIEDERSEHN'*

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LILLI PALMER

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SITTING IN CHAIR

-2-

MISS PALMER

The ^Irst Dane I would llke to
talk to you about Is Hans
Christian Andersen. I don't
think there's a nursery anywhere
In the World whlch has not heard
the tale of the Ugly Duckllng,
the Princess and the Pea, The
Matchbox, the Tin Soldler, etc*
Bat I must confess that I knew
nothing at all about the man,
Hans Andersen, and what klnd of
a person he was untll I started
to prepare for thls program. The
more I read about hlm, the more
Interested I became* I*d llke
to teil you a llttle about hlm.

He was born at the beglnnlng of
the last Century In a tlny
vlllage In Denmark called
Odensee, the only chlld of a
cobbler and a washerwoman.
Nobody can have any conceptlon
of the poverty of these people
who llved In one small room
whlch at the same tlme served
as a Workshop.

(OVER)

MISS PALMER (CONT'D)
There stood hls parents' bed,
llttle Hans' bed underneath It
for lack of room, and rows and
rows of shoes, and the smell of
leather everywhere, even In the
food. Llttle Hans Christian

dld not realize that he was

anything different - he had
enough to eat...he had a pair
of trousers, and the fact that
he had his first pair of shoes
för his communion when he was
13 years old didn't wöt^ry hlm
at all* Other great men have
been raised in similar poverty
but the fascinating thing about
Hans Christian Andersen was his
extraordinary appearance •
Imagine a sort of tow-headed,
over-length, gangling, "daddy-
long-legs", never at rest, easily
crushed by a harsh word and
bouncing up again like an India
rubber ball.

(OVER)

.4-

MISS PALMER (CONT'Dj^

Even at Odensee, where everyone
was fairly poor and people
worked hard and took llttle
notlce of each other, Hans
Christian was Iramedlately out-
cast as not only an ugly duck-
llng but also a Mad Hatter In
the bargaln* You have all
heard the story of the Ugly
Duckllng and how he was buffeted
and pecked at and mlsunderstood
for no other reason than that
he was extreme ly ugly and odd.

At the age of 14, he left home,
determlned to go on the stage
In Copenhagen* There Is a
llttle engravlng deplctlng Hans
Christian saylng goodbye to hls
mother In Odensee on that fate-
ful day, whlch now hangs In the
museum In Odensee« It shows
the l4-year-old boy wlth hls new
and rirst palr of enormous shoes
and a large stove-plpe hat and
hls father's sult wlth hls long
arms stlcklng out • as rldlcu-
louf a creature as ever iet out
to conquer the world. (OVER)

-5-

MISS PALMER (CONT'D)
He had Oi mad Idea and that was
to call on Madame Schall -- the
prima ballerlna of the
Copenhagen Theatre, and to
sing to her and convlnce her
that he would be Ood^s gift
to the Copenhagen stage as a
young Romeo. As soon as he
arrlved, he set out to her home
and knelt on the doorstep to

aslc God to make her klnd to

hlm. As he was praylng, a
servant glrl passed by — he
had not noticed her, as he had
his hands uplifted and she
dropped a coin Into his out-
stretched hands. This inter-
rupted him rudely and he called
to her to take the money back.
'^Keep it, keep it", she called
back. Hc- rang the doorbell and
Mcldarae Schalles housekeeper
was so taken in with his
appearance that she asked him
to wait and suoceeded in per-
suading Madame Schall to see
the weird creature •

( OVER )

-6-

MISS PALMER (CONT'D)

When he was at last admltted,
stove-plpe hat, working shoes
and all^ he burst Into a long
excited story about how he
loved the theatre and wanted
to be an actor. Madame asked
him what part he wanted to act

and he sald, "Cinderella".

Madame Schall blanched and

reached behind her for the bell

be cause she thought he was mad

and had escaped from the luna-

tic asylum. He offered to

Show her what he could do

without hls boots, because he

couldn't dance in them, and

without waltlng for her per-

misslon, he took them off, and

using hls stove-plpe hat as a

tambourine, he sang

energetlcally:

"Rank and rlches cannot
shleld US

From our sorrows here below"

Asslstance came, and a.mlnute

later he was sittlng out In

the Street, hls boots clatter-

Ing after hlm.

( OVER )

-7-

MISS PALMER (CONT'D)
Wellj that was the beglnnlng.
As you know by now from my
storles about the llves of
famous men, they slmply don't

•glve up. In Hans Christian *s
case, thlngs came clatterlng
after him as he was thrown out
of theatres, down stairs, out
of managers' Offices, untll

the great day when his flrst
play was accepted by the Royal
Theatre In Copenhagen. He was
befrlended by a man called
Cullen, a klng's counsellor,
and Hans Christian had been a
sort of son in Mr. Cullen^s
family. On the day of the
openlng night when his little
play was actually performed^
and the audlence applauded and
called for the author to come
before the curtain, Hans
Christian was so overcome that

he rushed^away from the
theatre, back into the llbrary
at the Cullen house . . .

(OVER)

•8-

MISS PALMER (CONT'D)
He threw himself down In a
chair and shook whlle tears
pourcd down hls cheeks. He
had forgotten that Mrs. Cullen,
who was qulte deaf and an
Invalid, was slttlng quietly
in the room, watching hlriij
thinking that hls play had
been a horriblc failure, and
that the audlence had hissed
it -- she said that he must
not take it so much to heart,
that some of the greatest
playwrights had not been a
success at first. As she was
quite deaf, she could not hear
hls protestatlons, and
continued stroking hlm until
the family arrlved to teil her
of the ugly duckling's first
Step towards becoming the great

white swan that he was

destined to be .

It took Hans Christain quite
a long time to realize that
hls great talent was not for
romantlc drama bat to write
about the little things. (OVER)

-9-

MISS PALMER (CONT'D)
Denmark Is a llttle country and

Hans Christian *s etories are

about llttle thlngs -- the

darnlng needle, the matchbox, --

those were the thlngs that made

hlm famous all over the world.

In hls soul, however, was still

the romantlc longlng for drama

and love -- and the glrls that

he feil in love with were all

prlncesses who would have feit

a pea rlght through 30 mattresses

and 30 featherbeds -- but, of

course^ he never made flrst

base. I'll glve you a llttle

poem that he wrote called "The

Pearl"-- not great poetry bat

straight from hls heart:

"There is a myth, a tale men teil:
Each mussei Shell
That in the ocean's bitter deep

doth lie •
When It has wrought Itß pearl,

must straightway ^ie.
0 love, thou art the pearl ray

heart hath made.
And I am sore afrald."

(OVER)

-10-

MISS PALMER (CONT'D)
The other man I wanted to talk to
you about Is a man I am ashamed
to say I have never heard of be-
fore - a man called Carl Nielsen
v/ho dled about 20 years ago and
whose symphony is going to be
performed for the first time in
America on the second of April in
Carnegie Hall. The man who is
going to conduct the symphony,
the forcmost Danish conductor, is
here today, - Mr. Erik Tuxen.

Mr. Tuxen, I understand that
Eugene Ormandy, the great
American conductor invited you
to come to America while he was
in Denmark last year.

MR. TUXEN

Well, he didn't exactly invite
me - I asked him so many
questions about hls work that he
finally said: "Why don't you cane
to America and see for yourself"
r ...so I said, "Eine, I'll be
there next Monday". So Mr
Ormandy didn't have "a chance.

-11-

MISS PALPffiR

Teil me, Mr. Taxen, why have 1,
and I am sure raost of our
llsteners, never heard of C :rl

Nielsen.

MR. TUXEN

NIELSEN 'S BACKGROUND AS SHEPHERD.

MISS PALMER
What Is hls muslc like?

MR. TUXEN
NIELSEN 'S REVOLT AGAINST
ROMANTICS - CLOSE-TO-EARTHNESS
RATHER THAN SIBELIUS« THEME OF
SPLENDOR OF FORESTS, ETC.

MISS PALMEH
Why Is It that there are so few
Danish composers and Singers of

repute ?

MR. TUXEN

LANGUAGE DIFFICULTY, LITTLE POEM
HOW CHILDREN LEARN ENGLISH

MISS PALMER

I have never boen to Denmark but

I undcrstand that not only Is It

a beautlful country, but Its

women are beautlful as well. A

young lady will teil you about •

the beauty secret of raany of

these beautlful woman today.

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Hands pull Angel Face from
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Sleek and smooth as Ivory,
daintlly etched with golden
tracery.

Hands open Mirror Gase.

Flip open the lid -- and Inslde
you find . . .a mlrror.. -a puff...
and soft-tinted Angel Face.

Hand circles puff over Angel
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Cut to shot over girl's
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(OVER)

VIDEO

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» » •

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SETTING BY

MISS PALMER

Next week I am going to talk to
you about Tsarist Russla. Until

then:

AUF WIEDERSEHN

ROLF OERARD

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March 15, 1951

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LILLI PALf/ER

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SITTING IN CHAIR

^2-

MISS PALMER

Today I'd like to take you back about
120 years to St. Petersburg In
Russla, to the relgn of Czar
Nlcholas, and I shall try to give you
a little Idea of how the people llved
In those days. Now we have
televislon, anaestheticSj
Pennlcllln, and we thlnk we are
dolng pretty well. But those people
had glamour -- glamour of which we
have no conception. It seems to me
that If you read descrlptlons of the
beauties of the tlme that they were
more dazzllngly beautlful,
statuesque, blonder^ and thelr
gowns had more velvet, more satln,
etc. The men were also all dressed
in wonderful materials. Do you
reallze that when they sat down to
a banquet, as Talleyrand served
at the Prench court, they had 48
courses, while we have^ well-only
5 or 6. And when they gambled, they
had Card tables covered lii black

velvet wlth grooves scooped out,
and In these grooves was not
platimum, not gold, but -- dlamondsl

(OVER)

-3-

MISS PALT/ER

(CONTlNUED)

To stake a handful of dlamonds on
the queen of spades . . •
The most dazzling beauty of all the
beautles at the court was Madame
Pushkln. Nobody would know that name
now except for the fact that she was
marrled to Pushkin, the forernost poet
of Russla. If I had the titne I
would like to spend 3 programs, to
teil you about Pushkln *s ancestry
- He was the great grandson of an
Ethoplan prlnce and v/as brought to
the Russian coarc by Peter The Great
who grew so fond of him that he
forced one of hls bojars hls
courtiers, to marry hls daughter
to him. That man, by the name of
Hannibalj Is Pushkln 's grandfather.
And, Pushkln Is the great, great
grandfather of the Marquis of . . .
Mllford-Haven. The Czar was not fond
of the young poet due to hls
revolutlonary ldeaS| and tried to
keep him in bond to prevent hls
revolutlonary Output,

(OVER) .

-4-

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MISS PALr/ER

(C0NTINUED2

v/Vien Pushkln marrled Natalle G_
the marrlage was as romantlc a
Sensation as ever took place at
the Russian court and Pushkln had no
idea that by that marrlage he not
only got hlmself deeper and deeper
Into social actlvltles but also
slgned hls death Warrant. Madame
Pushkln 's beauty was so rare that

It was bound to create trouble -

It mlght Interest you to know that
In those days a marrled woman could
recelve passionate blllet-doux
from a marrled or for that matter

unmarrled man. The husband even

read those letters wlth equal
amusement as the wlfe who received
them. But there appeared at the
court of St. Petersburg a dashlng
young man by the name of George
D'Anthes. He was dashlng, he was
blond ^ curly-headed, he was tall and
wore a beautlful white uniform --
he was irreslstlble. He was the
Hon of St. Petersburg soclety and
conquered all the ladles except

Madame Pushkln.

(OVER)

-5-

MISS PALr/ER
(CONTINUED)

George D'Anthes feil maclly in love
with her and as she wouldn't look
at hlm It became a klnd of
Obsession with him. He concocted
a fantastic plan -- He was going
to marry her eldest sister, Catherine
who^ like anyone eise, was f lattered
by his attentions, for one reason
only, -- to be near the beautiful
Natalie . A month af ter the marriage
to Catherine he lured Natalie^
through a false invitation, to the
house of a conniving friend. The
un«u3pecting women found herseif alone
with D*Anthes who suddenly whipped
out a pistol and sald he would shoot
himself right before her eyes, If
she would not accept his love. Her
reaction was to burst into a flood
of tears and in hysterical terror
she rushed from the room. The next
morning Pushkin sent his second to
D'Anthes with a challenge to a duel.
They met at dawn, in the snow. A
barrier was in the middle of the

field. Five paces were marked off
each side and the Signal was given.

(OVER)

-6-

MISS PALf4ER
(CONTINÜED)

Both men aimed to kill - the shots
rang out Pushkln feil on hls face.
They rushed to attend hlm and helped
hlm into a sltting Position. "I
feel streng enough to fire my shot",
he Said. He wounded D'Anthes but
slightly. Pushkin died two days
later, only 39 years old. Now I
don't know whether you know his works
-- Boris Godounov.The Queen of Spades
Eugen Onegin, Etc. I would like

to glve you the one of his poe
which I like best.

THE COACH DP LIFE

Though often somewhat heavy-freighted
The coach rolls at an easy pace;
And titne, the coachtnan, grizzly-pated
But smart, alert--is in his place.

We board it llghtly in the morning
And on our way at once proceed.
Repose and slothful comfort scorning
We shout: "Hey, there I Get on]
Pull Speed I"

Noon finds us done with reckless
daring.

And shaken up. Now care's the rule.
Down hills, through gulley roughly
faring.

We sulk, and cry: "Hey, easy, foöll"

The coach rolls, on, no pitfalls
dodging.

At dusk, to pains more wonted grown,
We drowse, v/hile to the night '3
dark lodging

Old coachman Time drives on, drives
on.

(OVER)

-7-

MISS PALMER
(CONTINUED)

Now I'll bring you a guest today who
seems to me to step stralght out
of that anclent time of glamour.
Madame Valentina, one of the fore-
most Creators of fashlon^ beauty and
glamour of our tirne. I have had the
prlvilege of belng dressed by her for
the theatre on two occaslons and I
have had ample opportunlty to
study thls fasclnating personallty.
Let me introduce her to you in a
minute. Don't be surprised if she
doesn't use the words "the, these,
that." Robert Sherwood said to her
the other, "Valentina, you have
command of English language." I had
to revolutionize my idea about
dresses and clothes when I came to
her - her favorite colors are beige,
Grelge, and grey. I once heard her
on the telephone, speaking to a
lady who desired a brightly
colored dress: "No, no, darling--
not red. You mustn't have red. Have
red on the sofa cushlons but not on

you.

(OVER)

-8-

MISS PALMER
(CONTINUED)

You can Imagine how surprlsed I was
one day when Valentla appeared at a
party dressed frora head to foot,
in red, Includlng a red berat. I
stared at her, speechless --Valentlna
in RED? She shrugged Vier Shoulders
pointed to the window and said:
"It's raining. You understand the
llth comtnandtnent : 'When it's raining
Thou shalt wear red".
Valentlna is always against every-
thing that's obviously rieh,
obviously v/ealthy. You will very
rarely see any embroldery or triramlng
on her dresses, her dresses are
unlque and famous for their cut, •
their llne, their style and their
materlals. They seem to wrap you
tlghtly llke a snake and yet feel
as comfortable as an old dresslng
gown. By the way, she has a strong
averslon against mlnk, and is
supposed to have said, "Mlnk is
vulgär -- Mink is for football".
I v/ish that you could attend a
fitting at r4adame Valentlna 's. You
teil her in your own shrill language
"I would llke this, I would llke

that . "

(OVER)

^<^^

MISS PALrffiR
(CONTINUED)

Suddenly Madame Eugenla, the first
fltter, arrlves and there Is a
sudden sllence and now you are
reduced to a kind of prop without
a volce while Madame Valentlna and
Madame Eugenla confer In soft

whlspersj In Russlan

Here is Madame Valentlna.
("Hello" In Russlan). Teil me,
Valentlna when you get a theacrlcal
Script, what do you look for In the
play to glve you the key for your
color, style and materlal?

VALENTINA

AD. LIB. THE MOOD, CHARACTERS ETC.

MISS PALr/PER
For Instance, In the flrst play you
dressed me for, I played a stränge
llttle creature -- a very young glrl
wlth the wlsdom of a much older
person. Do you remember what you
sald to me -- you sald, "I will
dress you llke a llttle old Chlna-
man." Remember? Remember the llttle
old Chlnaman's colors?

VALENTINA

Yes -- grey, grelge, beige, and
white .

-10-

MISS PALMER

And by that very idea you already set
my character -- I didn*t have to do
any actingl And in my present play,
v/here I do a girl who Is flrst a
wltch and gradually becotnes human,
you must have found it Interestlng
to dress that in colors and shapes.

VALENTINA

Ad Üb, yellow, flame colors for the
witch, for passion, green for anger,
and finally grey for the ordinary
human being you have become.

raSS PALr/ER

Do you remember thls dress (Points
to her dress) it was the little old

Chinaman's dress.

VALENTINA

But what have you done to it?

rass PALrffiR

I dyed it orange -- Do you like it?

VALENTINA

COMf/ENT IN RUSSIAN, EXPRESSING HER

HORROR .

MISS PALfffiR

I seem to be talking so much of
beautiful women in my programs.

(OVER)

-11-

MISS PALf/lER
(CONTINUED)

1 have trled to get you a Portrait
bf Madame Pushkln to see If she had
a true Angel Face, but I ooulfln't
find one. That brings me to the
subject of Angel Face. I will turn
you over to a young lady who will
talk to you about Angel Face.

•

-12-

FOND 'S ANGEL

FACE

LILLI

PALIffiR

COM/ERCIAL

VIDEO

AUDIO

•

Table

top shot of

Angel

Face

Here is

the

marvelous

new

kind

half out of box

make-up everyone's talking about.
It's Pond's Angel Face -- now loveller
than ever In a sllm, pretty new
Mirror Gase.

Hands pull Angel Face from
box

Sleek and smooth as Ivory, daintlly
etched wlth golden tracery.

Hands open Mirror Gase

Hand clrcles puff over Angel
Face.

Flip open the lid — and Inslde

you

find . . . a rnlrror . . , a puff . . . and
soft-tlnted Angel Face.

Angel Face Is your foundatlon and
powder In one -- the easlest make-

up you*ve ever used!

PAN to shot of pancake make
up wlth wet sponge . . .
foundatlon cream, . . piain
powder box wlth powder
sllghtly spllled over

No wet sponge . . . no greasy founda-
tlon . . . no loose powder spllllng
about —

PAN to Angel Face

Angel Face Is a wonderful, flatterlng
foundatlon and powder In one!

Cut to shot over glrl's
Shoulder to show her
applylng Angel Face

It Just smooths on llke velvet - wlth
Its ov;n soft puff. Stays on much
longer than powder.

(OVER)

-2-

-13-

VIDEO

AUDIO (CONTInüED)

It never drles your skin! Never

looks greasy.

Shot of Angel Face, handbag,
and gloves

And Angel Face can't splll In your
handbag !

Close-up of box and case

Angel Face comes in .six flatter-
Ing skin tones. Stop at your
favorlte beauty counter tomorrow
and choose the perfect shade for
you, Pond's Angel Face In Its
beautlful new Mlrror Case is only
$1., plus tax - the most wonderful
beauty in.iurance any glrl ever
carried .

-14-

MISS PALrffiR

Next week I will talk to you about
(Cats, perhaps)

AUF WEIDERSEHN

CUE MUSIC

HOLD ON LILLI PAUffiR 5 SECONDS
DISSOLVE TO PRODUCT AND SUPER
BALLOP READING:

POND'S
MAKERS OP POND'S CREAMS AND
POND'S ANGEL FACE

HAS PRESENTED

LILLI PALr4ER

PRODUCED BY CHARLES KEBBE

SETTING BY

ROLF GERARD

•f*

'..♦■

♦

LILLI PALMER SHOW
March 22, 1951

DISSOLVE FROK BLACK

TO SHOT OF

Angel Face case closed

PAN TO cake make-up and sponge
PAN TO jar of foundation
PAN TO compact case
PAN TO Angel Face case open>

DISSOLVE TO TITLES READING:

POND ^ S

MAKERS OF POND 'S CREAMS AND

POND 'S ANGEL FACE

PRESENTS

LILLI PALMER

DISSOLVE TO LILLI PALIviER

ANNOUNCER
Pond's Angel face — the
newest easiest way to have a
soft, velvety complextion!
No wet sponge
No greasy foundation
No spilly, loose powder.
Pond's Angel Face is foundation
and power in onel Just a
touch of the soft, fluffy puff
— • and you have an Angel Face
complexionl

PALMER SINGING '»AUF WIEDERSEHN"

SITTING IN CHAIR.

-2-

MISS PALMER
(HOLDING PYBWACKET IN ARMS)
Cats were first domesticated
in Egypt about five thousand
years ago, because the
Egyptians found them indispen-
sible to Protect their grain.
Eventually they were even
declared sacred and have
remained so since* Superstitions
and witchcraft were associated
with them -- black cats crossing
path, etc. From Egypt they
made their way to Italy,
and probably sat on Julius
Ceasar^s Shoulder when he
invaded Britain, and then
ended up in my play, "Bell,
Book and Candle" on Broadway»

You know that every night I
Sit on the chair with this
cat on my kneeSt It reminds
me of a poem by Oscar Wilde:
In a dim corner of my room for
longer than my fancy thinks
A beautiful and silent Sphinx
has watched me through the
shifting gloom. (CVER)

-3-

MISS PALMER (CONT^D)
Inviolate and immobile she
does not rise she does not stir
For silver moons are naught to
her and naught to her that suns

that reel

Red follows grey across the air,
the waves of moonlight ebb and

flow
But with the Dawn she does not
go and in the night-time she

is there

Dawn follows Dawn and Nights
grow old and all the while this

curious cat
Lies couching on the Chinese
mat with eyes of satin rimmed

with gold.
(PUTS PYEWACKET DOWN)
I found a book written by Paul
Gallico called "The Abandoned"
which seems to me the book to
end all books about cats because
its the Story of a little boy
who is hit by a truck and in
his delirium imagines he turns

into a cat. He haa to learn

}

how to be a cat, which is not at

all easy. (OVER)

-4- . MISS PALMER (CONT^D)

Paul Gallico seems to me to
have a hidden secret -- I think
he must have been a cat because
nobody could have understood
cats unless you have been a
cat yourself . Listen to this
chapter in which a cat of
long-standing and experience
teaches the little boy, the
new-comer, about manners. This
chapter is called — '»When
in Doubt — Wash".

"If you have committed any kind
of an error and anyone scolds
you — wash. If you slip and fall
off something and somebody laughs
at you — wash, If you are getting
the worst of an argument and
want to break off hostilities
until you have composed yourself^
Start washing. Remember,
every cat respects another cat
at her toilet. That^s our
first rule of social deportment,
and you must also observe it.

»»Whatever the Situation, whatever

difficulty you may be in, you

can^t go wrong If you Kash*

(OVER)

-5- MISS PALMER (CONT^D)

If you come into a room füll
of people you do not know and
who are confusing to you, sit
right down in the midst of them
and Start washing* They^ll
end up by quieting down and
watching you.

"If soinebody calls you and you
don^t care to come and still
you don^t wish to make it
a direct insult — wash, If
you^ve Started off to go some-
where and suddenly can't
remember where it was you wanted
to go, Sit right down and begin
brushing up a little. It
will come back to you* Something
hurt you? Wash it. Tired of
playing with someone who has
been kind enough to take time
and trouble and you want to
break off without hurting his

or her feelings ~ Start

washing.

•*0h, there are dozens of thingsl
Door closed and you're burning
up because no one will open it
for you — have yourself a little
wash and forget it. (OVER)

-6« MISS PALMER (CONT»D)

Somebody petting another cat or
dog in the same room, and you
are annoyed over that ~ be
nonchalant; wash* Peel sad,
wash away your blues. Been
picked up by somebody you don't
particularly fancy and who
didn^t smell good — - wash him
off immediately and pointedly
where he can see you do it.
• Any time, anyhow, in any manner,
for whatever purpose, wherever
you are, whenever and why ever
you want to clear the air or
get a moment^s respite or think
things over — washj

"And —- ." concluded Jennie,
drawing a long breath, *^of
course you also wash to get
clean and to keep clean"*

That will give you an idea
about Mr. Gallico — and here

he is.

MR> GALLICO
1^11 rub against your leg and
purrj

-7- MISS PALMER

Teil me, Mr. Gallico, did you
ever think of writing a book
on cats before writing "The

Abandoned"?

MR, GALLICO

MENTION CATS AT PLAY AND HOW
YOU SCORE THEM, ETC.

MISS PAIi/IER

Well, why — cats?

MR. GALLICO

STORY OF CHIN CHILLA, WUZZY,
AND LIMPY, ETC. Now teil me
how you feel about cats, Miss

Palmer?

MISS PALMER

Cats never entered my life

until last November. In the

last five months I have had to

woo them, so. . . . (becoming fond

of them-stages involved, etc.

You know, Mr. Gallico, it»s a

Strange thing that when someone

wants to say something nasty

about a woman, she is called

"catty". Don^t you think that

is rather unfair to cats?

MR. GALLICO

MENTION THAT THIS IS ONTYINSECURITY

WHEN THEY ARE CALLED "CATTY".

(OVER)

-Ö- m. GALLICO (CONT»D)

ALSO MENTION THAT "EVERY HOME
SHOULD HAVE A SCRATCHING POST",
AND A GIRL WHG HAS THE' GUY
SHE WANTS IS NOT CATTY.

MISS PALMER

Is there a scratching post in

your home?

MRo GALLICO

No.

MISS PALMER

Then your wife must have the

man she wantsj To me, the cat

to end all cats - the original

primeval cat — • is the Tiger.

There is a painter in America

who seems to me to paint

animals with the special

mystery that surrounds them all

better than any other painter

before and now# His name is

Darrel Austin, one of the fore-

most contemporary American

painters. His subjects are

almost all entirely animals,

usually in bracken marshes,

and for no other aninial is

the mystery with which he

surrounds them as appropriate

as for the Tiger.

(OVER)

-9- MISS PALMER (CONT»D)

mmm^mamimmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Look for yourself • Here is
a painting loaned to me by the
Perls Gallery of a Tiger. Maybe
you remember William Blake ^s
lines about the Tigers

READ LINES

THE TIGER

Tiger, tiger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand er eye,
Could frame they fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps er skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he spire?
What the hand dare seize the

fire?

And what Shoulder and what art
Could twist the sinews of thy

heart?
And, when thy heart began to

beat,
What dread hfind and what dread

feet?

What the hainmer? What the chain?

In what furnace was they brain?

Wliat the anvil? What dread grasp

Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

(OVER)

-10- MISS PALMER (CONT»D)

When the stars threw down their

spears.
And water'd heaven with their

tears,
Did He smile His works to see?
Did He who made the lanib make

thee?

Tiger, tiger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
Wliat immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry? .

I am sure that he had those in
mind when he painted the Tiger,
Let me turn you over to a young
lady who will teil you about
Pond's Angel Face«

POND^S ANGEL FACE
LILLI PALMER COMMERCIAL

-11-

Hands pull Angle Face from box

VIDEO AUDIO

Table top shot of Angel Face Here is the marvelous new kind
half out of box

of make-up everyone^s talking

about* It^s Pond's Angel Face ~

now lovelier than ever in a

slim, pretty new Mirror Gase.

Sleek and smooth as ivory,

daintily etched with golden

tracery.

Flip open the lid — and inside

you find • • • a mirror • • • a puff

«•• and soft-tinted Angel Face«

Hand circles puff over Angel Face« Angel Face is your foundation

and powder in one ~ the easiest

Hands open Mirror Gase

PAN to shot of pancake make-
up with wet sponge •••
foundation cream .•• piain
powder box with powder slightly
spilled over

PAN to Angel Face

Cut to shot over girl^s Shoulder
to show her applying Angel Face.

make-up you^ve ever usedl

No wet sponge ••• no greasy

foundation . • • no loose powder

Spilling about —

Angel Face is a wonderful,

flattering foundation and powder

in oneS

It just smooths on like velvet -

with its own soft puff* Stays

on much longer than powder.

(OVER)

-12-

VIDEO

Shot of Angel Face, handbag,
and gloves.

Close-up of box and case

AUDIO (CONTINUED)

It never dries your skinJ

Never looks greasy.

And Angel Face canH spill in

your handbagJ

Angel Face comes in six flatter-

ing skin tones, Stops at your

favorite beauty counter

tomorrow and choose the perfect

shade for you. Pond^s Angel

Face in its beautiful new

Mirror Case is only $1.,

plus tax - the most wonderful

beauty insurance any girl ever

carried.

CUE FiUSIC

HOLD ON LILLI PALMER 5 SECONDS
DISSOLVE TO PRODUCT AND SUPER
BALLOP READING:

POND»S

-13- MISS PALMER

Hello, this is Lllli Palmer
again. Beginning next week
as I told you, my show will be
from 7: 15-7; 30 PM, and it
will continue at that time
from then on, Next week I
will talk to you ab out Hungary
Uritil then:

MAKERS OF POND»S CREAMS AND POND'S AUF WEIDERSEHN
ANGEL FACE

HAS PRESENTED
LILLI PALMER

PRODUCED BY CHARLES KEBBE

SETTING BY

ROLF GERARD

DISSOLVE FROM BLACK

TO SHOT OF

Angel Face case closed

LILLI PALMER SHOW
March 29, 1951

ANNOUNCER
Pond's Angel Face -- the newest
easiest way to have a soft, velvety
complexlon!

PAN TO cake make-up and sponge

No wet sponge

PAN TO Jar of foundation

No greasy foundation

PAN TO compact case

No spilly, loose power.

PAN TO Angel Face case open.

Pond's Angel Face Is foundation and
powder In one ! Just a touch of the
soft, fluffy puff -- and you have
an Angel Face complexlon!
PALMER SINGING "AUF WIEDERSEHN"

DISSOLVE TO TITLES READING:

POND'S

MAKERS OF POND'S CREAMS AND

POND'S ANGEL FACE

PRESENTS

LILLI PALMER

DISSOLVE TO LILLI PALMER

SITTING IN CHAIR

-2-

MISS PALMER

I*d llke to talk to you about two
Hungarlans -- an artlstic one and an
eccentrlc one, Our first great
Hungarian Is the artlstic one .
Everyone In Hungary Is a wrlter,
palnter, or muslclan. Nobody reads.
When Molnar, the famous playwrlght,
once entered a cafe, he saw a man
slttlng there readlng. Said Molnar,
"There Is the greatest reader In
Hungary -- the only one!"

9lCrtU^

%.dc

I have today as my guest Mr. Joseph
Szlgetl whom America acclalmed
already 25 years ago as one of the
greatest vlollnlsts of our day.
Turn on the radlo any tlme, any
Station, and eventually you will
hear a Szlgetl recordlng played. He
Introduced for the flrst tlme worlcs
of Bela Bartok, Bloch and

"V^QÄ44(i Prokoflef Only the other day, he

gave a concert wlth Mltropoulds at
Carnegie Hall to celebrate the 25th
Annlversary of hls flrst concert
wlth Stowkowskl In Philadelphia.
V/hat do you thlnk a Violinist should
look llke?

(OVER)

-3-

MISS PALMER (CONTINUED)

I'll teil you someone who was
disappolnted in what Mr. Szlgetl
looked llke. It was Bernard £haw.
He sald, "You flddlers no longer
lock the part. The only one who
does is - Einstein".

Mr. Szlgetl, let me ask you the
old and hackneyed, trled and true
questlon, why dld you become a

Violinist?

MR. SZIGETI

AD LIB. MENTION ENTIRE FAMILY
MUSICAL -- BROUGHT UP EXPECTING TO
BE A MUSICIAN JUST AS A GLOUCESTER
FISHEHMAN'S SON EXPECTS TO BE A

FISHERMAN

MISS PALMER

But why the vlolln? -- why not the

double bass?

MR. SZIGETI

MENTION OWN SIZE, ECONOMY AND
PRACTICALITY OF VIOLIN

MISS PALMER

But Why not the flute?

. 4 ->

MR. SZIGETI

MENTION »THERE IS NO ROOM FOR A
FLUTE IN A GYPSY BAND WHICH PLAYS
AT FUNERALS AND WEDDINGS (WHICH WAS
THE AIM OF THE FAMILY ORCHESTRA)

MISS PALMER
If every member of your famlly
practiced music, where dld they all
practice --in the same room?

MR. SZIGETI

F ÄTHER 'S MUS IC LESSON IN THE PARLOR,
SZIGETI IN THE KITCHEN, AD LIB ON

REST OP THE FAMILY

MISS PALMER

That must have beenmther nice...
warm and cozy, lovely smells. Have
you ever had any other opportunlty •
to warm up in a kitchen?

MR. SZIGETI

MENTION WARMING UP FOR CONCERT IN
PEIPING, CHINA AND WALDORF KITCHEN

MISS PALMER

If I remember rights there's
another tender bond that takes you
to the kitchen — Isn't cooklng
your hobby?

-5-

m. SZIGETI LEAVES

MR. SZIGETI

I AM ONLY ON THE RECEIVING END, ETC.
PEOPLE COOK FOR ME AND THEY LIKE TO

DO SO BECAUSE I APPRECIATE THEIR

EFFORTS

MISS PALMER

Do you have any hobbles?

MR. SZIGETI

HOBBY HAS BEEN BOOK

MISS PALMER

When did you find the tlme to wrlte

your book?

MR. SZIGETI

Any tlme, anywhere, etc.

MISS PALMER

1*^ MH^ Wi

I found this book fascinating not
only from a muslc lover's vlew
polnt but also because In the
course of 30 years, there has
hardly been anyone of Importance
In the artlstlc world whom Mr.
Szlgeti hasn't met...

MISS PALMER
New I come to my other Hungarlan -
of all the Hungarlans I have ever
met the most eccentrlc -- Gabriel
Pascal. . ."Gaby".

(OVER)

.6.

MISS PALMER (CONTINUED)

From all over the world the tele-
phone may ring and a volce say,
"It's Gaby" with an accent that
could charm the hlnd legs off a
mule . What*s more Important, It
even charmed Shaw, When Gaby
arrlved In London, stone brcke,
pennlless, he concelved the great
idea in 1935. of raaklng a film of
Shaw 's "Pygmalion". Many people
had approached Shaw with tempting
offers and he had never given his
permlsslon for any one of his
plays to be filmed. This was not
deterrent to a Hungarian. Gaby
rang hlm on the phone every day and
every day was turne d down by one
of Shaw 's secretaries. One day
Shaw himself plcked up the phone
and to Gaby 's amazement heard him
saying, "How's that, how's that?"
Flabbergasted, Gaby said, "It's
Gaby Pascal" and with a stream of
implorlng words in that fascinating
accent, continued pleading, and
Shaw was so intrigued that he told
him to come out to see him the

next day.

(OVER)

-1-

MISS PALMER (CONTINUED)

"I want a slx month's optlon on
'Pygmalion'", he said to Shaw the
next morning. "Many people want
that," sald Shaw. "What have you
got to offer?" Gaby sald, "l will
glve you flve dollars for a 6
months' optlon" • Shaw laughed and
agreed, and held out hls hand.
Gaby put hls hand In hls pocket and
handed hlm 2 dollars, "May I
borrow 3 dollars from you?", he
asked Shaw* From then on Gaby
had carte blanche to all of
Shaw 's plays.

When I had my baby, Gaby, now a
very wealthy man, owned a large
farm. He saw me, rather pale and
wan, and sald, "The llttle mother
needs milk". I will make you the
present of my lavorlte cow -- It's
called "Jersey Lilll". I practlc-
ally burst Into tears. I went
home enraptured, antlclpatlng the
cow belng there .

(OVER)

-8-

MISS PALMER (CONTINUED)

The followlng day a letter arrlved
from Gaby proposing that *Vou send
me 150 pounds, I will keep the cow,
and you can have one-thlrd of the
milk and butter" -- a present from
a Hungarian!

The men of Hungary are talented,
intelligent, and charming, but I
think people in Europe usually
consider Hungarian women the most
beautiful in all Europe. I
don't know if they use Angel Face,
but I imagine that they must. Here
is a young lady to teil you about

Angel Face .

COMMERCIAL

-9-

POND'S ANGEL FACE
LILLI PALMER COMMERCIAL

VIDEO

Table top shot of Angel Face
half out of box

AUDIO

Here is the marvelous new klnd of
make-up everyone's talklng about .
It's Pond's Angel Face -- now
loveller than ever in a sllm,
pretty new Mirror Case .

Hands pull Angel Face from box

Sleek and smooth as Ivory,
dalntlly etched wlth golden tracery

Hands open Mirror Case

Flip open the lid -- and inside
you find...a mirror.. a puff... and
soft-tinted Angel Face.

Hand circles puff over Angel
Face

Angel Face is your foundation and
powder in one -- the easiest make-
up you've ever used!

PAN to shot of pancake make-
up with wet sponge . .foundation
Cream.. piain powder box with
powder slightly spilled over

No wet sponge ...no greasy founda-
tion...no loose powder Spilling

about --

PAN to Angel Face

Angel Face is a wonderful,
flattering foundation and powder

in one !

Cut to shot over girl's Shoulder It Just smooths on like velvet
to Show her applying Angel Face

with its own soft puff. Stays

on much longer than powder

(OVER)

-10-

POND'S ANGEL FACE

LILLI PALMER COMMERCIAL (CONT'D)

VIDEO

AUDIO

It never drles your skln! Never
looks greasy.

Shot of Angel Face, handbag,
and gloves

And Angel Face can^t splll In
your handbag!

Close-up of box and case

Angel Face comes in six flatter-
ing skln tones. Stop at your
favorite beauty counter tomorrow
and choose the perfect shade for
you. Pond*s Angel Face In It's
beautiful new Mirror Case Is only
$1., plus tax - the most wonderful
beauty Insurance any glrl ever

carrled •

-11-

MISS PALMER

Next week I am going to talk to
you about Spaln. üntil then:

AUF lEDERSEHN

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HOLD ON LILLI PALMER 5 SECONDS
DISSOLVE TO PRODUCT AND SUPER
BALLOP RE ADING:

POND ' S
MAKERS OF POND 'S CREAMS AND POND 'S

ANGEL FACE

HAS PRESENTED

LILLI PALMER

PRODUCED BY CHARLES KEBBE

SETTING BY

ROLF GERARD

«)

LILLI PALMER SHOW
April 4, 1951

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ANNOUNCER

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PAN TO cake make-up and sponge

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No greasy foundatlon

PAN TO compact case

No spilly, loose powder.

PAN TO Angel Face case open

Pond's Angel Face is foundatlon
and powder In one! Just a touch
of the soft, fluffy puff — and
you have an Angel Face complexionJ

PALMER SINGING "AUF WIEDERSEI-IN"

DISSOLVE TO TITLES READING:

POND'S

MAKERS OF POND'S CREAMS AND
POND'S ANGEL FACE

PRESENTS

LILLI PALMER

DISSOLVE TO LILLI PALMER

SITTING IN CHAIR

-2- MISS PALMER

I meant to talk to you today
about Spanlsh palnters and then
Introduce my guest, Xavler
Gonzalez, the Spanish-Amerlcan
painter. But having met Mr.
Gonzalez and seen hls paintings,
I found it quite Imposslble to
talk about anythlng eise but him
— and will talk to you about
Goya and El Greco at another tlme.
You mlght be astonlshed why. In
my programs, I talk so much about
paintlng. That Is because I
have a most burnlng passlon for
palntlng and am an amateur
painter myself • But I am not
going to bore you wlth my

masterpieces. I want to talk to
you today about Xavler Gonzalez.
Mr. Gonzalez is a very happy and
lucky man, who has become what
nature intended him to be. Very
few people have done this. He is
a painter in all five or six
senses — in every sense there is.
When at Picasso 's, studio once,
he got close to one of his
paintings.

(OVER)

-3- MISS PALMER (CONT'D)

He could not only smell the
dlfference but also touch the
dlfference -- whlch was very
Important to hlm as well as to

Picasso.

Xavier Gonzalez was born in a
llttle suburb outslde Sevilla In
Spaln, and for once, hls father
was not a palnter, though hls
uncle had been. Hls uncle was
Important early In young Xavier 's
llfe by glving hlm a set of
water colors. More of uncle

later. Whenever Xavier had

been partlcularly good, he was
allowed to palnt water colors
on the Steps leadlng to hls
father 's house. Fortuna tely,
there were many steps. He
palnted landscapes rlght up to

the flrst floor. When hls

parents changed resldence, these
flrst Gonzalez murals vanlshed
Into obllvlon,

(OVER)

-4- MISS PALMER (CONT^D)

Hls parents went to Mexico and
later to the United States, and
unable to make a livlng as a
palnter, he endured the usual
hardships trying hls hand at
gold mlning, becomlng a street
sv/eep In Chicago, and a teacher
because he wanted to learn
English. Then, the turnlng-
polnt In hls llfe came. A
furniture Company In Chicago had
the brlght Idea of selllng each
plece of furniture together wlth
a llttle palntlng, and they pald
the sum of one dollar for each
palntlng. So Gonzalez, together
wlth hls American wlfe, who also
Is a palnter, dashed off several
palntlngs a day, gradlng them
llke eggs, still wet. Whlle
worklng, he used to mutter
Incessantly, "Thlnk of your
Uncle" -- meanlng that hls
uncle, the palnter, had an even
worse tlme In hls youth to make
a livlng.

(OVER)

-5- MISS PALMER

After a whlle, instead of saylng
"Thlnk of your Uncle*', he Just
Said TOYU, whlch Struck hlm as
an admirable Idea to sign his
paintlngs wlth, Under the
Intrlguing Japanese -soundlng name
of Toyu, the first genuine
Gonzalez were sold by the dozen.
That was the beglnnlng, The
Toyu paintlngs, however, as
quickly as they were dashed off
were attracting attention, and
today Mr. Gonzalez is one of
the leading moderns, and his
wife, Ethel Edwards, is going
to have an exhibition on May
Ist at the

Gallery.

Here's a paintlng by Xavler

Gonzalex called "The Peast of

Pools".

(Miss Palmer »s Volce): Mr.

Gonzalez, what made you paint —

what made you choose that

subject?

GONZALEZ

AD LIB: TRIP TO EUROPE.
MEDIEVAL ART THERE INPLUENCED
HIM TO PRODÜCE PAINTING.

.6-

MISS PALMER

And here is another paintlng
whlch Mr. Gonzalez dld after a
long stay at Cape Cod 'durlng the

Summer .

(SHOW PAINTING OP CAPE COD)

Dld you palnt this sittlng rlght

there in front of the ocean?

GONZALEZ

No, I made Sketches and notes
durlng the summer and palnted
thls durlng the wlnter.

MISS PALMER

What do you mean by Sketches and
notes? Do you make Sketches of
the scenery llke sky — gray,
sand -- yellow, water — blue?

GONZALEZ

AD LIB: How a palnter watches,
absorbs, and flnally becomes a
tool to express on canvas hls

emotlons.

MISS PALMER

(Leadlng him to the board where
he can lllustrate what he sees)

SUTIMING UP, LILLI PALMER WOULD

SAY:

Then the flrst condltlon for a

palnter Is . . »

-7-

GONZALEZ

««»i

^••to be an honest person*

MISS PALMER
In the klnd of plcture I paint,
I have, let's see, a landscape
whlch is very green.

GONZALEZ

Those kind of pictures I call

"Going Home" pictures, etc.

COMMERCIAL

(MISS PALMER)

The trouble wlth my pictures Is

that I make everyone look ten

years older and angrler« Por

Instance, I made a portralt of

the glrl who you are going to

See In a mlnute who has an Angel

Face. You wouldn't belleve It

If you saw my palntlng. But
she^ll teil you how she got her
Angel Face. . .

-8-

SIGHT

SOUND

Camera on glrl at dresslng table. •• And here It Isl The most

taklng Mlrror Gase out of box.

wonderful make-up in the world.»
In the Bweetest new case for
your handbag!

Opens case, holds puff in band

Angel Face is an entlrely
different klnd of make-up. You
really never saw anythlng so
f lattering ... or so easy to use!

Circles puff over Angel Face

You see...Pond's Angel Face is
actually a complete make-up in
itself. It's your foundation and
powder all in one.

CU of hand as she fingers and

Not a cake make-up... so you need

pushes away each of the three other no dripping sponge...

make-ups on dressitig table.

Not a messy, greasy foundation...
And there's no loose powder to
Spill about.

Close-up of girl smoothing on
Angel Face

You Just smooth on my Angel Face
with its ovm satiny puff--and it
staya on -- much, much longer
than powder. Never dries your
skin,.. never looks greasy. It's
Just the most soft-tinted,
natural-looking make-up you ever

usedl

•.,

SIGHT
Flips case closed, holds and

turns It from slde to slde.

-9-

SOUND
And now Angel Face comes in such

an adorable case for your handbag.

So sllm and so pretty, Golden-

etched and smooth as Ivory.

Opens case

Isn't it wonderful, too — having
a mirror...a puff. , ^everything
you need to give you a lovely,
fresh new Angel Face complexion

anytlme -- no matter where you

are !

Closes case, holds for a moment

It's absolutely perfect to carry

while talking and then slips into in your handbag because Angel

handbag.

Face never spills.

Now she talks right at you.

But I'm not going to teil you
any more nice things about Angel
Face. I want you to see it for
yourself 1 You »11 adore the
shades — there are six -- and a
perfectly lovely one Just for
you. The Angel Face Mirror Case
with a mirror, puff and lots of
beautiful, velvety Angel Face is
Just one dollar plus tax. Try
it -- soon. I'm sure you '11

love itl

♦»

4.,

LILLI PALMER SHOW

April 12, 1951

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PAN TO jar of foundatlon

PAN TO compact case

PAN TO Angel Pace case open

DISSOLVE TO TITLES READING:

POND'S

MAKERS Öf POND'S CREAMS AND

• .,--c \^

vom »S ANGEL FACE

PRESENTS

J.ILLI PALMER

ANNOUNCER

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easiest v/ay to have a soft, velvety
complexionJ

No wet sponge.
No greasy foundatlon
No spllly, loose povjder.
Pond's Angel Face Is foundatlon
and povjder In oneJ Just a touch
of the soft, fluffy puff -- and
you have an Angel Face complexionJ
PALMER SINGING: AUF WEIDERSEHN

DISSOLVE TO LILLI PALMER
SITTING IN CHAIR

- 2 -

MISS PALMER

Hello. Today I'd like to talk to
you about Sweden and some Svzecllsh
people. I have as my guest a
Swedish lady, the Countess Andrasciy.,
born Stella Kuylenstierna, as old a
Swedlsh name as you can find. The
Countess has teen doing some IscturcTS
in America and is now returning to
her native country» Teil me,
Countess, is It spring now in

Sweden, too?

COUNTESS ANDRASSY

Good gracious, no. It's still

sncwing.

MISS PALMER

When will the sun come out?

COUNTESS ANDRASSY
On the 23rd of June, if we are
lucky. Somebody once said that
our Swedlsh cllmate means 9 months
Winter, 3 months cold.

MISS PALMER
But v;hy the 23rd of June?

COUNTESS ANDRASSY
AD LIB .. myPOLE STORY ... MID-
SUMrffiR FEAST

- 3 -

CAMERA IS ON LEANDER PICTURE

RECORD OP ZARAH LEANDER PLAYS

MISS PALMER

Even Mr. G. came out to play some
tennls on the 23r»d of June, dldn't

he?

COUITTESS ANDRASSY

AD LIB . . STORY ABOUT KING SAYING
"GOD DOESN'T BELIEVE IN YOU EITHEFi. "
AND MINIATURE LOVING CUP FOR PICKIHC

UP TENNIS B/^LLS BEST.

MISS PALMER

Your country is most famous all over
the World for their beautiful women
• . Garbo, Ingrid Bergman, Viveca
Lindfers, Signe Hasso, but there 's
one beautiful v/oman nobody seems to
have heard in America, That's
Zarah Leander. Look at this. Isn't
she beautiful? This is a real soap
opcra Story of a very beautiful bad
girl. And listen to this volce.

Zarah Leander was a very famous
Singer in Sweden, extremely beauti-
ful, and Adolph Hitler got very
int eres ted in having her in Germany
to make films.

( OVER )

- 4 -

MISS PALMER (CONT'D)

He brought her over and she became
an ardent Nazi and v/hen thlngs went
badly for the Third Reich, at her
concerts where Adolf Hitler was
present, she always sang the song,
"There Ought To Be A Mlracle Very
Soon." After the fall of Hitler,
she returned to Sweden. The Swedes
could not forgive her, and she
became a forgotten woman.

Plnally, I'd llke to talk to you
about a Swede whom you all know and
that is Alfred Nobel. What do you
know about about Alfred Nobel? I
suppose you know no more than I did
and this Is that he was responslble
for the Nobel prlzes. He was the
man who Invented dynamlte and when
he realized what a terrlble dlsaster
he had brou^ht upon the world, he
Instltuted the Nobel Prlze whlch

the last Nobel Prize for Llterature

was glven to William Paulkner,
greastest among llvlng American

authors •

(OVER)

- 5 -

MISS PALMER

He received the prize for hls
Collected Storles published by
Random House* Hls acceptance speech
in Stockholm has meanwhile become
famous. I should llke to read you
an extract from that very speech
which I am sui^e Alfred Nobel vrould
have Said contalned all he ever
wanted for manklnd.
'*Our tragedy today Is a general and
universal physlcal fear so long
Bustalned by nox^;" that we can even
bear lt. There are no longer
Problems of the splrit, There Is
only the questlcn: VJhen will I be
blown up? Because of thls, the
young man or woman wrlting today
has forgotten the Problems of the
human heart In confllct wlth Itself
. . because only that Is worth
wrlting about • . .

"He must learn them agaln* He muct
teach hlmself that the bases'B^ of all
thlngs Is to be afrald; —

(OVER)

- 6 -

MISS PALMER (CONT'D)

And, teachlng himself that, forget
it forever, leavlng no room in h'3
Workshop f or anythlng but the . . olcl
universal truths lacking whlch any
Story Is ••• doomed - love and honor
and pity and prlde and compasslon
and sacrifice. Until he does so,
he labors under a curse. He wrltes
not of love but of lust, of defeats
in which nobody loses anything of
value, of victories without hope and,
worst of all, without pity or
compassion •• He xvrites not of the
heart but of the glands .

"Until he relearns these things,
he will write as though he stood
among and watched the end of man.
I decline to accept the end of man.
It is easy enough to say that man
Is immortal simply because he will
endure; that when the last ding-dong
of doom has clanged and faded from
the last worthless rock hanging
tideless in the last red and dying
evening, that even then there will
still be one more sound: that of
his puny inexhaustlble volce, still
talking. I refuse to accept thls.

- 7 -

MISS PALMER (CONT^D)

I believe that man will not merely
endure: he will prevail, Ile is
immortal, ••• because he has a
soul, a spirit capable of corn-
passlon and sacriflce and enduranco
The poet'c, the writer's, duty ii:
to v/rite about these thlngs . « • the
poet's voice need not merely be the
record of man, it can be one of
the props, the pillars, to help hlm
endure and prevail."

Having talked of beautiful Swedlsh
vjomen and beautiful Swedish angel
faces, here*s a young lady who will
teil you how American girls acquire
angel faces.

I will be back in a moment to teil
you about rext v/eek'c prcgram.

COMMERCIAL

- 8 -

FOID'S ANGEL FACE
LILLI PALMER COMMERCIAL

VIDEO;

Table top shot of Angel Face
half out of box

AUDIO:

Here is the marvelous new klnd of
make-up everyone's talklns about.
It's Pond's Angel Face — now
lovelier than ever in a sllm,
pretty new Mirror Gase*

Hands pull Angel Face from box Sleek and smooth as ivory, dalntily

etched wlth golden tracery.

Hands open Mirror Gase

Flip open the lid — and Inside you
find . . a mirror . . . a puff . . and
soft-tlnted Angel Face.

Hand circles puff over Angel
Face.

Angel Face is your foundation and
powder in one — the easiest make-
up you've ever usedJ

PAN to shot of pancake make-up
with wet sponge •. foundation
Cream •• piain powder box with
powder sllghtly spilled over

No wet sponge • • • •

No greasy foundation ...

No loose pov/der Spilling abnut —

PAN to Angel Face

Angel Face is a wonderful, flattering
foundation and powder in one]

Gut to shot over girl's
Shoulder to show her
^pplying Angel Face

It just smooths on like velvet - with
its own soft puff* Stays on much
longer than pov/der. It never dries
your skinJ Never looks greasy.

( OVER )

- 9 -

VIDEO:

AUDIO:

Shot of Angel Face,handbag, and And Angel Face can't splll in your
gloves

handbag J

Close-üpof box and case

Angel Face comes in six flatterlnß
skin tones. Stop at your favorite
beauty counter tomorrow and chooce
the perfect shade for you> Pond'G
Angel Face In its beautiful new
Mirror Case is only $1., plus tax.
The most wonderful beauty insurance
any girl ever carried.

- 10 -

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POND'S
Mi\KERS OP POND'S CREAMS AND
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HAS PRESENTED

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PRODUCED BY CHARLES KEBBE

SETTING BY

MISS PALMER

Next week I will talk to you about

AUF WEIDERSEHN

ROLF GERARD

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IWi^

April 19, 1951

TO SHOT OP

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PAN TO cake make-up

PAN TO jar of foundation

PAN TO compact case

PAN TO Angel Face case open

DISSOLVE TO TITLES READING:

ANNOUNCER

Pond's Angel Face -- the newest,

easlest way to have a soft,

velvelty complexlonJ

No wet sponge.

No greasy foundation

No spllly, loose powder,

Pond's Anjel Face Is foundation

and powder in one! Just a touch

of the soft, f luf fy puff — and

you have and Angel Face

complexlonJ

PALMER SINGING: AUF WEIDERSEHN

POND'S

MAKERS OF POND^S CREAMS AND

POND'S ANGEL FACE

PRESENTS

LILLI PALMER

DISSOLVE TO LILLI PALMER

-2-

MISS PALMER
Do you know that In Buffalo there
Is a Holy Trlnlty Luther^n Church
whlch has four high, narrcw and
graceful, lancet Windows above
the altar, dedlcated to four
martyrs of the Christian Church.
The flrst shows Stephen, who
was stoned to death In the early
days of Chris tlanlty. The
second Is John Huss, the great
re former of Bohemia, who was
burned at the stake as a heretlc
In the 15th Century. The third
one Is Savonarola, the Itallan
monk who v^as also burned at the
stake In the Square of Plorence
In the 15th Century. And the
fourth Is the Danlsh Lutheran
Pastor Kaj Munk who was
murdered by the Nazis In World
War II and about whom I would
llke to talk to you today.

I am very honored to have
wlth me on thls program the
Ambassador of Denmafk to the
United States, HIs Excellency,
Mr. Henrik Kauffmann.

(OVER)

-3-

MISS PALMER (CONT'D)
He represented hls country in
America durlng the last war
holding out In spite of extreme
Nazi pressure and Nazi threats
for what he believed In, and
luckily for us, he still
represents hls country In
V/ashlngton today. Nobody Is
better quallfled than Ambassador
Kauffmann to teil us somethlng
about KaJ Munk. Henrik, teil
me about thls Danlsh clergynian
who a few years af ter hls death
was glven a stained glass wlndow
In an American Church* I thlnk
some Amerlcans mlght remember
an artlcle In Time Magazine at
the tlme he was kllled and they
mlght remember he was a churchman*
But actually who was he?

AflBASSADOR

He wag a curlous comblnatlon of a
Churchman and a dramatlst, a
poet and a flghter •«• At tlmes
he was so forthrlght and out-
spoken that he shocked people«
AD LIB PURTHER DESCRIPTION OP

KAJ MVIJK.

wi^-

MISS PAmER

i«BiB«ii««i^

What was he flrst, dramatist
or Churchman?

A^1BASSAD0R

A dramatist - because he wrote
hls flrst poem when he was 8
years old, It was called
"Sprins Comes So Softly",

MISS PALMER

What was hls famlly background?
Dld he come from Intellectual
people or . , ,

AHBASSADOR

He was an orphan and he was
adopted by very poor people who
found that the chlld they had
adopted was way above them
In Intelllgence and although
they were humble and poor they
slaved to enable hlm to go to

better sohools.

fTI.^S PALMER

He had a klnd of stränge hunched
way of Standing and when people
reproached hlm on It, he replied
hls father was a tanner and they
have been standlng llke that In
hls famlly for many generatlons.

(OVER)

-5-

MISS PALMER (CONT'D)
"It was God's way of telllng me
It will be hard for me to keep
a stralght back In the physlcal
sense in order that I may keep a
stralght back In the splrltual

sense

Teil US about thls

stralght back In the splrltual

sense.

AI^SASSADOR

He was ordalned as a Churchman
and long before the Nazis came,
he had made hls mark as a
playwrlght and novellst.

KTSS PALMEH

Well, I imderstood that to Start
wlth he was not at all adverse to
Hitler and Mussolini as dictators
because he thought they mlght
bring good to thelr countrles.
He" was impresseä by strength»

AMBASSADOR

But when he learned of thelr

persecutlons of minorlty groups
such as Jews, and Cathollcs he
denounced them as vlolently as
he at first had accepted them.

-6.

MISS PAI-MER
When the Nazis Invaded Denmarlc,
dld he come Into confllct with
them immediately?

AMBASSADOR

It took several years before he
was killed. In the ber^lnnlnrc the
Germans trled to use the '^velvet
glove". That Is why It took
longer for our resistance to grow
up. Then, however, it became
very flerce. For the flrst year
we were allowed a larger amount
of internal liberties than most
countrles* There v/ere tvio people
in the early days thöt were
considered by the people of
Denmark as the beginning of the
Danich resistance.
AD LIB ... LITTLE BOY 'S STORY.

r^ISS PALMER
As far as I know National Hero
number one or number two is your-
self, because the moment that the
Nazis invaded Denmark you took
over power of decision here in
Washington independently of all
directives glven from Denmark.

(OVER)

-7-

AMBASSADOR (CONT'D)
Therefore you became the ccnter
of all hope and reslstance for
the Danes and for the development
of the Underground.

AMBASSADOR
Thls embarrasses me a llttle
becauDe In Denmark the people
ralsed thelr llves and I only
rlsked my Job,

MISS PALM^.R

In the forefront of these people
who rlsked thelr llves was KaJ
Munk. Now what dld he do whlle
all thls was rolns on?

WT.ASSADOR

When the Nazis reallzed that
thelr "velvet glove" didn't
work, they made several Important
arrests among them KaJ Munk. He
was sent to a Concentratlon Camp.
He was released af ter a few
months wlth a severe warnlng to
behave hlmselft Thls was In
keeplng wlth the German pollcy
of walverlng because of the
necesslty for needlng more troops
If thcy became too severe.

I ^

. T

-8-

MISS PATJVIER

(OVER)

When he was released, all hls

frlends and hls family begged

him to keep quiet. They

reasoned that there was no polnt

In exposing hlmself and would

he Just lle low* He gave this

characterietlc answer: "The

truth cannot be bottled and put

away on a shelf and then taken

from the shelf and opened at the

rlght timel^ So It was clear to

Munk's wife and frlends that

surely he was doomed,.» TVien

came the black day when he was

on the telephone speaklng to hls

lawyer and sald: "I think they

are comlns for me. There is

a grey German car outslde*"

Hls wlfe and flve chlldren were

rlght there when he was pushed

Into the car. He was found by

the roadslde the next mornlng*.*

wlth many bullet holes In hls

body* • •murdered. The news spread

through Eenmark ^and though the

Qermans gave flerce Instructions

not to Show any reaction, the

Danish flags were flown at half-
mast everywhere.

-9-

MISS PALMER (CONT'D)
In the Copenha^en Royal Theater
where many of Munk's plays Viad
been played, Kel Able, a v/riter
frlend and another author,
walked on the stage and said
"Denmark's great poet Is dead.
The curtaln cannot be dropped,
but I ask you to rise in trlbute
to his memory."

And the audience rose in silence,
I have here an extract from one
of hls Speeches whlch will ^Ive
you an Idea of why he was r>o
hated by the Nazis.

"It has become our Christian
duty to render unto Caesar the
thln^s tViat are Caesars. We have
obeyed tViat cornmand. But, should
Caesar demand from us that we
call black white, tyranny
freedoni violence Justice, and
falsehood truth, we should
answer him: "It is written,
thou shalt have no other gods
before me."

(OVER)

-10-

MISS PALMER (CONT'D)
Then let hlm come wlth hls lions,
hls tlgers, hls gallows and hls
faggots - "The blood of the
martyrs Is the seed of the
Church»" By our death we shall
conquer. We must obey God

before marit"

AMBASSADOR

We Danes are practlcal people
and perhaps we are a llttle
more Incllned to think of
expediency, but the people
underctood that there are
moments in everybody'8 as well
as In people *s llves where
prlnciple means more than
anythlng eise»

MISS PALMER
Uow I would like to talk a llttle
about Denmark. Teil me Henrik,
when have you last been to

renmark?

AWASSADOn

Just about a month apo.

MISS PALMER

How Is Denmark now. Has It

completely recovered from the
occupatlon?

-11-

ANDASSADOR

We have made progress, We have
been helped by thls country but
there is still a long way to go.

MISS PALMER
Is the agrlculture bloomlng
again? Are there enough chlckens
and cows and plgs to feed the
World once more?

AMBASSADOR
We haven^t got as many as we
had before the war. If we were
back to the good old days when
there was free trade all over .
the World then v/e would probably
a.n:aln bocome the Larder of

Europe .

MISS PALMER

The "plg" country, remember?

AraASSADOR
AD LIB ... Chinese Story,

MISS PALMER
You Imow I had a program devoted
to Denmark and Kans Christian
Andersen a few weeks ago and I
was rather rüde about the

Danlsh muslc»

(OVER)

-12-

MISS PALMER (CONT'D)

^m m m

I have had rüde letters and

a bad consclence so I have spent

unendlng amount of trouble to

learn two Danlsh folk songs to

glve you an Idea of what the

Danlsh sing. Henrik please

go away, because I'm embarrassed,

but flrst glve me one or two

tops on how to pronounce your

unspeakable language.

ArTBASSADOR
AD LIB ... Pronounclatlon

ROSELILLE

Roselll og hendes Moder de sad

over Bord,
De taled soa raangt et Skaemtens

Ord.

Ha, ha, ha, aaa, saa, saaJ

Ha, ha, ha, saa, saa, saa!
De taled saa mangt et Skaemtens

Ord.

Roselllle and her mother,

together they sat.
And told many jokes whlch they

gally laughed at.

Ho, ho, ho, so, so, so, so]

Ho, ho, ho, so, so, so, sol
And told many Jokes whlch they

gally laughed at.

THE THREE RASCALS

Der strode tre Skalke og Taenkte

paa et Raed;

Tlnglutl, tanglutl, lejl
De bilde tll Mol lerens Dotter gaa*
Stolten Aldelusl

(OVER)

-13-

TIffi THREE RASCALS

Baadsmands Hus,

Krusnueldus,
Tlngluti, tanglutl, lustudi leJI
Krestomanl, og Snure-vure-vlp,

Por Ceremonie.

Three schemers stood scheming
together one fine dayj
Hl diddle, hl dlddle, hl
dlddle deel

To the milier 's fair daughtcr
they sought to take thelr

way^
Haughty Adelusl

Big fat mouse
Lives In the housej
Hl dlddle^ hl dlddle, hl dlddle

deel
Crestomany, for Slipper slapper
Slip

Por ceremonyJ

AD LIB

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Next week I will talk to you
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and Nathane Philippart. Until

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AUF kTIDERSEHN

ROLF GERARD

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-2-

MISS PALMER
Do you know that In Buffalo there
Is a Holy Trlnlty Lutheran Church
whlch has four high, narrow and
graceful, lancet Windows above
the altar, dedicated to four
martyrs of the Christian Church,
The flrst shows Stephen, who
was stoned to death In the early
days of Chris tlanlty. The
second Is John IIuss, the great
reformer of Bohemia, who was
burned at the stake as a heretlc
In the 15th Century. The thlrd
one Is Savonarola, the Itallan
monk who was also burned at the
stake In the Square of Plorence
In the 15th Century. And the
fourth Is the Danlsh Lutheran
Pastor Kaj Munk who was
murdered by the Nazis In World
War II and about whom I would
llke to talk to you today«

I am very honored to have
wlth me on thls program the
Ambassador of Denmark to the
United States, HIs Excellency,
Mr* Henrik Kauf f mann.

(OVER)

-3-

MISS PALMER (CONT'D)
He represented hls country In
America durlng the last war
holdlng out in splte of e::tre;;^e
Nazi pressure and Nazi threats
for what he belleved In, and
lucklly for us, he still
represents hls country In
Washington today, Nobody Is
better quallfled than Ambassador
Kauf f mann to teil us somethlng
about KaJ Munk. Henrik, teil
me about thls Danlsh clergyman
who a few years af ter hls death
was glven a stalned glass wlndow
In an American Church. I thlnk
some Amerlcans mlght remember
an artlcle In Time Magazine at
the tlme he was kllled and they
mlght remember he was a churchman.
But actually who was he?

AMBASSADOR

He was a curlous combinatlon of a
Churchman and a dramatlst, a
poet and a flghter .f. At times
he was so forthrlght and out-
spoken that he shocked people.
AD LIB FUKTIIER DESCRIPTION OP

KAJ MUNK,

.4-

MISS PALMER

What was he flrst« dramatlst

or Churchman?

AMBASSADOR
A dramatlst - because he wrote
hls first poem when he was 8
years old. It vras called
"Spring Comes So Softly".

MISS PALMER
What was hls famlly background?
Dld he cotne from Intellectual
people or • . 4

AMBASSADOR

He was an orphan and he was
adopted by very poor people who
found that the chlld they had
adopted v;as way above them
In Intelllfcence and although
they were humble and poor they
slaved to enable hlm to go to
better sohools.

MISS PALMER

Ile had a klnd of stränge hunched
way of Standing and when people
reproached hlm on It, he replled
hls father was a tanner and they
have been standlng llke that in
hls famlly for many generatlons*

(OVER)

<»

-5-

MISS PALMER (CONT'D)
'*It was God's way of telllng me
It will be hard for me to keep
a straight back in the physical
Sense In order that I may keep a
straight back In the splritual
sense", Teil us about thls
straight back in the spiritual

sense.

AL!BAS5AD0R

He was ordained as a Churchman
and long before the Nazis came,
he had made liis mark as a
playwright and novelist.

KJSS PALMER

Well, I understood that to start
wlth he was not at all adverse to
Hitler and Mussolini as dictators
because he thought they might
bring good to their countries.
He v/as impressed by strength.

AMDASSADOR

But when he learned of their

persecutions of minority groups
such as Jews, and Catholics he
denounced them as violently as
he at first had accepted them.

-6-

mSS PALMER
When the Nazis Invaded Denmarlc,
dld he come Into conflict wlth
them Immediately?

AITEASnArOH

It took several years before he
was killed« In the becinnlns the
Germans trled to use the "velvet
glove", That is why It took
longer for our rcslstance to grow
up* Then, however, it became
very fierce« For the flrst year
we were allowed a larger amount
of internal llbertles than most
countrles. There were tV70 people
in the early days that were
considered by the people of
Denmark as the beginning of the
Danich resistance,
AD LIB ... LITTLE DOY'S STORY.

MIgS PATMER
As far as I know National Hero
nuraber one or number two is your-
self, because the moment that the
Nazis invaded Denmark you took
over power of decision here in
Washington independently of all
directives glven from Denmark.

(OVER)

-7-

AMBASSADOR (CONT'D)
Therefore you became the ccntcr
of all hope and reslstance for
the Danes and for the development
of the Underground.

AMBASSADOR

Thls embarrasses me a llttle

because In Denmark the people
ralsed thelr lives and I only
risked my Job.

MISS PALMER

In the forefront of these people
who risked their llves was KaJ
Munk. Now v;hat did he do while
all thls was going on?

AriHASSADOR

When the Nazis realized that
their "velvet glove" didn't
work, they made several important
arrests among them KaJ Munk. He
was sent to a Concentration Camp.
He was roleaped after a few
months wlth a severe warning to
behave himself. This was in
keeping with the German policy
of waivering because of the
necessity for needing more troops
If thcy became too severe.

-8-

(OVER)

MISS PALMER

When he was released, all his

frlends and his famlly begged

hlm to keep qulet, They

reasoned that there was no polnt

in exposing hlmself and would

he just lle low* He gave thls

characterietlc answer: "The

truth cannot be bottled and put

away on a shelf and then taken

from the shelf and opened at the

rlght timej" So It was clear to

Munk's wlfe and frlends that

surely he was doomed*.» Then

came the black day v;hen he was

on the telephono speaklng to his

lawyer and said: "I thlnk they

are Coming for me. There Is

a grey German car outside."

His wlfe and flve chlldren were

rlght there when he was pushed

Into the car. He was found by

the roadside the next mornlng...

with many bullet holes in his

body, • .murdered* The news spread

through Denmartc ,and though the

Gertrans gave flerce Instructions

not to Show any reactlon, the

Danish flags were flown at half-
mast everywhere,,

-9-

MISS PALMER (CONT^D)

'm ■'—

In the Copenhacen Royal Theater
where many of Munk's plays had
been played, Kel Able, a vxrlter
frlend and another author,
walked on the stage and sald
"Denraark^s great poet Is dcad.
The curtain cannot be dropped,
but I ask you to rlse in tribute
to his meniory."

And the audlence rose in silence,
I have here an extract from one
of his Speeches whlch will glve
you an Idea of why he was so
hated by the Nazis.
"It has become our Christian
duty to render unto Caesar the
things that are Caesars* We have
obeyed that command. But, should
Caesar demand from us that we
call black white, tyranny
freedom violence Justice, and
falsehood truth, we should
answer him: '*It is written,
thou shalt have no other gods
before me."

(OVER)

-10-

MISS PALMER (CONT'D)
Then let hlm come wltli hls llons,
hls tigers, hls gallows and hls
faFgots - "The blood of the
martyrs Is the seed of the
Church," By our death we shall
conquer. We must obey God

before man,"

AMBASSADOR

We Danes are practlcal people
and perhaps we are a llttle

more Incllned to thlnk of

expediency, but the people
underctood tbat there are
moments in everybody's as well
as In people 'g lives where
prlnciple means more than
anythlng eise.

MISS PALMER

Now I v/ould llke to talk a llttle
about Denmark. Teil me Henrik,
when have you last been to

Denmark?

AMBASSADOR

Just about a month ago.

MISS PALMER

How Is Denmark now. Ilas It

completely recovered from the
occupation?

-11-

Ar^ASSADOR

We have made progress. V/e have
been helped by thls country but
there is still a long way to go.

MISS PALMER

Is the agriculture bloomlng
again? Are there enough chichens
and cows and pigs to feed the
World once more?

AMBASSADOR
We haven^t got as many as we
had before the war. If v/e were
back to the good old days when
there was free trade all over .
the World then \je would probably
ajrain bccone the Larder of

Europe .

MISS PALMER

The "plg" country, remember?

AMBASSADOR

AD LIB .•. Chinese Story,

MISS PALMER

You know I had a program devoted
to Denmark and Hans Christian
Andersen a few weeks ago and I
was rather rüde about the

Danish miisic.

(OVER)

-12-

MISS PALMER (CONT'D)

I have had rüde letters and

a bad consclence so I have spent

unendlng amount of trouble to

learn two Danlsh folk songs to

glve you an idea of what the

Danlsh sing. Henrik please

go away, because I'm embarrassed,

but first give me one or two

tops on how to pronounce your

unspeakable language.

AMBASSADOR

■— ^— 1 I I I ^im^mm^mmmm-^mm

AD LIB ,., Pronounclatlon

ROr.ELILLR

Roselil og hendes Moder de sad

over Bord,
De taled cöa mangt et Skaemtens

Ord.

IIa, ha, ha, saa, saa, saai

IIa, ha, ha, saa, saa, saal
De taled saa mangt et Skaemtens

Ord.

Roselille and her rnother,

togethor they sat.
And told many jokes which they

gaily laughed at.

Ho, ho, ho, so, so, so, soi

IIo, ho, ho, so, so, so, sol
And told many Jokes which they

gaily laughed at.

(OVER)

THE TIIREE RASCALS

Der strode tre Skalke og Taenkte

paa et Raad;

Tingluti, tangluti, lejl
De bilde til Mollerens Dotter gaö#

Ctolten Aldelus]

-13-

THE THREE RASCAI,S

Baadsmands Hus,

Krusnusldus,
Tlngluti, tanglutl, lustudi leJJ
Krestomani, og Snure-vure-vlp,

Por Ceremonie*

Three schemers ctood scheming
together one fine day;
Hl dlddle, hi diddle, hl
diddle dee!
To the milier 's l'air daughtcr
they sought to take their

way,
Haughty AdelusI

BIp: fat mouse
Lives in the house;
Hl diddle^ hi diddle, hl dlddle

deel
Crestomany, for Slipper slapper
Slip

Por ceremonyj

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No locse powder spllling about.

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-15-

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Angel Face.

soinm

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-16-

MISS PALMER

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Next week I will talk to you
about France apain and I shall
have as my guests the famous
Prench dance couple Jean Babllee
and Nathane Philippart. Untll

then.

AUF WEIDERSEHN

ROLF GERARD

LILLI PALMER SHOW
April 26, 1951

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-2-

MISS PAIMER

Hello, Tonight I am talking to

you again about France and it

is somewhat difficult, be cause

thei*e is such a wealth of poets

and philosophers to choose from.

I would like to talk to you for

a minute of a man who seems to

embody in his person all that

France has to give in the way

of extravagant talent in

literature, painting, music and

film making. You might have seen

his famous film Beauty and the

Beast, or Orpheus or Blood of

a Poet, The astonishing thing

is that this man who is now in

his 60» s can still be considered

among the avant-garde. If

there is something new to be

discovered you might find it

in Jean Cocteau films. He

has remained a revolutionary.

(OVER)

-3-

PALMER

I would like to sum up the
notivation of his entire life in
a little incident that occurred
in the early part of his career—
at a time when he was entirely
fascinated, and dominated by
ballet and particularly by
Diaghilew -- the man who put
the Russian ballet on the
international map, the man who
first made Russian ballet
populär all over the world ~
and the world ^s greatest dancer
of all times: N.ijinsky. Cocteau
was not well known then, but

was continuously under everybody»;

feet and getting in everybody»s
way, desperately trying to
impress them with his possibilitie.
"What can I do?" he once said
to Diaghilew, "to convince you
that I am a great talent?" To
this Diagehilew replied,
"Etonne-moi~astonish me".
And this has become the life
motivation of Cocteau« He has

not stopped astonishing people

(OVER).
since.

-4-

PAMER

And that bring me to my guests
tonight, Jean Babilee and
Nathalie Philippart, the most
famous ballet couple of our
time, now appearing as the stars
of the Ballet Theatre. I would
like to teil you soraething rather
interesting about Jean Babilee*
He is usually compared, and
he doesn't like to hear it,
to Nijinsky not only for the
art of his dancing, but for his
leaps. About a year ago in London
there was a gala Performance
in honor of Nijinsky, who
was in the audience himself •
Babilee protrayed Nijinsky^s most
famous part ~ The Afternoon
of a Faun« And it was Cocteau
who also compares Babilee to
Nijinsky, who wrote the ballet
for M. Babilee which made him
World famous* The ballet is
called "Le jeune homme et La
morf •••The Young man and Death,

(OVER)

-5-

PALPffiR

It is the Story of young man
in a Paris garrett waiting for
his girl who, when she coraes,
instead of returning his love,
destroys him and tortures him
until he commits suicide.^.He
hangs himself • Very French, you
see. By the way, the hanging
is the highlight of the ballet
because Babilee literally hangs
by his neck. • •
Teil me M. Babilee, is ballet in

your blood?

M, BABILEE

Not at all# My father is a doctor,
my sister is a doctor, my grand-
father was a doctor« There have
been nothing bat doctors in my
family for generations, I am
the only dancer*

MISS PALMER
Did you Start young?

M. BABILEE

When I was 13 , I wanted to do some
dancing and immediately loved it
but I wasnn quite sure of it as a
profession. So I started - and
continued*

-6-

PHILIPPART
When you Start dancing you never

can stop.

PALTIER

How did you Start?

PHILIPPART
My mother gave me the idea to
dance, I started very early*

PALMER
This is the f irst time that there
are two famous dancers becoming
a dancing couple. One madness
in the family is usually enough.
It is also rare in theatrical
couples, but it does happen
occasionally* I know of the Lunts,
The Fredric March^s — but I
won^t go any further...
Let me ask you a stupid question.
When we get our parts as actors,
we corae to the rehearsal all
prepared, How does a first
ballet rehearsal Start? Is there
a man with a piano who plays
the music? Does someone then
suddenly get the idea? Or what?

PHILIPPART

To begin with it depends on the
ballet. It never Starts the

same way.

-7-

BABILEE

You can have the idea first and
then find the music or can hear
the music and then get the

idea«

PALMER

In "Le jeune homme et la mort"
what came first?

BABILEE
With this ballet everything was
different* Cocteau wanted to
try something which has never
been done before. He wrote
a ballet, rehearsed it without
any music and then put the music
in as a background« Just as it
is done in films,

PALMER
What made you choose B^ch for
this?

BABILEE

Because it is very serious and
solemn music, and the ballet
is very serious too«

PALMER

So this was the only case in
which a ballet was ecompleted
first and the music was added
afterwards. (OVER)

-ö-

PAMER (CONT»D)

May I ask you another stupid
question? If as a ballet dancer
you want to Interpret one of the
c lassical ballet roles are you
confined to the classical traditLon?

PHILIPPART

AD LIB..,( Steps are traditional
but there is still room to
express your individuality —
just as in classical play the
words are there.,,)

Just as every actor playing
Hamlet will be compared to the
Barrymores or the Laurence
Oliviers but still has the
possiblity of his own
Interpretation, AD LIB...
question of entre-chats. ,how
many and timing to music,

B ABILEE

AD LIB..,explanation. You must
follow the music very closely,etc,

PALMER
So what looks easy on the stage
is actually very hard work.

-9-

BABILEE

I danced once in the theatre
and my father was in the auience.
He overheard someone say,"You
know I think they don^t do this
just like that# They really

werk at itj"

PALMER

Does one get bored of doing
the same ballet time and time

again?

PHILLIPART

Oh yes.

PALMER

IThat do you do then?

PHILIPPART
Any trick we can find! V/e
pinch each other, make grimaces.
AD LIB* Story about Bicycle
on stage in England.

BABILEE
Once in the Spectre of the Rose — •
AD LIB Story. ••

PALMER

I will now ask you the
conventional question ~
how do you feel about playing
in New York for the first time?

-10-

PHILIPPART

We were a bit nervous at first,
but now we are very happy about

the outcome.

PALMER

DonH you find the critics here
very enthusiastic? In New
York when they like something
they take out words from their
vocabulary no one eise ever uses^
I shall see you in Paris in June
and I am looking forward to going
on my f avorite walk in the Bois
de Boulogne near the lake. It
looks exactly like a Monet
painting with the sun going throu^
the leaves* Do you remember the
little song Sablon used to sing
a long tinie ago?

Ce petit chemin

Qui sent la noisette

Ce petit chemin

n^a ni quehe ni tete.

On let voit

qui fait trois

petite tours dans le bois^

puis il part

au hazard

en flanant comme un lezard«

Pour nous amuser (OVER)

-11-

PALMER (CONTINUED)

les oiseaux en fete
se sont assombles
au dessus nos tetes.
Le lapin nous invite
Souris-moi, courons vite.

ine crains rien

prends ma main

dans ce petit chemin,

(second choice)

Je tire ma reverence

et m*en vais au hazard

sur les routes de France,

de France et de Navarre«

Et dites lui je l'aime

que je l^aime quand-meme

et dites lui trois fois

bonjour, bonjour, bonjour de moi#

AD LIB IN FRENCH...

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-13-

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your slimmest handbag. . .And it

Close-up on Mirror Gase.

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SETTING BY

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MISS PALIViER

Next week I will talk to you

ab out

AUF WEIDERSEHN

J .

ULLI PALMER SHOW
April 26, 1951

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Complexioni

PALMER SINGING: AUF WEIDERSEHN

DISSOLVE TO LILLI PALMER

^2^

MISS PALMER

Hello* Tonight I am talking to

you again about France and it

is somewhat difficult, because

there is such a wealth of poets

and philosophers to choose from«

I would like to talk to you for

a minute of a man who seems to

embody in his person all that

France has to give in the way

of extravagant talent in

literature, painting, music and

film making. You might have seen

his famous film Beauty and the

Beast, or Orpheus or Blood of

a Poet. The astonishing thing

is that this man who is now in

his 60's can still be considered

among the avant-garde* If

there is something new to be

discovered you might find it

in Jean Cocteau films. He

has remained a revolutionary#

(OVER)

-3-

PALMER
I would like to sum up the

notivation of his entire life in
a little incident that occurred
in the early part of his career —
at a time when he was entirely
fascinated, and döminated by
ballet and particularly by
Diaghilev — the man who put
the Russian ballet on the
international map, the man v/ho
first made Russian ballet
populär all over the world —
and the world ^s greatest dancer
of all times: N.ijinsky. Cocteau
was not well known then, but
was continuously under everybody't
feet and getting in everybody^s
way, desperately trying to
impress them with his possibilitie
"What can I do?" he once said
to Diaghilew, "to convince you
that I am a great talent?" To
this Diagehilew replied,
"Etonne-moi — astonish me'*.
And this has become the life
motivation of Cocteau* He has

not stopped astonishing people

(OVER)
since*

-4-

PAMER

And that bring me to my guests
tonight, Jean Babilee and
Nathalie Philippart, the most
famous ballet couple of our
time^ now appearing as the stars
of the Ballet Theatre* I would
like to teil you something rather
interesting about Jean Babilee •
He is usually compared, and
he doesn^t like to hear it,
to Nijinsky not only for the
art of his dancing, but for his
leaps. About a year ago in London
there was a gala Performance
in honor of Nijinsky, who
was in the audience himself.
Babilee protrayed Nijinsky^s most
famous part — - The Afternoon
of a Faun« And it was Cocteau
who also compares Babilee to
Nijinsky, who wrote the ballet
for M, Babilee which made him
World famous» The ballet is
called "Le jeune homme et La
mort*'*.«The Young man and Death,

(OVER)

-5-

PALMER

It is the Story of young man
in a Paris garrett waiting for
his girl who, when she comes,
instead of returning his love,
destroys him and tortures him
until he commits suicide.^.He
hangs himself • Very French, you
See. By the way, the hanging
is the highlight of the ballet
because Babilee literally hangs
by his neck.* •
Teil me M. Babilee, is ballet in

your blood?

M, BABILEE

Not at all. My father is a doctor,
my sister is a doctor, my grand-
father was a doctor. There have
been nothing but doctors in my
family for generations. I am
the only dancer*

MISS PALIVIER
Did you Start young?

M. BABILEE

When I was 13, I wanted to do some
dancing and immediately loved it
but I wasn't quite sure of it as a
profession. So I Start ed - and
continued*

-6-

PHILIPPART
When you Start dancing you never

can stop.

PALMER

How did you Start?

PHILIPPART
My mother gave me the idea to
dance, I started very early,

PALMER
This is the f irst time that there
are two famous dancers becoming
a dancing couple. One madness
in the family is usually enough,
It is also rare in theatrical
couples, hut it does happen
occasionally* I know of the Lunts,
The Fredric March's — but I
wonH go any further...
Let me ask you a stupid question«
When we get our parts as actors,
we come to the rehearsal all
prepared. How does a first
ballet rehearsal Start? Is there
a man with a piano who plays
the music? Does someone then
suddenly get the idea? Or what?

PHILIPPART

To begin with it depends on the
ballet. It never Starts the

same way

-7-

BABILEE

You can have the idea first and
then find the music or can hear
the music and then get the

idea«

PALMER

In "Le jeune homme et la mort"
what came first?

BABILEE
With this ballet everything was
different* Cocteau wanted to
try something which has never

i
I

been done before» He wrote
a ballet, rehearsed it without
any music and then put the music
in as a background. Just as it
is done in films*

PALMER
What made you choose B^ch for

this?

BABILEE

Because it is very serious and
solemn music, and the ballet
is very serious too*

PALMER

So this was the only case in
which a ballet was ecompleted
first and the music was added
afterwards. (OVER)

-ö-

PALMER (CONT'D)
May I ask you another stupid
question? If as a ballet dancer
you want to Interpret one of the
classical ballet roles are you
confined to the classical traditlon?

PHILIPPART

AD LIB«»*(steps are traditional
bat there is still room to
express your individuality —
just as in classical play the
words are there. ••)

PALMER
Just as every actor playing
Hamlet will be compared to the
Barrymores or the Laurence
Oliviers but still has the
possiblity of his own
interpretation. AD LIB...
question of entre-chats* .how
many and timing to music#

B ABILEE

AD LIB* ••explanation. You must
follow the music very closely,etc#

PALMER
So what looks easy on the stage
is actually very hard work.

-9-

BABILEE

I danced once in the theatre
and my father was in the auience.
He overheard someone say,"You
know I think they don't do this
just like that* They really

work at itl"

PALMER

Does one get bored of doing
the same ballet time and time

in?

agam

PHILLIPART

Oh yes

PALMER

Virtiat do you do then?

PHILIPPART
Any trick we can find! We
pinch each other, make grimaces»
AD LIB. Story about Bicycle
on stage in England.

BABILEE
Once in the Spectre of the Rose ~
AD LIB Story. ••

PALMER

I will now ask you the
conventional question --
how do you feel about playing
in New York for the first time?

-10-

PHILIPPART

We were a bit nervous at first^
but now we are very happy about

the outcome.

PALMER

Dcn*t you find the critics here
very enthusiastic? In New
York when they like something
they take out words from their
vocabulary no one eise ever uses,
I shall see you in Paris in June'
and I am looking forward to going
on my f avorite walk in the Bois
de Boulogne near the lake. It
looks exactly like a Monet
painting with the sun going throu^i
the leaves, Do you remember the
little song Sablon used to sing
a long time ago?

Ce petit chemin

Qui sent la noisette

Ce petit chemin

n^a ni quehe ni tete*

On let voit

qui fait trois

petite tours dans le bois^

puis il part

au hazard

en flanant comme un lezard«

Pour nous amuser (OVER)

-11-

PAmER ( CONTI MUED)

les oiseaux en fete
se sont assombles
au dessus nos tetes.
Le lapin nous invite
Souris-moi, courons vite,

me crains rien

prends ma main

dans ce petit chemin,

(second choice)

Je tire ma reverence

et m*en vais au hazard

sur les routes de France,

de France et de Navarre«

Et dites lui je l^aime

que je l'aime quand-meme

et dites lui trois fois

bonjour, bonjour, bonjour de moi*

AD LIB IN FRENCH...

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-12-

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dissolve to foundation in jar

dissolve to powder box

dissolve to hand, opening case
holds puff moves puff over Angel
Face.

cut to over Shoulder shot of girl,
smoothing on Angel Face...

SOUND
And here it ist Wonderful,
velvety Angel Face ~ the make-up
that more women have bought this
year than any other make-up
foundation!

Not a cake raake-up.*.there^s
no wet sponge.
Not a greasy foundation.
No loose powder Spilling about.
Pond^s Angel Face is entirely
different from anything you^ve
ever used »- It^s your foundation
and your powder — all in onet
Soft-tinted .. .f lattering.. .and
incredibly easy to smooth on.

Angel Face just goes on with its
own fluffy puff i Gives a heavenly,
natural finish that^s never
greasy. . .never drying. And it
stays on beautifully.. .much
longer than powdert

SIGHT

C^U* hands as they turn open
case around first -- to show
design on back. ••and then ~
to show mirror and puff and
Angel Face*

-13-

SOUND
And now Angel Face comes in this
adorable new ivory and golden
Mirror Gase, ••complete with a
mirror. ••a puff, •••and soft,
dellcately-tinted Angel Face,
In your Angel Face Mirror Case
you have everything you need to
give yourself a lovely, fresh,
new make-up anytime. anywhere.
Gloses case and slips into handbag* It^s slim enough to tuck in

your slimmest handbag#f .And it

Glose-up on Mirror Gase,

just can^t spillt
Angel Face in its lovely new
Mirror Gase is only $1 plus
tax, and comes in 6 exquisite
skin tones. Choose yours tomorrow
•••I know you'lljove itj

-14-

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SETTING BY

ROLF GERARD

MISS PALI4ER

Next week I will talk to you
ab out

AUF WEIDERSEHN

LILLI PALMER SHOW
April 26, 1951

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ANNOUNCER

Pond's Angel Face — the newest,

easiest way to have a soft,

velvety complexionj

No wet sponge,

No greasy foundation

No spilly, loose powder.

DISSOLVE TO Angel Face case open> Pond»s Angel Face is foundation

and powder in one! Just a
touch of the soft, fluffy puff—
and you have an Angel Face

DISSOLVE TO TITLES READING:

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Complexionl

PALMER SINGING: AUF WEIDERSEHN

DISSOLVE TO LILLI PALMER

-2-

MISS PALMER

Hello, Tonight I am talking to

you again about France and it

is somewhat difficult, because

there is such a wealth cf poets

and philosophers to choose from.

I would like to talk to you for

a minute of a man who seems to

embody in his person all that

France has to give in the way

of extravagant talent in

literature, painting, music and

film making« You might have seen

his famous film Beauty and the

Beast, or Orpheus or Blood of

a Poet* The astonishing thing

is that this man who is now in

his 60»s can still be considered

among the avant-garde* If

there is something new to be

discovered you might find it

in Jean Cocteau films. He

has remained a revolutionary*

(OVER)

-3-

PALMER

I would like to sum up the
notivation of his entire life in
a little incident that occurred
in the early part of his career —
at a time when he was entirely
fascinated, and dominate^d by
ballet and particularly by
Diaghilew — the man who put
the Russian ballet on the
international map, the man who
first made Russian ballet
populär all over the world —
and the world 's greatest dancer
of all times: N.ijinsky. Cocteau
was not well known then, but
was continuously under everybody'i
feet and getting in everybody's
way, desperately trying to
impress them with his possibilitie
"What can I do?** he once said
to Diaghilew, "to convince you
that I am a great talent?" To
this Diagehilew replied,
"Etonne-moi — astonish me".
And this has become the life
motivation of Cocteau* He has

not stopped astonishing people

(OVER).
since.

-4-

PALMER

And that bring me to my guests
tonight, Jean Babilee and
Nathalie Philippart, the most
famous ballet couple of our
time, now appearing as the stars
of the Ballet Theatre* I would
like to teil you something rather
interesting about Jean Babilee.
He is usually compared, and
he doesnH like to hear it,
to Nijinsky not only for the
art of his dancing, but for his
leaps. About a year ago in London
there was a gala Performance
in honor of Nijinsky, who
was in the audience himself •
Babilee protrayed Nijinsky ♦s most
famous part — The Afternoon
of a Faun« And it was Cocteau
who also compares Babilee to
Nijinsky, who wrote the ballet
for M. Babilee which made him
World famous. The ballet is
called "Le jeune homme et La
mort'*...The Young man and Death.

(OVER)

-5-

PALTIER

It is the Story of young man
in a Paris garrett waiting for
his girl who, when she comes,
instead of returning his love,
destroys him and tortures him
until he commits suicide...He
hangs himself • Very French, you
See. By the way, the hanging
is the highlight of the ballet
because Babilee literally hangs
by his neck. • •
Teil me M. Babilee, is ballet in

your blood?

M. BABILEE

Not at all. My father is a doctor,
my sister is a doctor, my grand-
father was a doctor* There have
been nothing bat doctors in my
family for generations. I am
the only dancer.

MISS PAmER
Did you Start young?

M. BABILEE

When I was 13, I wanted to do some
dancing and immediately loved it
but I wasn^t quite sure of it as a
profession. So I Start ed - and
continued.

-6^

PHTLIPPART
When you Start dancing you never

can stop«

PAmER

How did you Start?

PHILIPPART
My mother gave me the idea to
dance, I started very early.

PALMER
This is the f irst time that there
are two famous dancers becoming
a dancing couple. One madness
in the family is usually enough.
It is also rare in theatrical
couples, bufe it does happen
occasionally. I know of the Lunts,
The Fredric March»s — but I
won^t go any further...
Let me ask you a stupid question,
When we get our parts as actors,
we come to the rehearsal all
prepared, How does a first
ballet rehearsal Start? Is there
a man with a piano who plays
the music? Does someone then
suddenly get the idea? Or what?

PHILIPPART

To begin with it depends on the
ballet. It never Starts the

same way

-7-

BABILEE

You can have the idea first and
then find the music or can hear
the music and then get the

idea#

PALMER

In ''Le jeune homme et ia mort"
what came first?

BABILEE
With this ballet everything was
different. Cocteau wanted to
try something which has never
been dcne before. He wrote
a ballet, rehearsed it without
any music and then put the music
in as a background. Just as it
is done in films.

PALlviER

What made you choose B^ch for
this?

BABILEE

Because it is very serious and
solemn music, and the ballet
is very serious too«

PALMER

So this was the only case in
which a ballet was ecompleted
first and the music was added
afterwards. (OVER)

-ö-

PAmSR (CONT»D)

May I ask you another stupid
question? If as a ballet dancer
you want to Interpret one of the
classical ballet roles are you
confined to the classical traditlon?

PHILIPPART

AD LIB.*,(steps are traditional
but there is still room to
express your individuality —
Just as in classical play the
words are there«.,)

B ABILEE

AD LIB**#explanation. You must
follow the music very closely,etc#

PALMER
So what looks easy on the stage
is actually very hard work.

-9-

BABILEE

I danced once in the theatre
and my father was in the auience*
He overheard someone say,"You
know I think they don^t do this
just like that* They really

work at itl"

PALMER

Does one get bored of doing
the same ballet time and time

in?

agam

PHILLIPART

Oh yes.

PALMER

VJhat do you do then?

PHILIPPART
Any trick we can findl We
pinch each other, make grimaces.
AD LIB. Story about Bicycle
on stage in England.

BABILEE
Once in the Spectre of the Rose —
AD LIB Story...

PAUIER

I will now ask you the
conventional question — -
how do you feel about playing
in New York for the first time?

-10-

PHILIPPART

We were a bit nervous at first,
but now we are very happy about

the outcome.

PALMER

Don't you find the critics here
very enthusiastic? In New
York when they like something
they take out words from their
vocabulary no one eise ever uses,
I shall see you in Paris in June
and I am looking forward to going
on my favorite walk in the Bois
de Boulogne near the lake. It
looks exactly like a Monet
painting with the sun going throu^i
the leaves. Do you remember the
little song Sablon used to sing
a long time ago?

Ce petit chemin

Qui sent la noisette

Ce petit chemin

n^a ni quehe ni tete*

On let voit

qui fait trois

petite tours dans le bois,

puis il part

au hazard

en flanant comme un lezard.

Pour nous amuser (OVER)

-.11-

PALMER (COMTINUED)

les oiseaux en fete
se sont assorables
au dessus nos tetes.
Le lapin nous invite
Souris-moi, courons vite,

me crams rien

prends ma main

dans ce petit chemin.

(second choice)

Je tire ma reverence

et m*en vais au hazard

sur les routes de France,

de France et de Navarre.

Et dites lui je l'aime

que je l'aime quand-meme

et dites lui trois fois

bonjour, bonjour, bonjour de moi#

AD LIB IN FRENCH...

Lead into commercial#

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TV COMMERCIAL
LILLI PALMER SHOW

•12-

SIGHT

Close-up of box.

Quick dissolve to cake make-up

dissolve to foundation in jar

dissolve to powder box

dissolve to hand, opening case
holds puff moves puff over Angel
Face.

cut to over Shoulder shot of girl,
smoothing on Angel Face.**

SOUND
And here it isl Wonderful,
velvety Angel Face — the make-up
that more women have bought this
year than any other make-up
foundation!

Not a cake make-up... the re^s
no wet sponge.
Not a greasy foundation.
No loose powder spilling about.
Pond's Angel Face is entirely
different from anything youWe
ever used - It^s your foundation
and your powder — all in one!
Soft-tinted . . .f lattering. . .and
incredibly easy to smooth on.

Angel Face just goes on with its
own fluffy puff! Gives a heavenly,
natural finish that^s never
greasy... never drying. And it
stays on beaütifully. ..mueh
longer than powder J

SIGHT

C#U. hands as they turn open
case around first ~ to show
design on back, ••and then ~
to show mirror and puff and
Angel Face^

-13-

SOUND
And now Angel Face comes in this
adorable new ivory and golden
Mirror Case^ ••complete with a
mirror^^^a puff, •••and soft,
delicately-tinted Angel Face.
In your Angel Face Mirror Case
you have everything you need to
give yourself a lovely, fresh,
new make-up anytime, anywheret
Closes case and slips into handbag. It^s slim enough to tuck in

your summest handbag^ # •And it

Close-up on Mirror Case^

just canH spill^
Angel Face in its lovely new
Mirror Case is only ^1 plus
tax, and comes in 6 exquisite
skin tones. Choose yours tomorrow
•••I know you^lljbve itX

* •

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PRODUCED BY CHARLES KEBBE

SETTING BY

ROLF GERARD

-14-

MISS PALMER

Next week I will talk to you
ab out

AUF WEIDERSEHN

AR ZS.OZX MUEHSAM FAMJLV COU-ECTXOhi

VAIZS SCRIPTS MAV-TWN/e iq6l

LILLI PALMER SHOW

May 3, 1951

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riSSOLVE TO JAR OF foundation
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easiest way to have a soft,

velvety complexion!

No wet sponge.

No greasy foundation

No spilly, loose powder.

DISSOLVE TO Angel Face case open, Pond's Angel Face is foundation

and powder in oneJ Just a
touch of the soft, fluffy puff—
and you have an Angel Face
Complexion l

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MISS PALI/ER

Hello, as I told you last week, I
am taklng you to Haiti thls tlme,
a place of whlch I knew absolutely
nothing and was fascinated to find
some very astonlshlng facts. Por
Instance, dld you know that old
Columbus hlmself recommended Haiti
as the most beautiful island he had
ever seen and the place where he
would llke to live in his old age?
Did you know that 15O years ago
Haiti and its two Chief towns, Port
of Prince and Port Prancais were
more luxurious and more advanced
in many ways than New York, in
terms of buildings, comforts,
luxuries. It is fantastic to
imagine that in the comparatively
Short Space of 15O years Haiti has
deteriorated to a primitive,
poverty-stricken island with
practically no traces of its former
glory.

150 years ago Haiti was France 's *
riebest, most prosperous colony
where all the bluest blood of Prance

had their plantations, and younger
sons of the aristocracy settled ttiere.

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raSS PALf/ER (CONT»D)

Now here*s a curious thlng, as you
all know, around 1790 the French
Revolution took place. Thls was
directly responsible for the revolt
of the entire Negro slaves on Haiti,
and I will teil you how that
happened. The friends and relatives
of the French aristocracy who were
put to death, had to f lee their coun
try and arrived in Haiti füll of
storles of their horrible experienc
es very much like now-a-days dis«

placed persons or vlctlms of Hitler
Russia teil their troubles, They
took absolutely no trouble to lower
their voices in front of their
negro servants who stood behind
their chairs - one Negro behind
each chair -- and listened and
listened. All the Negroes needed
was a leader. You probably all have
heard of Toussaint Louverture, who
was a slave on one of the planta-
tions and who was a very remarkable
man. He became the leader of the
black Population of Haiti and lead
them to freedom.

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MISS PALrER (CONT^D)

He was one of Napoleon *s most
formidable enetnles. In fact,
Napoleon had to send the largest
expedltlonal force ever fitted
out In those days to subdue this
Toussalnt Louverture. He had two
lieutenants. Dessalines and
Christophe, both of whom, accordlng
to some evldence, betrayed hlm to
France and Toussalnt Louverture,
a great man, a modern man, a
moderate man, the Gllded Blackamoor
as Napoleon called hlm, was trans-
ported to France where he dled
mlserably In a French Fortress
prlson In the Alps . Both hls
lleutenants, Dessallnes and
Christophe proclalmed themselves
rulers of Haiti, Dessallnes as
emperor and after he was murdered
^ years later, Christophe as Henry,
the flrst klng of Haiti. Christophe
relgned f or 20 years at the end of
whlch, paralyzed and knowlng that
the people would revenge hlm and
hls tyranny.

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MISS PALMER (CONT'D)

He had himself carried up to hls
Citadel, which is still one of the
tourlsts delights on Haiti, and
there put a silver bullet through
his heart , I hope you agree with
me that there is plenty of soap
opera drama,blood and tears in the
Story of Haiti. Nevertheless,
Toussaint Louverture succeeded in
making Haiti one of the two exist-
ing Negro Republics of the world.
I am very happy to have as my guest
tonight Mr. Seiden Rodman, who
while he is not an Haitian is the
next best thing to it. He. is an
Haitian by vocation. Here is
Mr. Rodman to teil us why. Now
Mr. Rodman, let me ask you a few
questions . What made you f irst go

to Haiti?

RODMAN

Desire for a two week vacation.

PALMER

Why Haiti?

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RODMAN

I heard people talk about It and
say It was mysterlous and Interest-
Ing and off the beaten track,
Belng a writer^ I was interested

in It as such.

PALr/ER

What made you then return to Haiti
nlne times? What is its particu-

lar enchantment?

RODMAN

The fact that it is a primitive
country within ränge of the super-

heated civilization of North

America.

PALrffiR

You have been particularly con-
cerned with reviving and devilop-
ing Haitian primitive art, isn't

that right?

RODMAN

Yes.

FAIJffiR

I have taken upon myself to com-
pare Haitian primitive art with
Grandma Moses. Can I compare
primitive Haitian art with the
primitive American art of Grandma

Moses?

SHOW PICTURES BY GRANDM
MOSES AND PRIMITIVE PICTURES.

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R 0DM AN

I wlsh you wouldn^t

PALr^ER

RODMAN

Although Grandtna Moses is a
painter of great charm, she tends
to deal with the plcturesque
aspects of llfe whereas the
Haltians are deallng with reality
as of the moraent. It Is always
dramatlc art and of the Immediate

present .

PALPffiR

Their maln preoccupatlon in thelr
palntlngs seems to me to be
stemming from voodoo art. What

is voodoo art?

RODMAN

AD LIB: SHORT DESCRIPTION OF VOO-
DOO ART.

PALMER

Mr. Rodman brought us a voodoo drum
that I would llke you to see.How is
this used? Do they send messages

with it?

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RODMAN

No^ that Is a populär superstltloa

PALTffiR

Mr. Rodman has wrltten a book
called RENNAISSANCE IN HAITI. I
was surprised to find that In
your book there was no mentlon of
the murals of the Cathedral. Teil

me why?

RODMAN

The reason Is that shortly after
RENNAISSANCE IN PIAITI was wrltten

AD LIB: STORY.

PAUffiR

You found that the Haltlans are

naturally adapted to mural

painting?

RODMAN

Yes, no great depth Is needed
whlch is well suited to mural

painting.

PALMER

Now about the murals in the
Cathedral. . .

RODMAN
AD LIB (Painting of 1950, 11 more
murals added, now they are filled
wlth murals, most Important project
In rellglous painting In the world.

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PALT/ER

Are Haltians adapted to any other
forms of art besldes palntlng?

RODMAN

Yes, drutnmlng^ playlng bamboo
Instruments, danclng. Anything
that flgures in a voodoo ceremony

PALMER

In other words, their art centers

around voodoo

RODMAN

Thelr paintlng, spring only from
out of thelr lives and thelr

surroundlngs.

PALfffiR

I hear Mr. Rodman that you have
written a book whlch has nothing
to do wlth Haiti and that It Is
about the llfe of an American
painter. I belleve It Is entltled

PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST AS AN

Af/ERIC AN .

RODMAN

Yes, It Is about the llfe and de-
velopment of a typlcal American
artlst, Ben Shahn. And only in one
sense has It anything to do wlth
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PALTffiR

Hello.

* •

I have as my guest today Count
Theo Rossl dl Monterala, who Is
frora Turin. He is a man of many
accomplishments and all of them
seem to me to be gay. He is
an Inventor of wlnes glasses
and hats. The one that fascinates
me most is the hat. He is a bus-
Iness man but he is a lucky man
beoause his buslness deals wlth
wine. Let us be serious about
wine for a second and say that the
partlcular wine that Count Rossl
is concerned wlth is Vermouth..
Wlth a family tree of 2,000 years,
it is older than the Christian
religion. It Is a wine splced wlth
herbs and the anclent Greeks were
the flrst to drlnk lt. Now-a-days
we add gin to it and call it
a Martini. New thls is Count
Rossl *s buslness, But he also
has many other activities. He is a
speed boat racer, a horseman, and
he is also the Captaln of the
Itallan Olymplc bob-slelgh team.

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PALMER (CONTINUED)

In Short, as you can see, thls Is
going to be a gay program. Here Is
Count Rossl who is going to give
me, I hope, a present. Where is
the promised present you said you

would have?

COUNT ROSSI

(Qives Miss Palmer hat)

PALMER
Won't yöu öxplain it since you

invented it?

COUNT

AD LIB: Explanatlon.

PALf4ER
Is thls a vacation or are you
llvlng here in New York?

ROSSI
Unfortunately, it is only a

bußiness trlp.

PAIiffiR

Unfortunately! Well, what do you
mean by unfortunately?

ROSSI

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(Well, all the things that you
mentioned are the things of the
past . . . One works better over

here.

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R03SI (CONTINUED)

We are spolled In Europe. I don't
want to work there as much as I am
prepared to work here, etc.)

PALflER
Now work. What does your work

conslst of? Is It the
dlstrlbutlon of wlne?

ROSSI
Yes, It is the dlstrlbutlon and

selllrlg Vermouth.

PALMER

Do you grow the wlne on your

estate In Italy?

ROSSI
We buy select grapes and we make

the wlne.

PALMER

Do you trample the wlne.

ROSSI

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PALrffiR

Now, what do you thlnk of
American dry Martini, do you
approve of them?

ROSSI
I do when they are piain.
AD LIB: Explanatlon about Olbson
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PALTIER

^' t>

Summlng it up then, Count Rossl
Is strongly agalnst lemon peel
on top, but he doesn't mlnd an
Olive on the bottom. Will you
agree that a Martini Is wasted
up to a polnt unless you can
follow It up wlth a really flrst
class meal? And so here we come
to Count Rossl, the cook. Of
course, I am an Idiot In the

kitchen.

ROSSI

Well, I will come then and help
you there. What do you want me

to do?

PALIffiR

How about Ravioli? They make It
many dlfferent ways all over the
country, don't they wlth
dlfferent sauces, etc.

ROSSI

Yes. I am very strong on Ravioli.
It takes hours to make good
Ravioli. Durlng the war when we
had a curfew and couldn't go out so
everybody made a lot of Ravioli.

' (Ad Llb)

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PALMER

What are you promotlng right now?

ROSSI
Vermouth on the rock. Everythlng
Is this country Is on the rock
except the flnancial slde.
Actually Vepmouth on the rock is
a very mild drlnk — .... AD LIB.

PALTffiR

I have had a prevlous program
about Italy on whlch I spoke about
the place I like best. Now you,
as an Italian, undoubtedly also

have a place that can like best.

ROSSI

I thlnk ray favorite place In Italy
Is Siena. It Is a market place
whlch is still used for horse
races . In these races everything
is allowed. You can beat the
other horse or the other Jockey.
However, you can't shoot either
the horse or Jockey J

PAUIER
There was never a generation in
Siena that did not grow up with
continuous and everlasting warring.
When I think of Siena I remember
the brick red bulldings agalnst

the blue sky.

(OVER)

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PALtlER (CONTINUED)

The Cathedral is made of white,
plnk and green tnarble. It Is
unbelievably beautlful. In the
evenlng when you slt in Siena and
have your Ravioli after your
Vermouth you are bound to hear
a gultar and somebody slnglng.
You all know many of the songs,
they sing, but there is one
song which I thought was
particularly nice. It is called

Mamma mia.

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PALMER

i«iB«Mi«a

Hello • Tonight, as I told you, I
am going to speak to you about
Brazll, and I am very happy to
have as my guest the famous
Brazllian soprano of the
Metropolitan Opera House, Bidu
Sayao. I have heard her myself
in my favorite Performance and
it was a tremendous pleasure*
Madame Sayao has sung in opera
houses all over the world.
Whlch is your favorite?

SAYAO

Perhaps the most beautiful one^
but yet very small^ is the Opera
House of Zagreb in Yugoslavia*
AD LIB: About different opera

houses •

PALMER

Prom what point of view were they

beautiful?

SAYAO

Prom the building point of view,
and everything together*

PALMER

It goes without saying that the
acoustics have to be perfect.

*^v

-3- SAYAO

Yes, that Ib rlght..

PALMER

m^m^mm

I went to the Metropolitan the
other day. There was an old
gentleman who was led across the
stage by a young man^ and I
overheard them talking In
Itallaiie The old man turned out
to be klnd of a factotum at the
Net^ He v^ert around and showed
me !vht=ir3 Caruso sang Vestl la
giubba, and also explained about
the acoustics, etc. Have you
ever hcard of the Ampltheatre in
Epldaurus whlch has the most
fabulous acoustics? Anclent
Greeks bullt It 3^000 years ago
and we still don^t Imow how they

accompllshed what they did, You

go down Into the mlddle of the
arena and whlsper and you can
hear It all the way up on the top
Or If someone drops a colh In
the mlddle a Greek urchln will
teil you If It Is gold, or copper
or what It ISt

(OVER)

-4-

PALMBB (CONTINUED)

Of coursej In a closed opera
house there never seems to be any
trouble, although It has always
amazed me that a little frail
woman, like you^ accompanled by
an orchestra of 8o Just opens her
mouth and her voioe goes soaring
above the orchestra.
Have you ever sung In Naples?

SAYAO

Yes, of course» There is a
wonderful opera house there.

PALMER

«•■^^

I have been told in Naples the
Itallan population goes to the
opera Just as others go to the
movies, and the audience sings
along too. Is that right?#

SAYAO
Yes, they do*

PALMER

^mm^^mm

Can you teil at an early age if a
glrl has any talent as a Singer?
Did you have a lovely volce as a
small child?

SAYAO

NMM

No« I had a tiny little voice»

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PALMER

mt^mm^tm^ß

Is It true that to be a great
Singer you don^t have to have a
tremendous voice to start wlth?

SAYAO

That is true, But you must have
a goDd disposition. You can be
a '}c'z if you have good taste and
if you are borr to be an artist.
You must be born with this
inside of you, Many people are
born with wonderful volces.

PALMER

«M**Wi

Some great Singers have great
voices but no musicality.

SAYAO
It is difficult to have a
combination of everything, You
can find perhaps one in 10,000
who has this combination •

PALMER
Teil me, Madame Sayao. You were
born in Rio - did you get your
flrst tralnlng there?

SAYAO

mmmt

Yes, I did, I irns l4 when I
Started against the wlshes of my
family because they didn«t
believe I could succeed.

(OVER)

-6-

SAYAQ (CONTINUED)

They to]d tne I was wastlng my
tlme* After four years of
study Ing in Rio I went to Europe*
There I san£ for the flrst
time in my llfe before the old
Queen Mary of Roumania. She
gave me a nlce pln that she only
gave to her ladies In waiting.

PALMER

i«a*M«M«H«*

Is it Still the custotn that

whoever wants to study opera

s Inging must go to Italy to do so.

SAYAQ
Yes, it is much better if you do,
because if you want to know the
Italian repertoire you should go
to Italy to learn bei canto»

PALMER

Is bei canto sort of a light easy
flowlng way of singing?

SAYAO

^M«Ma«i

Yes. The most difficult
composers to sing are Bellini and
Donizetti* If your voice Is not
so well trained you can sing
Pucclnl, etc, but in order to
sing Bellini you must have
technical training*

(OVER)

«•

-7-

SAYAO (CONTINUED)

Verdi Is rather difflcult too.
Mozart Is easy. His Is the most
wonderful musiCt If you have
good taste and good schooling
you can sing Mozart easily. It
Is so clear, so wonderful •

PALMER

■»■^^■^i*«

Madame Sayao, I think you are
better off than I am. We
actresses are continuously
complainlng. If we haven't got a
successful play, we complain,
If we have a long run we complaint
You are not in that category.
You sing something different all
the time. You don't do the
same thing everyday«

SAYAO

^mm

But it is good to do the same
thing over and over again
because you can enter Into the

part better.

(OVER)

PALMER

Perhaps you mlght sing Boheme

twice a week and Butterfly twice

a montht Pinza and Tauber are

the only two great Singers I can

think of who have gone into the

commercial medium and have
become operatta stars.

'i^

-8- PALMER (CONTINUED)

How dld they feel about it?

SAYAO
I never talked to them about It

PALMER

I still thlnk you are better
off than I am.

SAYAO
But when we go on concert tours
we sometlmes sing the same
program three times a week for
three months.

PALMER

««^

I have eight Performances a weekl
Madame Sayao, I have always
heard that South American women
have a really lovely tlme, They
are surrounded wlth music, llving
sort of last Century »s life.
Rather different from us here,
lsn»t It?

(OVER)

SAYAO

i^BaW

Yes, And we are so much more
exuberant, When we laugh, we
laugh with all our heart, and
when we cry, It is the same thing.

PALMER

i«ii^

The South American women I have
met seem to behave the most
perfect in the art of coquetry.

-9- PALMER (CONTINUED)

They look as though they were
always using a fan.

SAYAO

The fan is part of the tolle tte»
They are very coquettlsh. We
have two thlngs that Brazlllan
wcmien are crazy about, Perfumes
and Jewelry, But, of course, we
love muslc too, Do you know
some Brazlllan folk songs? Last
week you sang In Itallan so

beautifully •

PALMER

^mmmmmimm

I know a llttle folk song
(Start to sing song)

SAYAO

But thls Is Spanlshll I will
teach you a Brazlllan song# It
Is the most famous folk song of
Brazll. (Song)

PALMER

Well, now I've got my work cut
out. Portuguese Is the next
thlng I have to learn#

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-2-

PALMER

Hello. Last week I told you I was
going to present to you the man
who present s the world^s greatest
artists# If you look outside
your door you will see the great
b^lboards advertising the world^s
great dancers and Singers and you
will always see "S. Hurok presents"*
This type of man is called an
Impresario and the word brings with
it glamorous hotel suites crowded
with flowers and fame# In fact,
when I was young and starting out,
I hoped that some day I too would
have an impresario# To teil you
the truth, I haven^t got an
impresario. But I was fascinated
to meet the world's greatest im-
presario, S. Hurok, Four years ago
Mr. Hurok wrote a book called
IMPRESARIO, and I think to explain
the man to you, I would like to
read the opening sentence of this
book, "I am a Hero-worshiper, I
belong to that fraternity who crowd
into the aisles, run down to the
platform and stand agape^ eyes
tumed upward, until the last

encore»

(OVER)

♦\

-3-

PALMER (CONT*D)

I am one of that clamorous throng
thsit rudely vredges its way into
Pressing rooms after each perform-
anpe* I am star-struckl" However,
there must be something more to it
than just being a hero worshipper*
Let US Start at the beginning^
Mr. Hurok started out in New York
in something which he prosaiccally
calls a salesman in a hardware
Store* But he had a dream* And
this is again my soap opera story#
You may remember Schliemann who,
behind the grocery counter read
Homer and dreamed of excavating
Troy* Mr. Hurok was a fan, but he
practiced his future profession
with what he vaguely calls
managing neighborhood affairs.
And what do you mean by that Mr.

Hurok?

HUROK

Arranging concerts and lectures
for the local Community.

PALMER
Did you have any talent of your
own?

«^

-4-

HUROK

No, I prefer to know the profession-
al people rather than to be one of

t^hem«

PALMER

Then you are not a disappointed
professionalt In those days you,
of course, went to the theatre,
concerts and operas and spent
every penny on them«

HUROK
Yes - fifty cents for a ticket
and I sat all the way up.

PALMER
In Paris they call that "paradise^\

^ HUROK
But sometimes I got in free of
Charge too. AD LIB; Story of
sneaking into the Metropolitan

Opera House.

PALMER

All because he loved the opera«
And in your little back seat you
listened to Chaliapin and you
realized that he was a great man.

HUROK
I made up my mind and I said I am
going to manage that man some day

-5-

PALMER

Challapin was not a great success

then, but you had made up your

mind to manage him, and you also

knew where your offices would be»«.

right above the Brovm Chophouse«

Needless to say, as you know from

my programs, these things carae true»

Emboldened by his success with
neighborhood theatrical affairs

and undeterred by being thrown out

of the Met, Mr. Hurok sent a wire

to Chaliapin, offering himself

as his American manager* But the

wire remained unanswered. He

kept wiring him every three months

because it took him that long to

save enough money for the next

wire* In the meantime, life went

on with Mr. Hurok and slowly

success came* The first well-known

artist he presented was a young

Violinist called Zimbalist. This

concert was a great success,

also financially, and once more the

usual wire went off to Chaliapin

and strangely enough, this time

an answer came.

(OVER)

-6- PALMER (CONT»D)

The wire read: Meet me Grand Hotel
in Paris, and so Mr. Hurok scraped
up the money to go to France and
a little while later stood opposite
Chaliapin in the Grand Hotel in
Paris. And then what happened?

HUROK
Chaliapin looked me over and we
Said to each other in Russian,
"Well I am glad to see you'J and
then I Started to talk to him.
"I am here to arrange a contract
for you for touring the United
States and Canada", I said.
"The United States", replied
Chaliapin, "my word was given never
to retum there". "Then why
did you wire me to come," I asked.
"I just wanted to see the man who
was sending me wires for four
yearsX" Of course, I was crushed
so Chaliapin asked me what I was
doing that night. I told him I
was having dinner with Isaye and

Melba.

(OVER)

-7-

HUROK (CONT^D)

Chaliapin called Isaye and
changed the appointment and we
all went to the home of Jules
Massnet, who played the complete
score of Don Quixote, an opera
he had just written and dedicated
to Chaliapin* But when I left
Paris, I had a contract with

Chaliapin •

PALMER

Needless to teil you, he did
become Chaliapin» s manager and
brought him back to the United
States and of course, he occupied
those Offices above the Brown

Chophouse«

HUROK

But it took a war, a revolution
and starvation to bring Chaliapin

here.

PALMER

And so a dream came true, except
Chaliapin did not prove at all a
profit to Mr. Hurok.

HUROK
But I didn^t care because he was
such an extraordinary man*

-ö-

PALMER

He lost so much money because
Chaliapin would cancel concerts
right and left, with no concern

at all«

HUROK

I taught him a lesson though

AD LIB STORY:

PALMER

Not only did you bring Singers
over from the continent, but
you more than anyone eise were
responsible for first popularizing
ballet in America. To whom
would you say it was due that
ballet has become so greatly
populär in America?

HUROK
For the dance, Isadora Duncan, for
the classical ballet, Anna

Pavlova •

PALMER

I have never seen Pavlova dance
but she had the reputation of being

very cold ••

HUROK

She had much spirit, But she had
so many qualities it is impossible
to give you a good picture of
her. She was never too tired to
work. (OVER)

-9-

HUROK {CONT»D)

She traveled on one-night Stands
and would sometimes give Ö and 9
Performances a week.

PALMER

As a person, how was she?

HUROK

She was a simple person, The dance
was her life mostly«

FALMER

Was she married?

HUROK

No, never married, but there was
time for a private life too.

PALMER
She died because she was simply
worn out, isnH that right?

HUROK

She died with her shoes on* On the
way to Holland she got a bad cold
and she got double pleurisy, and
died while the Company was waiting
for her Performance.

PALMER
As an artist was she the exact
opposite of Chaliapin! She was
tremendously disciplined and
a hard worker.

-10-

HUROK

So was Chaliapin when it came to
his work. He was never late for
a Performance or a rehearsal,

PALMER
I would have loved to hear that
incredible voice,
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1^, 1951

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•2-

PALMER

Hello. Tonight I am back in
Austrla agaln but not In Vlenna.
I shall take you to the Salzkammer-
gut -• Salz means salt. It is so
called because of its salt mines.
The capital of the Salzkammergut
Is Salzburg, meaning fortress of
salt. However, thls fortress of
salt is really the most delightful,
unique little town. It was built
in the 17th and l8th Century -
pure Baroque . In the center of the
town is the famous Domplatz -- the
Cathedral Square, of which I will
teil you in a minute. Salzburg
is usually called Mozart 's town,
because he lived there for a time
and played for the Archbishop.
Salzburg has always been an Arch-
bishop »s town and still is. The
streets look exactly like a set of
a Mozart Opera. Now about the
Domplatz. This is the place where
the famous Performances of
"Jedermann" too place. I had an
extraordinary experience witness-
ing it before Hitler came .

(OVER)

-3-

• PALMER (CONTINUED)
In the Summer Reinhardt used to
call from Salzburg and the great
artists from all over the world
answered and came flocking Into
Salzburg to perform as well as
listen. Reinhardt hlmself had
a chateau In Salzburg^ called
Leopoldskron. It Is rather a
fabulous place where dumbcluck
visitors llke I could press our
noses to the gate and see flamin-
goes and peacocks stalklng about
and hear of the fabulous art
treasures inside the castle. And
If you were an autograph hunter
you could Just stand at the
entrance of the Hotel
Oesterreichlscher Hof and gape and
flll your book wlth all the great
names in the art world. The hlgh-
llght of the festival was always,
aslde from the Toscanlni concerts,
the Performance of Jedermann,
right in the Cathedral Square.
And that is what I would llke to

talk about.

(OVER)

-4-

SHOW PHOTO

PALMER (CONTINUED)
Jedermann Is a play by von Hof-
mannsthal. It means **everyman^' and
It Is in Short the story of every-
man beset by evlls. It Is a
symbolic morallty play of great
slmpliclty and beauty. Alexander
Moissi used to play the leadlng
part and all the Starts of the
German and Austrian stage played
the minor parts. The stage was
built in front of the Cathedral,
slightly elevated, and on the
Square the crowd sat and listened,
I can^t say that the acoustics
were too god but I was so fas-
cinated by the entire setting,
that I dldn't care -- I just sat
and gaped . Then came the high-
light of the play when Jedermann 's
death is announced to him and from
the Castle on the hill four huge
trumpets would suddenly blare for1h
and through the air would come the
call "Jedermann". .. .And if you
didn't know that the sound came
from the Castle, it was the most
eerie experience.

(OVER)

-5-

SHOW PHOTO

PALMER (CONTINUED)

All heads turned In all dlrectlcns
whlle those sounds came floatlng
overhead — It was the volce of
God calling Jedermann. I be-
lleve the festivals have
Started agaln In Salzburg, but
I v/onder whether they still have
that maglc spell, Maybe you
would llke to go and see for
yourself. I have sald Salzburg,
the fortress of salt, is the
capltal of the Salzkammergut,
but whlch you must have heard a
great deal. It has lovely green
hills and many lakes, I am sure
you have heard of St. Wolfgang,
a little tiny vlllage nestling on
the S. Wolgang See.
There was a muslcal whlch made
all this famous a few years ago
called "White Horse Inn". The
White Horse Inn really exits,
though the food you get there is
not terribly good, I can teil you.

(OVER)

-6-

PALMER (CONTINUED)

The Squlre of St. Wolf gang is'a
gnetleman by the name of Alexander
Lernet-Holenia, who is Austriaca
leadlng poet and wrlter of today.
He has written some 20 novels and
Just as many plays, and books of
poetry and countless Short storles.
I have two favorltes among his

books. The first is called in
this country "The Glory is
Departed". It is a novel about
the collapse of the Habsburg
Empire --in fact, the collapse of
the whole world. The other is
called "Adventures of a Young
Gnetleman in Poland". It is a
very amusing story of a young man
who disguises himself as a girl--
AD LIB Story.

A Strange thing about Mr. Lerne t-
Holenia is that he doesn't like
books, including his own, and he
greatly approves of the Prench
fashion of disposing of a book by
either throwing it out of the
Window or out of a train, if you
happen to be on one .

(OVER)

-7-

• >

PALMER (CONTINUED)
I strongly disapprove of thls
hablt, I love books. In fact,
I have gone to the opposlte
lengths to acquire a llbrary.
When people lend me thelr books
and put their names in It, for
Instance, llke Johnny Jones, I
Insert underneath it "to hls dear
Lllli Palmer**! I now have a
very large llbrary! Now,
Alexander Lernet -Holenla has a
lovely house in St. Wolfgang and
the American State Department
has invited him Just now to come
to America to see what it is like
here and teil the Austrians about
it. And I have grabbed him
quickly to talk about Austria
and St. Wolfgang. Teil me, how
is your English?

LERNET

Rather poor.

PALMER

I should have thought you would
have learned excellent English
over there in Salzkammergut by now
-probably with a strong American

accent! .

(OVER)

* :\

-8-

PALMER (CONTINUED)
At least the waiters should speak
fluent Engllsh --

LERNET

They belleve they speak fluent
Engllsh. The other day, a
Walter wanted to suggest peaches
and pears to some Engllsh-
speaklng guests -- AD LIB STORY.

PALMER

If I wanted to go from Salzburg
to St. Wolf gang, how Uong would

It take me?

LERNET

Three hours.

PALMER

Three hours! I thought it was

very close.

LERNET

It Is. Offlcially It takes only
one hour, but an Austrian train

needs three l

PALMER

How do people dress In St. Wolf-

gang?

LERNET

The natlves dress llke Amerlcans,
In Jeans and pedal pushers.

f»

-9-

PALMER

You mean If you see someone in a
dlrndl, then It's an American
from Texas.

Serlously speaklng for a
seconä, Does St. Wolfgang

still look the same or was it

affected by the war?

LERNET
It's still the same. They
tried to drop a bomb on It but
they missed it by 3^000 feet

at least.

PALr^ER

In the Salzkummergut the songs

are very matter of fact.

AD LIB: about song.

How is life in Vienna today?

LERNET

It is almost like it always
was. In fact, the Americans,
the Russians and English and
French like it so much they all
don^t want to leave itl

PALMER
Is there still the Austrian
Imperial double -headed eagle
all over the place?

-10-

LERJNET
Yes. Of course every decent
natlon has an eagle emblem,
America does too.

PALMER
The Austrlans have their own
special branö of charming
decaderce ano I shall teil you
a Story of the Eniperor Ferdinand
and the eagle to prove my point.
Emperor Ferdinand lived about
a hundred years ago. One day
the court decided that the
Emperor should at least
contribute an eagle to its
hunting trophies. So they tied
a dead eagle to a tree in the
park of the castle Schoenbrunn.
Someone came running to the
emperor, shouting "Your Majesty,
there Is an eagle in the park!"
So the Emperor went out to shoot
him. Then he looked at the
dead eagle and said nothing for

quite a while.

LERNET

And then the Emperor said: "Now
they all think this is an eagle.

(OVER)

-11-

LERKET (CONTINUED)

t^mmmmmimm^

That's no eagle at all. A
real eagle has two heads!"

PALMER

Welli when v/ill you return to
l^our c'ouble heacied eagle?

I shall sto-i^ hcr^ ab out slx
or seven v^eeks« The State
Department Is sendlng me all
over the country. But frankly,
I'd rather be In the shadow of
the American eagle, although
he has but one head.

PALMER

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doeß somethlng very special. In
fact, she Is the only person In
the whole world who does what she
Is dolng. "Born of an art that
Is tnlnute but not qualnt, of a
feminine severity and malice
without meanness^ of a fantasy
curbed and arrned by the most
solid technique: such are the
works of Catherine Barjansky".
Catherine Barjansky started out
like every other sculptor doing
life-sized and sometimes larger
than life-size things. But she
did not feel that her work
expressed her individuality. One
day by Chance, she hit exactly
upon the thing that was to make
her famous. The Inspiration was a
Strange lady by the narne of Ida
Rubinstein — in former days a
famous dancer and dramatic

(OVER)

actress. She met her one after-

noon and was Struck by her

extraordinary appearance. She wa
too thin, too white and entirely

unreal.

-3- PALMER (CONTINUED)

Catherine Barjansky went home and
dld her flrst sculpture of thls
too thln, too white and unreal
creature in wax — which was the
only medium which would apply to
that particular thing, wax,
being more delioate and more
sensitive than clay. And she
sculptured out of wax a tiny
piece of art, She clothed and
draped the minute figure in
velvet and satin and colored it>
thereby creating a completely
new form of art. She knew
instantly that this was what she
had been looking for* And from
that day on she sculptured in
wax miniature likenesses which
she afterwards colored and in
some cases draped. She sculptured
practically all the thinking
heads of Europe. Three years ago
she wrote a fascinating book
called PORTRAITS WITH BACKGROUNDS.
In factj right now she is working
on its sequel, PORTRAITS WITH
BACKGROUNDS IN AMERICA.

(OVER)

-i[- PALMER (CONTINUED)

In her book she says that "•••It
Is not as a critic nor as an
hlstorlan that I have drawn these
portraits of kings and commoners,
of musiclans and sculptors, of
writers and sclentists -- It Is
as an artlst." At thls moment
she llves In a studio overlooking
Central Park.

And now^ here is Madame Barjansky
whom I am dylng to ask some
questions. You have many pupils
— do you teach them your art?

BARJANSKY

^M«B

No» I teach them just
sculpturing — life-slzed. But
I teach them In a special way. I
try to make them see everything

in outlines.

PALMER

•mmm^^

How do others teach?

BARJANSKY
They glve you a plece of clay
and let you add to and carve Itt
Thls is Imposslble for students
to do so I explain to them in a
certain way how to Start
sculpturing* I never touch

their work.

-5-

PALMER

SHOWS EINSTEIN PORTRAIT

"mim

I have had some sculpturing
lessons myself - Just a few • and
that Is why that interests me*
I too was glven a big plece of
clay and told to add on and carve
lt. Have any of your puplls
feit any Incllnatlons towards
maklng minlature heads?

BARJANSKY
I only teach to sculpture. It is
tremendously difficult to do the

minlature*

PALMER

m^mmam

Having sculptured so many famous
and busy people, you must have
many fascinating storles to teil
about them4 Let me see, for
instance, the portrait of
Einstein. How long did he sit

for you?

BARJANSKY

mit^mmmm^

About six times» But he did not
actually pose for me. He just
kept on working all the tlme.
Sometimes I spoke with him.
Once I asked him how he comes to
the conclusions of this theories
and if he calculates until he

(OVER)

finds it.

-6-

SHOWS FREUD PORTRAIT

BARJANSKY (CONT'D)

He says It comes llke an
Inspiration and then he calculates.
But sometlmes he calculates for a
year or two and flnds that there
Iß no Solution.

PALMER

imtummmmm»

Einstein sald he was Just lucky
when he dlscovered hls Theory of
Relatlvlty^ whlch he dld before
he was 21 years old*

BARJANSKY

i^mmmmmmm

I would llke to teil you the story
about Einstein •s reactlon to the
sculptures by the Queen of Beigulm.
AD LIB: Brief Story.

PALMER
And here we have Freud, Dld you do
thls In Vlenna?

BARJANSKY

Yes.

PALMER

Dld you have Interestlng
conversations wlth hlm?

BARJANSKY

i«Mi>»i

I met hlm In 1924. He came Into
the room and sald, I have heard you
are a wlfe and mother, but I see a
young glrl^

(OVER)

SHOWS PHOTOGRAPH OP KING
SOLOMON

TURNS TO AUDIENCE

-7- BARJANSKY (CONTINUED)

So I Said, slnce you know every-
thlng, you must be right. And
we both began to laugh.

PALMER

<^mmmm^

You showed him the Greco-llke

Statue of King Solomon?

BARJANSKY
Yes* I was Inspired for thls
Statue by the music of Ernest
Bloch. I had shown Freud a
number of my portralts, but I

4 ■ '

could See that they didn't really
Interest hlm. But when he saw
my Statue of King Solomon he was
qulte fasclnated and Immedlately
Said: "Does he look llke your
father?" I laughed and said^not
at all, because my father was
Jolly and gay and had round
cheekSt So Freud was very taken
aback and said: "He must look
llke your grandfather". And I
Said yes. But to teil you the
truth, my grandfather looked
exactly llke my father*

PALMER

What other sitters of yours did
you say were fascinatlng.

-8-

BARJANSKY

SHOWS STATUETTE

> ■!■■

«■«■iVi

The Queen of Naples,

PALMER

How did yöu do her statue? *"

BARJANSKY

mmmmmmimmfmmtmmmtti^mm^

She had been dethroned for 50
years and was llving in Oeneva
and that Is where I met her. As
soon as I saw her I wanted to do
her Portrait • She was a very
tall woman who looked like a
ghost and her braids formed a
crown around her headt She was
always dressed in black and you
could See enormous Royal pearls
under the black tulle of her

dresSt

PALMER

mfmmmimmm

Do you exhibit your work from
time to tlme?

BARJANSKY

«■H«i

Yes, I had many exhlbltions in
Europa, My flrst was In Rome,
and Colette dld a lecture to

Introduce rae,

PALMER

mmmammmmmmmmm

Did you glve exhlbitions in the
United States?

-9-

BARJANSKY

i^mmtmmm

Yes, in Washington, D.C. On
November 19 of this year I will
have an exhibit at the Newton
Gallery. I will show about 45 or
50 of my miniatures.

PALMER

mtm^mm^m^m

What portraits are you doing
now?

SHOWS SITWELL PORTRAIT

BARJANSKY

I have Just finished Edith
Sitwell and I am going to do

Marion Anderson.

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Miy 31* 1951

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PALMER

Hello. I thought It only fitting
to have one more program about
England, because g?eat things are
going on there at thls moment. It
seems to me there are festlvals
almost everywhere in Europe, but
the Festival of Britain is not only
a Festival of London, it is a
Festival of every county, town,
village and hamlet, and I will teil
you v;hy. It commemorates the lOOth
birthday of the very first world
exhibition of any kind that ever
took place. And that was held in
London 100 years ago. It was
Prince Consort Albertus idea -- the

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man with the beautiful nose-- who
married Victoria. And I have by my
side a gentleman who is better
equipped than I am to talk about it.

having been born in this "

QUOTE FROM RICHARD II this England "•
Mr. Rex Harrison.

HARRISON
What on earth is that?

"3-

SHOWS PRINT

PALMER

That is the tradltlonal flourish
of trumpets wlth v/hlch every
exhlbitlon is opened - the flrst as
well as thls one,

HARRISON
I had a lot of fun looklng up this
early exhlbitlon and comparlng It
wlth the present one . The chlef
plece de reslstance of the I851
exhlbitlon was the buildlng of
a large structure made of glass
called the Chrystal Palace . And
do you know how that Idea was
concelved? A man by the name of
Paxton, a rallway executlve,
doodled happlly away on a plece of
paper and here Is the famous and
now hlstorlc doodle he dld of thls
structure of glass whlch every-
body thought Imposslble to achleve .

PALMER

They predlcted It would be crushed
by the flrst hall storm, It would
collapse at the flrst shot of guns
and flnally It would dlsflgure
London 's landscape -- because they
had to cut out 11 preclous elm

trees .

(OVER)

SHOWS PRINT

.4.

PALMER (CONTINUED)

However, thls is what the bullding
looked llke when It was flnally
accompllshed and to everybody's
amazement nelther hall storms nor
guns seemed to shake its foundatlon.

HARRISON
I have gotten a hold of a catalog
of the anclent exhlblt and it is
most amusing to look at the things
the Victorlan Britalns were
extrememly proud of. For Instance:
Registered Alarum Bedstead. By
means of a common alarum-clock
hung at the head of the bed, and
adjusted in the usual v;ay to go off
at the desired hour, the front
legs of the bedstead, Immedlately
the alarum ceases ringlng, are made
to fold underneath, the sleeper,
wlthout any Jerk or the slightest
personal danger, is placed on his
feet in the middle of the room,
where, at the Option of the
possessor, a cold bath can be placed,
if he is at all dlsposed to ensure
being rendered rapidly Wide awake.

(OVER)

-5-

HARRISON (CONTINUED)

Also: Patent ventllating hats.
The prlnclple of ventllating these
hats belng to admlt the alr through
a serles of Channels out In thln
cork, whlch Is fastened to the
leather llnlng, and a valve flxed
In the top of the crown, whlch may
be opened, and shut at pleasure to
allow the Perspiration to escape.

Cuffs, hand-spun and knltted from
the wool of French poodle dogs -
And thls appeals to me partlcularly
- A special drlnking glass wlth a
partltlon for soda and acld 'to be
mlxed separately, the Junctlon of
the two streams effectlng
effervescence only at the moment of
entering the mouth.'

PALMER

You See what you missed not havlng
been allve In I85I? Now-a-days,
of course, what you will see In
the exhlbltlon Is somethlng qulte

dlfferent.

(OVER)

-6-

PALMER (CONTINUED)

The old Crystal Palace has
disappeared and instead bullt on a
rather Imposing Site across the '^
river are rather magnlflcent
structures vfhlch show the progress
of present sclence, Including
nuclear fisslon and more of such
long words. One of the polnts
of Interest Is the ancient shot
tower still Standing on its
original Site in the heart of the
exhibition, There all tho
bullets were forged that made
British victories at Waterloo^ etc.
Now this tower has a glant aerial
on topj which is used for giving
Signals to the moon. I don't
know what kind cf Signals we are
getting back, however.

HARRISON

One of the things that I shall go
for is the Eccentric's Corner. As
you know, the British are fond of
breeding eccentric people and at
the exhibition we have an Eccentrit
Corner. AD LIB: Story on waving
machine .

-7-

PALMER

But the true attractlon of

the Festival of Brltaln

and its exhlbltlon of
British actors, Singers, and

painters at their very best, and if

you care for the theatre and want

to See it acted at its best, you

can See the most wonderful

Shakespeare productions at

Stratford, the place where he was

born. And there are also the most

wonderful musical and theatre

Performances in London and Edin-

borough.

HARRISON

By the way, the muslc is performed
in the new concert hall especially
built for this Festival and, it
seems, particularly to annoy
Britain's leading conductors. Sir
Thomas Beecham has already gone to
print to say that certainly it is
the ugliest thing he has seen from
the outside and that he had no
Intention of going Inside. However,
the accoustics are said to be of a

special nature .

(OVER)

-8-

PALMER(CONTINUED)

They are deslgned to show up every
impurlty in the orchestra so that
if the Oboe squeaks ever so
sllghtly, it will cause hundreds
of passlonate muslc lovers to
leave the hall in disgust. You
will also be able to get a special
drlnk there -- Ancient Mead. If
you ever read about the doings of
the stalwart ancient Brltalns they
seemed to have gotten all the
go they had in them - and they had
plenty--from the thing called Mead
brewed from honey and herbs.

HARRISON

I am going to try some Mead and
See what it does to me .
To finish up with, here is the
King of England 's voice speaking
at the opening of the Festival and
telling US what it Stands for:
"This Festival of Britain has been
planned, like its great predecessor
as a visible sign of national
achievement and confidence, I
See this Festival as a Symbol of
Britain 's abiding courage and
vitality"*

-9-

PALMER
Well, you will soon be there to
drlnk your Mead In June,

HARRISON
0 to be in England in June . Oh,
that was April wasn't it?

PALMER

You mean the Browning poera. Yes,
that was April but June will be
good too. Robert Browning must
have written that at the time of
the first exhibition. I found
there are a few lines that go
on after that and they are rather

nice . . .

0 to be in England

Now that April 's there.

And whoever wakes in England

Sees, some morning, unware,

That the lowest bough and the

brushwood sheaf

Round the elm-tree hole are in

tiny leaf,

While the chaffinch sings on the

orchard bough

In England - now!

(OVER)

-10-

PALMER (CONTINUED)

And after April, when May

follows.

And the white throat bullds, and

all the swallows!

Hark, where my blossom'd pear-

tree in the hedge

Leans to the field and scatters

on the clover

Blossoms and dewdrops -- at the

bent spray 's edge--

That's the wise thrush! he sings

each song twice over.

Lest you should think he never

could recapture

The first fine careless rapture !

And though the fields look rough

with hoary dew.

All will be gay when noontide

wakes anew

The buttercups, the little

children*s dower

- Far brighter than this gaudy

melon-flower!

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Next week I will talk to you

about

AUF WIEDERSEHN

ROLF GERARD

LILLI PALfffiR SHOW
JUNE 21, 1951

-2-

CU PALrffiR PEERING THROUGH
TULIPS

. P ALrffiR

Hello. Tonlght I am again at the
Savoy Plaza Hotel and all those
wonderful f lowers you see
were giVen to me by KLM, the Dutch
Airline whlch will teil you where
I am taking you tonlght, to
Holland. Holland is famous for
many thlngs, but hardly for the
glamour and the be.auty of its
women, so — I have brought you
today a glamourous and beautlful
Dutch glrl! You will see In a
minute that she photographs llke
a mllllon dollars^ but she had

never wanted to become a film

Star. She is a Journalist,
giving heavy competition to our
own Marguerite Higgins . But I
shall not tease you any longer and
introduce her right away. Here is
Mrs. Reggle Kiek. Teil me Mrs.
Kiek, what do you do with your long
and flowlng blond hair under battle

conditions?

-3-

MRS. KIEK

Just let it flow.

PALMER
Doesn't It attract enemy fire?

KIEK
No, but It attracts other things.

PALTffiR
As to enemy fire — what made you
first decide to become involved
in warlike actlvltles? Have you
always been a Journalist?

KIEK
Ever since I was 15 years old.

PALr/ER
What did you Journalize about?

KIEK
Mainly about flying.

PALT/ER

Are you a pilot?

KIEK

No, I was turned down«

PALfffiR

Were you given only assignments

about flying?

KIEK

I reported about anything that

was itnportant.

PALTffiR

Where were you born?

-I^.

KIEK

In Bossum.

PALfffiR

Is It a place wlth wlndmills^ etc.?

KEIK
No, there is nothing there.

PALT/EER
Not even a museum füll of
Rembrandt . That ' s very

dlsappointing.

KIEK

But I only stayed there one year.

PALTffiR

Where did you go?

KIEK

To Amsterdam.

PALr/ER

Let me ask you some stupid
questions about Amsterdam. Is it
a city with many waterways?

KIEK

YeS;, there are many canals, which
are callled Grachten.

PALTIER
Grachten , • . Dutch seems another
language soundlng like a throat
dlsease such as Swiss and Danish.

KIEK

It Sounds like a continuous fish
'jQoe in your throat.

-5-

PALI/ER

Is Amsterdam dif ferent from Venlee

and Stockholm?

KIEK

Venice has malnly waterroads, but
we have the Grachten as an
addltlon to the normal streets. It
was the quiekest way of conveylng
thlngs . We still use It for flower
boats and any heavy klnd of trafflc

PALIffiR

Do the llttle boys swlm In It?

KIEK
Yes, but they are not allowed to.
It Is rather dlrty.

PAUffiR

Amsterdam Is a clty of tremendous
culture- It Is the place where
we can see the famous Rembrandt
palntlng, "The Nlghtwatch".
AD LIB Story: Palnted of 17
Century. They wanted to
commemorate regime nts Rembrandt
commlssloned to do portralt of
offlcers. Dld somethlng dlf ferent,
Palnted them reallstlcally „
Llghted by lanterns, he palnted

what he saw Etc.

(OVER)

.6.

PALf/ER (CONTINUED)

Paintlng was not accepted It
proved hls rulnation. Is
Amsterdam also a very gay clty?

KIEK

It wasn't very gay^ but for the
Dutch, it was gay enough.

PALr/ER

What do you mean by that?

KIEK
They are a rather stolid klnd of

people .

PAUffiR

That Is part of the ordlnary
conception of the Dutch, and it
seems to be correct They are
rather heavy^ thick set, solid,
peaceful and Square in appearance

KIEK

They have a quiet sense of humor but
nothing boisterous and gay

PALI4ER

Are there exceptions?

KIEK
No, I don't think so.

PALTffiR

Where would you go in Holland for
fun?

-7-

KIEK

Over the border. But I have heard,
and I know It Is true that since
the last war, wlth the advent of
the American tourist, Holland has
been brightened up.

PAIiffiR

Where did you learn such
excellent English?

KIEK

In England „ In England they always
thought I came from America
because I spoke American slang. .

PALTCR

Did you learn It early in your

youth?

KIEK

In Holland you start Prench at 8
and German and English at 9. So
we have a smattering of about
four languages before our teens.

PALT/DER

When did you meet Mr. Kiek, and is
he also a Journalist?

KIEK
When I was l8 I wrote for his paper
without knowing him. AD LIB brief

Story of meeting

(OVER)

-8-

KIEK (CONTINUED)
We marrled in England In 19^0
durlng the war. We were rather
careless wlth our papers and lost
our marriage certificate, etc-

PALTffiR

Mrs. Kiek, in the course of events
you were assigned to go to the
Par East. Is that rlght?

KIEK

Yes. I was sent out for the London
newspaper, Daily r4ail, to the Par
East and I worked there for the
British in 19^5 and stopped over in
Burma, then went on to Java where
the war was over officially, but
we had the famous war after the war

the Indonesian Revolution.

PALT/ER

How did you feel about that?

KIEK
It was very exciting but very sad,
and of course it gave me lots of

material.

PALTIER

Was anybody astonished to see a
woman?

-9-

KIEK

I had none of this Marguerlte

Hlggins trouble.

PALMER

Then I gather It was a blt of fun
when you were put on ship.

KIEK

I was the flrst clvllaln woman

to go on board a British Naval

war ship. They did have several

WRENS; though.

AD LIB: Story of how she

happened to ship out on naval ship.

PALTffiR

What are you dolng here now?

KIEK

Offlclally nothing. But I am
doing a lot of wrlting because my
husband Is coverlng about 36 news-

papers

PALTffiR

Your husband is an offlclal
correspondent — Is that rieht?

KIEK

Yes

PALfffiR

Have you any children?

KIEK

No.

-10-

PAUffiR

I am going to drive through
Holland next year and I hope I
really get to know your country.

KIEK

You will llke It

PALfffiR
Have you met Prlnce Bernhard of the

Netherlands?

KIEK

Yes, we met him frequently in
London, because durlng the war the
Dutch colony there was very small,
so that we got rather close to hlm

PALfffiR
Let US talk f or a moment about
Queen Juliana and say what a nlce
thlng It is that the Dutch are so
very fond of thelr queen They
transferred thelr affectlon from
the Dowager Queen Wllhelmlna to
Jullana. Wllhelmlna Is a wonder-

ful woman.

KIEK

She Is a marvelous character. They
always had respect for the queen
and loved her, but now slnce she
retlred, she Is showlng herseif in
a much more motherly and womanly

fashlon.

-11-

PALMER

All royal familles have to do
today Is to lead a decent family
llfe and glve splritual guldance .

KIEK

Vhen Wilhelmina was young, she was
Invited to Germany by the Kaiser,.

AD LIB STORY.

PALT/ER

Of course the flooding of Holland
by opening the dykes used to be
Holland 's defense against

Invaders .

PALfffiR

AD LIB: Stroy of little boy who
put his thumb through a hole in the
dyke to save the town. When one
thinks of Holland one thinks
imtnediately of ancient Dutch
painting, long flat Stretches of
land, windmills in the back on
little hills^ wonderful trees, very^
very exact^ and tulips and the sky.
Isn't that the landscape of
Holland? LEAD INTO POEM.

POEM
PALMER

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•

Lim Palmer Show

June 28, 1951

FALMER

Hello. Toolght la the last tlme I vlll

•

be wlth you before going on my vacation

for the aummer and I am a little sad

about lt. I ahall mies nyr veekly vlalta

wlth you^ but I shall retvim thla fall

and I hope you will he travelllng wlth

me agaln« In the meantline; I shall he

•

travelllng, I am going to Europa and I

shall eee many of the place s I talked to

you ahout. Rememher my flrst program

when I took you to Engleuid? I had my

fellow wltch, Pamela Brown, as iny gueet.

Well, I shall be vlsltlng the Festival

of Br Itain and from there hop over to

France -- to Paris -- to see how Paris

Is dolng wlth her 2,000th annlversary.

• •

Bemember my guest Monsieur de Manzlarly

and how we sang the song, La Seine . • •

INDICATION of SOHG

Pemember my program about Greece? I am

•

going there In August and watch nsj guest

Madame Paxlnou play In Oedlpus at the

theatre In Delphi • Remember they will

•

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open on the night of the füll moon . • •

I do hope you all envy ma - I envy

sQrself • And then, of courae, Italy.

-2-

PALMSR (CONTINÜED)
And there I have a blt of newe for you
becauee I am going to take some filme In
Bom0 of varlous places \^lch I llke best.
And you will accompany me on ny valks
about the "Eternal City" and maybe you
will catch some of the breathtaklng
experlenc,eB I had vhen I sav Borne for

the flrst tlme. And I shall talk to

you partlcularly about people who are
connected wlth Borne, for Instance,
Eleanore Duee. I shall take you to the
house where ehe llves - the greatest
actresB of all tlmes •- who dled, of all

places, In Flttsburgh. And I shall talk

/
to you about her great rlval, Sarah

Bernhardt - the dlvlne Sarah • I'Te got

a record whlch I shall play for you . . •

And I mlght f Inlsh up vlth going to

Salzburg. Bemember I told you about the

festlval a couple of veeks ago, vhere

they play "Everyman", by Hofmannsthal, on

the Cathedral Square« And maybe some

of you remember a very early program of

mlne In whlch I talked about Eofmannsthal,

one of the outstanding poets of the 20th

Century. On that program I recited a

place from one of hls plays, "Death and

the Pool".

-3-

PALMER (COMTINUED)

You seemed to have liked that

particularly "because qulte a number of
you have asked me to do It agaln^ and as
I am very fond of It too^ I would llke
to give It to you as iqy farewell for
thl8 öeason. RememlDer it Is the story
of a man^ Everyman, who at the point of
death Is vlslted by the ghoets of the
people that have played the leadlng parte
In his life -- hls mother, his frlend,
hls enemy, emd his girl* Imagine that
the scene le dark and euddenly In the
hallway Stands the young glrl and thls
is vhat ehe hae to say to hlm.

POEM

-u-

"Twas beautifull

Don't you thlxik It nora?

"Tis true, you hurt me deeply, deeply

But than, vfaat is It that does not and In paln?

Tha happy daya I'va eaan, are yary faw,

And thase, that vara aa good as any draamt

Tha flovara at tha vlndov> ny ovn flovars^

Tha llttla Joggllng spinnet^ thera tha clothas prass^

In vhlch I lald avay your lettarai and

What llttla gifte you brought ma...

• ••All thaea thlngs-*-

Don't laugh at ina--graw baautlful agaln,

And talkad to ma vlth llvlng, lovlng Ups

And than you cast ma off,

Threv ma asida, imthinklng, cruel, as

A chlld, of playlng vearlad, drops hls flovara«

Ah God, I did hava naught to hold youl

Your lattar cama, tha last, tha draadful ona;

And than I vlshad to dla. Not to dlstrass you

Do I tall you this, One lattar mora

I maant to wrlte in partlng; no lament,

Not pasBlonata, or flarce, unbridled grlaf ,

But Just to make you yaam a bit for ma,

And teach you to fael homaalck for ipy love,

I dld not wrlta that lattar, no, why should I?

I could not know how much of your real haart

Was in all this, that so wlth gllttaring

And so wlth fever filled my senses fuU,

That through tha day I valkad as In a draam.

One doas not dla of thase thlngs. No, much latar,

After long emd weary mlsery 'twas grantad

That I mlght lay me down and die, I prayad

That In ycur last hour I might come to you,

Not honlble, not to tormant you than,

But as the cup of wlne that oAe hae drunk

And set asida, Its fragrance vagua racalla

A dlstant, half forgotten, gentla Joy^

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PAIMER (CONTINUED)

Well, you know, the reason I hare had
a program at all was because a man came
to me and asked me If I vanted to be an
Angel Face« He turned out to be a man
from Pond's vho makes Angel Face makeup.
To teil the truth, I didn't then know
It was going to be a lot of fun, because
It allowed me to talk to you about things
that Interested me and that f asclnated
me for years. So, I am partlculcurly
grateful to Angel Face»

LEAD IMTO C0MME31CIAL.

Afi, 2JSOZA MU6HSAM FAMXU^ dOUL^CTToN

zhIzc sc/^xrrs --D/^APrs i^6i

Liebstes Lillichenf

Mau Solls doch nicht fuer moeglich halten,
immer glaube ich, es ist nicht genug Material,
und dann sinds Seiten und Seiten. Der olle
Sibelius iot viel Scl-iinUvSX, aber er ist wirklich
stinkfad. Die Anekdoten were the utmost I could
dol

Folgende brainstorms wuensche ich Dir ergeben r>t
zu unterbreiten: Walt Whitman, der ein tolles
Leben gehabt haben soll" UcTTkenns nicht) und der
fuer Hatfield vielleicht besser waere — dann
koennte er ein -^edicht von Whltman lesen, als dem
groessten amerik. I^yriker, und Du eins von Goethe,
auf deutsch, sozusagen fuer Klang oder sowas...
Aber selbst wenn ohne Hatfield, ists vielleicht
eine Idee, ebenso »[ie Poe?

sie

Dann einen mad guest — but priceless (wenn
in NY ist, versuchte bereits, to find out):
Alma Mahler Werfel! ! ! ! ! (Sie sah vor 10 Jahren
in Holl^'wood noch grossartig aus — und so viel
stature ueberhaupt uns allen gewuenscht, von DEM
Leben zu schweigen!!! Verheiratet mit L'ahler,
Gropius, V/erfel — jahrelang gelebt mit Kokoschka,
schlecht?)

Das Jensen Maedchen ist Mittwoch um 3 bei Dir.
Mit den songs*

Love,

(

PALTtJER

Hello. Todaj^ I am goin^ to teil you about a vexy

interesting countr/ and Its most famous Citizen —

a Twy old m?in indeed, since he is 87 years ol^

'HPfl^s my guest I have someone here who is not

yet
quite as old and, though not as/famous, nevertheless

a very lovely representative of her countxy, and

after all, she had another few years to get ahead '

Finland,
The great old man of his countr//is Jean Sibelius«

He wavS bom in 1865 as son of a physician and his
childhood, quite in contrast to many other geniuses
of music, was easy and without i|^^ struggle. It
was a normal childhood, in a pleassuit and culturei^
home which was probably one of the reasons that

for all his life, "ibelius was a fmil^ man^
«Ae his father had died when he was only Z^ years
old, he was used to spending mach of his eaviy
years witii his grandparents and aunts and uncles
and loved them dearly ever after.
He started at about 5 to play a little on the
piano but soon became more interested in stud/ing
the violin ^aÄ! 4-t was one of his saddest experiences
whei^ in his earl/ twenties he had to realize that
his talent was not great enou^.to become a violin
virtuoso. In school he was a dreamer and his
moods often changed frora one extreme to the other,
but he was good-looking and well-liked and life
had no serious problems for him. AR. «Hi in schi^ol
his plant collection was the best in his class.

just as liTURE should prove to be tha soorce ii^p i^

his tospirations ^k^ his music for all his life.

Though he was a tall and well-bullt man,

nelther

he showed no interest whatever

••* IM

ball gaines, nor «fc» wrestling.,, His favorite

spor^were hunting aiid long hikes, and to thfts very

day he takes a

walk every day at five in the

moming — to watch the sunrise..» Thej^ called him
the "Singer of the iand of the^t^ousand (Lakes",
and noone has done more to bring Finland nearer to
the World than Sibelius did. His most famoas work,

"Finlandia" is being played all over the

World and has made people conscious of that stränge
country in the north of Europe which is still
quite different aort^ its wa^^s and custoros from other

parts of Europe and the world.
But before our guest shall teil us

about that.

I should like to say a bit more about Sibelius»
He came to America on a veiy short trip to conduct

some of his woi^lc

and he was overwhelmed

by what he saw and by the cordial reception he

received. He had not expected for people to be

really familiär with his works Khick9xoYerx±lai

though his popularity in this country has even

increased over the years. Today, Sibelius^
I ii in Europe and

MV pla^/'ed more BoteidBCBfxElnsäfltKpcxiist particial-

lar in America, than in FiniMi itselÄl vSifcblius

was very impressed with Ainerican contem-

porary music and remarked how wrong he had been,
thinking that all the music Ajnerica produced at
that time, before the f irst '^lorld ^ar, was ragtirael

cJli

\ 'CkX<-U^^y^

urioß^

Whon we haar hls great symphonles, his powerfnl
music, we are incllned to think of him as a man
concemed with haroic problems, cojomunicating mostly
with nuture and the figures of the saga's from hls
coimtiy's past* Thls isn't quite so. He is a man
who loves to enjoy life — his constant smoking of
bif cigars hus becone quite Iffellknoivn, as he himself
puts it:^I am a slave to my cigars..." ^^^Tie also

loved parties and gaiety though, with his great
absent-mindedness sometiraes got )|^ into stränge
tMBQb. He walked into a tea party one day, without
realiring the party — anybody^3 presence — Anhing,
sat down at tho piano, played for a while, and walkeä
out again, without sa^^ing a word*... Or, as he
loved to entertain, he was having a group of friends
at his house, abong them a young man who had to
leave earlj-^l and did so, without sa^ing goodbye to
Sibelius. As it happened, the yjung man had to
leave Helsinki on a short trip* On his return a
couple of v/eeks later, he went to Hibelius' house,
Again there v/as a party in progress. When Sibelius
saw his young friend, he exc]^ed: "But where have
you been all the tLne? I have beon looking for you

for houTfi! "

At the beginning of the Century he built his own

home, so as to live a less social life and concen-

träte on his work. He is stilll living in that

house, ^Ainolo*^ in Jarvenpaa north of Helsinki. In
spite of ^MPlWMMiMiiHi some years ago, it was of

course always well/jBtocked with wines and liquor.

Diirin^; the Visit off a friend one day, while

\M^L^

^ö^

UX!.'l

r^Jr )

theo'. werQ

talkixig about all sorts of thlngs, Sibelias rose,
took his Ipn hunting gun,x3ul aimed at sometliing
outside in the garden, and fired two shots right
through the wixidow. Five minutes later, the maid
appeared with tea and — two glasses (two "shots")of

rum!

Of course, he is unpractical as most men — and great
artists for that matter. Once, on a trip to Paris,
he remarked to a friend:" 'lihy do you think i am
losing a gold coin out of ny pocket- everj^ day of
my life? It's really rather puzzling." When his
friend suggested a hole in his pocket as the first
possibilit/ to be investigated, it tumed out that
that was exactly it! 1^ >vould[have ^ever yoccurred
to Sibelius to think of such a practical and simple
Solution himself !

His favorite composer is Beethoven but, when he was
in Vienna as a very young man, he fell^f in love

with Strauss waltzes which he

heard conducted

by the composer himself. •• He loved large citie

anyway, such as Berlin, for instance, to which he
retumed time and again. He says: in Big citiesi^
are like the desert in a way — one can disappear
in the crowd and concen träte on oneself**."
Xei6iDk±^CEp^xest3[;p:^ci:sxH^

But now let me introduce to you the beautiful girl
I to|>t>mised you so that she can teil us about the
countiy of Sibelius. Her name is Irja Jensen, and
she is a young actress who came to " '

when did you corae to America, Irja?

JENSEN

A year and a half ago.

PALMER

Do 70U find it as* overwhelming today, as Sibelius
did almost 50 years ago?

JENSEN

Yes, indeed.

PALMER

Teil US a little about nome of the differences.
And teil us first a little bbout yourself • Your

imam

fathor is a business man, isnH he, and your mother
n« an actress too? Did they approve of your
going on the ctage?

JENSEN
fikxHB^ Well, mj' mother did, but i^y father was
terribly oppdeed to it, in fact, during iry three-
month| trial period at the iMHHiikr School, he
even called the head of the school tryin^ to sway
their decision to admit me,

PALMER
Trial period? Don*t you just enroll in a school?

JENSEN
No» There is a Theatre and Film School in Helsinki,
which all the young actors and actresses attend,
The Äity and the Government partly finance

the Theatre School, whereas the Film School

is entirel^ paid by the film companies. To h%
admitted, you must undergo a trial period,,.

PALMER

PAUffiR

And you were admitted! Did your father still

object?

JENSEN

No, he feit better about the whole thiiie^ then

PALHER

l/That do theiy teach iß the school? Acting techniques.

fencin^;, languages?

JENSEN

Ye?:, ¥/e don't leai-n French in school, but Sv^edish

which in Finland is the second language everbody

speaks» We study Finnish classics mostly, though

also sotttt of the classicx plays from other countries^

with
We do also walk-ons at the National Theatre/ which

icxcBXHXxx the school is connected, But I think

OUT acting techniol^e is rather different from the

one in America: We learn to put all our emotions,
ever^'thing we want to express into our eyes,*.

We try to keep our face and hands mboI as
motionless as possible and let only the eyes speak.

PALMER
This is ver;^ interesting indeed, Teil me, I
notice that you wear verjr' little makeup — do you
find Finninh women different from American women?

i(?-

JENSEN

Vei^ much- For instance, nobody wears any makeup
A

in Finland, not even lipstlck, except for going out

in the evening, H^ parties etc.

PALMER
Do you have parties, the waj^ we have thein here in
America?

JENSEN

To A^y li^Ki^t

We do have parties, but they are a little different
TOÖ /

great deal of hen parties, since womÄn don't work
as ofton as the^^^ do here. Thos.e are tea, or coffee
parties» The diplomats introduced Cocktail parties,
and thq(/ are becomlng gradually popiilar, but women
still drink vexy few cocktaiis, and never any high-

> '■ ' '*

balls. Siiice we mostly also serve wine, thei'
balance one glass of .vine all through a party,»,
But we do have a great deal of dinner-dances in
private homes, and since the war, women are dressing
more and raore in formal evening gowns.,, You see,
for so long we couldn't,.,

PAL!.!ER

But I think you have also one more way of gifing
a party — and that one is entirely unknown in this

country !

JENSENS

You mean a bath house party?

Fpmm

Yös! You sea, in Finland, steam baths are being
taken all the time — by the whole family — and
the neigbors are being invited to join too! And
nobod;, wears a stitch of clothing!

JENSEN
That's right. Of course, in the city it is a little
different. Eveiy Ifc^apartment houses have one
bath house for their tenants, however, they are
separate for men and women •

PALMER

Are they expensive?

JENSEN

Oh DO* Perhaps a quarter for a bath.

Palmer
And hoY/ is it in the country? Do raost people
live in apartraents or in the countiy or how?

JENSEN
In Helsinki mbxI people live in apartments, But
most people also have countiy houses and there.

every house has its own bath house. So we

have a
decide to laextxBicr bath kvon today and teil o\ar

'neighbors — "Why don't you come to our bath house
today, so that you wonH liave to heat yours»" And
they come, and since those bath houses have dif-
ferent levels, all the children bathe together,
on the lowest level, ar.d then the older ones, etc.
3y the way — those bath houses are heated by pouring
water Ä hot stones — and the colder the water, the
more steam is being developed...

PALMER
No wonder you don't need any makeup — havlng steam
baths eveiy day — what a boom to a comj)lexion!

But there is something eise- I wanted to ask you

^ and darkness
about. How is this business with winter/for 6

and etemal sun
months and summer/the other sijH months? Is that

really so?

JENSEN

No'tquite. During the winter it isn't dark all the
time, at least not in Helsinki, it's too much
^outh for that, There is a normal day from about

JENSEN CONT

10 to^'^O, iBl^aring the summer, for two weeks

the second part of Juae, the sun doesn't set, It
is a stränge sight, because the sun doesn't really
rise either — it sort of wanders along the horizon.
^^-of course, there is never might.

LEAD INTO SONG

Adlltional notes on theatre: Repertoire theatre
in every Finnlsh -fcmlet — quite like Germany and
Austria. National Theatre also mostly repertoire
(couldn't plai'^ en suite too long because there
aröüH onough people to see just one play), plays
to a great exteiit Finish classics. Last play
Irja .saw in Helsinli 1^ years ago: Streetcar, There
are a lot of American plays translated. The
theatre seems to be a very clannish affair. Sibelius '
da\ighter (the one she knows) is one of the leading
actressQS (sophisticated comedy) of Finland, her
husband is head of the National Theatre, etc. Her
nane is Ruth Snellman, but I didn't think this was
too fascinating.

ONE SERIOUS SIB2LIUS STORY:

After he had just accepted the young composer Bangt
de Toeme ac a pupil, Sibelius demanded that he look
him straight Into the eyes. Pibelius stared at him
for a while and then, verj^ slowly, gave the most
Incredibl^^ correct character analysis of Toeme whom
he had seen for the second time in bis life*

Sibelius Said once:"I am not legitimately married to
the orchestra — I am its lover."

NLAND

PAUIER
Have you ever seen a Fin? Any kina oI a Fin, a

male Flu, or a föxaale Fin? Maybe you have but

Fina are rarel They don't seem to get around much,
I hiive aeen my first Iln oDiy a few da/a agt, and a
very beautiful little Fin it turn^d out to be~
well worth waiting fori

tff iln h< 3 taat klnd of a face with the wlde plalna
and the wonderfal oalm bone struoture that we used
to admlre In Qarbo and Bergmani and It eeems to

grow excluöive]^ In those couritries of tne North—

Swedeni Denraark, Nonijrf Flnland»

Well— here is my Fin. Che 's a young actresSf by

nama of Irja Jensen«

Irja, ny «ind^ when I think of Finland saysi snow,

more snow, Sibellus, hot baths, and folk songs,

that*ü all« Let's taokle them one tiy one«

Sibellus I One of the greatest— some sa^ the only
great living composer— now 87 and still going strong>
Uis iminense talent fortified by rum and large oigars
~ don't happen to know him^ Irja?

JENSEM
Answers ad lib« She knows Fibelius slightly, kno<fs
hi0 daughter butter, His daughter^ Ruth Snellman^
is ono of Finloj^d's leading actressen; her hasband
is head of the National Theatre« Irja met her while
studying at the Theatre Sohool whlch all young
actors und actresses attend«

PALUER

I'vü bden told that Flnland has an excellent
National Tlieatre In Helsinki^ its caplual, v/hloh
pla/o all the current theatrlcal successes from
Broadway^ Londoni PurlS| etc« I must say, I «vould
be fascinutöd to 366 STi^E2TCAR NAMED DSSIRE in
Finnish| woiildnH you? I'm curious to loaow, Irja,
why you come to .America to ti^ your lack here?

JENSEN
Answers ad lib, giving reasons for her cholce of
transplaiitlng herseif here«

PALUER
Now, lat's get on to the hot baths. I hear they
are Flnland^s great special ty and necessity, Since
the Winter is so long^ and tna luany littlt;? vlllabes
are practiCcxlly isolated b^ heavy snowfall, the
yill^gers have found their relaxation and social
gatherings since time immemoriali in tueir own
bath housest Is that true, Irja?

JENSEÄ

filla Üie shorj of the Finnish bath hoase part^'.
In Finland| Bte.^unbaths are taken all the timei by
the whole family, its neighbors and friends^ if
a party is givon, and nobody wears a stitch of
cloUdng, That is, of course, mainly true in the
oountry« In tonn every three or foor apartment
houses liave u bath house for their tenants, how-
ever, separate for men and women« But in the

couatr^i nelghbor^ tdce their turnt to vlslt eaoh
other's bath houseö to save havlng to heat thelr
OYm all thö tljie« The bath house conslsts of solid
Steps of stone whlch are heated« Then cold water
is poured oror the stones resultin^ In clouds of
ateami tho colder the water ^ the Bore steaa* The
atructure Is od separate levela, so that the chlldren
bathe on the lowe3t level^ the older chlldren one

higher^ aud so on

KIUIER

Thls oounds very co2y to me. I wonder how it woiild
appeal to Aperloansl

MKkd DOW let'td coai<3 to boma folk songs« I heard
oiie loa^ üiio^ iijad will no^f siiig it for you with
an^ atroclous aocent whion, luckilyi will be only
painful to Irja. Maybe she'll join me?

Nov» thl3 aong is about (content of song) and

then Joined hy Irja

8010

FALUEIl

How 's my FinnishT Thank you, Irja. Let me wlsh
you all the luck for your career in America 1

/^j *• f^- . f^\ 0 j ^ Xi(imy Ludwig had withdrawn entirely froaC

*fj. üi^.

<. ä

m-^

^^ He fefused to see his ministers, and finally.

''Cütü/-'-

r-C^j^Bality began to crurabla around him, His desperate
\
4ffort3 to get nipnejr to continue his biiilding,;'

failed aad^.finally, without^Wi»g. .ex^ine4^jpnce

■, he was declared insane^x^^a^z though

form\:^ated it probably right: fie^^was not mentally

^1 — he was ill from loneliness. •• And until the
'^' notiijed .

end Kainz always said he iiad never iad the slighte^r'

sign of any mental illness... Wnwti dr. von Gud^Än,

.. l

iJ^^-tf-"-^

great authorlt^/op mental ÜJdneps at the ..time

,/ /

who lent his hand' to fthe incr^Qiblei crime o,f signing

ily based

Of/Ä'^^i£AjL J^^ t/Äs6:*-^J/^ the dpclaratj/in of Luäwig's/insanityjmerel

f ' yr*'^^^<i /- / ^"""^on anficdotes about him-.and' his certaiply?' not normal

^^p)^ but p^rhaps also not really abnormal beßiavlouf, .
/y;Y^^;^ywhw Dr* Gudden approached the Castle, witj>-4''^

ff~.

wardenjk straight^Jackets and what not, one of L-U-Ä^Ttf (

faithful servants tried to save the belovdj^

f^^ tOJUUH-

King by r^using all the peasants, man servants,

XjiXlljt^j^^ shepheards of the nelghboring cpuntry — 'flA the

police eveliarrested ttfer^öMXfsIon" who had

/tr (rfSoÄ:^

come to take thöir King away. But it was too lata,
New Orders from Munich arrived, andrUÖdden told

Ludwig*. • He was astonished at the Kings ciimness
and consented to taking him for a walk early the
next moming. They never retumed. 'S^HsinaMu

bodies were found in the Lake, %udden

showing signs of a desperate struggle... Obviously,

the King who was an excellent swimraer had tried

jm9f^tX^\ }

-, X.

When we hear hls groat syiuphonies, his powerful
mu^dc, Y/e are inclined to think of him as a serious
man, woiTied over life*s probiims and concemed with
aeüj's struggles« This> isnH quite so.

'»v

V;yS»n'f

nTBTTTF

-^ TLis precious stone set ia tW Bilver sea
which serves it in tae Office of a wall ,
or as a moat, dffensive to a houee,

— against i^be envy of less happier Innds^

Jiiiis b 1 € s e e d pLot, this earth,

tiiis realüL - this Ea;y;larid.

-2-

üUND üF mmpsn

^'i^Oxs

T r '

Hello. I thourtit It only fltting to havo oae mort

*« • . ^<.

^Törvfm about Tlheland, beoausa creat thlng» ar«
«Ding on there r,t thle momÄnt. It «eems to me ther«
are föstlvale almost •To^Tf^her^ In Ijumne, hut
the Füötlvnl of Brltaln Is not only a Festival
of Li^ndon, It ig a Festival of evory county^ tn^n,
village nnd heimlet, '.nd I will teil you why«

i Ml* m

It comraemoratea the lOOth

blrthday of the vory firet «trld o:dilbition of any
kioA t)M% «VK* took plao«« And thut was held in
London 100 years a^o« It was Prlnce Conj[ort Albertus
idea—Uie man rlth the boautlful noea«— who inarriod
Tiotoriu« ^uad I bava b my slda a tj^ntleman ho !•
botter a;;uip od tban I ^m to t^ Ik al)üut it, h- ving
beeA born in this ^.... (k^O^t EO« "l^OAl^^iT'
tbia Aigianfl''« ^Ir« Hex Harrlaon«

Ki^Rir.GN

Vlttit on enrth ia that?

!• tho tradltional flou.lah of trujnpt)ta w)|ith

v'hioh overy exhibitlon is opened— the flret na well

ae thia one«

IL'iRRinON

I had a lot of ^un looking up thia aarly exhibttion
(\nd Qompt^Xnr. It Tvitb the preaent ona« The ohief
piaoe oa raaistmnoa of the l8^ axhlbition waa tha
buildiu; of a liATi^^ structture mada of glnss HHHJIP
•aliud tha Cryiital Palaoa« Afid do you kno^* hcvr that

lAaa waa oouoaivad? A nrnm, by tha nama of

PaxtoAt

s^ou^ l^i'^T'

UO^^ T^'Ni

« ruUjwf «xMutiTe^ do^ilad happlly mway on a plM«
of pap«r and her: la tha famous i^d aw hiütorlo
dloedla ha dld ol' thia atruotura of glaaa «hlah arary«
body tbüu^t impoealbli to lOhiova«

FAmm

Ihay prediotöd it vrould be oruohad by tha flrst hall

•tormi It voald ooUupGk« at tha flret shot of i^iauB

and flBally It aould di6fl^:u^a London^ s landao?ipe~

bec '^n thay had to out out 11 preoloua aln traaa«

nommroTp Uilo is wliat tha bulldln^- lookod llka whan

it wue rinally aiMHMi. Od to aifwytody^a

lanaDt naltl^er huil storma nor fXLUB aaaiaid t^ ahaka

Ita found'^tion«

Z hmra gottan a hold of a oatalog of tha anolont

axblbit

nd It la aoat anasinr; to look

at tha thlnf'ta tha Viotorlun ürltitina irai*e aoctramaly
yroud of • For iuatanoat

RagLatared AlaroA Badataad« By maana of a oosmon
alamim-olock: hang at tha haad of tha bod^ and
adjuttjcl in tfae uaual way to gp o:f ^it tha daairai
ImuTi tiMI fi^nt lags of rt\e bcx5staad| immadiotely
tha alairuin oeaaaa rin/in"^! ara Akia to fold
uodomaathi uiid tha alaafer^ T^ithout uay J#flk ar tha
cli^teat parsoma dangar » ia plaood on hia foot in
iho fniaäle of tha room^ whara« at Um Option of tha
pöaaaaaer, a oold b»tt) can ba plaaad^ if ha ia m% all

ra beinf; randarad rapidly wida awaka«

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ttiRRIf'^aN

Aloot PatoQt Tontlletini^ hat8# Th« prinolpl«

of TDntil^-tln^: thes«

^HM to iximit thti ilr throu«^

m ••rlos of charmels cut In thin crrk, vrldoh Is fastoned
to tlie leathur llningi )&(! a valve f l\ed In the
top of tho oTown^ Wh loh may i^n opMitA, and shut at
ploaauro to atlo»^' tho painplrptlon to 000

Cuffsi hand«*upun M knitt^d from tho ol of IrmtA

pOOdlo dOßl •

|fl|nd thla RT)neal8 to m« pßrtloul^^Tly •

^ Gpüolal drinklng
glABB wlth a partltion for aoda and *old *to ba
jni^cad aoparatüly^ tha Junotlon of tha tv?o atranm«
•ffectlflK «fforvasoiiioe only at tho momant of entering

tlia «autli«*

PAUISR

You aaa wllat you mlLaad not havln^^ bt^en allvu In lC*^l?
■oi':<-a-daya| of couraa^ wfeiat foa will aae in iht
•zhlbltlon la aomathlJBg qulta dlfferont« Tha
old Jrystal Palaca haa dlsappaarad nd Inata^id bullt
on a nxtbor Imposlnf; aita a^l^aa tho rlv ;r aro
Pather i.iif:niflcent etrocturaa vAvloh shcw tha pror
of praaant aoionoe, inoludln^ nuclear fir.alon '
m>re of oUQh long iwrds« One 01 IMBHMMBp
tha points of Interest I0 j^ tha anoient sjiot
towar still atandlnr on Vs original ölta in tha
haart of tha axhlbltlin^aÄi'f^era are all tha bullata
wttm fMgad that oada Iritiab rictoriea at
WatarloO| ato« jiP Mow thla to^or haa a fdant nerlnl

on top vrliloh la uaad for givlnß sl ti Is to tha moon«
Z donH tcnow what klnd of aignala wa ara gottlnp.

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TkUCER

backi howeTer«

HAHRirON

One of thö thlnge that I shali f»o for Iß tb«
BBcentric'ö Coraör« 4s you Rnor, the ürltish are

fond of broedln^^ ecoontrlo poople

a t the

exhlbition ve havn nn Sioentrlo Corner.
AD LIBi Ftcry on vnvin*^ machlne*

PAL

But the truo attrnctlon of the Festival

ÖF

Brltain Is Ita exhlbition of Hritish actors, slofters^
a0d p^dnterB it thelr v^ry best, md If you oare for^E
tJt^eatre and v/ent to soe it Qcted at its best, you can
see tho most ^'aondorf':! '"hnkespearo produv^tione --it
fltratforä, the ploce « hero he ims l;orn. ftfc^re are
alao Üie laoet wdnderful mttalcal and theatro
porforrmmoes in London md Tdinborcufii*

By thÄ^^ny, the music iü p^-rfornaed in the n#w ooncort
hall QiptciaLly built for thla FestivHl ^rnd ••l

it seema, ptirtlculnrly to
annoy Hrit<iin*p loadiii^* oond^ictorg« "^-ir ThoamS
■••oham h;i8 ulready ^;one to print to say thit cert^inly
it Is the ua liost thin?: he hus soon fmm the outslde

i^r

«nd he had no int^ntion of foimr ineide« MlMfMr^

the accouetios

art •ftiä to be of a

spocial nature» Tliey are

desi^ned to

shor up evory impuritjr in the oroheetra so Uiat

If 1km Oboe a^iUeaks ever ßo slichtly, it will oeuse

hundredfl of

ionnte music lovwre to loiTe the ball

in dis^t^t«

^•

You will aloo lo mbli to g#t e spoolal drlnk Ui ^r^v-
Ancient Keäd. If :/ou ever n^ad about th# doin^^'S of
the 3tHlv:art ancient Drltnins they seemod to hare
fotten all tfc i^:o thoy bad in ttiem — tmd they had
plenty — from the thing oal lod M#ad brewtd fiom honsy

and horbs«

HAmf^CH

I am f^in^ to try Bomm UmA and sea itet tt does

to me«

To finiah up wlth, here is the King of jjaglriud'G

vüice spcmiclrit: .t thö opünlüti of the lustival nnd

tellinf' UH wh-it it btwnds for;

'♦Thls KeiitiTHl of x>ritain haö b oii plann .d , llke Its

great prcxlecaaaori as n vlsible ali^ of national

achlevfiment nnd oonfidanoot I aoe this Featlyal as

a symbc 1 of Sritfiin';^. abidinr courae© «nd vltallty-**,

?AI11 R
Wall, you v/lil soon bo thero to Jrlnk your I'ead in

June*

HAWirori

0 to hu in SMSl^nd in Juno« Oh, that waa April

waanH it?

PAun*

You r.e^tn tha Biaanin - poem. Yos^ tliat waa April but
Juna 4MH& bo f'<o^ tooi Pob^rt Browning aoat haT#

written ttiat at tho tirae of the firjt eyhibitlon.
I found ti. ura ara «3 fair IIa 0 that go on aftur that
and they are rather nice«««
''O To bo in E'^iland

New UiHt i\pril'B t^era,

r^ V • ■ ^<

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whoaTer wak«t In 1?n/rland

8#«8, Bome r.ornln^'y uAewanit

Thb t the Icx^ont bou^rhfi nnti the br*;thwood sh^af
Pound the elm-traa hole *)re in tlny leaf ,
Whili tfce chaffinch sing» on tte (.rohird bough
In aiglßnd~nov:l

And after ".prll, vibm May follows,

knd tha fcitothrout builds, md all ttie sw^ilow^sl

rkg v/)^,erö oiy blobecmM powr-.ri^e In the hedge
Ldans to the f ield nd ßcatters on the clover
BIoGBOnu^ and de^^vdropa-^et the bent bpray^s ed^-o—
Smi%*s tho %iöo thruöh; he 8in^:8 eadti sonp; trice ov r^
Lost ycu st ould think he aever could rocfipture
The firüt flne carelesB rapturel
.^^nd thou^Ji the fielda looiic rouplt rith hoary dim,
All will bo K«y whtn noontid« walHNI anow
The buttercupe, the little oMidren*ß dower
•Far bri^hter than tiiie ^tiudy molon-flwerl

LüaD ICTO CJO^" ^CIaL

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PAIMSE

Hello. I thoaött It oidy fltting to have ona mora

program about Ihgland» becauaa graat thlnga ara

gDlng on thara at thla momant« It aaams to na thara

ara faatiyala almost avdrywhare In Europa , bat

the Fastlral of Brltaln Is not only a FestiTal

of L^mdon, it is a Festiral of avary ooimty, tmm^

Tlllage aad bamlet, and I will tall you why»

It commemoratds tha lOOtb
birthday of the very first world exhlbitlon of any

kloä. tbat ever took place« And tbat was bald in
London 100 years ago. It was Prince Corj^ort Albertus
idea— tiie man with the beautiful nose-Hvho xnarried
Victoria. And I have by my aide a gentleman who ia
batter equlpped Üian I am to talk about it^ having
been born in thia -.... QUOT^ ^Oh l^lCtt^l^^J
this England *•• Mr. Rex Harrison.

SOUND OF TRUMPaOS

HARRISON

What on earth da that?

PAIMER

Daat is the traditional flourish of trumpets w/ith
which every exhibition ia openad — the first as well

as thia ona.

HARRISON

dx-t^

1 had a lot of fun looklng up this aarly e^daibition
and comparing it with the präsent one. The chiaf
• piebe de resistance of the 185I exhibition was tha
building of a iarge structure made of glass

called the Crystal Palace. And do you know howr that

idea was

man by the nama of

PaxtOAi

s^H-ows Wl^l

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a railwl

I doodled happily away on a piece

of papöT ancKiiere Is the

s and now historlo

CfrDl^;l ?'R'^^

doodle he did of\üiis structure of glStÄü^hich every-«
body tiiought Impfe^ii^I^ to achleva«

PAIMER
Uiey predicted it would be crushed by the first hall
storm, it would collapse at the first shot of guns
and finally it would disfigure London» s landscape— •
because they had to cut out 11 precious elm trees#
Howeveri this is what the building looked like when

it was finally

and to everybody»3

amazement neither hail storms nor guns seömed to shake

its foundation*

HAJaasON

I have gotten a hold of a catalog of the ancient

exhibit

and it is most amusing to look

at the things the Victorian Britiins were extremely
proud of . For instance:

Registered Alarum Bedstead* By means of a common
alarum-clock hung at the head of the bed, and
adjusted in the usual way to go off at the desired
hour, the front legs of the bedstead, immediately
the alarum ceases ringing, are made to fold
undemeath, and the sleeper, without any jerk or the
slightest personal danger , is plaoed on his feet in
the middle of the room, where, a"G the Option of the
possessor^ a eold bath can be placed^ if he is at all

disposed to ensure being rendered rapidly wide awalce«

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HARRI SQN

Also: Patent vantllating hats. The principle

of Yentilatiutg these

belüg

a serle

the alr throo^^

liln oork, which Tä fastened

f ixed in the

opene^^ and shut at

6 to aüJLow the persx^lration to escape

Cuffs, hand-spun and Icnitted from the wool of French
poodle dogs -

this appeals to me particularly •

special drinking

glass with a partition for soda and acid 'to be
mixed separately, the junction of the two streams
effecting effervescence only at the moment of entering

the mouth«*

PAUCR

You See what you missed not having been alive in 185I?
Now-a-days, of course, what you will see in the
exhibition is something quite different. The
old Crystal Palace has disappeared and instead built
on a rather imposing site across the river are
rather inagnificent structures which shcw the progress
of present science, including nuclear fission and
more of sucii long words. One of

the points of interest is i^ the ancient shot
tower still standing on its original site in the
heart of the ezhibitdAn^flWI^ere all the bullets
wecre forged that made British victories at
WaterloOi eto. 4BB now this toi^er has a giant aerial

on top which is used for giving Signals to the moon»
I don»t know what kind of Signals we are getting

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PAIlfER

back, howeTer*

oU' oll Li

HAI2RIS0N

Aa^

CxLo

^c/t;.

'4 iu

\One of tft^ thlngB that I shall go for is the

l!ace&trio*8 Ooraer* AiKyou loioWkN^he vltlsh are

^ ^^ \

toti\ (X( Inreealng

TK-^rrv. wVa.^ \-<c^oh

\ \ X \

exhibltloü wVii
\

AD IIB: ' Stcry on waving machine.

PAUGE

But the true attraction of the Festival

O^ C^

}

Britain Is its exhibitlon of British actors, Singers,
and painters at their very best, and if you care for nf-E.
tneatre aiid want to see it acted at its best, you can

see the most ?«onderful Shakespeare productions at

Stratford, the place where he was born# ."^nere ara
also the most wonderful musical and theatre
perforinances in London and Bdinborougjh • # •

HASRISON
By the way, the music is performed in the new concert
hall especially built for this Festival and.

^ it seems, particularly to

annoy Britain's leading coMuctors» Sir Thomas
Beecbam has already gone to print to say that certainly
It is the ugliest thing he has seen from the outwide
andyhe had no intention of going inside» However.

the accoustics

are said to be of a

special natura • They are

designed to

Show up every impuritjr in the orchestra so that

if the Oboe squeaks ever so slightly, it will cause

hundreds of passionate music lovers to leave the hall

in disgust*

X,^

'C^Hi

^oA

PAIUER

^)Ui.^

Tou will also be able to get a special drink thcreT-
Ancient Mead. If yt)u ever read about the doings of
the s talwart ancieat Britains they seemed to have
gotten all th=3 go they had in them — and they had
plenty— from the thing called Mead brewed from honey
and berbs«

HARRISON

Mv^<

-^^w

IitA

\k.

i/,

'M . \

i'r

I'U

L 1

yj I am going to try some Mead and see iirtiatljt does
to me«
\To finish up with, here is the King of Bogland's

voice spaaking at the opening of the Festigal aid.
telling US what it Stands for;

♦•This Festival of Britain has been planned, like its
great predecessor, as a visible sign of national '
achlevement and confidence. I see this Festival as
a symbcl of Britain's abiding courage and vitality-**.

PAIM^Ti
Well, you will soon be there to drink: your Mead in
June«

HARRISON
0 to be in England fxL Jun#« Oh, that was April

wasn't it?

PAUtffiR

You mean the Browning poem. Yes, that was April but
June jMMH be good toot Robert Browning must have
written that at the time of the first exhibition«
I f ound there are a few lines that go on after that
and they are rather nice««*

**0 To be in England
Now that April* s tharei

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And whoever walces in England

Sees, some morning, unawarei

That the lowest boughs and th© bruahwood aheaf

Round the elm-tree bole are In tiny leaf ,

While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough

In Ik]igland"-«nowt

And after April, whan May follourg^

And the x*iitethroat builds, and all the swallowrsl

Harte, where my blossomM pear-tree in the hedge

Leans to the f ield and scattere on the clovetr

Blossoms and dewdrops-- at the bent spray ^s edge— -

Tliat^s the wise thrush; he sings eadi song twice over.

Lest you should think he nevar could recapture

The first fine careless rapturel

And thougji the fields lock rough with hoary deir,

All will be gay when noontide wakes anew

The buttercups, the little children's dower

-Far brighter than tliis gaudy melon-flcwerl

LEAD INTO OOMMSRCIAL

Count Rossi

Like Cavour, Count Theo# Rossi comes from Turin.
Kis mission in Life is to make the worLd a better pi^l^e by provl-
ding it with wines, which he is most successful in doing, heading
one of the biggest wine firms in the world, the Martini-Rossi
concern that is supplying the world with most of its Yermouth and
has given it Martinis.

Vermouth is a drink that has a 2000 years old faraily tree
having been discovered before Christ. It is a wine spiced with
herbs, and the ancient Greeks were probabLy the first to drink
this kind of spiced wines.

The firm is owned by 4- Count Rossis, all cousins. Count Theo
Rossi is chairman of the board* His grandfather, who founded the
firmihad 4 sons, they in turn very wisely had only 1 son each,
thereby not disturbing the equilibrium and making administration
of the firm much easier.

Count Rossi, apart from his activities as a businessman, is a
keen sportsman, being one of the leading speedboatracers-he won
the Detroit Sold Cup - an enthusiastic horseman, bobsleighrider anc
Skier. He was Captain of the Italian Siyp Olympic Ski Team at
Lake Placide in 1932.

He also ia an inventor: Wines, glases and - hats.

He has just invented a new cocktail filli, admirably suited
for Vermouth« It is a Square glass - in fact 'he first Square
glass on record.

Because of his love of mountaineering he started inventing
hats. For glaciers and the snow he needs a hat with a very wide
brim. The hats he got were very awkward to tuck away. He,
therefore, invented a collapsible sun or snowhat (built on the
principles of the opera hat) with a very wide firm brim, held in
place by wiring. This ingenious contraption, baptised 'Flipf lap'
by Count Rossi can be folded so as to be put quite easily into a
breastpocket.

(Count Rossi has wired to Italy for a Flipflap to present to
you on the program - should it arrive in time. He thinks it will
be 8 good thing as you are going to Italy, and so that there will
be no difficulties about the size he has asked for 3 )

Count Rossi owns a big Castle in Tuscany and a boat. V/hen
on the boat he loves spearfishlng, and he also loves to cook
himself . "A man of the world must know how to cook^' and he is an
expert at it. He is best at making Ravioli, he says. It is an
art. To do Ravioli properly for say 6 people will take you about
4 hours. He also expeiiments about in the kitchen to find out
new preparations, new ways of making tasty dishes. He has Just

•pw

trrpmir

Count Rossi

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worked out a new way of making veal with sweet Vermouth - a
delicious dish, Count Rossi says, on which he is wilLing to stake
his reputation.

He is a gourmet and a connaisseur of wines»
As such he says that despite the huge quantities people used to
eat at banquets in the olden days, eating habits have improved
tremendousLy - a direct resalt of the discovery of Arnerica*
For this momentous discovery has added to our diets such things as
corn, stringbeans, peas, tomatoes -
while to wines it has added; Ice.

There are different qualities of ice, and the best ice in the world
is in - A-x^rioa, also a fact that is LiltLe knowa, the coldest
ice on earthi That is a resuLt of Ainerican knov/-!&ow, American
refiigeration being much better than anywhere eise.

liis first impression of America, he said s-oeakiner as a
connaisseur of wines, is that in •the United States everything is
on the rocks - except tne finances* -

(to this Lilli might weil add - ' and in J3urope nothing is on
the rocks - only the finances; and here you have the difference
between America and EuropeJ)

There is, however, one American habit to which he objects
strongly, and that is putting a Lemon sLice on top of a Martini*
Por generations, he seys, wise men have diLlgently Laboured to
prodace good Martinis - then first someone puts in an i» oliv^»,
that 's all right beoause the olive is at the bottom of the glass,
but then they put a lemon slice on top to draw all the flavour out
of the Martini - by the time you iift the glass to your lips all
the aroma has gone and you sip a concoction that shouldn't even
be called a Martini»

By the way, Count Rossi, being the head of a big wine firm,
you might like to introduce him and the whole subject with this
little verse, which might tee well suited: v

•Grod made man,
Praii as a bubble;
God made love,
Love made troufcle;
Grod made the vine;
Was it a sin
That man made wine
To drown trouble in? •

You might Start the whole program by saying that you wanted
to telk about Italy but it has narrowed down to Turin and to two
Counts from Turin, one of whom has helped to create the Italien
State, the other to make one of its choicest gifts famous all over
the World: Camillo Benso di Cavour, the Unifier of Italy and

Theo Rossi di Monterala, head of the biggest Vermouth firm in the
world, the Martini-Rossi concern. ♦..

.»-- w

Brszil

^
l^

Over the great porliori of ea&tern South Amprica, the
immensity of Brazil beckons the adventurous as the most promlF>lng
and oiie of the most amazing cDuntries in the worlc today,
Brazil is considerablv Larger than the United States-, witli a
coastline of 4000 mileB long aad an inferior still largely
unexplored: The Green Hell of the Matte Grosso, one of the few
reglonb of this earth of which hardl;/ anything is known. Here
the famous British explorer Colonel Fewcett disappeared in 19?3,
and ever since expeditions have trjed to fini out what has
happened to him - much as Stanley searched after Livingstone.
Pawcett was driven on by the belief that deep in the interlor of
the Amazon djangle there once existed a fabulous Lost City.
Only recently yet another expedition has claimed to have conolusive

protff that the Colonel was jaurdered by hostile Indians»

Brazil, it is believed has the largest population oapacity
in the world; its soll and raw materials could Bupport
900 [fdllion people. Today it hasa population of ]nst under
50 rriillion.

It was discovered as early as 1500 and after a time called
Brazil because of the huge quantities of reddish dyewood which
the Portuguese found there (brasa means live coal in Portuguese)
Under a treaty between Spain and Portugal, conoluded very wisely
Just before the discoveries got into füll swlng, the Portuguese
were awarded all the Land lying east of an imaginary line,runntng
due North and South at about 1000 miles west 'of the Aaores,
Thuö Brazil remained with Portugal and is today the only Portuguese
speaking country on the South American Conti nent,
It has another veiy prominent distinctir»n: It is one of the few
countries in the world that always has *bloödless revolutiorp* ,
somehow or other if things corne to such a pitch that one party
has to give way - it jubt does give way.

It also is the only American country that has had a European royal
family as rulers for some time, whiLe indepepdent. When Napoleon
marched into Portugal the Braganzas fled to Brazil. In 182?
Brazil became independent and Dom Pedro I, son of the King of
Portugal was proclaimed Emperor of Brazil. In 18*51 his son
Dom Pedro II followed him on the throne and remained Emperor until
1889, when in another of those famous bloodless revolutions
Brazil became a Republic. Dom Pedro abdioated gracefully and
remained aa honoured and respeoted Citizen for the rest of his life

Brazil has ^one through quitea number of 'boons^ First
there was the redwood boon, then tliere followed silver and gold
discovery, then rubber, now it's coffee. lach boon led to another
part of the huge ^country being settled» The most phantastlc
boon city is Manaos on the Amazon, 1200 miles from Ithe ooast and
in the middle of the djungle» 50 years ago when the rubber boon

BraziL

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was in füll swing,the town shot up, It was the riebest city per
capita in the world* It built üie firiest . opera house in any Latin
American country, it had the world's greatest virtuosi perform
there- and Champagne was bought in such quantities, that one
millionaire when he had visitors, turned off the vvater in ki» the
fountain of his entrance hall and substituted Champagne*
Today it is a provincial c^ital, but because of Its geographica!
Position still of some importance,

Rio de Janeiro

So called because it was discovered January 1,15?1; it is
considered the most beautiful seaport in the world,with its famous
Sugar Loaf, a rock: of 1200 feet, many glorious beaches , of which
the Copacabana has lend its name to many other institilitions, and
the hundreds of little islands in the Bay*

Apart from its beauty afi oae of Rio 's main attractions is its
famous 'Carnaval' during the wintermonths. It is Brazil's main^
^festa*» Gtelebrations begin right after Christmas with carnivjjLl
balls and parades every Saturday and Sunday in ever increasing
enthusigim until the climax is reached on Shrove Tuesday, Nowhere
in the world is it as daz^üng and gay aö..in Rio. One of the most
famous carnaval songs is undoubtedly the 'samba'. One of the
•sights' of Rio is Petropolis, the summer capital, one hour from
the city and high up in the mountains. It is called after Dom
Pedro, who built his summer palace tnere, and because of the beauty
of its garden like streets and avenues it is known as '»The City of

Flowers'\
Rio is the only world capital that has to fight continually agamst
nature* Ihe encroaching djungle creeps cityward in a steady march
that must be unremittittgly stemmed* Greet trees, countless flowers
and thickly matted undergrowth surroand tLis great metropolis on
all sides and always seem to threaten to push >-^ back into the
Bay. On the other hand to stand on one of the peaks of the
surrounding mountains aud look down upon this lux^iriant growth all
around the sparkling city and the magnificent Bay in front of it,
must be one of the most enchanting views that can be seen anywhere.

Mr8,

Reggie Kiek

Mrs. Kiek is undoubtedly one of the mo st glamourous
joarnalists about. Despite her Looks aad flowing blond hair,
Mrs. Kiek has led an extreme ly adventurous life and ventured
into regiom where onlj' few white people dared to go.

Her hasband, incidentalLy , is a Journalist ,too* I tbink
•Journalist couples* are compact ively rare.

Mrs. Kiek was born in Bossum, just outstde Amsterdam, and
her ambition in early childhood was to be a boy until she is
36, and then become a girl* This ambition remaiaed with her
until she was 16 and was dae to a brother, 10 years older than
she, and to his friends. Under his guidance she grew ur) to
be a tomboy; at an early age she went hunting, mostly rabbit
shooting, and fishing, and sometimes disappeared for a day or
longer. ^zi^v great pleasure at that time - she was about 12 - was
to find a spot frequented by poach^rs i/ ordf r to poach on the
poachers.

Her ancestoers were all peaceful Citizens, as far as
she kiTLOws, and the reason for her adventurous life, she says, is
the fact that she was the only girl in her brother •s crowd.
They always played 'cowboys aad Indians • . . . . »♦! was the squaw who
was tied to a stake and got clubbed over the head - and they
really clubbed me. When I grew up I deicded to take my revenge /
on that passive life.*'

When war broke out, she came
Civil Defence. During the height
ambulances in London and also did
England, nor later in Indonesia ,

to London and enlipted in
of the blitz she v^as driving

Weither in
did anything
only a firebomb

rescue work.
so she says,

ever hj>appen to her. *Uobody ever shot at
exploded in my face once, •

During the war she also met Queen Wilhelmina qulte often,
and she knows several anecdotes of that formidable 'lady . The
only/,nowever, Mrs.Kiek remembered when I saw her, was one where
the Queen received a few Datch people, who had just e?eaped from
Holland. The Queen invited them to tea aad while her guests told
their story, started pouring the tea. So engrossed did the Queen
become in the adventures of her subjects that she forgot she was
Holding the teapot and lep^'t merrily pouring on - by that time the
tea was spilling over and pouring into the lap and on the dress
of the woman sitting next to her. Nobody dared to teil the
Queen, who went on until the pot was empty - then she was
horrified.

irfMbi

II I— II * Mt li

Mrs.Kiek

Mrs.Kiek proraised to try and think of some better ones by Tuesday.

Mrs. Kiek was the first Dutch - or indeed white - woman to
venture into the Indonesian Interior in L945, At that tlme she was
writing for the Daily Mail and ettached to the British Forces, who
refused to accept aay responsibility when she insisted on going
on into the Interior. Her explanation why she wanted to go was,
she wanted to get a good story.

That was in Java, but she also went to Sumatra and Borneo,ahead
of everyone eise*

She had married Kobert Kiek, a Dutch joirnaList, in London^and
he also was in Indonesia. Despite the dangers they had a pleasant
surprise in Samatra,where they went t ogether. When they landed the
local paper printed prouiiLy in their version of English; »^Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Kiek who are both married together. • ♦ ^'
*A very picturesque phrase * said Mrs.Kiek ' we were del ighted,fcr
this was the firsi time that we had been officially acknowLedged as
husband and wife. A most unfortunate thing had happened In London.
The day after we wsre married our marriage certificate was bombed -
it can Lead to awfuL impLications. '♦

As for the rest of their trip through Sumatra, they were not
allowed to speak Dutch, as Dutch Citizens had been forbldden to
enter. The natives were hostile but nothing happened^ However,they
had that unplea&ant feelin^, thet they were constantLy being
followed and that only a spark was reouired to set off an expLosion.
NevertheLess, oa their return to Batavia, the Kieks disdained to
Live in the overcrowded Allied quarter of the town and, though it
was a rather dangerous thing for Europäans to venture alone into the
Asiatic part of town, took a house in the Indonesian part - once
again the only Europeans. Times were so turbulfint that an electri-
fied wire had been fixed around the house .... »'Not by as,'' Mrs.Kiek
hastened to excLaim, ''but by a Chinese who Lived ther<^ before us.
As a matter jf fact I ho^d the thing disconneoted - after g'^tting
coustantLy shocks myself."

While in Latavia and v^fhiLe her husband wa? av/ay on ano^her
asbignment, Mrs.Kiek suddenLy learnt that a small Eritis^i warship
was lervinj on en official mission. No other correepondent was
about, so Mrs.Kiek wnet aLong. It caused a minor serisatinn, for no
woman hsd ever been allowed aboard a British warship about to sail
under Orders, A thin jope ladder v;as hangirip- down fr:»pi the shlp.
Cliuibin^ ap the ladder, she says, was like runnlng the gauntlet.
Dockers stared and Jacktars leaned overboard and 'she was piped
aboard with wolf whistles.'

;viiea the Captin had recovered froa the syiock of seel ng s woman -
he had expected a correspondent J - he courteously offered her YAe
cabin. UnÜKe Marguerite nigfe;ins, Mrs.Kiek sees no point in havlng
to share the mea*s hardships if she hasn^t gol lo. ^'Of cour3e,I
accepted the cabin, ♦♦ she said " it is much more comf ortable. '•
By that time, however, the Squadron Commander had heard that a woman
v^as aboard oae of his ships and sent command to get her off at once.

'•

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Mrs, Kiek 's captain got knowledge of the order before it
reached him - he forthwith put to sea. Ke knew f'ie ship
wouLdn't be ordered back if once outside the harbour.
Tj^heri the^ returned, the Squadron Commander wrs waiting as
the siiip docked* Though Mrs. Kiek was with the rest of the
officers he igaored her compLeteL;y . ♦'But I had my storj^/*
Mrs. Kiek comniented*

There is one slory about Holland, Mrs. Kiek woald like
to cLear up once and for all. '^In America, " she says,
"a touching storv is told of a üttLe boy, Kans Brinker, aged
aroand 7 or S, who at one time of oar history saved Ilollaad
froin disaster. As you know most of Holland lies beneath
sea level. Well, one of the most important dykes was about
to break; a hole had been knocked into it already. But Hans
Brinker, the brave little boy, put his ringer in^o the hole -
and thus saved Holland. That's the story. Of course, it
never took place and everyone in Holland knows it - but
because of the tourist trade and because every tourist asks
after Hans Brinker, the Government has now officially put up
a 'Statue to the little boy who saved Holland' - you can see
we do cater for our guestsj^»

The Kieks, who have been back to Holland several tlmes,
arrived in the U.S« 3 years ago and will protably make
America their home.

A few notes on Holland

Holland, the Low Lands, because of its position below sealevel,
is protected b^ the most ingenious System of dykes ever worked out»
Por this reason Dutciri drainage engineers have been sought after for
centuries as the aosQlute masters at their craft. In this Century
the tremendous Job of •reclaiming' the Zuider Zee has heen

is alruost completed. Farm after farm is springing

once an in Land Lake.

undertaken and
up oxi what was

The dykes

are not onL^ noLLand*s protection against the v^ater,
they aLso for many hundred years, served as the Nether Land 's best
defences. In the wars against Spain, in the wars against France, the
Dutch opened their dykes and fLooded their fieLds - en(i defeat<^d
the invaders» This s^' stein they hoped would also protect them
against the Germans, but dykes and water are no defence against
modern arms* The Germans ,however, in a fit of madness during the
Last months of the war, opened the dykes and sat vast Stretches under
water, whiLe at the sarae time systematically wrecking installations,
railways and anjthing they could lay their hands on,

The Dutch have done one of the inost ama^iing reconstruction
Jobs* Their country, right after the war, was one of the most
devastated - today it is one of the most beautifully rebuilt places*
Some of its towrjt were more thoroughly destroyed than even Berlin»
I remember driving towards Rotterdam - there was a f ringe of h~uses
in the distance, which I took to be the outskirts of the town. We
were driving througn meaiiows at the time* I aske'i my friend when we |
would get to Hotterda:ü. »'We are driving through the centre of
Kotterdam now,** was his reply* Of all the destruction I have seen,
none was more horrible than to see actual meadows,where four years
before there had been the centre of a thriving town - ev^n ruins are
better»

Holland is a painter^s paradise - and always has been» The
moment one steps ashore in Holland, one feels it, and even people
who can*t draw, have an urge to take a sketchbook. It is that
enchanting atmosphere - the incredi^ly tidy, clean country, the
dykes and little rivers, the fields and meadows- and everywhere in
the distance the windmills* And in the winter you see people
skating alon^jside the dykes anddespite the flatness of the country,
and the white snowblanket covering it, it is a colourful,delightful
picture* Wnen one has been in Holland one understands why this
little country should have produced so many ^reat painters, The
Rjiksmuseum in Amsterdam is one of the world's great, wi1h its
pri2ie picture,Rembrandt 's huge 'Nightwatch • ♦

Holland today is knowxi as a little country, but ^t one period,
at the time of GromweLl, it was a close rival of England, and it was
touch and go who would rule the seas, At that time the Dutch Empire
in Indonesia caine into existence, as did the Dutch Settlements in the
Americas and in South Africa, the Booers.

Hollandes greatest contribution to our cultural 11 fe today, is
its architecture» The modern Dutch style has greatly influenced

Holland

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architectare all over the world. The Stratford-on-Avon Theatre,
for example, is inodelied after the Utrecht Theatre.

Dutch modern architecture is not ultra modern, but very
pleasirigly modern, trying to combine the greatept modern convenienoee
with the best possible taste and above all comfort,

(I have obtained pictures, showing various exfimples of this . ;
Dutch architecture, as weil as of old Dutch houses by way of
contrast, I also got pictures showing how devastated Holland looked
right after the war, and how beautifully it has been rebuilt -
just in case wee need them. )

Jaxmary 21p 1951«

Dear Cfauok—*

Here Is the materlal Uanzlarly gave msp
Inoludlng a oouple of aaocdotes I tbought
of OD B7 own» I broka the wbole thlng
donn in dialogue— « not belog siire how 70U
wanted lt| and I hope It meets wlth yoiir
approval«

By the way^ Ur« Raad#r| the man who Is
worklng with Manalarly and who will be
at the Meeting Tuesday wanted to see thie
rough draft of the material« Is it all
right for ae to give it to himt I shall
check with 70U on thla Mondey moming«
ill the besti

PALUER
Hello 1 Tonlght, ae I promlsed you^ I an
going to talk to /ou about France« I bave
Invlted Monsieur Alexandre de Httisiarly to
be wlth US and^ for a Tery special reason^
apaak to you about Paris« Monsieur de Manziarly^
or Sacha^ as he is knonn to bis friends^ ie the
Dlrector of the French Government Tourist Office
for the United States and Canada, after baving
been French Consul General in Los Angeles for
many years« He lost hi8 leg at the age of 18
during the first World War^ he has lived in
China for Aany jears and fron 1950 to 1937 in
Qeneva where he was connected with the League
of Nations« At the start of World War II he
was vlth the Mdmistry of Information in Paris
and, after the fall of France, jolned the Free
French and became head of their Military Office

in New York« From tbere he went to Los Angeles
as Consul a/id later Consul General«

Now Sacha, teil us about Paris 1 I tinderstand
that Paris is celebrating her k:000th anniversaxy

this 7ear — is that correct?

ManEiarljr
Its is« Except of course that — as mmmf wootfn«

ehe ohaats a little about her age« Caesar men-
tions her first in the year 55 B^O«^ wben he
epeaks of the 8000 Parieii who foUowed his

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sujDiBons together wlth otber Galllc trlb«0«

At th&t tl«e Paris was called Lut«tl»^

PALUJSR

And doeenH Pari» still look wonderful — at
h»r agel I was there last year FOLLOWS LILLI'S
OWM STOiaES AflOUT PARIS INCLÜDIMQ ANECDOTE OF
HBJai IV "PARIS f AÜT BIEN UNE MESSE! "

birthday?

MANZIARLI

fbm of ficlal program laste fro» April to Sep-
tember ♦ It»9 not going to be a gala affair for
Juet a few people, bat a huge celebratic» for
ereiybody to join in, We shall begin, for inetanc^
wlth a procession from every quartier«*.

PALKER
There are 20 quartiers — or section of Parle

aren't

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MIHZIARLI

the

Yee, Thoee delegation^ will aeet in/City Hallt
A week later^ we shall have a luncheon for 2000
elderly men and women wlth an enoi^ovie birthday
cake with 2000 candles and served by üOOO »chool
children..* We shall have a contest of flower tm
decorated balconiee—

PAIilER
In all the streets of Paris? Are there that many
flowere? Since every apt, in Paris has Its own

balcony • • «

IIAHZIAKU

I haT« worried about this tool But I auppoae thüy»>c£

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MANZIARLY (CONT.)

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Baoage,

PALHER

Hhat are the different qxuirtierg going to do?

MANZIARLI
Thare will be partiec at Montpamasoe, where
faaouB artistß will open thelr ^forkrooms to the
public • A CO 3 turne ball in the ßtreets — a
Rabelaisian F&ir at the Halles — the market

of Parle«

PALMER

lou mean what the^^- call le ventre de Paris^
the tummy of Paris?

MANZIARLY
Tee« One of the clioaxea of the celebration
will be a concert for 10 OOOpeople — in the
illuminated courtyard of the Louvre^

PALUER
At the Louvral I know that lt*s the largest

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palace in the world~ I^re always

bfien eorry for

faaoxHxxtngDQdE the poor French Kixiüs who had

to eat their food cold because the distance
between kitohen and dining roose was Just too
big — bat has it erer accoaodated such a U4

audience?

HANZIARLI

Ho^ it hasn't« In fact, neyer before has the
courtyard been used for a coneert«

PACSR
Ihat ara thoy going to play?

MANZIiUlLT
Thö/'ll opöu with the triuapet inusio coiapossd
ly LalV for tliü coronation of Lauis XIV»
Aüd theu thoy»ll plajr tho g/mphonie Fantustiqut
laur Börlioz.

PAL2IER
Louis XIV~ Le Hol Sol^il.., Napoleon, the
Middle Ag«8~ aJJL the way back to Juliua
Caaear, What a histoiy Paris has had!

MANZIARLT
Well, thiß l£ CDS of the reasons why we are
going stralght ahead wlth our plans for the
Bi-4ttllenary, in spite of world condltions,
The üfflerican Government hag officlally come
out in favor of travellng, because it is an

integral part of European rehabilitatlon and

the under3tanding between people?. In fact,
tho 18 CQUntria:: of tho Marshal Plan h^tve
gotten together for the firj?t time in histoxy
and are preparfclg thelr propaganda for tourlsae
not against each other bat In completo under-
Standing and onity»

PALMER
I also think It is good to sit back and refleot
en what a city Uke Paris has gona through in
thoae idOOO years of hbr existencet She was assiegd
and has reigned the world— ehe was happy and she
was desperate and aU these periods bavo left

PALUER (CONT)
thelr marke but — she surrlTedl

MAHZIAKLI

The offlclal endlng of feaclvitlüa will
glTi3 U0 Bxx idea of Ulm toda;' aiad of the past-^
thera will be a nigüt party of 'Boats of
Yestrerday and Today" one the Seixi6-~ and I
think one of the best ways to see Parle od
her blrtbday will be from the Seine — from

ona of the so^-called fly boats««»

PALMER
St la Seine colule eoule —

SONG

from the FRENCH NATIONAL TOURIST OFFICE in North America

A Service Agency of the French Ministry of Public Works, Transportation and Tourism

610 FIfth Avenue, New York 20, N. Y. • CIrcle 5-8465

NORMAN READER, PuUic Informution Dkttiot

FOR IMMEDIATE REI£ASE

DE MMJZIARLY, FRENCH CONSÜL GENERAL. TP HEAD FHEaJCH NATIONAL TOURIST
OFFICE IN NORTH AMERICA

Alexandre de Manzlai^ly^ Veteran of World Uars I and II and French Coneul
General in Los Angelesj will beoome Agent General of the Frenoh IMMmrl Tourist

Office in North America on May 1 according to an announcement made today in Paris by
Mh Henry Ingrandj French Commiss ioner General for Tourism*

Mr» de Manziarly will succeed Philippe de Croisset who has been Agent General
of the French National Tourist Office since July 1946 and who on May 1 joins the
Conde Nast publlcations as European assistant to the President»

Mr« de Manaiarly's business and Aroy career inoludes service as an artillery
officer with the Fk*ench Arn\y in 1916 during which time he was wounded and suff ered
amputation of his right leg« At the start of World War II he served with the
French Ministry of Information and following the fall of France joined the De Gaulle
forces as head of the French Military Office in New York. He continued in the
latter poat until 1945 #

Between World Wars I and 11^ Mr« de Mansiarly was a member of several industrial
firffls in France j served with the Banque de l^Indochine in China^ and from 1930 to
1937 was connected with the League of Nationa in Geneva« In February 1946 Mr»
de Manziarly was appointed French Consul in Los Angeles and Consul General of
France on Januaxy 1, 1949*

Mr« de Nansiarly, who is unmarried^ wears among his decorations the French
Croix de Ouerre and is an officer in the Order of the Legion of Honor* In his new
post as Agent General of the French National Tourist Office in North America, Vir.
de Manaiarly will retaln his rank of Consul General«

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Plans for the celebration of the 2000 th "birthday cf Paris in 1951 were
revealed to the press today by Jules Romains , celebrated French novelist and
an "immortar' of the Academio Francaise, >4io is president of the Paris
Bi-44illenary Committee,

Jules Eomains, an honorai^i'" associate member of the National Institute of
Arts and Letters in America, is the author of the 27-volume novel "Men of Good
Will" as well as "Death of a Nobody," "Salsette Discovers /imerica, " and several
plaj^s including "Knock."

SpeaÜng of the significance of the year-long festival at the headquarters
of the French Cultural ^Service, 93^^ Fifth Avenue, Mr. Hcmains pointed out the
Spiritual and cultm-al insoiration of Paris to the cntire vorld.

"Paris invites all America," he said, "to her 20C01h 1/irlhd.iy as a huge
family colebration and as a ceremony fraught with moral significance. We want
these festivitics to be brillinnt and a source of pleasure. But this pleasure
will have a good conscionce.*'

Eemarking that tlie Korean war hnd caused some hesitation in their plans,
Romains bau; ''Ws suon rnc«liz5d tbat no': to go aliead would seem to mean cur free
World was going inlio nounoj.ng. Qarte the cont^^ajyi .Bat we did teil our govem-
ment we preferred less financial aid to celobrate our civilization in order that

they might do a little mcre to save it!

MQRB

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"But econoirijr will not lead to austerlty, you wey "be sure. Paris vdll more
than make vop for it in gayety and charm*

"If ve have erx^ in the date/ he continuad, ^we have done it on the safe
eide. It was more than 2000 yoars ago, even, that Julius Caesar sxmmoned the
Galllc tribee to Paris, then called Lutetia, in 53 B.C. And even then Lutetia
was a city capable of armii^ 8000 menl'*

Mr. Ecmains was followed hy Jean Marin, a member of the Council of Paris,
and vice president of the birthday coramittee. He outlined an iinpressive and
varied program for Paris' year-long Mrthday, viiich includes the following
events:

Pec. ßl, 1?50

April 1951

First Sunday
(tentatively)

Second Sunday
(tentatively)

later in April

End of April

Launching of the 2O0Oth blrtbday celebration. Ceremony
at the Citiy Hall linked vdth the arrival of the millionth
passenger Coming to Paris by air, thus establishing Paris'
Position in the era of avlation.

Converging on the City Hall from each of the arrondissements
of Paris of 20 inaugural processions composed of officials,
trade representatives and Citizens.

Luncheon with 2000 birthday candles served to 2000 old men

and women by school children of Paris.

Ceremony at the Sorbonne with the entire University of

Paris, the French Acadewy and the four other "classes'^ of

the Institute of France ^

Gala festival of Parisian songs of all times* Maurice

Chevalier will sing for the f irst time the birthday sang

of the Bi-Millenary*

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May 1951

Early May

rirst half
of May

Second half
of May

ConteBt of flpwer decorated balconies and Windows ^i^ sil

tho streete of Parier

Concerts of diurch nnasic through the centuries at the

Ste. Chapelle. The famous stained glass Windows will Ise

illuminated from the exterior to show their brilliant

colorings to the audience inside.

Paris Student s week.

May 15 - Jtne 15 Eevival of the medieval fair of St. Geiroain in the famous

quartier of St. Gorjnaia des Pres.
Concert in the illuainated coiirtyard of the louvre for a

May 31

June 1951
June ^ - 8

June 8-11

Jione 10

June 15
June 20

seated audience of 10,000.

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Berlioz will "be played as well as trumpet imisic composed
"by Lulli for the coronation of Louis XIV.

Week of historic pageants in the PL'ice Tendomo.

Early in J\ane Ni^t illumination of St. Cloud with water festivals.

Week of Montpamasse organized by painters, with the
workrooms of celebrated painters nnd sculptors open to

the public.

Eabelais Fair in the Halles, fpmous Paris market, with

eshibition of foods, provincial customs, games and

gastronomic dinner.

Victor Hugo ni^t.

Night bicycle race in the streets of Paris from nidni^t

to 3 A.M.

MOHB

late In Jxine

Jmv 1951

July 8

Augast 1951

September 1951
Sept. 25

Also, durinfi all
these months:

Cllmax In honor of Mollere of the special season of the
Comedle Francalee»

Early in Jtily Artist s* costurae ball in Mcntpamasse.

Paris "birthday. Homage to Paris by the French provinces,
«

the vtoole Frendi Union and c^ital eitles of the world«
This date has heen cdiosen as the act\3al birthday itself
and it is hoped that all the large eitles of the world
will associate themselves in the celebration of this date»
Series of celebrations in the chateaux belt of Paris:
Versailles, Fontainebleau, Ghantilly, Compiegne,
Eambouillet and the Abbaye of Royatunont.

'Boats of Yesterdaj'' and Todaj*/* a night water festival on
the Seine during the Annual Boat Show*

Trips on the Seine in the Bateaux Mouches will be organized
to witness the various illtimlnations, celebrations and
festivities.

Many iirjDortant e:4iibitions ccncemirg the life and growth
of Paris will be on display in the various nruseums,

Oieatres will havo special attractions and at least one
film will be produced especially for the occasion*

Horse racing with special night events.

A Visit of three months in Paris will be offered as the
prize to the winner of a contest among foreign stxüents
for the best essay on the Bi4iillenary»

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11/16/50

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PROFQSED PROGRAM OF THE PARIS BIMILLENABY CELEBBATION

DECEMBER ^1, 19^0

Launchlng of the Paris Blmlllenary year, The occaslon will be fumlshed by
the arrlval In Paris of the millionth airplane passenger. The theme of the
launching will in fact be carried out in a very original ceremony, the details
of which I unfortunately cannot furnish you with at this time (those organizing
the ceremony wishlng to keep their plans secret up to the last moment), but
which will serve to place Paris in the Age of Aviation*

APRIL 1931

^* First Sunday in April - Opening of the celebration. Twenty groups of
officials as well as representatives of the various trades emd commercial enter
prises of each of the twenty arrondlssements or boroughs of Paris will leave
simultaneously in procession from their respective borough halls, and will
converge towards the Seine, meeting finally at the Paris City Hall.

2. Second Sunday in April - The two thousandth aiiniversary of Paris will be
celebrated by a giant banquet to which will be invited 2000 elderly men and
women of Paris. The meal will be served by Paris school children and will end
with the cuttlng of an immense blrthday cake decorated by 2000 candles.

3. Some time during the month of April, a very solemn ceremony will be held at
the oorbonne. The professors and students of the University of Paris, in the
presence of the French Academy and the four other academies making up the
Institute of France, will pay homage to Paris.

U. Another activlty of the month of April will be a Paris ian Song Festival
illustrating the history of the Paris song, in which the most famous Singers
and librettists of Paris will participate. In line with this, I must teil you
that the Paris Blmlllenary will have its own song which Maurice Chevalier has
been asked, and has agreed, to compose. Upon cur return to Peris, Mr. Romains
and I will hear the song, after which It will be released for Performance.

MAY 19!^ 1

1. Throughout the month of May, balconles in all parts of the Capital will be
covered with flowers, as Parlsians from Montmartre to Montparnasse, from
Neuilly to Vincennes, participate in a flowered-balcony competltion. This
event will be the crownlng bouquet, so to speak, of the annlversary celebration.

2. Concerts of sacred music from its beginnings up to our times are also
scheduled for May. Both anclent and modern Instruments will be featured in
these concerts which are to be held at the Ste Chapelle, a church bullt by St.
Louis (King Louis IX) in the l3th Century. Constructed almost entirely of
high stained glass Windows, the chapel will be llluminated from the exterior,
creatlng the effect inslde of brllllant sunlight dlffused through the multi-
colored panes.

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3« Student veek - Beglnnlng May I5 and lasting for one month, one of the most
famous medieval fairs of Paris - the St. Germaln Fair - will be re-created,
The fair will be held in the St. Germain des Pres distrlct^ a dlstrict famous
these days for other reasons than its medieval prominencej

k. May 31 - For the first time in the history of Paris the great square court
of the Louvre will be transformed Into an outdoor concert hall seating 10,000
people. The concert vill open wlth the trumpet calls composed by Lully for
the coronatlon of King Louis XIV. Following this, two of Paris* greatest
symphony orchestras, under the dlrectlon of one of the most prominent French
conductors, will perform the Symphonie Fantastique of Berlioz. Throughout the
concert, the court and the exterior of the Louvre will be lighted by powerful
Spotlights furnlshed by the French Navy.

JUNE 19!p1

!• June 1-8 - a week devoted to the history of the Place Vendome, the center
of Paris elegance.

2, June 8-11 - Montparnasse Week. This quarter of Paris, dear to painters
and sculptors, will be presented with a historical decoration recalling the
principal periods of its fame. Ihe young artists of präsent -day Montparnasse
will act as guides through the Studios of the famous painters and sculptors
who have worked there.

Around this same date, an after-dark festival will be held on the lagoons of
the park at St. Cloud.

3. June 10 - Rabelais Night. A grand affair to be held at the Halles, which,
as you know, is the great central market of Paris. Food products from the
environs of Paris and all the French provinces, which have made French cook-
ing and wines famous, will be on display at the Halles. In the midst of these
displays, spectacles like those given in the medieval theatre will be repro-
duced - Jugglers, buffoons, troubadours etc. Delegat ions from all the French
provinces, dressed in their local costumes, will participate in a parade, and
a dinner will be served featuring all the specialties of the Halles - onion
soup, broiled meats, pork sausages, cheeses from all parts of France, etc.

k. June 15-16 - Victor Hugo nifi:ht.

5» June 20 - The great Champion blcyclists of the world will participate in a
120 kilometer race which will take them past each of the twenty borough halls
of Paris to the finish line in front of the Paris City Hall.

At the same time, folk festivals will be held in all parts of Paris.

6. The month of June will also witness, in an "Apotheosis of Meliere", the
culminating point of the special series of theatre programs prepared by the
Comedie Fraji9aise for the Bimillenary celebration.

7. Throughout the month, each of the centers of the Peris luxury Industries
will have its own particular week.

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JULY 1931

1. At the beglnning of July a night will te devoted to the artists of
Montpamasse, the hlghllght of whlch will be a costume ball,

2. July 6 has been designated as the actual two-thousandth birthday of the city
of Paris. It will be observed by a grand carnival whose theme will be '•Homage
to Paris from the French provlnces, the French Union, and the capitals of the
World", It Is hoped that delegations from the French provinces as well as
from foreign countries will attend, dressed in their native costumes.

AUGUST 1^1

Ceremonies will be held in all the famous chateaux situated at a short distance
from Paris - Versailles, Fontainebleau, Compiegne, Rambouillet, and the Abbey
of Royaumont,

SEPTEMBER 1931

1, September 23 - An after-dark festival on the Seine c€u:rying out the theme
"Boats of Yesterday and Today",

2, It is probable that the month of September will also be marked by the
participation in the Bimlllenaiy celebrations of the Paris high fashion industry.

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Vfhile all these various festivities are taking place, Paris will have pre-
pared a special welcome for Its visitors, A partlcular effort is belng made
in regard to exhibits, a number of which are now in the plannlng stage, I
cannot as yet present you with a detailed program, but the following are the
principal themes being considered:

a) What the arts, letters, sciences and crafts owe to Paris,

b) Urbanism in Paris over the centuries - how Paris was born, how it has
' developed, and how it will develop,

c) The history of costumes,

d) Paris as seen through the eyes of painters.

e) Paris' identlfication papers - an exhibit of official or private documents
which owe their being to the existence of the city of Paris,

In addition to these exhlbits, and for the first time in the tourist history
of the Capital, I believe, guided tours will be organized which will permit
visitors to acquire in a few hours a chronological picture of the growth and
development of Paris throughout the centuries of its existence. Start ing out,
for example, at the Roman arenas of Lutaetia, which oxe found at the comer of
St, Germain and St, Michel Boulevards, the sightseer would arrive at the Palais

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de Challlot, after havlng seen sections of the clty whlch bear the imprint of
the relgns of Philippe Auguste, Louis XIII, Louis XIV, Loule Philippe and so

The tours are to "be conducted by guldes tralned at the Ecole du Louvre, and
thelr explanatory remarks vlll be slmultaneously translated Into all the
prlnclpal languages of the world«

I mlght add that In addltlon to these varlous actlvltles, all Paris schools,
from the prlmary through the higher levels, will conduct essay contests on the
theme "Paris at 2000 Years". Slmllar contests vlll be held In the technlcal
Colleges, vhere students will compete in the production of fine handicraft
articles wlth whlch to pay homage to thelr clty^

In addition, the French Government is planning to Sponsor an essay contest
on Paris in foreign unlversities, offering as the prize a three-month trip to
Pari s •

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And there, Ladies and Gentlemen, you have the broad outlines of the
program whlch is being organized to celebrate the bixnlllenary of Paris. When
all is Said and done, the festivities really add up to one immense birthday
party, a family celebratlon, a celebration among friends, I hope that Americans
will come in large numbers to our birthday party, where among all the guests a
special place has already been reserved for them# It is a place whlch is due
those who, some six er seven years ago, did so much to prevent the grand old
lady, Paris, from falllng into that state in whlch she would never have had
the possibility of reaching and celebratlng her two-thousandth birthday«

The blüLI PALMEH Show ^^ 6
Guest: Miss Alexandra Orme

LILLI sings »'Auf Wieclprsehen»»

titLes

uILLI weLcomes audience

then goes oa to sav thnt today she is
going to talk aboat one of Europe's
great coantries, at one time fiercely
proud, coLorful and fascinatin^; and
the ieader of Europe in the Life and
death struggLe against the
MohaiMtedans: Po Land -

and she is aLso going to teLL them about
a j^oung girL who Single handed baptised
a whole nation

bring them a poem by Poland's most
famous poet

and introduce them to a Pollsh Lady,
who onLy recently escared to America
after vriting a best sei Ler in the
pa^es of her cookery book.

LILul goes on to say that to us

iüand means usualLy Chopin, Paderewski ,

Madame Curie or Henryk Sienkewicz and

Quo Vadis

(she saj6 a few words about what

iiüpression Quo Vadis made on her when

she f irst read it)

but in Poland, a romantic and poetic

nation, a woman holds tlie nLace of

honor and of love, one of the great

women of aLl time: Queen Jadwiga.

She was born 600 years ago, and as a
young woman- she died when she was 26-
was a majestic Looking person, a little
corpuLent, with long dark tresses-
but the most remarkatle feature ab ^ut
her was the expression of sadness she
aLways had - a sadness which endeared
her to the heart of every Pole,for she
had given up her love to make Poland

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tr^'^r^mirm^'^

LILLI PAL^LK

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She become Queen when she was not yet
13 and onLy a year Later she was faced
with a choice thst chang^ed the destiiy
of her country -

Ihe 38 year old King of Lithuanla, who
was described by the minstrels at her
Court as a 'hairy barbarian', threatened
Poland with his healhen troops,
Only marriage with Jadwiga woald stop the
threat - bat the young girl was in Love
with a youag Austrian prince ,Wi ILiam of
Hapsburg;to whom she was engaged»
Hearing of the danger William joined Vier,
and Leariiing that the Lithuanian King
was iiiarching on Cracow, then the capitaL
of PoLand, the two lovers deoided to
escape .

At night , -V/iL Liarn was waiting at a Convent
for her- Jadwiga orept down the backstairs
of her palace, came to the door -and found
guards. They refu^^ed to Let her through,
bat the girLqueen was resolute; she
seized an axe and sta^ted to split open
the door*

In this rnoment an o Ld friead of her

fatlier's rushed to her side, feil on liis

kneed and implored her för the sake of

Poland to give up her love and narry the

Lithuanian*

In tlie end she agreed,

The next morning she werf to the Cathedral

alone, where she remai^^ed all day in

desperate prayer - and even today there

can be found an inscription there: ^^Here

knell Jadwiga**

Jadwiga married the *hairy barbarian^
whom she converted to Christianity , and
soon afterwards, Jadwiga still in her
teens, in an impressive ceremony at
Wilna ia deep winter, converted all
Lithuania to Christianity.

Poland at that time was threatened by
many enemies and disrupted by warr?ng
factions. V/ithin a few years, the young
Queen,, riding at the head of her troops,
deieated all enemies and united Poland •

Shortly before her death,she gave away her

M-i^vU^

LI Li LI PALMER

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jeweLs to fouad Cracow ITniversity, the
secjad oLdest European University.

(i'On OI1.EK STCRIES,
ATTACiiED)

SEE NOTES

LlLul continues that now she wouLd like
to Lring them a poem by Adam Mickiewicz,
who Lived a hundred years ago and has
become Poland's national poet.
Like luany patriotic Poles, and bis
contemporary Chopin, he was forced to
flee after an unsucoessfuL revoLt against
the kussians, and went to Paris, Like so
many other exiles, where he lived almoet
tili his death:

Poem

Lluu± then goes on to say , a few months
ago therc was a book pul Lished that caused
qaite a Sensation here; it was caLIed
•Comes the Comrade* and is a rather
humoroas account of the advance of^the
hussian troor^s through Poland and flungary.
liowever, there were certain difficuLties
in writing the bookjl - the Russians niight
not Like it, so it was camoufLaged as a
cookery book-

LILLI and MISS CK:E
to write the book

iälüS Oi^E Shows
LILLI the Viennese
cookery book, in which
all this is written,
incLading the Russian love
Letter

LILLI joins MISS ORiME

Conversation betwren

on how MISS ORilE came

and why she ofoose a cookery book.

MISS ORME expLains that apart from

camoufLage it was the only paper availabLe,

and whiLe she wrote amongst the cooking

recipes, Russian soLdiers occ^^^slona LLy

used to come in, borrow the book, and

tear out pages to write Love Iptters-

One of those Letters is stiLL in the

book.

MISS ORi/iE then taLks about the gayness of

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LlLül ^Au^^

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Warsaw before the war and how drea^^ful It
now lo ^ks -

*as if j/Du stood nn the other side of the
57th Street bridge and Lo-^king across to
Manhattan couLd see both rivers, and a
fLat isLand, where today ther'^ are skyscrapei^'

MISS OKiiE explains how she escaped from
liangar j^', where she then Lived. She went
to the PoLish authorities and said she
wanted to be repatriated. She received
papers which entitLed her to travel in
Rassian occapied territory onLy.
Aboard a bus in incredible conditions,she
reached the hussian Zone of Vienna, and
sLipped across.

She aL&o says stie had great difficuLty in
smuggling her 'cookery book' out of
Budapest. Pinally a friend of hers
introdaced her to the English conductor
Stanford Robinson, then visiting Hungary,
who without mach fuss agreed to teke the
book.

LIlLI asks her whether she is writing a new
book and MISS OKL'iE talks about »Vodka with
tears' , and goes on to say th'^t she
illustrates all her own books,
that she started off in Po Land by writing
and ill.strating fairy taLes, and that
she even iLlustrated the Hungarian de Luxe
edition of Omar. Khayam -

LILLI and MISS OEME exchange confidences
on the art ofl drawing and sketching

then LIüLI Leads over to AngeLface
cominerciaL

LIüLI speaks about next week^s program
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42 cfti. hight It was so heavv tliat it> had<^l7a?^geTtE2^ ^f

the ovea bj horses and had to be -cat wit)j a kaife 94 cm long.

In bis youth he was a great athLete, exceilent danoer and

hunter,

At the coronation of Jo^-^ef I as IIoLj' Roman Emperor, he won

first price for throwing the Lance and for pistoL shooting from

horseback; he aLso at that cor^onation fought a singLe

combat with a bear-, which he dispatched with two strokes of

the sword, *^-* . •

Cnce he esked that a.wiLd boar shouLd Toe Let Loose in the

coartyard of his castLe,aadÄ whiLe everj/body run away, he.

stepped iriM:o the courtyard and tried to kilL^thp beast with

his hanting knife, Missing *he boar,

it vvith his Left h^jid, drew his sword

küLed it.

There is aLso ä gate in Dresden, vvith a big dent in it* It is

•Said August inade the dent with hie thumb.

his prodigious strength Led peopLe to beLieve that he had been

nourished with Lion^s miLk.

He had so manj mistresses that the visitor to Dresden befor^
the war used to be shown a huge room in which onLy portraits
of the royaL mistresses hang.

He was a gres.t Lover of the arts, and inade Dresden one of tlfe
most ueautifuL cities in Grerniany. He aLso Laid the foundetions
of the Dresden opera.

he stepf^ed aside, selzed
with his right and

Poland has aLways been fained for its reckless brave ry.
Sobieski conquered the lurks with his exceLlent cavalry, the
PoL^s of L939 tried the same against Ihe NaziSj and the PoLish
cavaLry ,despiting aLi danger carried out frontaL attacks *
agaiast heavy German tai^ks- and was compLeteLy wiped out, -^

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Two PoLes are especiaLLy dear to Atnericaa hearts: Tadeusz
Kosciusko and Casimir PuLaski, wiio both fought in the American
War of Independence. Kosciusko became a CoIon'^L of the Engi-
neers un^der G-eneraL Gates. Pulaski, by raising a detachraent
of cavaLry- volunteei^s became known as 'the father ">f the
American cavaLry ' and oa September L5| L777 was appointed ^
Brigadier GeneraL in couinand of the entire cavaLry of 'he
American forces. *. •

Otlier Poles whD have become famous in their adosrtßd countrles^
are; Joseph Conrad-Konrad Korzenio\yski' and Maria feklodoWska
Curie. / i. •* ^j^x^Jiji

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THE LILLI PALMER SHOW

PALMER
Hello • Tonlght I am going to speak to you about
Greeca, aud since Greeoe JlTnot only the first

culture of cur Western World, but

has also

given u?=5 the basis for our thoatre of today, I have
invited Miss Katina Faxinou, the leading actress
of Greoce, to be my guest*

The 6th Century B.C. was the greatest tlme mt in
Graek histoiy and for all thrt was achieved in so
Short ai4ri«w^ those hxmdred years are perhaps the

most important ones of human history. The philoso-
phers Socrates, Platom, and Aristoteles wrote at
that time, Phidias and Praxiteles sculpted their
masterpieces, and the three great playwrights
Aesohylusi Sophocles^ and Euripides revolutionised
the theatre with their plays» The head of the
Athenian State was Pericles who was not only an
outntrinding statesman, but particularly interestlng
to tho woman of todf^* üp to his timei women were
never pennitted outside the home or in the presence
of men at tHV dinners and banquets« They had to
tand the children and the house — that was all«
Pericles was the first man to permit a woman, AspAsia,
to preside at official banquets and participate in

affairs of the state. Aspasia ?fas not only very
beautiful, but also brilliant— she can really be
oalled the first modern woman #

Miss Pü.xlr3ou somowliat follov»0d in her footstopö wbon^

during tliö last war, ehe caine to ßjnjvicei to ask

Prtißideni liooüuToll Tor help for her country* Ünfor-

-^Ufifetoly^it^-imn too late^^ri — So^ when she ims offersct

the part of Pillar in tixe pictur© For ;Vhom tbe Bell#

Tolls^ shki acceptad and^ as you t\ll know^ won the
Acud^my Av?ard for her Interpretation of the Spanith
reTolutionaryt (Introduclng)t Visa Katina Paxinou«

II I , ^ r < - " - — • • " * " ' ~ • • • ~" — - - ■ —

Did I anders tand you right that the Qreeks had an

equlTKlcnt~öröur so-called «Oscar^t
FAUKOÜ

To audienca

iBQ Indaedi- It vaa an liry- joreatk jmd tha J^irat. JU^t^

in the World, CeiUed ThespiS| received It in 554 B»Ct

PALMER

ü)p to th&tt time^ the Qreek theatra had been axcluaive»

!^ELI<S/C(^i. pi^,

Igr deTotod to the Dionysus Festivals • At the huge
'"- aftfMtheatre IsT Athens* holding SO 000 pel

wer«^ perf ormed

a chonia of men in goatakina and^ as goat maani.

tragoi in Greek, you can see irhere the 7;ord tragedy

oomes froa — it means song of the goats«

PAIINOÜ

Thespls was the first actor in our senee, aince he
was no langer p&.rt of tha Chorus and ho was alao tha

firat ftanager aa we would aay today r - fc- took hig

tragedieö and played thera not only during tha Diongraui

Faativalsi whioh laauna Juat ottoe a ya&r^ bat playad

in tha market-plaoe^ froa a wagon — soinething nerer

r ' I

haard

PALMER

The theatrt at that tlme was quite dlfferent fro«
oiir8^-JPl£gr£ wäre not only given in tbe avanlng^ m
rather oubtomary wlth us^ bat tragedlag aa wall ag

comadies wäre belng played aH da^ long from momlng

to night during the short time of the Fastiralst Of

coursa^ we muet realize that at that tlraa thare wäre

naithei" aagazines nor nawspaperg and very faw booka— <•
sinoa thoy had to i>e written by hand-«> and no cinaman

lat ulono teleyision.

thaatre waa the majox^

aourcQ of entertainment in Greeoe» Thereforet during

the FestiTalsi Athens enjoyed one big holidajr— » aborea

wäre closad^ all business stopped| also the law«*coutt8|

in fact^ even the prisoners were releaaed from Jail
00 that they may
ti^Joip In!

fAxmm

I^ÄÖi^ei jQovernjne^^ realizad the tremandoua aduoat^

ional yalue of the thaatre and aubaidised it from the

▼ery beglnning, unless it forced a wealthy Citizen,

oallad '*choregus*% to back a play with hia personal

fortunal And many a play failed in the competitioo
baoause its "angel" as 70U aay on Broadway7~hla öaciceri

had giv<^ it a poor productionr

: PALMER __

For instance Sophocles Oedipua which we oonaider today

perhaps the greatest play of that period, received

only second prize against a group of playa by Philo--

ole»! nephew of Aezohylns* Theae oompetitAona aeem

▼ery stränge to us today---* oould you explain them v
Uttle Bore to uat ^

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TUjsoa

Ancient Greece lovod competltlonn— thi^y competed

for phjr&'ioal ae w^.)ll ftr> for mental or artlstlc «up-

rcmecj. — So the plt^yvrrights conipeted

too^^ ^

PALMER

lou mean thst the threo gionts Aßcbyluc, Sophodei^

atid Rurlpldos compoted timong themrclve??

PaiNOU
Tq^:^ thoy dld* But aot just play agninst^play-—

h-d to bo prüBontad In groripü of thre^ plays and m

^ollotfing aatgrr pli

dnallng with tha aama prob-»

Xffis and the saciQ lai^dlng characters# Thalr aubject

Ijr the waj^, was mostly taken from Grook ngrthology or

folklore«

PALMER

^a^ri/oülT yoü connlder th8~baclc dITferOTce öf tSois
three groat plaTwrightp who all llred at the aame tiai#-

iüLid belang to the graatest of all tlme2

PAXINOU

AeacbylUB could be called tho wrlter of the herolc maDi

of fsuperhuman rstniggle« Ha wrote |±x)ni Agammei&nonf

Protheus, Tho Eumenldes etc» And In order to make hia

actora look superhmnan^ taller than ordlnarj faamansi

Tü^lnvanted tHe~cothurDtis, a Tort of high platforn 7
5ola.— Tha higher the platfcr«! the More iraportant wa#

th9 ohciracter« Natiirally, ainca isuch

a t<ill ra&n vould look awfully thiii, the actors liad to

päd thebisalves conslderabljr«

PALlfM

ix 5

It jTust h/ve been rathor cllfficult to ^ralk od thoaa

plfttfom "sTioes •

PiÄIlTOÜ-

It vrar^ and aocidente occuri*od often»

PALKEE

Ard Pophoclec?

PAXIKOÜ

Sophccles, the ftuthcr of Oe<^lpu8^ Aötlsone, Elektra^

Cculd bft CLlled the ^Mvlter of problematic — of psycho-^

-logiofcl pli*y»^

PALKER

And wars't he, llke Shakespeere and MolierSi also

h\z ö:m 3tiige-inc\2i;igör aud dlroctort

PAHNOU

leSt Sometiiaer^ he ulso actöd In üis ü.'.ii plays^ biit^,

"bocmrgB~ht*~hrid a r&ther w^o^k voico^ anly minor rolesr

But he w&s oIbo thd flr&t to introduce pulnted

deslgnad asd
ßO^orj — v/hich he/palptad hlmself I

P/iMER

^'^ckßtuge mochtnlßnt wae rory liighl;^- developed

anyifayi wesnH it?

PAITNOÜ

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ifeSi Slnce in the tragedies ae wall ati. ia the
comedias the cuddon appearing airl disap^aariag of

god.^ and mortals played a grsat role, th :y

aarly Invanted n machlnei a sovt of crane wlth a

pully attachod-

PALFÄER

to swing the aotors up lato the alrT

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PAHMOÜ

last

PALMER

~But you didn^t talT us yet^wliat the characteriLstia

^f Buripldes* writlng vm^?T^

J^ASdOL

philoso]

PAIÄER

And thöDi of courge^ there \?a9 tha famous vfritor of
oomiidles^ Arißtophrnias whose I^^sistrate. Is boing

plvigred ägaln ~ähd ag&iö— and not 30 long ago right
hei-e-la^ Uew Io3pk, — Bat what 4.3^ the thaatre In Qreoce
iif_tödäii_lika? .

PAXIHOU

Well^ In 1950| a group of young actors and dlracto>i
got togatbar ^jid, wlth the help of the Greek Geyern-»

ment| fotinded the National Thaatra«

PALHER

-Ware you a laeaaber of thls group?^

PAX32JOIL

Oh yaa— alsmo my husband, Alexis Minotls, in fact.

vra siiall ratum to Greec© veiy soon, to put 00 tha

Festivöds in Delphin

PAXItER

^Stoat are you going to play?

PAXINOU

Oadipus ty Sophoclas — with ay husband

Oadiput.

aad also diraoting it| I ahall do Jokaata— and wrlta

tha inoidantal nuslo«

PALMER

You ax*ö a composer^ too?

PAXIilOU

"T sUrteJ ny caroer ly stud^ing iiiusic — in faot, önltxd '
Alitnjpalo»,

i^liAiK^^^JkgiiJLwfin singing lied^cl - Da you know that

' >»»ijfii

PilLMER

An opvji'a?

■^-r:

PlüdLuou

Hlv:: onyl 0X13. For the lyricc he used the play Sinter
Beatrice baMfaeterlirok^-^ v/ixhout any Ideft of ödpyrlght
of üQUraü.»^ — Aad »^a puL gj;; thij opoPÄ ßiiifcle-haödiid^ —

sa'onr.

Jiüoßxm

1 Wfaited tu ask you jliat the Imtloüal Thütitre playod

Äortly? Still tho classictj^ or modern pla^e, too?

PAXIKOU
Ev^ixy HUWri^F m» plajr-tlie claosics eit the Diaaysu«
Theatra in Athexid— :

PAU'im

still tlie r.LX8?

PAIINOU

Ibs—» «üQd the thoatre in Delphi ♦ Bat we also play

ShaJca^^^arrT^Tfoliore^ Shäw^' Ibsen | V/ilde andi amoiig
contiüfiporaxy plüywrights^ O^Heill and lOincr rdcat And
■• iaave us spxeztz tho CoE'iciie rrancalsa, the Old Vlc^_

th« Dablit; Theutre-

PALSIER

Do thoy play ia th^lr om languageT

J-

' /

PAXINOU

Oh y«8« axt wh«o tiie National Theatre went to London
la W40, w« playad in äiglish.

PALMCiK

Are tlitre Kiyr oohai' thöt.lreb in Äthans, boside« th«

UrEioniil Tficiitre?

PAXINOir

Jlfiß.

thev

tho tJaeati'eh in H^^ lork» a majoager hires hia staff

tOid all his t;ctoru foi* a tvIaoIö year and theo reots ü

th^atrsi if he dof5r.n't ovai one^ edso for tho v/hole

year* He plays gen«:»rally 7 or 8 plays durlng a

yB^' — Broadway BX^lBp i.e. «very play as longTe
the boxoffloe-permits Itl —

BRIDGE TO ÜlIHiUt GKbiJL BOiM ÜR AKISTOPiiANEK OR

SOPHOCLf:S FOR Ri.CITWG.

pahnoü

üh /•$♦ Bat vih^n tlie National Theatre went to London
In 1^40, we played in itogliaJa^

VAIMhR

AT© tiitri, Hxiy üuhttr the^treb in Athens, bosides tha

"HiTElonal The,, tro?

WiXINOU

Xüü'^ tihough thay are iim aomawhat differentXy front

thc thi-^atreh in Jisw iork. a maadi^er hirea hia ataf'f

toid all his factors for a wliola year and then renta a

ihfiatre, if ne doar>n't ovori one, also for the v/hole

yeart He plays ganeraily 7 or 8 playö during a

yatu- — ^^roudwäy style, i^e, «very play as long aa
th^boxoffice permitB Itt

BRIDGE TO ü:IIH1:.R GiÜLiüH BOm ÜR AhlSTOPüANÜS OH

SOPHOCL>S fOR RECITIi^G,

Paul Galileo

Bona in New York — Austrian mother, Italien

father (musician)« Loves fencing, books (his

study is lined wlth them up to the ceiling), travel*

ling in Europa. WANTS NO MENTIONING OF THE FACT

THAT HE WAS A LEADING SPORTS ?miTER. Has written

more than 150 short storios for Esquire^ Cosmopolitan,

etc« Most famous novels The Snow Goose (war story

of Dunkirk}« Best known motlon pictures: Pride of

the Yankees^ The Clock«

Has a home in Salcombe, South Dewon, where he once

lived with 23 catsi

Commlssioned to write some adventure stories in 1949,

he went to Salcombe, but couldn't get to work at all,

sat around listlessly until his wife asked him what

he really wanted to write and he immediately said,

II ff

A children's story. **Hrite it, ^ she said« And he,

who always carefully plans and prepcures his stories,

let THE ABANDONED write itself, while he went along.

He had always wanted to write a book OATS AT PLAY

AND HOW TO SCORE THEM, because, observing cats for

many years had convicted him that there are definite

rules to their games and that those rules are being

followed very strictly. For instemce, you give two

cats a plng pong ball to play with« One cat plays

with it all over the floor, while the other sits very

quietly , observing, her paws tucked under« She will

not move or Join the chase after the ping pong ball«

But shpold the ball roll closely enough to where she

is sitting, she may quickly extend a paw, grab the

ball— and from now on it»s her for a stretch, while

now the other cat will not Interfere wlth her playlngl
Or — and he uses this dlscoveiy In the dellghtful
chapter*WHEN IN DOÜBT— WASH^of CHI ABANDONED— it
two kittens play together, one can see that they
foUow a dlstlsctlve pattem whlch may come suddenly
to a halt when one of tbem etops to wash« No decent
oat will attack another cat who is In the procese of
her tollet« •• Asked about the story — In hls book —
of the two cat 8 who caught mlce and rate "to pay
for thelr passage*^ on a shlp and had them all llned
up for the captaln to eee when they were dlscovered
as stowaways, Galileo told the story of Llmpy,
Llmpy was a very v&ld cat llvlng on thelr farm In
New Jersey • UntU the Galileos had come along, she
had been yery good at takln g care of herseif except
for the fact that once ehe had had her foot caught
In a trap — hence the name« The Galllcoa feit sorry
for poor Llmpy never knowlng where her next meal
would come from and slowly tamed her and gave her
food whlch she would eat to such an exten t that they
were often afrald Llmpy would llterally bust» And
for hours on end Llmpy would sit wlth her nose agalnst
a Window pane and look lovlngly Into the llvlng-room^
because she now had a dream and an ambltloni she
wanted to become a house cat« •« But elnce she was
axtrenely unattractlve and the Galileos feit that
thelr own three house cats, Chln, Chllla, and Vaz^y
were more than enough trouble to carry back and forth
fron the New York apartment to the Jers^ fam (get->

tlng hysterlcal every tlme they were drlven through

tha Holland tunnel), th^y dldn*t permlt Limpy Into
the hoiiaa« Flnalljr^ tha Galllcoa gava up tha farm
altogathar and daoldad to taka Llmpjr wlth tham to
Naw York and find anothar homa for har« Chin, Chilla,
and Wuzzy wara vaiy alagant and pamparad cata — the
Idaa of mlca aimply borad them and navar woiild It
hava oociirred to them to look for tham anywhara« Tha
firat da^ of Limp7*s stay in New York, she axirprlsad
tha Galileos hy dragging a dead mouae into the living-
rooo — THE mousa of the apartmant — Limp^'a rant for
a moUh««» Nevartheless, theiy didn't want to kaep
her and of fared her to some frlenda as a bam cat,
for their large farm in the coiintry« She was sent
over, embellished ID7 a blue silk ribbon tiad around
her neck and this must have done something to Limpjr^a

morale--«- Just as a new hat or a new romance makes K
even a plftlnJ
(Vornan lovelier, becauaa thoae friends thought she was

just too prettjT to be a farm cat and at last Limp7*s

ambition was realized: she became a house cat« Wlthin

two years she had aaten herseif to death.

Poaaibility of a discusslon of why are women called
cata and catt^ at times? Actually vezy stränge, slnce
cats are extremely loyal friends among thamselves«
Cats anXy show their claws when th^y are frightened,
so do women — when they fael insecure, th^y become
catty» No woman who haa the guy ehe wanta is ever
catty««, Perhapa there should be a acratching poat
in every home«««

Gallico was originally a dog lover but finde them now

that he has become aocustomed to the quletoesa and

tha grace of cats, too

I > • •

nolsy, too tall-wagging

too irrltatlng to live with«

Cats were flrst domestlcated in Egypt, about 3000
B«C«, becaiiae the Egyptlans found them Indlapenaable
to protect thelr grain — of such utaost Importance
in an agriciiltural cotmtry« Eventually they were
evon declared sacred» The many superetltloQB wlth
cats may go back to thoae anclent tlmes«
From Elgypt cats were taken to Italy at an early date
and, wlth the Romans^ made thelr way to England«
Slanese cats were flrat Intro duced to England towards
the end of the last Century, and about the same tlme
to America«

Biogranhy
Paul Galileo

Paul Gallico was born in New York City in the year 1897.
His mother was Austrian, his father an Italian pianist and composer
who had emlgrated to the Dnited States three years previously.

With a brief pause in iiis education to do a hltch in tiie
U.S. Navy as a Seaman in V/orld War I, Gallico graduated from
Columbia liniversity in New York in 1921, where he captained his
'Varsity Crew in his final year»

Prom 1922 to 1956, Gallico devoted himself to journalism ;md
became the highe st paid and most v/idely read spoi^ts w/iter in the
United States with a strano-e taste for exr)er'iment in experience« This
led hira into riding with automobile race track drivers, motorboat and
airplane speed-champions of various Sports on the^. ir own groimds in
Order to be able to write about what it v/as like to encounter the
topnotchers» The brief est of these was when he entered the ring
against Jack Dempsey, then heavy-weight Champion of the world« Gallico
lasted one minute and thirty-seven seconds, but his personal account
of what it feels like to be knocked out by a Champion, made him famous»

In 1936, Gal].ico resi;Tned lii s editorship and sports coluran,
wrote PAREV/ELL TO SPORT, a book that was the last word on the fabulous
Golden Decade of 3po:t th'*^t he had wltnessed and written about, and
went to England to change his way of thinklng and llvlng. He bought
a house on a hilltop in Salcombe, South Devon, overlooklng the sea
and Bolt Head and settled dov/n v/ith a Great Dane and twenty- three
assorted cats to forget about spo^/ts and to write fiotion«

Alternating between Salcombe, New York, San Pranciso and Mexico,
Gallico wrote more than a hundred and fifty short stories viiich appeared
in American magazines, including his best known story v/hich introduced
him to English audiences, THE SKOVv GOOSE, the famous war story of
Dunkirk which Gallico wrote in San Francisco in 1940.

In 1944, he went to Enp:land as a V/ar Oorrespondent for
Gosmopolitan Magazine and later entered Paris with the liberating
Prench and American armies.

Gallico considers Devonshire his second home and any time the
bass are biting off shor^he may be found there pursuing them with a
light tackle. A Ithough he has completely forsaken his youthful
interest in sport, he has become a first class epeeist and fencer
late in life, and a frequenter of the Salles d' Armes of London,
New York and Paris.

He is married to Pauline, former Barone ss Gariboldi, who
shaT*es his passion for cats, and who is his collaborator in the
writing of moving picture Originals and Scripts.

Lllllchen

This inay look a little thin to you^ but

It ±8 the Y617 best I can do wlth the materlal

on band« Tbe book Is vezy Interesting tbough

rather dlffioult to read«

E|7 the way^ I asked hlm how he pronounces

bis namet Ssigetl» (Scharfes ^^^'^) ^^^^S^ISSSH^^k

they say Sslg^tl,

If yoi^ find nothlng zvun aufsagen in Molnars

plays^ the leadlng contemporary Hungarlan poet

Is Andreas Ady« I have so far been unable to

find hiffl in the Public Libraries^ but, If you

want him| we may be able to find hlm somewhere

eise — Szlgetl sald he was translated Into Engllsh,

P.S. The book was the only copy Szlgetl had on band
and lt*s already pronlsed to someone, so please be carefulf»
as It has to be retumed to hlm. ^y the way — he Is
going to see *^Bell, Book, and Candle*^ Tuesday night as
a guest of the TV Show. (Chuck jfLlll pay for the tlckets.)

JOSEPH SZIGETI
Maoy jears ago, Shaw had told Szigetl, **Tou
flddl^ra no Ion gar look the part« The only
one who does look the part Is — Einstein P Thare
may be aome truth in this statement, bat when
one was a Hungarian, one had to belong to either
of the two professions which are Hungary's glft
to mankindt playwrights and ntusicians, As natural
as it was for Holnar to write, as natural it had
been for Szigeti to become a musician« Everybod/
in his family had been a muaician, in fact, th^
even had a band of their own, composed of all the
merabers of the family« The declsion on what
instrument little Joska was to leam rested on tha
followlng considerations: what was inexpensive,
what was praotical, what was right in physical size»
In one word — the violin» It was less expensive
than a piano, it was more appropriate in size than
a *cello, and it had the additional ad van tage that,
during the tirae joung Ssigeti's father gave mueic
lessons in the parlor, Joska could practica in the
kitchen, Many years later, this chUdhood habit
came in rather handy« In Peiping, where the
leading hotel was also the concert hall, once more
there was only one place available to warm up for
a concert — the kitchen« •• Except that this time,
the countless people working in the enormous
kitchen of an international hotel, stopped in the
middle of their work to listen. •••
It may have been this spending most of his youth

in the kitchen that laid the ground for his hobl:]|ys

Food and cooking« He doesn't care about reatau-

ranta famoua for thelr food.

he only lovea

the dlshes hia i^TEUR cook frlenda, auch aa the
eminemt conductor Greorge Szell, for Inatcmce,
Invent and cook for him« Or what he hlmaelf
oonjures up (Salgetl Torte) ••• Or maybe thla hobb^
atarted in Berlin where he gave hia ffrat concert
at the age of 15 • He alao played then at many
private partiea and waa once preaented with a —
pineapple^ inatead of a fee. The firat plneapple
he or hia father ever laid eyea upon — and not
knowing at all **how to attack the fragrant and
prickly fruit of my labora..." (page 44),

Hia life atory reada like one of the many different
aucceaa atoriea having been told on the program.
He deacribea it in hia book, WITH STRINGS ATTACHED,
written in Engligh during thoae many tripa all
over the world, acrawled in longhand on snatchea
of paper, on the back of menua^ on whatever waa
handy« A very poor boy with almoat no educatlon
left hia native coixntry at the age of 13, as a
prodigy violiniat«,« And where did he aettle
do«n, almoat 40 yeara later? In Paloa Verdea, in
Southern California!

There ia a wealth of intereating material in the
book, but Tery few '^atoriea'* — he wrltea for
inatanoe of the differencea in atyle of atring
playera, between preaent and paat generationa, of
tone (he waa alao the firat wm to play in this

N£a

countxy the famous "Swan" Stradlvarlus — tha
naster'a last violin, made at the age of 95
(pagas 258-60) • He baa Introduced many contem-*
porazy conpcaera to the world, Bartok, Bloch,
Frokoflef, etc« and many of thelr concerti are
dedicated to hlm, Last December, an unusxial
trlbute was pald to hlms He played In a special
conoert at Carnegie Hall, with Hltropoulos and
the NI PhUharmonlo, to celebrate the 25th anni-
yersary of hls flrst concert (under Stokowsld
In Philadelphia) in thls countzy« But more
ifflportant than thls is to hlm the fact that one

oan tum on the radlo^A axxy time, jit any Station,
and event\2ally will hear one of hls records
played««.

He would like to speak about hls Impression^ of
Scurah Berhhardt and Yvette Gullbert whom he both
aaw as a young boy in London — he feels that
the projection and power of concentratlon of a
great actress is as Intense as in playing a Back
Sonata or making a plea — and watohing thus
becomes a lesson for any re-creatlve artist«
(I wonder If hls story of travelllng with Melba,
slnce ehe is so wellknown in thls country, may
not be amiising« Pages 70-2 in hls book.)

JOSEPH SZIG£TI
IfaiQr jears ago, Shaw had told Ssigeti, «^lou
fiddlara no looger look the part« The only
ona who does look the part Is — Elnstelnl" Thare
Miy be some truth in thls statementi but ^hen
ooa was a HungariajQ| one had to belong to elther
of the two professions whlch are Hungary's glft
to mankindt pla^ «rights and musicians» As natural
as It was Tor Uolnar to write^ as natural it had

been ior Szigeti to becc^M a Busician« Ererybody
in hlö f amU^ had been a Jtusici^in^ in f act^ thegr
•▼en htid a band of their ovm, conposed of all the
BBifiKbers of the farnily« The decision on what
instruaent littla Joaka cras to leam restad on the
foUowing considerationss vhat was inexpensire,
what was practiced| what was right in physical eise,
In one word— - the Tiolln« It wau lesa expansive
th^uti a piano, it was Bore approprlate in size than
a 'oallo, and it had the additional advantage tbat,
during the tlae /oung Szigeti^s father gaVe «uaio
lesGons in the parlor, Joska could practica in tha
kitohen» Unny years later, this childbood habit
cuBd in rather husd/« In Peiping^ .i'here tha
laadlng hotel \ms also the concert hall, <»ce iiore
thare wau only one place aTailable to warm up for
m ooucart — the kiteben« •• Except that this tima^
tha coimtless people working in the ^tiomoua
kitchen of an international hotel, atoppad in tha
aiddla of thair work to listen. •••
It maj haTij been this spending Bost of bis /outh

In the kitctaea that laid tha ground for his hobk^t

Food ciua cooking» He doest^H eure &bout reatau«-
ranta ftj&ous for tht^ir food^ boiveYur^ he only lores
the dli:^toL: bis Alt\T£OR Cook frlends^ euch as tha
MdQ(iDt coDductor George Szell^ for insUtnco^
Invont and Cook for hla» Or ^aht^l ho hli^self
oonJiurdL; up (Szigetl Torte) ••• Or ttaybe this hobbgr
Btartou in Berlin 44hcr^ he gave hls fprst coocart
ut t#hd ago of 15^ He also played bhen at m\xiy
private pnrties ax^d tnxo once presented with a—
pii^e^pple^ in8t#ad of a fee« The firsb pineappl«
he or his T^^thar over luid sjyes upon — and not
kno^ing .4t all '^iiow to .ttack the fragrant and
prickljr fruit of my labors«««" (p^ge 44)«

Bis life story reads like one of the utajxy different
ittccess storias havixig been told on tau prograzn»
Ite descrlbes it in hla book, WITH STHINGS ATTACHED^
«ritten in finglish during those many tripa all
OT^r the world^ ^cra^led in longhand on snutche^
of papar, on tha back of menus^ on vhatever was
handy« A vary poor boy with almost no education
laft hie nutive country at vhe age of 13^ as a
prodigy Violinist» «• And where dld he aattla
doan^ 6Aljno&t 40 years later? In Palos Verdes^ in

flouthem GaUXoraiat

There is & waolth of intereuting material in tha

book^ bat very fe# "stories'*— he wrltes for
in&t<.ncg of the alfierui^ce^ im ilyle of string
pl^>ore^ betvreen present ^ind paat genarations^ of
tooa (ha waa also the first ona to play in thia

countxj the faAous i'Swan» StradlTarlus — the
«08ter*o last Violln, Bade at the age of Ö3
(ptigea ;^&&-60)« He has Introdticed mcoaj contem-»

poraiy composer^ to tha world, ßartok, Bloch^

Prokoflef, etc. :jid maiy of th«ir concerti are
dedlciited to bim. Last Dt^caabar^ an iinusual
tribate was paid to hias & pltved in u special
coüoert at Carnegie Hall, prlth Ultropoulos and
the HI Philharmonie, to celdbrate the 2&th anni-*
Tersury of hls first coucert (nnaer Ltoko^ski
in ?hiladolphia) in this countiy» But aore
lAportant than this is to him the fact that one

tum on the rudio S^^^Y time, (£t any Station,

and erentadl^ will hear one of hie records

pligred

• • •

Ha «vould like to spoak about hia impression of
Soriih Bexiih(:irat and Ivette Guilbert whon he both
eaw as a joong boy in London — he feelt: that
the protection and power of concentration of a
great actrese is as intense as in pla^ing a Back
Sonata or aaking a plea~ and uratching thua
becoaes e lesscm for any re-creatiTe artist«
(I wcnder if his story of travelling 4iith Melba,
sinee she is so wellkno«i in this country, n^ay
not be aausing. Pages lO^Z in his book«)

■ II I«

SKjuuujuc^Ä.

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A^VLtli-- iCLc^

GRECO, GOYA, VELASQÜEZ

The Prado Museiim in Madrid Is qulte different
from tbe other great museums In £urope, such as
the LouYre in Paris, or the National Gallery in

London*

The half dozen beautiful Raphaels in the Louvre,
for instcmce, are hung on the side walle of one
of those incredibly hiige halle of the Museum«
In Madrid, there are not juet walls, but whole
rooms fllled with the paintings of one /irtist.

there is the Velsquez Boom, the Greco Boom, the
Goya Rooms — and the effect is s taggering« You
walk into one of those rooms — and you just stop
breathing, ovexn^helmed 1^ what yoixr eyes see and
cannot even grasp at first« You tum around

you look to the right — to the left —
Grecos eveiywhere, a dozen or more in one room,
it somehow goes beyond human comprehension —
you don*t know where to start looking — you feel
like shaking your head, it's too muchl
I think that the first Impression of the Greco
Ro<^ at the Prado is the most exciting experience
of any museum— to be compared only wlth the
Sistine Chajgi^l in Home«««

The Velasquez Boom is memorable for another reasoxx
You marvel at the perfection attained l^ Velas«*
quez^^he flawlessness of those many paintings
assembled in one room is wimatft overwhelming

-r^A7

a little boring«

in the final analysis, it becomes almost

And then Groya. At flrst, when enterlng tba
Portrait Room, you thlnk — what| more Velaa«»
quaz? Höre perfectlon? Then you dlscovar
diffarences evan thoixgh^ as an overall plc-
ture, the resemblance Is strlklng, A court
palnter wbo knaw hls craft to the t, Then
come the rooms harboring the deslgns for
those unlque tapestrles — the (^genre*' scenes,
scenes of the people, informal, charming,
lovable people painted in their everyday life,
at play, at work» Then — thoee same people
shown at revolt: the famous revolutiaiiBry
plctxires. And then, after you hav© contem-
plated the stränge man who has draim such dlf-
ferent expresslons from bis palette for the
dlfferent social strata he has painted, you
suddenly find yourself in the last room, a
round room^ and you are in an entirely dlfferent
World again.

Terrifiring grimaces stare at you from the murals
covering the walls, weird forme 9 hardly to be
called human — stränge colors^ pale greena^
grayish greens, subdued yellows, washed-out
browns*«« You wander from wall to wall and you

feel ft*ightened, as though in a fever dream^
as though in a nightmare« Those paintings are
like nothing anyone has ever painted before,
today we would call them psychoanalytical pain-
tings, since they seem to be what was innermoat

±n Go/a*s soul, what has haiinted hlm under-
nMith, the forces he was wrestllng wlth whlle
palntlng portralts of prlncessas and klngs,
while showing revolutlonary heroes^ and tha
piUn, eveiyday people of Spaln... Thoae
gruesome Images in the last room had been
patnted liy Goya for his ovm pleasure — to
decorate the walls of hls own country hoiisel

It was In Madrid a couple of years ago, at the
hair dresser. We were both waiting for oxir
appointment and I couldn't take my eyes off her^
ehe was so beautlful, so lovely« 18 at the
very utanost. When she disappeared in one of
the rooms, they whispered into ray ear, "the
young daughter of the Duke de Pinohermoso«««"
Already the name souiided so romantic — pino
hermoso means beautiful pine tree*.« A little
later I found myself with her in the same
rooffi — she was gettlng a permanent, and even
with all those metal clips and papere, her
hair piled on top , ehe still looked stiinning.

We got into a conversation, in Bnglish which

/
she spoke quite well, having had an English

govemess, as she explained««« When ehe leam<--

ed that L came f rom America, she asked me if I

knew Hollywood — and — Gary Cooper«.«! And

theo she wanted to know if I had seen any bull

fights. She loved bull fights and, since her

father raised bulls for the great^ÜpM in

Madrid and Barcelona^ she loiew all there wae
to know about the Spanlsh national passlon*
Her father, as some of the great names in Spaln
sometlmes did^ even performed hlmself in the
arena« For benefits, he woiild appear in the
most elegant and noble fashion a matador coxild
fight a bull: on horseback^ in the ancient
manner, still nowadays done in the costume of
the 18th Century« •« (This is now called the
»»Portuguese Way" and occasionally done by pro-
fessional bullf ighters • It*s particularly
appealing to us bloody foreignerSf since it
cuts out the whole interlude with the pica-
dores)« While I was listening to that young
glrl speaking about bullfights in which I was

very much interested, I realized how stränge it

this young Spanlsh duchess
was that42ctually7\i)ni/was so much more inter-

ested in hearing what I could teil her about
ifolly wood • . •

A few weeks later I remembered her again, and
our conversation • This beautiful girl had beco»
the Sensation of Spain««« All the newspapers
were filled with her story« She had fallen in
love with a real bullfighter, a real matador.
Her parentsy of course, had refused their con-
sent to a marriage, Locked in her room, the
girl had foUowed an age-old pattems She had
knotted her sheets into a rope, let herseif out
IP the Window at night, and thus eloped with her
Prlnce Charming..,

ORECO, GOYA, VELASQÜEZ

Tbc Pr-do Mnf;eum In Madrid ip qulte different
froQ the othar grent wusouros In liMrope, auch as
tho LouvT^ in Paris, or tha National Qallery in
London*

The h/ilf do2en beautlful R'gphaels in the Louvre,
for inntijaco, are hun^ on the side ?»'alls of one
of tbo3^ inor^dibl; huje hfr-lls of Ihe Muöeum^
In Madrid, there are not juet walls, bat whole
roorog filled v^ith th^i paintlng3 of one artist,
thorü is the Velcquei: Hoom, the areco toom, the
Goy«' Room:': — rnc? the effect is ?t«ggering, You
walk into ou« of thoae rooms-— and you Just stop
broi.'thiog, ovenfhelmed by y^hat your eyas see and
canrot ev«^ gr^sp ^t first* You ^tum around

— yoii lock tc the right — to the Icft —

Gr^cos ev^*iiywhere| a dozen or more in one rooffi,
it somehov; goes beyond hu»pvö comprehension—
you den't kaow v/here to etext looking — you feel
liko chüLkir-i your head, it*3 too machl
I think thftt thci flnt iir»pror.sloD jf tho Greco
Room &t the Prado it: the mopt excitiiig experience

of {Joy mu

to V-e coirpared orly vith the

fJlptlne CiuApiBol in Rome»..

The Velr.Bcuos Room Ir roomonible for another reasoa
You marvel ut the perfoction attained by Velaa«»
quei^^ltlie flawle^isnese of those inany paintlnge
aesembled in one room ir aiHpif overwhelming ^^^ -^

in tixe finU. Maly^sia, it becomes almost

a üttle boring«

And ihm Qoya. At first, when ecterlng the
Portrait Room, you think — wliat, more Velas-
quez? Uore perfectlon? Then you dlscover
dlffereiices even though^ as an overall plo-
ture, the reRembl^^inco is gtrlklug, A court
paintar wfao kn&vj hls craft to tha t. Then
coffi«9 tlid rooui^: harborlng the deslgns for
those irnique tüpöc^triey — the "goure»^ scenes,
aoene::. of the pcople, lniormal| chi^rming,
lovable people palated in their everyday life^
ut pl'd^ $ at ViOrk« Thaa — tnoae &aiue people
shoÄii at revolti the famouö revolutionBiy
pictures» And then^ af^er you have contom«*
pl^wted the atrauge mun who hue dra^n auch dlf«-
fereat expressions from hia palexte for the
different social strata he hae painted, you
öuddöiily find yourself in the last room| a
round room, and you i?-re in an entirely different
World txguin.

Terrifying griniaces stare at you from the inurals
covering the i/alla, weird fonnS| liardly to be
called humtija — stränge colora, pale greens|
gjpayish greexiS, subdued yellov/S| washed-out
brownu,«« lou wandcr from w^-JJL to wall and you
feel frightenedi as Uiough in a fever dream,
an though ia a nightmare« Tho^e p^JLntinge are
like noLhing cjayone has ever painted beforei
today we vrould call them psychoanalytical pain-»
tings^ since they seem to be what mis innermoat

in Go/a*s soul^ wtkit has haunted hlm under-
neathj the forces he was •^Tastllug with i^hile
painting pwrtralts of prlnceswses arid kingS|
whilu Bho kling revolutloDury heroesi and the
püln, eveiyday peoplö of Sjpuia... Those
grues?cMne images in the laßt room luxd been

paintod

dacoratd tlie Wc^^lls of bis ovi^n coux:^t2y housel

It W6.S in Kadrid a couple of years ago, at the
h.dr clressör» VJe ^ere both »vaitliig for oiir
appointonw^nt and I couldi^'t take my e^es off her,
Bhv vfiis so beautii\il, so lovaly. 18 at the
verj' utjnoüt. When she disappeared in one of
the rooms, thej- whispered into mj ear, "the
young daufe^hter of the Duke de Pinohermoso**,"
Alröad^ tije n.jnfc soiüded so romantic — pino
hermoso means beautiful pine tree..« A little
l&ter I found myself with her in the eame
room— she was getting a permanent, c^nd even
with all thosc mett^JL clipe and papers, her
hair piled on top , she still lookad stunnlng«
lie got into c; converscition, in iJiglish «yhich
she epoke quito well, having had an English
goTemo8S| as she explained««« When she leam
ed that I caae from ionerioai she asiced me if 1
knew Hollywood — and — Gary Cooper...! ;jad
then she wunted to knov/ if I had seen any bull
flghts« She loved bull fights and, since her
father raised bulls for the great fights in

4fe,drld ^jid Barcelona, she knew all there v/as

to know ftbout Lhe ryr)ani«?h national passloHt

H^>^ f>^ther, äd 3oi\e of thd graat naaaes in Spain

?ometlma8 did, «iv<^n perfor?»ed him-^elf in the

?.rena, For ben*=^fiktB, he ^ould appear in the

ißo?t el'^iie'jit find nobl^ f^shion a mat'-idor could

fi'^ht ". bull: on hor^^eb^ck. In tho ?uiclent

Äanner, i'till aor^ad'iy«? done in the costuray of

tho 18th coJ^tury..4 (TWr. is no.v oalled the

"?ortui;:\3oae Vf/'' rorid occr'j^icnMlly dono by pro- /

f<^,^w5lon.^l bullfith^err^« It»gt p^irticolarly

ftpperlln^ to US blooüy foroJgn<^rp, pince it

owtr o'»it tht:» whole Int^^rliide with the pica-

dorar)» ?yhll*^ l -nf; 11 (Sterin to that young

glrl rp^r.kiiig ^bont buUflghtf- in v-hioh I was

»:rj" niuch iotfir^rt&ö^ l reallze',-' ho'^ stränge it

J;hi:i_i^ounc :-;punish ducness
WRß thiit ctnnll^j^uä^ß/v/Hs go mach more inter-

ested in heurlag what 7 coi^lci teil har about
Hcllyv/coO,, »

A few reok*: l^*ter I remenbered her again, and
oiir coxiverv'^^r tion » Thirr bof>ut5.ful glrl had becoiii
the eensiitlon o? T-pcin... fll th.- ntwspapars
^A'f->ro filltift !?lth her Bt^r;«^, She hnd fallen in
Icvfi xfi oh • rti^l biülflghter, a rcßl matador^
Hir pn.rftrtfA| of coiir«e| had refused their con-
sent to a marriage» Locked in hör room, the
girl h^id followod an &ge-old pattorut She tiad
kriottud hiir vsheöt i into a rope, let horself out
tf, the Window at night, and thus oloped with her

Prince Ch/^ioing...

Gutes LiUichen* (Sternchen zur Verzierung)

Here is a script for you. I have constructed it
very carefully, particularly ae to general shape
and breaking down the dlalogue for the two guests,
I hope you »11 like it. I did leave all the details
in ity so that you can decide what you want and what
you don't want»

As to the poets, there is of course very little
we will be permltted to say about their personal
lives, therefore, I thought I»d give you more general
staff.

As to the showing of a Degas, please decide on
Tuesday, if you want one« Wildenstein has one and
so it will probably be easy to get it for the show,
Bruce strongli»^ favors this idea (it was his).

Have a good weekend and all my love,

LILLI PAUrfER

Hello. Tonight I am going to speak to you about France
again. The last tlme I talked to you about Paris and

M ro

I thought for quite 4 while aimiä> what you might like

to hear

[haibMlxg

staggering wealth of poets, philosophers, of history —
it was very difficult to choose. But since I have as
my guests tonight the mo3t famous dance couple of out
time, I thought it might interest you to hear something
about the particular ballet that has made them famous
the World over and about the man who wrote the 0£tllet
and who himself is a fabulous figure of French axt —
a poet, playwright, author, painter, raotion

pictxire director and

writer and I am sure you all

kno?if his name — Jean Cocteau«

My guest tonight is Jean Babilee, and his wife and
partner Nathalie Piiilippart« Some time ago, Cocteau
wrote about Babilee that he is the only dancer who
tt&tSt could be compared with no one lese than Nijinsky
^d Cocteau is one to know, When he was still a very
young man, he spent all his time with Nijinsky and
Diaghelew — both then at the height of their fame.
Cocteau was very troubled about his own work — his
poetry wasn^t really interesting, nobody paid

attention to his paintings

' — so one day he asked

Diaghelew 's advice as to what he should to. Diaghelew
was a busy mian, 10 he looked at Cocteau for a moment
and simply saidi Etonne-moil Astonish mel From that
day OD Cocteau Indeed astonished the world, because thle

advlca made hlm dare to do what he feit llke dolng, to

•ro
paint the way he really wanted M, to write what he

really wanted to write about — thus becoming one of

the most brilllant and dlscussed men of France« And

motlon
if you have seen hls/pictures, Beauty and the Beast,

Blood of a Poet, Orpheus, etc., you know what I am
talking about. You will under stand his poetry, his sur-
realism, his surprising — his ASTONISHING twists and
ideas • • •

In 1946, a young dancer attracted much attention in
Paris, ty the name of Jean Babil^. His father is the
leading French Cancer specialist — his whole family,
from both sides, were nothing but physicians for generat-
ions* In fact, things were quite reversed at the
Babilee^^ (Anmerkung: his real name is Gutman, but I

think that won't make any difference) — as young Jean

«
refused to foUow into his father *s foAtsteps and f^i^Tfl^j)

insisted on becoming a "petit rat" at the Ballet of

the Opera, his sister stepped in to save the family

tradition — it was she who bacame a phi^sician...

Babllee

lef t the Opera when the Germans occupied

Paris, to joln the Maquis, so after the libeeation, he

and a group of young independent dancers founded the

Ballet des Champs Elysees. It was then that Cocteau

decided to write the ballet "Le jeune homme et la mort"

/r Nathalie Philippart^

for Babllee and

who had Just become

his wife. They have danced this Ballet all over Europe

9#Jtf]^p^<«)8WXMi:ciai^^

thlnrigcVI*gx»tetc»0gttycteWcyttiDgt^

;

South AmerlcEi and the Near East^ and now for the
flrst tlme, as guest stars «Mit the Ballet Theatre,

in New York. If you have read your newspapers, you
know what a Sensation they are— Jean Babilöe and
Nathalie Philippart.

Teil me, is it right that you had edmost given up
ever to come to New York?

PHILIPPART
Yesl Five times, we had our bags packed — and five
times something happened at the last moment-- and

we couldn't go.

>ALMER

For in 8 tan ce?

PHILIPPART

Well — once our Impresario lost all his money at the
races««» Another time we got into a fight wlth
Cuevas just before we wäre ready to leave, etc.

LILLI
But this time you made it. Exciting city, New York,

isn't it?

BABILEE

We are having a wonderful time — only too short..

PALMERA

Where do you go from here?

XBXXEBKXHSI BABILEE
To Plorence. We'll open there on May 5th with a new
ballet, written for us by an Italian«

PALMER
But do teil me about Cocteau *s ^Jeune homme^^ and why,
as I understand, it's so different from any other

^Myifi^

(CONT.)

ballet, (TO AUDIENCE) Of course, speaking of the
ballet, we mostly Tlsuallse wbat Degas has palnted
80 beautifully. (SHOWING OF DEGAS PAINTING) But thia
is what the Babilees are dancing (PHOTOGRAPH),

«t »• »<1.»^#.#«

BABILEE

The story Is veiy simple« A young painter is waiting
in his garret for the girl he loves. When she final-
ly arrives, she not only dÄ)sn't respond to his love,
but tortures him \intil his only way out is suicide«
He hangs himself . ](BABi&£ExBSiUk^cJUÜiaSciiSMS£L£xtti

PALMER
Bablilee really hangs himself every night, briiiging
do¥ni the house when he does so« Already Cocteau has
wondered ho^ he does it«»«
^ , BIBILEE

:iJwST kAW^: k;£:l^,

^e scene widens to the rooftops of Paris« A young

woman enters the garret, a death mask coverin g her
face« It is the girl who leads the young man away«

PALMER

Who wrote the Misic?

BABILEE
Bach« And this is where the whole thing became to
different from anything ever done in ballet« The
BTUsic was added afterwards — just like in a moviet
We rehearsed it entirely without music and the amazing
thing is that, even if the gestiires coiiicide with

B ABILEE (CONT.)

dlfferent passages of the music— there is always
perfect Synchronisation eveiy time...

PALMER
fM your own Ballet, L'Amour et son amour which you
are also dancing here, v?as this done the same way?

BABILEE
No, I first heard Caesar Franck's music, and then
wrote the Ballet, And we did rehearse it simultan-
eouslyl

PALMER
Do you and your wife always dance together?

BABILEE

Yes, we do.

PALMER

You know, I am playing opposite my husband for the
first time on the stage, in Bell, Book^ and Candle-
and I love it. Do you share a dressing room?

PHILIPIART

AIqi^s.

PALMER

Do you have fights?

PHILIPPART

OaXj about the lipstick which jggt seems to disappear
at the last moment or soiuething like that. Never
about artistic problems. There we always have the
same opinion.

BALMER

You have been dancing Le jeune homrae forfj^^any years
now— do you ever get bored with it?

PHILIPPART
No, not raalljr« But when we do — we play practical
jokes« For instancei once when touring the E^gllsh
provlncesy we siiddenly rode right dmto the stage on
bycicles — 1d the midst of a classic ballet — without
wamlng the other dancers who of course had flts of

laughter,..

PALMER

And the aiidlence?

BABILEE

Was just stunned«

PALMER
I fflust think of something like that myself some dayl
But I promised to let you go early so — au revolr.
.^TO AUPIKWCE) Thqy aro dannlng Le jemift homae-^^riLght^
I tried to p^ersuade Babilee to recite some poetry
for you — he knows thousands of verses ty Racine and
the modern poets by heart^ but he was too shy. So
I shall bring you a poem and I have chosen..,.
l^ ••••• He belongs to the great trlo of French
poets of the past Century^ Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Verl
lalne who have influenced, in their short spans of
lives, the poetry of Europe and America more than
any one eise who lived before or after them«»,
From the Roman ticism prevaillng up to their time,
Baudelaire I Just about a hundred years ago, was the
first to write what could be called modern poetry,
delving into the sub-consciaus, using symbols«»« '^'^N

Rimbaud — the prodAgy who stunned Paris \sy his poems
at 11 and gave up writing at 19 xo become an explorer

and dying, still a young man, in Africa...

POEM

Additional notes on the Babil

eee.

He has a great collection of weapons — sabres, epees,
knives, etc. He is fascinated by bullfighte, loves
to motorcycle in Paris« He cannot remember faces nor
names and is apt to weLLk up to complete strangers,
believing they are great friends of h±e. As Philip-
part has a ph^enomenal memoiy for faces, though she
can't remember names or anything precise either, she
will kick him under the table or let him know some -

hov? that im those people he was just greeting were
not at all his friends« •••

She would love to travel, just with a little suitcase
in a car — without having to worik — pack, unpack etc.

Both adore modern paintings«

Th^ have a house near Bordeaux where they spend

their summer. S^'in-c^ ^.^C Orc ^

She was bom in Bordeaux, industrialist parents.

^
I

ULLI PAUIER
Hello« Tonlght I am going to speak to you about Franc«
agaln. The last tlme I tallced to you about Paris and

/rX TV

1 thought for qulte % while ^ariiettt what you slght lika
to hear ^dbiBb- this tlaa« France has äd wncMbmbümig
8 taggar ing wealth of poets, philosophers, of history—
it was Yery dlfficult to choose« Bat since I have as
4y guests tonlght the most f^jaous dance couple of out
tJÜBej I thought it mlgbt interest you to hear sometlriing
about the partlculor ballet that has made them fanous
the World oYer and ubout the man who wrote the otJüLet
and who himself is a faUilous figure of Franch art-^

a poet| playwright, autbor^ painter^ motion
picture director and ad writer and I tm sure you all
know his nazae — Jean Cocteau,

Uj guest toolght is Jean Babileei ai)d his wife and
ptrtner HathaUe Pnilippart« Soaa tiae ago^ Cocteau
wrote ^lbout Babilee the^t he is the only dancer who
^3BB&^ could be conpared with no one less than Nijinsky,
/jad Cocteau is one to know» Wben he was still a vexy
young mijip he epent all his time with Nijinsky and
Diaghelew— -> both then at the height of their fame«
Cocteau was very troubled about his osin work~» his
poetry wasnH really interesting^ nobody paid

att^iitioo to his paintings

— so one day he askad

Diaghelew*8 aawice as to what he should 4o« Diaghalew
was a busy nan^ so he looked at Cocteau for a aoooat
and siKply saidi Etonne-moit Astonlsh aet Fron that
diqr CO Cocteau indeed astonished the world^ because thla

ftdrlo« Bade hia dar« to do «hat he feit llke doiag» tp

paint the way hs really waoted 1^^ to wrlte what ha

reall/ «anted to «rita about^«- thos becoming one of

the aost brllllaDt and diseusfied men of Fr&nce. ^d

aotloD
if 70U have saeoi hla/pietures^ Beautgr and the Beast^

Blood of a Pooty Orpheaa^ etc«, you know xhat I aa

tulking about« lou yilll uiidaratand hla poetxy^ hls sur-*

reallsB^ hls stirprlslng— hla ASTONISHING twlsts and

Ideas«»*

In 1946^ a yoimg dancer attracted such attention In

ParlSy \Xi tho najne of Jean Babllee« Hls father Is the

leading French Cancer specialist-— hi$ whole family,

fron both sides^ were nothing bat physicians for genoraV»

Ions* In fact^ thlngs were quite reversed at the

BabdLlee*s (Anaerkungs hls real namo is Gutaan, bat I

thlnk that vonH aoke any dlfference) — as young Jean

refused to follow Into hls father^s foAtsteps and

Inslsted on beconing a ^tlt rat" at the Btillet of

the Opera^ hls slster stepped in to save the fanlly

traditlon-~ It was she «bo bae^Jie a pl^sician«.«

Babllee 4tf3 left the Opera when the Gerxaans occupled

Paris ^ to Joln the Uaquls^ so after tl^e Ilbmratlon^ he

and a group of yoiing Indopendmt dancer s founded the

Ballet des Champs liilysees» It was then tliat Cocteau

dedded to wrlte the ballet "Le jeune hosuQe et la Aorf

Nathalle Philippart^
for Babllee (üid jblDDgaaaqpaiiüaatx/who had Just becoae

hls wife» Thoy have dnnced this Ballet all oTer £urope

^gifiggg^^3i>iBtpr (wrxailaacxtfvq^ awjwtimMnlrTOr

South America^ and tha Near East^ and no« for th«
flrat tiae^ ae guest stors «Mh the Ballet Thoatre^
in New York« If you bave read your newspapars, you
kno« ibat a aeDBatlon the;^ uro— Jean Babilee aad

Nathallo PhiUppart.

Teil Ao^ ±3 It rlgbt thut you had also3t giveo up

ever to cone to Ne« York?

PHILIPPART
Test FlTe tliae»^ «e h^id cur bj^igs packod — and flTe
tliaes sociüitlilDg happoned at the last moBent— • and

we couldn't go«

PALMER

For InctanceT

PHILIPPART

Well«-» oDCe cur lApresarlo loct all hls son^ at the
Tikoms.mf, Anothdr tlme wa got Into a flgbt v;lth
Cueras just bcfore we «ere read;^ to leare^ etc«

ULLI
But thls Ximm yaa. taude lt. Excitlug clty» Ke^r YoziCy
lnn»t itT

BABILEE
We aro bavlng a wooderful tiBe~* only too short«««

PALMEIl

ttiere do you go from here?

BABILEE

To Plorence, Ve*ll open tbere on U&y &th «itb a new
ballet^ wrltten for us by an Italien •

PALUER
Bat do teil ne about CootiMiu's «^Joune bonme« and wl^^
ae I understond^ it*8 so different fron aiqr otber

II1ISR(C0NT.)

ballet« (TO AUDIENCE) Of course, speaking of tha
bollot^ we mostl/ Tisuallse what Degaa has palnted
80 baautlfully. (SHO^ONG OF DEGAS PiMNTIHQ) But thia
Ifl what the Babllees are danclng (PHOTOQR/PH)«

B/^ILES

Ihe etoxy ±s vexy slmpla« A ^jK>ung painter Is <.vaitiaag
In hl 3 gftrret for the girl he lovea. When ote final«»
Xj firrlrmsp she not only deosn^t respond to hls loTe,
bat torturee hla imtll hi& oaXy way out Is sailclde»

■%,

Os haogs hlBself . JMBfMgTlffiftMgcMtfCttcfflBtflfMetfllt

PALMER
B()hlllee rsAlly hangs himself sTery night, bringing
dovA the housa when he does 80# Already Cocteau has
woodarad ho^ he does it»«« frM^"'*r-gft r",

^ The seane wldans to the roof tops of Paris« A yoimg

wo»tü3 enters the garret, a death Mak cowering her
f^ce« It is the glrl who leada the young san awajr«

PALMER

wrote the susio?

DABILEE

Bach« And this ie where the whole thing becaae Uo

diffarent fron anything awer done in ballet« The

vuaic was added afterMorda»- Just like in a aoviel

We rebearsad it autirely wlthout suslc and the amazing

thing is that, even if the gasturea^coincida with

BABILBE (CQNT.)

dlfferaot pas^ages of tbe musio — there is always

p^rfect Synchronisation erery time«*«

PALMER
Mi your ovvn BeiUet^ L'Asour et aon ax&our which you
&re also danclng here^ nas this dooe thc saise wayt

BABIL£E
Ho« I firat haard Ca&sar Franck*s vusic^ and than
wrote the BtiLllet« And vre did rehearse it siaultan^

eouslyl

P;Jit£R

Do you .'ojd yoxxr Wife always duace together?

BABILEB

lesy «• do,

PAU:!LR

Xou knowy I am pl'jylng opposite my busbund for th«

■

flrst tiffie on tbe sU^ge, in Bell^ Book^ and Candle—
and I love it« Do you shure^a dressing room?

PHILIi^RABT

iüLviftsyäi«

PALMER

Do you huve f ightsT

PHILIPPART
Onl^ ^lbout the llpstick which J«94 deems to disappaar

at tna last Boment or so.^thing like that« Neyer
about artistic problasa« Thare «e al^a^s bave tha

coma opinicm«

BALMER

Xou huya baen dancing Le jeuno home for ac\y /aara
iiow~* do you avar gat borad nrith it?

PHILIPPART
Ho^ not ra^iUjr« Bat whot) we do-— we play praotloal
Jokasi^ For InstaDce, oaoe ^ben tourlng the fiagllah
provlnoes^ ne suddenly rode rlght toto the stage od
bgrelcles-^ In the nidst of a classic ballet-^ wlthout
warain^ the othar doncers who of courae had flta of

laughter « • •

PAUI£R

Afid the audlence?

babilee

Wfis juet stUDned»

TAIMm
I Buet thlnk of societhlng like that o^self sone dayl
But I proBlaed to let you go early so— au revolr«

I trled to p^ersu;xde Babllae to reclte sose poetzy

for you-« he knows thousands of Yerses l^* Racine and
tiMi modern poete> ly^ heart, but he was too ahy« So
I ali^xll bring you a poem and I bave cboson«»»«

He beloogLi to the great trio of French

poetd of the pust Century |^ Baudelaire, IdAbaud, Verl
lalne who hare Influenced, In their sbort epans of
Uvea, the poetxy of £>irope and America more than
a^y ooe eise virho llved before or after them^^»»
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Baudelaire, just about a faundred years ago, was the
flrst to write «hat could be called modern poetry,
delvlng Into the sub-conscious, uslng siymbols«»«
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PALMER

Hello. Tonight, as I told you, I an going to
speak to you about,Brazil, euid I eun very happy
to have with me the lady who Is probably the
most faaous Brazlllan In the world — Bldu Sayao,
Very llttle need to be said to introduce one
of the Metropolitan Opera 's favorite sopranos,
and I am sure that all of you have heard her
sing — either at the Met, or durin g their broad-
casts or on recordse ^y the wa/, ehe is the
only Brazilian singer of distinction, and here
ehe is — Bidu Sayao«

Teil me, Madame Sayao, you have sung in opera
houaes all over the world — where is your favorite

theatre?

SAYAO

This is rather difficult to decide. The most
sumptuous one is probably La Scala in Milan, with

its six balconies

PALMER

Isn't this rather unusual? I thought opera houses
usually have only 4 balconies?

Sayao
I think ta Scala is the only theatre built this
way, it has actually 15CXD seats more than the

Opera in Paris, x

PALMER

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But as a building I believe that the Opera in

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Paris is the largest theatre in the world, they

PALMER CONT.

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always say, one cem fXkM the whole Comedle
Francaise on the stage of the Opera and there
would still be room left to walk aroiindl

SAYAO
But I think the San Carlo Opera in Naples is
evan more beautiful than La Scala, and the most
jewillike of them all is the small opera house
in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. Of course, there are also
the famous opera house s of Budapest ind Vlenna
and the one with the most modern stage of all
was in berlin, ranc destroyed durin g the war though,
Row the Teatro Colon in Buenos Ayres is the most
modern opera ±hnatTw house^ and the one in Rio
de Janeiro is running a close second.

PALMER
I knew nothing about Brazil, but I have leamed
a great deal since talkin g to Madame Sayao. Of
course, we all have seen pictures of the famous
bay of Rio de Janeiro of which I have a picture
here* Is it right tliat you were born right at
the bay? SHOWING OF PICTURE*

SAIAO
POINTS TO WHERE SHE Y^AS BORN. Gatinues to explain
picture, The famous mountain Just outeide of
Rio which can be reached only fcy cable car, the
white marble monument of Jesus which is lighted at

night.,..

PALMER

Brazil is another country famous for ±±b her ueaut-

PAUlrJR CONT.

iful woman. Vfhat do you think is the most
striking difference between them and the women

iD North America?

SAYAO

Their exuberauce, When we are happjr, we are
acstatically happy and want to share our joy
with everybody«,. And when we are sad, we want
everybody to know our sorrow and weep with us»«#

PALMER

South American woiqtn are supposed to be very
luxurj^ loving, especially Brazilian women have
this reputation, Do you agree?

SAIAO
Oh yes. Ix We have two great weaknesses —
which I shfiire — jewels and perfumes. But there
is not just luxury in Erazil, we liave a lot of
music, fiiklore — it*s gay and colorful and sad
and very sentinien441 and romantic« You sang
a little Italian loii^ong the other day od your
show — do you know portuguesen?

PALMER
I'm afraid I don^t.

2ox;p9ax]aiBDcai
SAYAO

Do you know our equivalent of the American, "Home

Sweet Home"? It goes like this. A CAPELLA.

FOLKSONG

Jj['l*to'tflJiiü»«'.,'u^.-'-.

PALMER
Hello, As I told you last week, tonight I am
not going any place — I will stay right here in
New York, I have as my guest a rather fabfolous
man^ a man who is responsible for soine of the
great experiences we have had in the theatre, a
man whose name is familiär to all of üb but whom
very few people kuscx^ ever see. He is S. Hurok,
the last of the great Impresarios — a dying out
race of managers, promoters^ friends ana agents
of artists... I am sure you all know the label
"S, Hurok presents" — because he has been presen-
ting entertainment in New York and all over the
country for the past 40 years* He has known many
of the greatest performers of our time and it is
with great pleasure that for a change I present —
Mr. S. Hurok. Teil me, Mr. Hurok, how does one

become an Impresario?

HUROK

By determioation I guess. While I was selling
hardware in a störe on Chambers Street, I was dream-
ing of nothing uut of managing some day the great
artists whom I went to see whenever I could afford
it, at the opera and on the stage. I started out
on a very small scale, something like a manager
of "neighbourhood affairs" — and they tumed out
to be quite successful. At that time the great
Russian basso Feodor Chaliapine had Just come to
New York, I was standing high up in "peanut
heaven" as they call it in New York —

PALMER

The French are more poetic and call it "au
paradiB*^ — in paradise — but it amcunts to the
same thlug. Vfhat did Ghaliapine sing then?

HaROK

Don Giovanni and Mefistofeles Ify Boito. I was

entranced* When I came home, I wrote him a letter,

care of the Metropolitan Opera, offering myself

as bis American manager. There was no answer.

A year or so later, I wrote to him agaln, No

answer, Meanwhile I was continuing with my hard-

ware Job and at the same time I was very busy as

a budding Impresario. After all, there were the

evenings, Sundays, holidays, and lunch hoursi M/

first great concert venture — still prepared at

odd hours — was to present a young Violinist who

was already famous: Efrem Zimbalist. This concert

was a great success, also financially, so I became

rather bold and this time cabled to Ghaliapine

who was in Surope* "Meet me Grand Hotel Paris

Ghaliapine'' was the reply I recetved presently..«

tri.
hm my Infant concert

I had a little money saved

business — it was quickly invested in a trip to
Paris, And at last I stood face to face with the
glant» And a giant he was — 6 feet 4, in a baggy
tweed suit, with penetrating gray eyes staring down
at me... "I didn't think you'd look like this,"
ha said« I asked him what he thought I'd look like«
viOh — anft old man, long beard — hunchback perhaps.^i'

HUROK CONT.

I quickly started to talk, outliülug my plans for
him — cross countrjr tour — great style,.» I talked
very fast and he listened patiently until I finally
paused — expectantly. He said nothing for a long
time. Then came the blow. "I'll never go to the
United States again,»' he said. I was stunned — why
had he then summoned me? «Oh, I just wanted to see
the man who had the effrontery to write me for four
yearsi" he said, When he saw my desperate face,
he laughed — roars and roars of laughter. "Cheer
up," he said. "Come with me to dinner to the house
of a friend — and listen to his new opera. And I
shall present you as my new American manager." The
friend was Jules Liassenet, the composer, who had
just finished the opera Don Quichote he had composed

especially for Chaliapine.

PALMER
Of course, you really did become his manager later
just as you had dreamed it, didn^t you? What sort
of a man was Chaliapine?

HUROK
He came from a poor family and worked as a stevedore
with the Volga river men — together with another
giant who later became very famous: the poet Maxim

Gorki.

PALMER

Do those Volga river men really sing while the work—
INDICATION OF SOt^G.

HUROK.
They really do. But there are also many other
songs about the rlver Volga, its beauty, and the
hard work of the stevedores — and this was the
beginning of the greatest basso the world has ever
knowo« He was almost entirely self-made. Y/ith
the exception of a very short period, he had had
no voice training or dramatic Coaching at all* But
throughout the years he acquired great knowledge —
in many fields. He could, for Instance, discuss
medicine llke a doctor.«.

PALMER
Th^ always said of him that he had a heart as big
as the world but thatlLn small things he could be
so stingy that it was terrible, Is that true?

HUROK
It is. He discussed this once — he was very much
aware of his stinginess in mouey mattere« He told
me the storj^ of a great tenor he had known on the
height of his fame and whom he later met again —
old and destitute. He aid not want this to nappen
to him — ever... Atid because he loved life and
was extravagant on a grand scale^ he tried to hold

onto pennies« ••

PALMER

He had actualXy no regard for quantities —

whataver, — only for qualitdfcy« He was once asked

why he would sing such a small role as

Don

Basilio in the Baraber of Seville, and he answered.

PALMER CONT.

''To a great artist there is no such thing as a
small part. And to a small artist there are no
big parte."

HÜROK
in every detail
His passion for perfection/was incredible.

Once,

in Chicago, I presented him as Boris Godunow with

a whole Russian ensemble. I was in the audience,

waiting for the curtain to rise, but nothing happen-

half an hour
ed. After ttwpjyyatnirfcgy I rushed backstage to see

what was wrong. And here was Chaliapine, carving
desij
.th a pen knife at one of the Windows — for greater

authenticityl I

PALMER

I heard him once as Boris Godunow, in Paris • It was

a terribly hot sumner night, but the Ghatelet TheatB

was filled to the brim. Chaliapine was obviously

suffering from the heat, swathed in brocades and

fürs as he had to be,«. Sweat was Streaming down

his face wiiich he mopped incessantl^* with an anormoi»

printed handkerchief . There was onyl little left of

that fabulous voice, but one could still hear its

unique quality and he had his audience spellbound*

At the end of the opera, when Boris dies, ChaliapinA

voice became such a whisper that you thougnt you no

longer heard it and yet you did as clearly as if he

sang fortissimo... His voice seemed suspended in

while
air — it was like a poem in itself — as though/a man

was dying his

soul had materisilized into a

voice. •♦ The audience was completely silent, one

PALMER CONT.

coxilcfcot even hear them breathe, They were under

such a spell that it took minutes iintil they re-

covered to applaud. It was an imforgettaole ex-

perieoce. I'wo years later, Clialiapine himself

was dead» .•• But I iiave found an old recordlng

of him, to give you an idea of his extraordinary

voice**. RECORD.

Aside from Chalianine, whom do *you consider the

greatest artist you have managed?

ilUROK

Pavlova.

PAU^-R

Pavlova..» I have never seen her dance, Wasn't
she in many wa^^s the exact opposite of Challapine?

HÜROK
She was* Chaliapine loveü life — and he llved it
too. Pavlova was onl;>' hiangry for life ana love,
and i think her great tragedy was that she was so
devoted to her work tnat it devoured her entirely.

PAD/iER
She travelled with her own Company all yeisir long,

all over the world« They say she

covered about

350 000 miles on her tours««. There were just a

few weeks of rest during the summer, before she

in the
started a new tour Xjcts fall, every year, one after

the other» She

HQROK

She often dreamed of takln g time oJL of doing
nothing üut enjoying the sun and tenain^ flowers —

HUROK GONT.

of living, But then she signed another contract
and it was once more work work work. She was not
quite 46 years old wiien ehe died wlthin a couple
of days — from pleurisy she had caught on üae train,
because of fatigue, because of overwork,

PALMER
Why dld people tliink she was cold and nun-like?

HUROK
Th^ identif ied her with the mask a ballerina made
her face into for the classical ballet. The severe
halr-do, the white make-up, the white tutu — every-
ttiing was desi^ned to make a ballerina appear not
as a woman, but as a fairy tale queen from another
World. Aüd yet Pavlova was very much of this world!
The enormous Staats she would eat — her curiosity
of life in the stränge places she visited, her
love of ever/thing exotic... And then her passion
for shoesi Whenever she arrived in a town, she had
to go out at once and shop for shoes. She never
owned less than 50 pairs — a special trunk fulll
And how she loved to give presentsl She was very
strict with her girls — for the sake of their work.
But she was very sentimental about oirthdays, Chtist'-
masy Eastem — those were big occasions and gifts
for everybody were plajined months in advance. She
once travelled to South Africa with a trunk füll

of Christmas presants and a tree in cold stora^e
OD the boatl

PALIy:ER

And yet she was a very lonely woman« Her favorite
ballet was Autumn Leaves* It was tne story of a
poet and the solitary flower of suminer ravished by
the autumn wind. It referred to her girlhood in
St, Petersburg where she had loved a young man who
had drowned. It was to his memory that she had
dedicated this ballet.

HÜROK
And whenever she danced it her eyes were iUll of
tears, She always went to her dressing roöin with-
out speaking a word to anyone.

PALMER

Mr. Hurok, which ballet do you consider the
leading ballet of today?

HÜROK

The Sadlers '^ells Ballet.

PALMER

OWN IMPRESSION^ OF SADLERS WELLS. And which among
the American ßallets is your favorite?

HUROK

The City Genter Ballet wlriich I think is tne De^in-
ning of an American Sadlers Wells •

PALMER
Hello. Tonight I have as tay guest someone whom one
can call a woman of many countrles«*« When Cather-
ine Barjansky was a very young girl, siie left her
native Russia to study in Munich — and ever since
she has lived all over Europe until she finally

came to America and settled down here in New York«

ßtarted out as any sculptor,
doing life-size pf|otraits, in fact, for a while
hers were even laurger than life-size. But some-
how she feit tnat this wasn't quite the right way
for her to express herseif though she did not really
know what she was searching for,,»
One day, at a party in Paris, she saw one of the
great actresses and dancers of her tiu^, Ida Rubin-
stein, Ida Rubinstein was too slender, too white,
too exolic, too unreal in a way — she was not just
a great artist, she was art herseif, as r^dame
Barjansky describes it in her memoirs* The next
day, the sculptor went out and bought some wax,
and for three da^s and three nights sculptared from
memory her Impression of Ida Rubin stein, She swathed

the small wax figure in velvets and laces — ^the

Portrait was an instant Sensation in Paris» And from

that time on, Madame Barjansky had found her medium,

WAX, She is the only reknown sculptor of our time

who has revived this old old way of doing p^traits-

miniature portraits in wax,,, Of course, she dovs

other things too, but her great passion has remained

the wax. Fortunately, for her sitters, she works
very fast— and I doubt that there is any sculptor

PALMER (CONT.)

living today who has made more p0^tralts of famous
people than Madame Barjansky. Actually, she has
drawers füll of those dellcate wcüc heads, and I have
asked her to bring a few along to shov; them to
you and teil you about sonie of the people who posed
for her.

Teil me, Madame Barjansky, I iinderstand that you
have about 40 students working in your studio (on
Central Paxk South, overlooking the Park)T- are
they all art students or also people who just love
to sc^jjpt.

BARJANSKY
Both. My youngest pupil is 8 years old and my

oldest — 69.

PALlffiR

Isn't 8 a little young for a child to tacklp real

grown-up sculpture?

BARJAl^SKY

I don't think so. Actually, I beli^ne that anyone
who is able to read and write, can also sculpture I

PALMER
You have taught so many famous people how to sculpt
that you must have developed quite a method of your
own — have you?

BARJANSKY

Yes. EXPLAINS METHOD. (Anmerkung; she doesn»t par—
ticularly care to talk about this, but I thought it
would be interesting.)

PALMER
Madame Barjansky has among her puplls the Bowager
i|ueen of Belgliam, Sllsabeth« She is a glfted sculp-
tor, though veiy shy about her art, One day, Einstein
was dining with her and King Albert at Laeken, the
residence of the Belgian royal family* Einstein
told the Queen tliat he had heard about her sculpturtog
and would she show him something süe had done« She
brought out a portrait at which he looked very sedous-
ly^ then asking whether she haa done trhis by herseif«
"Oh j-as," Said the Queen. "Well," Einstein said,
"you know, you didn't have to be a queenl"
Uadame Barjansky, among the countless people known
all over the world who have posed for you, is Pro-
fessor Einstein himself, isn*t he« Please teil us
how he consented to sit for you and your impressions
of him.,«

BARJANSKY
STORI OF EIKSTEINi^ Working in Berlin, in an unheated

attic above his apartment, galoshes on his feet and

heavy
r/ s^fifijtjii]^ over-coat on«««« Itäaking never-ending cal-

culations on sheets of p^per which he then threw in

the waste basket««« Her Impression that his body

was präsent but his soul was really somewhere eise«««

She asking him if he calculated first and then came

to his concluslons afterwards, or if he first had an

Inspiration and then tried to explain it by calcul-

ation««« The Inspiration comes first and he may oe

working for years to discover that he could not sub-

BARJANSKY (CONT.)

SSAKX2 stantlate bis Inspiration«

One day^ he was playing

with Alexandre Bar-

jansky, Madame's famous cellist husband» It was very

bot and Einstein suggested that the gentlemenW take

off tiieir coats. To everybody^s surprise, and long-

suffering lAvs. Einstein 's dismay, the scientist

revealed strangely frayed shiit sleeves*«« What bad

happened to bis shirt which bad been quite good in

the moming«.? Well, he bad feit so bot that he

the sleeves
bad simply chopped Itona/offll

PALMER
I think you also brought us your portrait of an-
other great mind of our time.., Freud. •• Was it
difficult to nave bim consent to pose for you?

BAHJANSKY
No, not really, But when I showed him some of my
portraits which I had brought along, I could feel
that he didnH like them too well, though he kept
saying, ''very good, very good." IBt^t last I showed

him the photograph of a sculpture called King Salomon,
which I had raade after a concert of Emest Bloch«
Freud stared at it very intently and then sfidd,
"Does it look like your father?" I bad to laugh
and sali4 no, because my father was jolly cuid gay and
had round cheeks — iiltogether different from my
concept of the amaciated, greco-like King Salomon 1
But after a while, Freud suddenl;^^ said, '^He must
look like your grandfather! " And this time I did

not have the heart to teil him that my grandfather
had looked very much like my father,««

PALMER
And there is the cliarming story of Madame Barjanskyl
little son, which delighted Freud ♦ The little boy
had been watching his mother doing a portrait of
the Austrian poet Schnitzler» "What is a poet?"
the little boy asked. His mother explained. He
considered her explanations for a while and then
said| ''You know, it must be very easy to be a poet.
He just puts down in the morning what he dreamed
at night..."

Well, Madame Barjansky is not only one of the lead-
ing woman sculptors of our time, but she is also
a lecturer^ and a writer. In her fascinating book,
Portraits with Backgrounds, she teils of the people
who have posed for her in Europe, and now she is
preparing a se(|uel, Portraits with ßackgrounds in
America. And we shall have a cliance to see all the
people of whom she writes in an exhibition here
in New York in November. 7/hoffi are you doing now?

BARJANSKY

night now I am doing the portrait of a little boy,
one of niy students. He was very disturbed at first,
when he started to work with me, because he feit,
sculpturing was sissy stuff . So I asked him, what
he is being shown, when he first comes to a city
where he has never been before. Is it the local
Bank? No. Perlriaps a department störe? No. He

BARJANSKY (CONTj

thought for a while tänd then he brightened \ip. He
knewi The Museum! And what do you see in a Museum?
Paintings — and sculptures... And then he under-
stood. Sculptiire was important and not at all sisay.
So then he asked me if I would do his portrait,
I told him that I got lots of money for a portrait
which he thought was quite all right — he was pre-
pared to pay me too. He could off er me his allowance
for three v/eeks, How much is tl:iis> I Inqxilred?
Six dollars. So I am doing now my six-dollar Por-
trait of a little hoy...

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Hello» Tonight I am back in Austria a^ain, and
I have as my guest Austria 's leading poet of

dlßtinguished a representative of his countiy
that the State Department invited him to come
to America for a few weeks to see wiiat It's like

over here and teil the Austrians about it.

'^ is rather
different from any of the authors I know or
read about. .-fe is not particularly fond of books
and positively dislikes his o\m! He says if
anyone makes a mistake it's soon forgotten, but
if a irriter blunders, it's kept for etemit^^»i*
If he finds himself among many books, for instance
in a Public Library, he no longer understands why
anyone would ever write another word, however,
he usually feels compelled to sit down immediate-
ly and write a new book himself. Thus he has
written about 5^0 novels, and just as many pla^^s
(all of them produced) and half a dozen books of
poetry and novelettes, let alone countless short
stories. But he has never kept one Single copy
of anything he ever wrote, in fact, he loves the
French Trytaw fashion of disposing of a book one
just finished reading by throwing it out of the
Window of a train — in case one happened to read
it OD a train, of course.

When I asked him what was going on in Austria toda^

PALMER (CONT.)

h% Said, he didnH know, The Austrians find out
all about their^countiy tjr reading the American
newspapers. And you, I asked him? Well, he said,
I think your papers are overwhelming. So I don't

even

attempt reading them — I just read

between the lines«.»» Bat here is Alexander

Lernet- Holenia.

Teil« me, Mr^ LemetyHolenia, when did you arrive

in New York?

LERNET-HOLENIA

About two weeks ago. But my first Impression of
the American way of life started already in Genoa,

PALMER

IsnH this a bit far away?

L.H.
Well, it was there that I went aboard the Inde-
pendence — a wonderful boat and I just feil in
love with her air conditioning! Actually, I was
very lucky, As you perhaps read in the papers >
a ship had just bloTni up in Gibraltar. If we had
been passing Gibraltar at that very moment, all
OUT Windows would have been shattered — and good-
tye air conditioning. •.

PABfXR

And New York?

L.H.

It's so marvelous that nobod;/' knows me here.

I feel like the Chalif in the stories of a Thousand

L.H. CONT.

and One Nights, Walking around the streets. And
then of course, I love the countr/side — I went
to Connecticut and Long Island and I think it^s

enchanting.

PALMER

This is really a big compliment, because Mr»
Lemet-Holenia lives in one of the most beautiful
pcürts of Europe, the Salzkammergut. He is the
coTintry sire of St. Wolf gang and I ajn siire euLl
of you know at once all about it when I teil
j^ou that the VTiite Horse Inn is its faraous hotel.
(INDICATION OF SONG?) The Duke of Windsor stayed
there for several months just before his marriage.«

I guess everybody speaks Stoglish

pretty

well now, with all those American s around?

L.H.
At least, they think so, The other day, the
waiter overheard some people speaking English,
8o when the question of the deseert came up, he

offered them bitches and bears

PALMER
Instaad of peaches and pears?? Teil me, how far
is St. Wolfgang from Salzburg?

AcHfexaxckoxrxbjLxJtxKiK

L.H.

About an hour by train» But, unfortunately, the
train needs 3^ hours, until it finally arrivesl

PALMER
Of course, Salzburg is as enclianted a little town

PALMER CONT.

as anyone can find anywhere, It*s built in pure
baroque style and it always seemed unreal to me
to think that people lived in such a place eveiy
da^ of the year, Salzburg has also another dis-
tinctlon. The Salzburg Festivals were the first
international festivals anywhere — and it was
because of their huge success tlmt festivals have
become the fashion of the day all over the world.
1 remember the famous Performances of the old
play "Bveryman" in the Square before the Cathedral
— and the Castle Leopoldskron which the great
theatrical producer Reinhardt rebuilt, it was a
fabuloua place with jPlaniikngos stalking about the
park, witn its open air theatre... Now, by the way,
Harvard University holds summer courses there»
What is Salzburg like today — is it still the

same?

L.H.

Exactly. One still never knows what the people
running around are in reality. Mostly, the peacant
tum out to be Aüiericans in dirndls^and wnat looks
like Äjnericans in jeans and pedal pushers is
nothing but the peasants following the American

way of life*

PALMER

And how far is Salzburg from ViennaT

L«H«

6 hours« And it really takes onljr 5 hours though
it would be typically Austrian if it would take 15*

PALMER

You are of ten there, I presume?

L.n.

Since I can*t come to America all the time, I do
what the American s do — I go to Vienna. By the
way, the French and English and Russians like it
so much too that they can never make up their minds

to leave*

PALMEB

It just occurred to me — does Austria still have
the double headed eagle eveiywhere — on candy
boxes as well as all over the post offices etc«?

L.H.

must have
every decent nation who tes an

Oh yes — as

eaglar— America too. And of course, we even have
the double-headed eagle* By the way, do you know
the story of the Emperor Ferdinand and the eagle?

pALMER
No, I don^t. He lived about a hundred years ago,
didn't he?

LH.
Yes. Well, one day the Court decided that the

Emperor should at last contribute an eagle to his

the hunters
hionting trophees, and so jüox tiöd ^n eagle they

had just shot, to a tree in the Park of the Castle
Schoenbrunn« Someone came running to the Dnperor,
shouting, ^Your Majesty, there is an eagle in the
park!" So the Emperor went down to shoot it. The
hxmters let the eagle drop to the groiind. But when

LH CONT.

they brought the prey to the Bnperor, he said
nothing for quite a while. Then he shook hls
head and said, "Now they all think this is an
eagle« That*s no eagle at all, A real eagle
has two headsf" (Anmerkung, L.H. beendet diese
Geschichte mit einer sehr komischen Geste, die
die beiden MJLerkoepf e besciireibtl )

PALMER

Well, I hope when you return you will feel

quite comfortable under the shadow of its wings«.«

L.H.

Frankly, I'd feel better in the shadow of the
wings of the American eagle, although he has
but one headi

PALMER

Hello* Tonight I am back in Austrla agaia and

I have as my guest

Austriaca leading poet

of today, and playwrlght and novelist — and so
distingnished a repräsentative of his country he

is that the JtaMcicxD:

of.th« United-

%it

State Department

invited hira to come to America

for a few weeks to see what it's like over here
and teil the Austrians about it. He is Alexander
Lemet-Holenia, and he is rather different from

p . any of , the author^^ I know or read about» HeÄ

**'•"*»•• •t^^» i***-'irfj

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di-qllkes D<>oks"'and positively 4w*9b his ov/n! He

has never kept one single copy of ai^'thing he
ever wrote* This was rather difficult to accomplish
sinc^ he has about 20 novels to his credit, and
just as majoy plays (all of them produced), and
half a dozen books of poetry emd novelettes, let

alone countless short stories! Ttocc!!

;mtJi:Bi^9ii^^-GfmSS^

'eineiy prolific x:eade

is an e;

EngÜsh, German>JtöC[ian — but
Sralks into Vienna^s famous Library (one of the
.greatest in the world), he gets into a panic when
\ he sees what has been written through the ages«««

He prefers the French fashion of disposing of a

book coe just finished reading by throwing it out

of the Window of a train — in case one happened to
\
ead it on a train, of course, When I asked hi

what was going on in Austria today, he said^ he
^ C ^ dj-clnt ksow. Smodantjc The Austrians flud^ut

s#-

^dö^

\ /ty reading kü eveiything about their own

lAy^ country in the American newspapers* And you?
I asked him. Well, he said, I think your papers
-jCXJ^ are overwhelming.

he oilgtit- tyTre^iisa^i^^ awWKJi' ^ILll tiliyjtiui lui ■

of am

here he is — Alexander

Lemet-Holenia . Teil me, Mr, Lerne
you arrive in New York?

LERNET HOLENIA

About two weeks ago, But my first Impression
of the A>:.erican way of living started already

in üenoa«

PALMER

Isn't this a bit far away?

L.H.
Well, it was there that I went aboard the Inde-
pendence-- - a wonderful boat and I just feil in

love with alr conditioningl Actually, I was

A
very lucky. As you perhaps read in the papers,

a ship had just b^lovm up in Gibraltar. If we
had been passing Ipy Gibraltar at that very moraent,
all our Windows would imve beön shattered and jpk
goodbye air conditioning...

PALPAER

And New York?

L.H.

It's wonderful that nobody knows me here — I
feeliiice the Ghalif in the stories of a Thousand
and One Nights, wcuLking around the streets« And

ff»

th«Q of coixrse, I love the countryside — I went

LH CONT.

for a rido the other

daor, t^;^r36C(£^UU^

This is really a big compliment, because

/ y

Hvejf in one of the most beautiful

parts of Europe, in the Salzkaramergut, He is
the coiintry sire of St* Wölfgang and I am sure
all of /ou know at once all about it when I teil
you that the l"fhite Horse Inn is its famous
hotel... (INDICATION OF SONG?) The Duke of
Windsor stayed there for several rnonths just

before his marriage...

L.H.

\The onlj'' trouble ig that the Salzkamnergut is
lov^ly for people who come there just sporadic-
ally, bu^^r anybody to live in a summer resort

all year round it gets rather dull.

'""^

PALMER
How far is St. Wolf gang frora Salzburg?

(ßzjfuic,

LH
About au hour by train. A\/-C/\

?almer" ' ^ ^*^ '^

Of course, Salzburg is -^MHI^ as enchanted a
littii town as any one can find anywhere. It's
built in pure baroque style and it always seemed
unreal to me to think that people lived in such
a place every day/ of the year. Salzburg has
also another distinction. The Salzburg Festi-
vals were the first international festivals

anywhere — and it was because of their huge

PALMER CONT,

succesB that festivals have becojfe the fashion
of the day all over the world,.., Reinhardt«
Jedermann. Toscanini, Is Salzburg still the

same?

L.H.

Not quitV. It used to be very beautiful there

in spring, wh^ it was very qiiiet and serene

afi4 no rain — a« usual durin g tKe' sllBimer — but
now there are only two poseibilities — either
Fesl^ivals or a Hungafian marketplace, because
Salzburg ha;? "become obe of the largest Hungarian
townft^ certalnly the largest oütside of Hungary,

- -'^ V — ^-

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PAUIER
Hello • Tonight is tbe last time I will be with
you before going on my vacation for the summer,
and I am a little sad about it. • • I sheuLl raiss
those weekly Visits with you... 3ut I shall retum
this fall and I hope that you will then be travel-
ling with me again.t.

Travelling... I am going to Europe and I shall
see many of the places I talked to you about,
Xsfllclcko^extacioclDscjoaEkx:t9C}co]icaBaiisrxnBOX6toxitHn»n^
Remaraber my first program, when I took you to
England? I had my fellow witch Painela Brown as
my guest and I am looking forward to seeing her
again — both of us just plein ,ordinary peoplel
As I told you the other day, on my second program
about ^Jngland, we shall be visiting the Festival
of Britain... AD LIB.

RemOTber Monsieur de Manziarly, my French guest
with whom I talked about Paris, about her 2000th
anniversary she is celebrating this year? We sang
a little song together, called La Seine,,.
INDICATION OF SONG. Well, I shall have a look
at Paris and see how the 2000^year old lady is
doing — and I think I shall find her as enchan-
ting and as young as ever. And you may remeraber
that she is cheating a bit about her age anywayl
Do you remember my program about Greece? I am
still hoping to go there this year... I have never
been to Greece but I can't get out of my raind what

Madame Paxinou told rae about the Festivals in

Delphi — reinem ber? They will open on the night

of the full moon, I believe the 17th of August,

with ftedame Paxinou playing in Oedipus, right in

the old amphitheatre in Delphi...

And then, of course, Italy. I shall be spending

there
a lot of time iKxltxijc, and I have auite a bit of

news for you, in connection with Italy which is

one of m^ very favorite countries... When I will

be back on the air this fall, after the first of

October, I shall bring you some films I will have

in Rome for you this suinmer! I shall Inter-

View some very interesting people there, people
whose names are familiär to you and then perhaps
the one or tiie other you have never neard about
before. icxhaiicshÄirxymi You will accompany
me on my walks about the "Etema]. City", as Ilome
is called so often — and it is indeed an etemal
city... Maybe you can catch some of the breath-
taking experience I had when I saw Rome for the
first time... The Goliseum in the moonlight,
the fountains at the Villa Borghese etc. AD LIB.
I think I shall talk about Eleonore Düse, the
greatest actress who ever lived, who was an Italian
and died in Pittsburgh in the twenties.,.
And then there is Austria — Salzburg and Vienna...
iiiaybe I shall go there too, ana see if there are
still playing Jedermann on the üathedral Square
as I told you a couple of weeks ago. And I shall
see what the countr^^ is like today which has brouglt

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f rom which I shall read to you again • • • You have
seemed to have liked this passage best of all the
poeins I orought to you, and have asked for it
again and again • As you may remember — a young
man is dying and his mother, his friend, and his
girl come — as shadows — to speak to him once
more» This is what his girl says:

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LEAD INTO GOmERCIAL APPROXIMATELY AS F0LL07/S:
Do you remember that I told you on ray very first
program how a man came to see me and asked me if
I wanted to be an ^^gelface? He was a man from
Pond's who produces i^ngelface make-up... Well,

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face^ and one in particuliar — the one made by
Ponds. It was a lot of fun, to teil the truth,

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about the things that interested me — about dif-

f#rent countries — about paintings, about literat-

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Subseries G: Other Manuscripts, 1939-1961

Subseries is in English and French.
0.75 linear foot

Arrangement:

Alphabetical.

Scope and Content:

In addition to her own wntings, this subseries also lists some manuscripts acquired by
Ruth Marlon, most of which are Scripts. The Blank Wall was presumably received by her
while she worked on the production of Max Ophul's film The Reckless Moment, based on
the novel The Blank Wall.

The origins of the other Scripts are not as certain. Several of the manuscripts are by or
concern individuals Ruth knew, includlng Test 606 by John Huston; Of Human Bondage
by Lester Cohen; Voyage Home, with a translatlon by Denver Lindley; The Immortal
Husband, a comedy by James Merrill; and The Shanghai Gesture , a film in which Walter
Huston starred in 1941.

Box

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Folder

Title

The Blank Wall by Henry Garson and Robert
Soderberg - Final Draft

The Blank Wall - First Estimating Draft

The Blank Wall - Outline

The Blank Wall - Revised Final Draft

The Blank Wall - Revised Final Draft with
Shooting

7776 Burning Bush by Heinz Herald and Geza
Herzog

777e Deep Blue Sea by Terence Rattigan

The Immortal Husband by James Merrill

Title

Judgment at Nuremberg by Abby Mann

Laura by Jay Dratler

Monsieur de France by Jacques Frangois

Monsieur de France - Photos

Of Human Bondage - Play by Lester Cohen

The Picture of Dorian Gray - Play by Walter
Hartley

7776 Shanghai Gesture by John Colton

7est 606 by John Huston, Heinz Herald, and
Norman Burnstine

Date

1949

1949
1949
1949
1949

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1951

1954-1955

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1961

1943

1955-1956?

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1934, 1954

1952

1941
1939

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TIIB BLAM WALL
(OUTLINE)

January 12, 1949

THE BLAlsTK WALL

DOVVNTOWN LOG ANGELES. FIPTH STREET. LüCIAtS car in

traf f ic • Purther on she slows down and peers out of

the Window. She sees

HOTEL ENTRÄNGE. "MIDTOWN HOTEL'\ Seedy place. Pew

men hanging around entrance.

FIPTII STREET. LüCIAtS car goes into parking lot by

hotel»

STREET IN PRülIT OP HOTEL. LüCIA comes from parking

lot, paiases a moment in front of the entrance, and

then goes in«

INTERIOR OP HOTEL LOBBY. LUCIA crosses lobby to desk*

Hanger s-on in lobby stare at her with interest. LUCIA

asks DESK CLERK for TED DARBY. CLERK calls TED DARBY.

CLERK teils LUCIA MR. DARBY will ineet her in the bar.

LUCIA looks around for bar and sees '^Cocktails^ sign

over door. She crosses toward it»

BAR. BARTEITDER in process of setting bar up for day.

Teils LüCIA he can^t sorve her for another fifteen

rainutes. Ghe looks so uncomfortable, so he says,
"Maybe, after all, you need one." She doesn't take
the drink. DARBY comes into the bar and, as LUCIA is
the only one in there, he goes to her directly«
BOOTH IN BAR (no drinks in sceneN LUCIA teils DARBY
he is not to see BEA any more» LUCIA says she found
out about their secret romance, and she has found out

the type of man DARBY is, and he will not see her

daughter agaln* DARBY charralngly glves up BEA. LUCIA

relaxes untll DAHBY adds he »11 give up BEA for a price»

LUCIA says now ahe can come out in the open with BEA

knowlng of her romance wlth DARBY, because as soon as

BEA knows about the "prlce^* she'll break off with

DARBY wlthout any more said about lt. LUCIA leaves«

DARBY goes imiTiediatelv to phone booth in bar*

PHONE BOOTH. DARBY dials lonr distance Operator and

asks for Baiboa number«

DRIVEWAY OP liARPER ilOUSE IN BALBüA. LATS APTERNOON.

LUCIA drives in* DAVID Is outslde working on what may

or may not be an automobile* DAVID helps LUCIA in

with her packaf;es«

HARPER LIVIN'G ROüM. DAVID and LUCIA come in from outside.

J-TR. HARPER llstenlnr; to race results on the radio* SYBIL

in dlninf^; room just turns off vacuura cleaner. LUCIA is
questioned as to why she went to Los Angeles without
letting them know. LUCIA asks where BEA IS. Family
teils she is upstairs. Look of concern over LUCIA» S
face. As she leaves the room we can see LUCIA steeling
herseif for a dlfflcult conversation with BEA«
BEA»S BEDROOM. She is working at easel. She looks
angry. LUCIA« S VOICE calls her from outside of door»
BEA teils her mother to come in. Her voice is cold and

harsh. LUCIA wants to know why she Is sulking in her
room. BEA teils her mother that TED DARBY phoned her

from Loa Angeles that mornlng and told her about the
meetlng» Evory arguraent LIJCIA presents to BEA about
DARBY Is underrained by BEA telling her mother DARBY on
the phone predicted LüCIA would say everyone of these
thlngs. Their conversatlon rnoves from discusslon to
a heated argument between mother and daughter. LUCIA
informs BEA she will stop at nothing to put an end to
BEA and DARBY» S relatlonshlp* 'lüGIA forblds BEA to
ever see DARBY again, and leaves the rooin. BEA stares
resentfully after her« She is furious«
UPSTAIRS HALLWAY* As LUCIA leaves bedroora, sound of
phone downstalrs« DAVID» S voice calls up sa^flng it»s
Washington on the phone* LUCIA qiaickl- Starts down
the stairs«

LUCIA on phone. It is her husband calling from V,ashington
and he teils her, business Is taking him to Berlin
Inimediately« MR. HARPjJR and DAVID ,^et in on telephone,
mixture oi deli; ht and dismay about his Berlin trip«
It»s an opportunity but will take him away from home for
Xinas. BEA coiiies down to talk to her father. In her
conversation she hits at her rnother. LUCIA ends phone
conversatlon by assurlng her husband that nothing is
serlousl:^ wrong wlth BlilA and that he is not to worry
while he is away. They managed once while he wat at v/ar
and they can do it again»

LUCIA» 3 BiiDROOM. NIGHT. LUCIA, in a dressing gown, is
siirrounded by packages, rnost of which are wrapped. DAVID

knocks at her door* LÜCIA hastlly slides a few
unwrapped packages under the bed and teils hlm to
corae in. DAVID enters* He ' s dressed for bed»
DAVID sees letter LüCIA Is writlng to hls father*
LüClÄ says she is assuring DAVID 'S father again that
everything will be shlp-shape while he's gone« After
DAVID leaves LüCIA Stands up, Stretches and turns out
light on desk in front of large picture v/indow over-
looklng Baiboa 3ay. She goes to her bed and turns down
Covers. CAMERA PAMS BACK to windov; and through the
wlndow we see pler and boathouse. Soraeone at the end
of the pier in front of the Harper house, strikes a
rnatch. A cigarette is lit, CAMERA PANS BACK to

LUCIA'S bedroom« She is sltting on the edge of the bed»

She takes cold cream jar and just starts to dab some
cold Cream on her face when she hears sound of door
opening quietly. She pause s until she hears sounds of
footsteps stealthily going downstairs. She gets up and
goes to her door«

UPSTAIRS HALLWAY. LUCIA looks downstairs and frorn her

angle we see BEA headln£, for the front door downstairs •
LUCIA goes downstairs«

POOT DP STAIRS DOWNSTAIRS HALLV7AY. Argument between
LUCIA and BEA about her going out to meet DARBY.
Violent argument held down so it won't wake up rest of
family. LUCIA orders BEA back to her room# They start

up the stairs.

LUCIA'S bedroom. LUCIA comes In, c loses the door,
plcks up the cold cream, but her hand Is trembllng so
she puts It dov/n* She goes to unfinlshed letter on
desk, v/rites a little, and we can see she la still
concerned about BEA# (Note: Durlng scene SYBIL comes
in and LüCIA assures her there Is no trouble.) She
goes and opens the door of her bedrooin, and Grosses
the hall to door of B2A*S roo:r«

BEA»S BüDROOM. LTJCIA Stands in the door and sees the

room is empty* She quickly turns and goes across the
hall to her roorn»

HARPER HOUSE. NIGHT. SXTERIOR. BEA Grosses front

yard and walks out toward boathouse at end of pier»
She uses a flashlight just on the steps of the house«
E>ID OP ^^lER OIJTSIDE OP BOATHOUSE* BEA and DARBY meet

at the end of the pier* BEA is tearfully happy to see
hii:i# Then she finds out he was not foolinp, about needing
money» Her disillusionnient is instant. She Starts back
for the house but DARBY grabs her. He is furious and she
can't break away from him. She strikes DARBY with
flashlight. He is Imocked out. She runs back toward
the house«

LUCIA» 3 BEDROÜK* LUCIA has a ÜRht coat on and is

rapidly putting on a pair of shoes as she nears slam of
door downstairs»

DOV/NSTAIRS HALUVAY. BEA is leanin-^ against front door
trying to catch her breath and get over her panic«

Proin her angle v/e see LUCIA on the top of stalrs»

LUCIA Cornea down the stalrs»

DOWNSTAIRS liALLWAY. BßA teils hör mother what has

happened. LUCIA teils her to go on upstairs. She'll

go out and see if DARBY is still on the pler«

END ÜF PIER. DAHBY gets up froin floor of pier. He is

anr:rY as he rubs his forehead where he 's been hit. He

J" u

brushes hls clothes off» He Starts tc walk off the
pier* He goes wronr- dlrection and Starts to fall.
SHOT PROM WAT2R SHO^VING PuLL PIER* ;Ve see DARBY
falling ovor pier onto float beside a sinall white boat
belov/ in the water • Immediately afterwards we see
LUCIA Coming out i'vom the house toward the pier«
PliiR* LUCIA comes out and looks around for DARBY.

l'iTien she does not 3ee hini, she turns and goes back

toward the house.

BSA»S BEDROOM. BEA is in bed, LJCIA is standing

beside her, BSA is alrnost hysterical. We see a

confused cl^l ^^^ ^ disturbed mother. LUCIA says

she'll get somethin^;, for her to help her sleep»

UPSTAIRS HALL. LUCIA comes out of BEA»S bedroom.

She is surprised to see DAVID and MR. HARPER standing

in doorway of DAVID» S room. They want to know what all

the talkinf's been about all night long. LUCIA shar^^Ay

teils theri to go about their own business.

BATKROOM. LüCiA comes into bathroom and goes to inedicine

cabinet. She fills a glass of water and takes down bettle

of aspirin. It's empty.

EXTERIOR HARPßR HOUSE. MORNING» LÜCIA opens front
door and steps out* She Stands there smoking aid
enjoying the early mornlng*

WINDOW OP SYBIL'S ROOM. SYBIL opans window, «iM Is
still In her nightgown. She wants to know why URS»
HARPER is up so early* LUCIA comes into scene, teils
SITBIL she couldn't sleep, she is going to tal© an
early morning walk*

PULL SHOT OF PIER. LUCIA strides out on the pier*

LUCIA reaches head of ramp* She looks down and an

expresslon of horror comes over her face»

THE FLQAT IN THE WATLiR PROM LUCIA «S ANGLE LOOKINQ

DOWN* DARBY is stretched out in the boat.

HEAD OP KAMP. Panic -stricken she stares down at the

body with unbelieving eyes* She moves down the ramp

slowly.

THE FLQAT AT FOOT OP RAMP. LUCIA noves toward the

body* We can see Darby is lying on an anchor, two

prongs of which are free, the third is buried in his

back* With fear she reaches down and touches him*

She sees he is dead*

RAMP. LUCIA runs up the rampo

THE PI.:;R. LUCIA runs down the pier toward the house*

EXTERIOR HARPER HOUSE. LUCIA reaches front door, ia

ab out to open it and then stops* She looks upstairs*

A frlghtened, thoughtful expression comes over her

ftice» She turns*

THE PIER. V/lth qulckenlng steps MBIA GOES out to

end of pler* When she reaches the RAMP there is

resolve in her expresßlon. She looks qulckly aroumd

the Bhore to see if anyone Is up arid watching her«

She Starts down the rarap«

FLOAT AT POOT OP PIER. LUCIA getß DARBY»S body into

boat. She tries to start outboard inotor# It sput-

ters and falls« She tries agaln and still the motor

won't catch. Finally it Catches. She casts off and

heads out toward the bay«

THE BOAT. LUCIA in niiddle of Baiboa Bay. She looks

around not knowlng what directlon to go« She looks

Inland. Proin her angle we see canal going inland,

passing under bridge of main highway.

TKE BOAT. LUCIA is in the boat and has passed the

south end of Baiboa. She turns Inland toward a

canal which passes under the main highway bridged

over it. She fearfully studies the road for trafflc.

A few trucks go over lt.

PROM THE HIGffiVAY BRIDGE OVER THE CANAL. LUCIA 'S boat

approaches it. Several cars pass between CAMSIRA and

boat*

BOAT. LUCIA looks up fearfully as she guides the

boat under the bridge» The boat then goee inland to

a swampy backwater covered with reeds. No houses or

human activity around» LUCIA takes DARBY»S BODY out

of boat and hides it In the marsh»

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BOAT. LüCIA is guidlng boat back toward Baiboa Island

when ehe notlces the bloody anchor. She turns the

boat and heads out toward inlet to ocean,

BOAT IN OCEAN. LUCIA is well off shore when she

lets motor idle. She unties anchor from rope and

drops it in the ocean,

PIER AND ßOAT HOUSE PROM LUCIA «S ANGLE IN HETURNING

BOAT. DAVID is waiting for her.

RAMP AT END OP PIER. BOAT PULLS UP. LÜCIA t;ets out
and DAVID comes down to tie lt. DAVID is angry be-
cause LUCIA has gone out without him. He does not
notice the anchor is misslng# LUCIA and DAVID go
back to the house«

HARPER KITCHEN* Dlnette table is set for breakfast.
LUCIA and DAVID corae in. SYBIL is thoughtful. MR.
HARPER, at the table, is wondering why everything's
been so uncoordinated around the house the past few
days# DAVID is still complaining about the boat
trip, but SYBIL silences hirn. LUCIA, holding herseif
to noiTTialcy, excuses herseif to change her clothes.
DOWNSTAIRS HALLWAY. LUCIA meets BEA cominfc downstairs.
Takes her arm and teils her to corae upstairs with her«
LUCIA» S BEDROOM. As LUCIA changes her clothes, sha
asks BEA if BEA had ever told anyone about DARBY. BEA
says no one knows. LUCIA teils her it's best then, to
forget about him, and never talk about thls again under
any clrcumstancea. BEA goes out. LUCIA, alone for the
first time, is almost physically sick from the ordeal

she ' s just gone through. VOICE OP SYBIL fron» down-
stairs, calls to her and teils her breakfast is ready«
She sees the letter on the desk. After some heslta-
tion, she seals the letter, puts It In her pocket and
leaves the room.
HARPIilR KITCHEN AND DINETTE. MR. HARPER and BEA at

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table when LUCIA comes in dressed. LUCIA inqulres
where DAVID Is. She turns white when SYBIL says he
rushed through breakfast and went out to the boat«
DAVID comes into the kitchen. He announces someone
swiped the anchor from the boat. LUCIA gets up and
says she Is going to mail letter to their father and
also leave the car in the village to have servicedt
Teils DAVID they'll göt another anchor«
EXTERIOR ENTRANGE TO POST OFFICE IN TIIS VILLAGE. DAY.
From angle of post office we see up the street a large
car. 7hm car stops and a man leans out and asks a
question of passerby in the street. Passerby shakes

his he ad, car moves toward CAMERA. It stops again
and the man "NAGLE" asks another passerby who shakes
his head. Approaching the post office and stopping
again as LUCIA comes out of post office and goes to
cab in front of post office. This tirae a passerby
polnts out LUCIA to man in car« LUCIA, as she get»
into cab, remarks to DRIVER whom she knows that her
car is being serviced. At the time NAGLE'S car drives
up beside cab and NAGLE gets from his car into back

seat wlth LUCIA« Before she can even proteat, he
says I want to see your daughter BEATRICE. She teils
the cab drlver to start, NAGLE beckons for hls car to
follow and he rolls up glass partitlon between drlver
and back soat«

REAR SEAT OF TAXI. NAGLE knows DARBY caine to Baiboa
night before« He wants to knov/ where DARBY Is, LUCIA
teils them they don't know DARBY, he says he '11 talk

to her daußhter#

EXTERIOR HARPH]R HOUSE. Gab and car followlng pull up
In front of Harper house. LUCIA threatens to call
pollce If NAGfLE doesnH go away» NAGLE gets Into hls
car and drives off, after he notes down address«
HARPKR KITCHEN. VVe see a roast ham being taken out
of the oven. CAMERA PüLLS BACK reveallng SYBIL and
LUCIA« SYBIL says I»in ready in ten minutes* CAMbiRA
POLLOWS LUCIA«

HARPER LIVING ROGM. LUCIA comos into llvlng room,
MR« HARPER is fussing wlth a white Xmas tree which Is
still bound and In the corner« He coraplains about
white Xmas trees, pressed sav/dust lo^s in fireplace
and California in gener al« Indicate HARPER goes out
to get kindle for fire« DAVID comes in, it»s obvious
he's been working on his car, he'e not only amelling
«Ef grease and oll, but also covered wlth it« LUCIA
ihoots hira upstairs to get cleaned up for dinner«
VOICE OP BEA calllng frora upstairs asklng what they^re
having for dinner« LUCIA yells up »HamP BEA says

she oan't have ham on her Vita Bell dlet, Sound of
a Slam upstalrs, LUGIA walks toward downstalrs hallway,
B£A*3 BEDROCM, LUCIA enters and In an effort to be nlce
to BEA, maybe she can go back to art school after
holldays. BEA protests against ever going to Los
Angeles agaln. LUGIA says maybe there Is some place
In Lagiina where she could study, Sound of tap on
door and SYBIL calllng URS. HARPER,

UPSTAIRS HALLWAY. LUGIA caraes out of BEA «3 roora and
SYBIL teils LUGIA there *s a man downstalrs to see
her. LUGIA flrst wants SYBIL to send hlm away and
then thinkliig better of It Starts down the stalrs.

HARPER LIVING ROOM. MARTIN DONNELLY Is Standing
In the livlng roora« He looks at some of the good
pieces of fxirnltxire appreciatlvely^ As he heara
Sounds of footsteps comlng downstalrs he moves out
of sight from the hallway. He glances up at mirror
and in mirror we see reflacted

DOWUSTAIRS HALLWAY. LUCIA reaches bottora of the

stairs and visibly pulls herseif together for what-
ever the forthcoinlng interview may turn out to be»
LUCIA comes Into livlng room. DONNELLY introduces
himself ^ and as SYBIL Grosses downstalrs hallway,
he adds he»s a frlend of LUCIA «S husband« When
SYBIL 13 out of sight, DONNELLY reveals he Is there
to collect |5, 000.00 for letters BEA wrote to DARBY.
He convlnces LUCIA they aren^t quite school glrl let-
ters and he reads one to her. He Starts to read

anothar one. (Hota: First santenoa of sacond
lattar can hava BEA talling DARBY that har mothar
haa saan thaxn in Los Angalas,) DONNBLLY says
thasa latters can ba very ambarraaalng f or LUCIA
and har family* Ha also suggasts that DARBY was
plannlng to usa tham for blackmall hliuself, but,
had gl van tham to DONWELLY and hls partner to hold
untll ha pald back a dabt, DARBY owad tham« LUCIA
f alters and asks for tlme to thlnk as MR* HARPER
coraes In tha scana^ In followlng scana LUCIA is
trappad by the famlly ocmlng In on DONNBLLY« Horsa
tlp hara« HARPER even asks DONNELLY to stay to
dlnner as the table Is practlcally ready for tham
to Sit down at« DONNELLY usas house-huntlng stoi»y
to Cover his maetlng wlth LUCIA, the next mornlngt
LUCIA Indloates real estata agency to rneet at In
vlllage« DONNELLY leaves,

OUTSIDE HARPER H0U3E. NIGHT. DONNELLY looklng
through Window at famlly gatherlng around dlnnar
table •

PICTURE OP BODY OP DARBY lylng In marsh, over
■oenei volces of famlly '•Mall here yet?** etc.
CAMERA PULLS BACK raveallng plctura Is on front
paga of newspapart It's on desk In hallway# Mall
around newspapar. Business wlth latters # MR«
HARPER comes Into scene and plcks up newapaper,
turns to raclng results page as he Starts up the
stalrs «

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ÜPSTAIRS HALLWAY, ER. HARPER glanclng at the paper
as h% moves toward bathroam door« LUC JA codes out
of bedroom as ho dlaoovers nows of the murder,
Family gathers round as he reada« LUGIA takes BEA^S
arm and heads for her roamt BEA has grabbed the
paper and has taken it with her«

BEA'S BEDROOMt BEA shocked readlng all the thlngs
DARBY has been» Hysterlcal« LUCIA teils her to get
her clothes on, "We^d better go outside and have a

talk."

BOARDWALK BY BEACH. LUCIA and BEA are Walking and
BEA says she^s got to get away» LUCIA says she^l
see if she oan send her up to Tahoe to Aiint Edna's«

LIVING ROOM HARPER HOUSE* BEA and LUCIA cane in

to find DONNELLY there. LUCIA sends BEA on upstairs
and admits to DONNELLY she has forgotten her appoint-
ment with hlm that morning« If they were going to
talk, LUCIA asks DONNELLY to take her to a drugstore
first as she will have to make an iraportant phone

call outside of the house^

INTERIOR DRUGSTORE, Tlirough wlndow we see DONNELLY
in parked oar outside and LUCIA in telephone booth
speaking to Aunt Edna vrho can't understand why BEA
wants to be away from hocie at Xsias« Wants to know
what^s wrong as Operator says three minutes are up»
LUCIA doesn^t have any ready ohange and she dashes
up to counter« All Clerks have oustomers and LUCIA
walks toward door beokoning to DONNELLY. DONNELLY

■m

comes in, glvlng her ohanga, LUCIA go«s back to
phone booth» (Note: Sequenoe here of DONNELLY get-
tlng all of LUGIA^S paokages*) When LüCIA cocies out
of phone booth, wa Indlcate that trlp for BEA Is
oancelled* DQNNELLX carrying LUCIA'S paokages out
of drugstore* He says If they are pretendlng to look
for a hou30, they»d better drlve around for a while*
DONÜELLY'S GAR. DRIVE ON HIGHWAY. LUCIA oan»t get
money tll Monday, we get a blt of DONNELLY^S back-
ground here* DONNELLY not sure If NAGLE will hold
off til Monday» He does not want his half of the
blackmall lüoney any laore»

LUCIA «S BEDROOM. LUGIA looklng at bank balanoe and
Hat of bllla to be pald^ checks debts wlth SYBIL,
reallzes no money in bank for letters # BEA oonies in
and is annoyed that trlp is called off» Plouncea
out» LUGIA looking out of window sees stränge man
talklng to MR» H/IRPER and DAVID at end of pier»
LUCIA qulckly movaa out of rooin»

END OP PIER. LT, LEVY dlscusslng case with HARPBR
and DAVID. LUCIA comes in, maklng DAVID go into
house. All through Inquirie« we soe LEVY knows more
about LUGIA than he indicates» Talk about missing
anohors» Wild bird hobby and ablllty of HARPER
boat to go into shallow swamp. Over soene SYBIL
•alls LUCIA in for telephone oall« LUCIA leaves
soene«

D0WN3TAIRS PHONE. LüCIA talklng to DONHELLY.
PHONS BOüTH IH BAR OP MIDTüWN HOTEL. DONNELLY aays
he has to sea her rlght away» H« knovs she oan't
talk* Ihere he oan meet her? LUGIA aays boathouse
that lalght, DONKELLY hange up, Race horse exohange
wlth soDieone at bar.

UTERI OR BOATHOUSE, NIGHT, DONNELLY standlng there
when LUGIA oatnss in. DONNELLY teils her NAGLE must
have his money by Monday Sharp, They arrange a

meetlng Monday aftornoon. LUGIA goes out. DONNELLY
plana to f ollow,

STREET IN FRONT OF HARPER HOUSE. NIGHT. DONNELLY
on way to his car sees NAGLE'S car bohind hls.

NAGLE'S driver says NAGLE told him to follow DONNELLY.
SAFETY DEPOSIT VAÜLT. LUGIA taking Jewels out of

safety deposit box.

QUICK LOAN OFFICE. LUCIA can get no money,

PAWN SHOP. LUCIA raises flßOO.OO.

PRIVATE DINING ROOM IN RESTAURANT. DONNELLY wlth
Walter settlng up fine dlnner, Champagne and all.
LUCIA cones in. (Through scene conplete dlnner is
served but Isn't touched.) LÜCIA could not raise
all the money. DONNELLY says she doesn't have to,
Police have gotten MURRAY for murder of DARBY.
LUCIA says she conmitted murder. He doesn't believe
her, she makes hla prouise to get HURRAY off. At
this point he says, "Don't worry about NAGLE ever
againo" She leaves, waiter oomes in, says he has
a good phone ntimber - DONNELLY says no.

EXTERIOR HARPER HOÜSE. NIGHT. LUCIAtS car drives
up,

LIVINO ROOM HAÜPSR HOUSE. LUCIA ocmes in. Family
upset because sho's lat«« Dinlng table measy, SYBIL
brlngs Sandwich Into llving room, DAVID has date for
BEA that night, BEA won«t go, LUCIA alon« with BEA,
t^lllng hmr not to let this DARBY thlng wreok her
llfe^ SYBIL comes In and whlspere to LUCIA that
NAGLE Is waitlng in boathouse^ LUCIA ha« SYBIL teil
hlm to wait, taklng a drink, continues urgent talk

to BEkp overscene sound of car honklng and voices

tslde, DAVID comes in, BEA agrees to go with him«
SYBIL with urgent gestures, LUCIA sees kids off #
(Note: Before scene with BEA, scene with MR, HARPER
wanting to know what's wrong with LUCIA, He goes
upstairs afterwardSt) LUCIA ,n;oes out«
PIER» LUCIA Walking toward boathouse«
INTERIOR BOATHOUSE* LUCIA and NAGLE. NAGLE wants
the money, beccxnes violent^ grabs her as DONNELLY
ewies in* (Note: NAGLE has letters with him«)
DONHELLY ohokes NAGLE to death, makes LUCIA go in-
aide «i he'd take care of NAGLE«

DOWNSTAIRS HALLWAY. LUCIA oomes in, goes upstairs»
LUCIATS BEDROOMt DARK. LUCIA looking out of
Window aa SYBIL comes in* Ho need for words between
them. SYBIL stays» Through wlndow from LUCIATS
watsle we see figxxre of DONNELLY carrying NAGLE down
the pier, Oversoene hare sound of car starting,
and LUCIA remembers - my God the letters • Rushes
out of room«

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EXTERIOR HARPER HOUSE. HIGHT. LUCIA comaa out of

houao and xnins to her oar, as DONNELLY^S oar goes down

the Street«

LUOIA»S oar followlng DONNELLr^Se

HIGHIVAY. LUCU»S OAR FOLLOWIHG DONNELLY'Se

DONNELLY«S GAR^ DONHELLY looks up and eees oar

followlng hijs#

LUCIA «S GAR« She blinke her llght^

D0NNELLY»3 GAR increases apeedo

HIGMAY. DONNELLY^S GAR shoots off the road to side
Street • LUGIA followlng •

SIDE STREET» The turn has been too sharp^ DONNELLY^S
car goes off the enbankment ajid crashes, he^s about
to Jump out as it rolls over and pins hlm down*
LUGIA' S car pulls up#

CAR WRECK» LUGIA trles to help DONNELLY, Can»t
move caro DONNELLY gets letters from NAGLE» S body
under car* Slrens in dlstance - they inorease all
through scene« LUGIA won^t leave. He says when
Police ccme they »11 get him out. Slie can»t do any-
thlng» Hides that he»s seriously hurt^ she goes«
DONNELLY, in great pain, as polioa ccrae in« He teils
them to get in touch with LEVY. He i« MARTIN
»ONNELLY, responsible for DARBY and NAGLE.

DOWNSTAIRS HALLWAY HARPKR HOUSE^ LUGIA comes In ae
phone rings. Family is there, LUGIA ^'oea to phone,
it»s Berlin. Doorbell over scene. SYBIL passes

through famlly gatherlng around phone^ SYBIL^S

volc« over scena, says LT» LEVY Is here. As LUCIA
glves the phone to DAVID and as sh« walkß tofward
LBVT W0 haar sounds ot famlly on phone all talking
to thelr father* LEVY teils her the case la closed
wlth D0NNELLY»3 death. Pamlly yolla for LUCIA to
come to phone« She goes to phone wlth mlxed emotlona
and says •'Hello darllng'* to her husband.

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"THE J3ÜRNING BUSH"

A Play in Three Actg

tiy

Heins Herald

and

GEZA HERCZEG

Adaptüd

NOEL LANGLEY

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PROGRAMME POREWORD:

"The authora of this play have Condensed facts In regard
to time and place in order to meet the exlgencies of the
theatre: In no other respect have they altered the
substance of the actual trlal whlch took place in
Nylregyhaza, Hungary, In 1882-3 •"

CHARACTERS :

DR. KORN ISS

GUSTAV RUSSU

ERNST GRUDEN

STATE ATTORNEY SEYFFERT

DISTRICT ATTORNEY SUBSTITUTE DR.

CHIEF IN\'E3TIGAT0R DR. BARY

BARON EmiERICH ONODY

DR. KARL EOTVOES )
DR. BERNIiARD FRIEDMANN)
DR. ALEXANDER FUNTAK )
IGNATZ NEUMANN )

JOSEPH SCHARF
ABRAHAM BUXBAUM
LEOPOLD BRAUN
LAZAR IVEISZSTEIN
HERMANN WOLLNER
RABBI EMANUEL TAUB
SAMUEL LUSTIG
ADOLF JUNGE
ANSELM VOGEL
JANKEL SMILOVICH
ISAAK KLEIN

JOSEF Kom^^

Presiding Judge
Associate Judge
Assoclate Judge

MARTIN

Metnber of Parliament

Counsel for the Defense

Charged with the Murder
of Esther Solymosi

DAVID HERSKO)
JOSEF MATEJ )

Raftsmen

COUNTY PHYSICIAN DR. SZABO
DR. DERI, Physician of Tisza-Eszlar
PROFESSOR SCHEUTHAUER, Anatomist of Budapest)

Univers ity)

Coroners

)

MORITZ SCHARF, Sexton» s son

MRS. MARIA SOLYMOSI, Esther» s mother

SOPHIE, her daughter

MRS. JULIANNA HURI, Esther« s Aunt and Employer)

MRS. LENGYED

Witnesses

MISS DERI, Dr. Derl's daughter

ANDREAS MELCHIOR, Labourer on Onody's Estate )

MRS. GROSSBERG )

DARINKA KISCH, V/hore )

AUOT ILONA, Gypsy
MRS. BUXBAUM
POLICE SERGEANT
BAILIFF

THE DEFENDANTS« WIVES, POLICE CONSTi^BLES,
AUDIENCE OF ALL CIASSES, MOB.

Time: 1882-1883

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THE BURNING BUSH
ACT I.

The action takes place in the large, "baroque, domed hall of
the Szabolea County House in Nyiregyhaza, East Hungary.
Whitewashed walls, high Windows with coloured glass, bearing
the H\mgarian crest and emblems • (The window panes which
are broken in the second act, are substituted by piain white
frosted glass in the third act.) The room has been specially
prepared for the sensational trial. Half of the centre wall
and the left side wall are occupied by a large platform, on
which stand the tables of the District Attorney, the Judges,
and the Attorneys for the Defense* The two District Attorneys
Sit front left; then come the first Associate Judge, the
Presiding Judge, the second Associate Judge in front of the
court Clerk. Behind the President h^ngs a large picture of
Emperor and King Franz Josef 1, at the age of fifty. On the
Judge ^s desk there is a Bible, a crucifix and one candle,
Against the back wall are seated the four Attorneys for the
Defense, in front of them on tv/o benches the tv/elve defendants,
next to them stand two police constables with planted bayonets.
In front of the President's desk there is a second lower
table with various corpora delicti -- knife, keys, lanterns,
bowls, etc.tt

(In the second act, the fadod, torn dress that belonged to
Esther, a coloured peasant*s handkerchicf , dry paint wrapped
in a handkerchief , etc#t,) In front of this table at a
certain distance, about centre stage, is the witness stand,
It is separated frora the auditorium by rov/s of rising benches
parallel with the Judge* s desk, The first two rows are fca?
lav/yers, reporters and selected people# A number of police
constables are stationod throughout the courtroom, mainly at
the doors •

Doors behind the President and behind the Attorneys for the
Defense, A large, heavy exit door on the rlght, A voluminou
chandelier with kerosenc laraps servos as illumination*

The first act plays during summcr, daylight, The second and
third acts, winter and artificial light.

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As the curtaln rlses, the Prealdlng
Judge , Lt. Kornlas, f ollowed t)y hls
two asaoclates, enters the crowded
courtroornt Everybody risest The
crowd Is ralxed. We see well-.
dressed high officlals, a few men
In vmiform, ladies in elegant
dresses of the elghties, reporters
of all countries, araong them even
one Japanese. The back rows are
occupied by more simple people.
In the last rows there are even a
few Jews, among them the exhausted
and Intimidated wives of the
defendants#

PRESIDENT:

(About sixty years of age, white haired,
tall. He speaks with great self-
control, precisely, but in a raonotonous,
cool and superior tone.)
In the name of his- apostolic Majesty, the King of Hungai^y, I
herewith declare opon the case against Joseph Scharf and his
co-defendants*

(He sits down« Everybody follows suit.)
Before this Court proceeds with the testimonies; I have a
matter of importance to bring before the public assembled
here. In tho brief tirae since the body was discovered and
the crime brought to light; the horrifying and dastardly
murder of fourteen-year cid Esther Solyraosi has evoked more
controversy and disturbance than any such case in the history
of our records« The world press has shown a most passionate
interest in this case: the Import of this trial has gone far
beyond our native land, Into distant countries«

(slight pause: he eyes the crowd coldly)
This courtroom has been thrown open freely to all representa-
tives of newspapers everyv/here: thrown open in the confidence
that the privilege would not be abused« By the representa-
tives of our newspapers, that confidence has been kept« By
certain foreign representatives, that confidence has been
grossly abusodt This will be the first and last request I
shall make to those gentlemen to whom we have permitted
access to this court: let them report this case without
malice or pre Judice; or let them leave the task to those
moro fitted for the duty» If this request be disregarded,
this courtroom will be cleared and the trial will proceed
behind locked doors« That is all.«,,

BAILIFP:
(At attention)
Your Honour, tho twelve dofendants are in court.

1-2

PRESIDENT:
Joseph Scharf -- rlse,

(Joseph Scharf rlses, also the
other men, as they are called off)
Abraham Buxbaum, Lazar Welszsteln, Leopold Braun, Hermann
Wollner, charged with murdert#^ ^manuel Taub, Adolf Lustig,
Solomon Weiss, Anselm Vogel, Jankel Berger, Joseph Kohn and
Isaak Klein charged with complicity. Be seatedl

(The defendants resume their
seats« Tuming)
The indictment is read by the Royal District Attorney
Seyffert, District Attorney Paul Martin, Assistant»

(Glancing at the bench with the
Attorneys for the Defense)
The Attorneys for the Defense -- Dr. Karl Eotvoes

(Eotvoes rises)
on behalf of Scharf, Buxbaum, Weiszstein, Braun and Woller:
Dr» Bernhard Priedmann -

(Friedman rises)
for Emanuel Taub and Adolf Lustig«

(Movement in the audlence)

Jewl

^V'

A VOICE:

(Friedmann is impassive» The
President looks up disapprovingly. )

PRESIDENT:
Dr. Alexander Puntak and Dr, Ignatz Neumann for the others»
The court is presided over by myself and my Associates,
Ernst Gruden and Gustav Russu* Judge Barnabus Fejer will
act as Substitute if need be. Mr. District Attorney, you
raay proceed with your opening Statement»

(The twelve accused Jews are seated

in different positions; the cid

Rabbi sits erect. Scharf stares,

Buxbaura is impassive. Lustig

unconsciously shakes his head and

utters sighs. Wollner, acoustomed

to sltting on this bench, smiles»

Hov\fever, oppression and despair is

obvious in all of them)

SEYFFERT:
(rises)
Your Honours: members of the Royal Criminal Court. The
raurdered child Esther Solyraosi, daughter of the widow Maria
Solymosi, was, at the time of her death and twelve months
prior to it, working as a doraestic servant for Mrs. Julianna
Huri. On April 1, of this year, Eighteen Hundred and Eighty-
Two; the Saturday before Palm Sunday; Mrs. Huri, according to
usual custom decided to have her house at Eszlar New-Village
repainted for the Easter holidays , and despatched the child
Esther to the merohant Joseph Kohlmayer at Eszlar Old-Vlllage
to buy five coppers' worth of blue paint. Between ten thirty

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and el
purcha
Villag
Solymo
submit
plaint
gator«
invest

— in
stains
trails
the ai
Eszlar

Bravol

SEYFFERT: (Cont.)

even a^m« Esther appeared at the shop, itiade her

se and returned through the fleld to Eszlar New-

e. The chlld was never seen again, alive* The widow

si, convlnced that the Jews had killed her daughter,

ted a complaint to the pollcet On receipt of the com-

, Dr. Bary was sent to Tisza-Eszlar as special investi-

He commencod his duties iinmediately; negotiated,
igated and examined every Jew in the village --
(At thia inoment Baron Onody onters the
courtroom noisily, follov/ed by three
friendG, ushered by a Police soldier,
and Seyffert breaks off involuntarily
for a moment« Onody and his friends
find room for themselves in the f irst
rov/; Onody geatures airily to Seyffert
to continue. )
his search for Esther' s corpse, for clothes, for blood
; he ransacks the entire neighbourhood; he follows
below and above the earth, in water, on land and in
rj he penetrates into the inner sanctuaries of tho
Synagogue; he disturbs tho peace of the dead —

ONODY:
(in a half loud voice)

SEYFFERT :
(ignoring him)
He obtains a confession from Moritz Scharf, the son of the
synagogue sexton, Joseph Scharf. This boy asserts that hc
hoard his father bribe the beggar V/ollner to bring the girl
to the synagogue, v;here the Schochtor butchered her, This
evidence, hov/ever, damning as it is, is too vague for the
Special Investigator, so he takes a radical stop of arresting
evory Jew in Tisza-Eszlar, from among v/hom, by a process of
elimination, these twelve havo becn brought to trial, They
stand here accuscd of murder . Tho Special Investigator* s
werk is now dono save for ono detail - thore is still no
evidence: no traco of tho dead er alivc Esther Solymosi,
not so much as a scrap of the dress shc was wearing at tho
time of her disappearanco --

Objcctionl

DR. BARY:
( inte rrupt ing s har ply )

SEYFFERT :
(novi^ eloquent, with fccling,
turning to him)
In my capacity as District Attorney it is my duty to proscnt
tho case for the prosecution with strict impartiality, If
thcse men be proved guilty of murder, I shall request the
extreme penalties upon the closJng of the case -

(Dofendant Lustig grcans )

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SEYFPERT: (Cont* )
- but if the proaecution falls, I shall gladly and whole-
heartedly advocate the reinstating of the defendants in
Society • The case is in its opening stages, but reasonable
motive and all evidence are still missing« The first ques-
tion I have to put, then, is: "V/laat was the motive for this
crime?"

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Look it up

ONODY:
(aloud)
in the Talmud«

SEYPFERT :

(observing that the President
has no intention of cautioning
Onody )
In certain nev/spapers - not only foreign; in this country
too - a series of articles has appeared treating this murder
as a proven fact and condemning the prisoners out of hand;
basing the whole of their accusation on the superstition that
Jews sacrifice Christian blood at their Easter rites, The
public, which began by viewing the murder of Enther Solymosi
impartially has, unaccountably and tragically, become so
swayed and excited by these articles, that we are now faced
with the dreadful possibilities of a pogrom* Movements
against the Jews are already under way in Germany and Russia:
Jewish Shops are being wrecked. . .the terror and the supersti-
tions, the torture and the bigotry of the Dark Ages are
abroad again, I have only this to the court: individuals
have committed this crime: individuals face us as defendants:
until we are in possession of the facts, and all the facts,
with not one hidden or hold back, v/e cannot and dare not be
influenced by rumours and prejudices which involve not
individuals, but the suffering of an entire religionl
Enlightenment is demanded for public safety, peace and order:
enlightenment is v/anted by the entire civilized world,».
and in the interests and furthorance of that enlightenment
I stand ready to fulfill my duty as public prosecutor» • .
demanding that we find the truthj the whole truth, devoid of
all personal and party feeling; nothing but the truthl

(to the court)
I Charge you with that task, gentlomen; it may not alv/ays
prove easyl

(Onody snorts impatiently)
Your Honour, I ask permission to call our first witnesst

In thanking the Dis
unorthodox presenta
disposed to suggest
Champions was very
it would have bcen
or any mitlgating c
left to the Counsel
Before the witnesse
will the witnesses

PRESIDENT:
trict Attorney for his llluminating if
tion of the facts of the case, I am

that the impartiality he so earnestly
little in evidence in his own context;
more customary, in my opinion, if all
ircumstances for the defendants had been

for the Defense*
s are called, I wish to address themj
please stand forward.

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Scharf U.

(The witnesses, v/ho have been standing
at the Windows and walla as well as
sitting in the auditoriuin, Step up and
take Position« )

PRESIDENT:
(reading off the names )

(Joseph Scharf rises froni the
defendants' bench. Moritz Scharf,
his f ourteen-year old son, steps
forward. For a moment they face
each other -- father and son« The
President motions to Joseph Scharf
to Sit down. )

I mean his son, witness

PRESIDENT:
The defendant may remain seated.
Moritz Scharf,

(continues to read)
Mrs. Maris Solymosi, Mrs . Julianna Huri.t

(he reads off the other witnesses in a

mumble of rapid words; throws away the

list, leans forward.)
I advise those of you who have not previously glven testimony
in a court of law that you will be speaking here under oath.
Any breach of the truth or deliberate misconstruction of the
true facts constitutes perjury, punishable by one to five
years imprisonment . Due to the extraordinary gravity of this
trial, raoreover, no one v/itness shall discuss the evidence
with another or with Outsiders« Deviation from your written
evidence, now in the hands of the court, will be looked upon
with the most profound disploasure; it is unhappily too easy
for a witness to becomo emotionally confused under the strain
of examination; I Charge you to keep clear minds and clear

memories

You will now withdrav; until you are called«
(The v/itnesses are about to go v/hen EOTVOES,
a grey-haired, sensitive faced man of
dignity and breeding, rises quickly to
his feet)

EOTVOES :
Your Honour. Beforc the witnosscs withdrav/, I too have
something to say in connection v/ith the oath they must take.
It has corae to rny attention that these witnesses have been
given assurance from a certain souvce -

(his eye touches Onody)
- that it is not a breach of oath for a Christian to give
evidence damaging to the cause of a Jew --

Nonsensel

ONODY:
(interrupting)

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EOTVOES:
(continulng unbroken)
- so if any witness has been gulllble enough to believe this
mockery of judicial sanction, I beg Your Honour to assure hlm
that an oath remalns an oath, v/hether the defendants be Jews ,
Gentiles, or Monsters, and that false testimony is the lowest
and most degrading af front to justice that a man who Is not
already an enemy of society can commitl

PRESIDENT:
(sharp, austere )
It is not within my Jurisdiction to
in irrelevant issues --

Instruct the witnesses

EOTVOES:
This is not an irrelevant Issue --

PRESIDENT:
The witnesses are dismissedl

(Onody claps : the courtroom begins to
take it up)
Silence in the courtl The testimony is open. The personal
data of the defendants will be put on record.f irst .
Joseph Scharf l

(A Soldier leads Joseph Scharf to the
Judge*s desk and remains standing
behind him» )

PRESIDENT:
(reading his records )
Joseph Scharf, age forty-nine, synagogue officer, of no
means; married, father of a son; first offenae. Detained
in prison since April Seventh, Eighteen Hundred and Eighty-
Twot Do you know by v/hat cause you stand accused?

Yes.

JOSEPH SCHARF:

PRESIDENT:
(swiftly)
Do you admit the Charge s to be true?

JOSEPH SCHARF:
Nol I did not know that in this day and age people existed

(slowly shakes his head, incredulously )
• who still believe such nonsense —

PRESIDENT:
Be seatedl Lazar Weiszsteinl

(Motions to the soldiers to lead
up the next defendant, and reads
from the record rapidly)
Porty-eight, married, Schochter from Tlsza Dabast,

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PRESIDENT: (Cont.)
Explaln the meanlng of "Schochter" to the court,

WEISZSTEIN:
(humbly and e:xpressionlessly )
A "Schochter" is a man who slaughters anlmals according to
the Jewish ritest

PRESIDENT:
How is this slaughter performed?

WEISZSTEIN:
I cut the v/indpipe and artery of whatever anlmal it may be
wlth one stroke of the knife« Then it loses all its bloodt

PRESIDENT:
But you do not first stun the animal?

VffilSZSTEIN:
Our rellgion does not allow it.

Barbar i ans l

(audibly)

ONODY:

{

PRESIDENT:
Do you know by what cause you stand accused?

WEISZSTEIN:

Yes.

PRESIDENT:
Do you admit the charges to be true?

VJEISZSTEIN :

No.

PRESIDENT:
Sit down.

(Looks Into records)
Abraham Buxbaum,

(Buxbauin is led forward)
Thirty-flve, unmarried, Schochet frora Tisza Eszlar, first
offonse.,, Do you admit the charges to be true?

BUXBAUM:
I admit thera to be so much rubbishl

(Laughter and annoyance in the courtroora)

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PRESIDENT:
I must warn the defendant against
will answer civilly or be fined*

contempt of courtl You

(The Defendant Wollner, the beggar, laughs out
loud. The President knocks on the table and
motions to have Wollner taken up, while Buxbaum
slowly returns to his seat,)

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PRESIDENT;
So: You find humour in the charges? Who are you?

WOLLNER :

Hermann Wollner,

PRESIDEOT:

Profession?

WOLLNER :

Shnorrer,

(lawghter)

PRESIDElITs

Is that a profession?

WOLLNER :
Certainly -- every town has its shnorrers:
money in it.

PRESIDENT;
Is this your first offense?

but there^s no

(Calmly)
NOt Your Honour*

WOLLNER:

PRESIDENT:

How many prevlous?

WOLLNER :
Nine -- vagrancy and begging«

PRESIDENT:
Do you admlt the charges to be true?

WOLLNER :

God help me, Nol

(President motions hlm to sit down.
The aged Rabbi Taub is led up. )

PRESIDENT: '

(reading off record)
Rabbi Adolf Taub, agc^ seventy-eight . . .Rabbi. • • You are
charged with complic^.ty of murder. You Imow by what cause
you stand accused. l/hat do you plead?

TAUB:

(in a lov; voice )
I plead not guilty, for rnyself and for my brothers, Your
Honour •

(thon in i: collected manner)
It is not possible for us to have committed thi3 crime... .
"Thou shalt not kill»/* says the Almighty, It is in the
sacred book.

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I am old,
lie?

As true as
innocentt

TAUB: (Cont.)
(A few laugh. He looks round wlth
great dignity)
Only a few years are left to me« Why should I

(slmply)

there is only one God, as true it Is that we are

(

Nextt. •

(unmoved)

PRESIDENT:

(\Vhile the President turns the leaves
of his record, Onody Jumps up from
hls seat and Stands at the barrler.)

ONODY:
(In a loud, energetic voice)
As a member of Parllament, I am entitled to be e:xamined at'
a tinie which does not confllct wlth my offlcial duties» My
Party has already placed before Parliament a petition
demanding protection against the Jewish race. It v/ill be
voted upon tomorrow. . .My traln is leaving in an hour. I
raust ask that my deposition be taken immediately,

PRESIDENT:
(questioningly )
Any objections?

SEYFFERT :
As District Attorney I cannot submit to a disruption of the
procedure, However, the decision rests with the President

FRIEDMANN :
On behalf of the Defense, I protestl I demand that the
regulär examination of the defendants be continued. But
I would ask Baron Onody. ••

ONODY:
(turning his back)
I confine my attention to Christians.

EOTVOES:
(Jumping up)
I am a member of Parliament myself, but in a court of law
there are no political Privileges. We will both be absent
when your petition is rejected by the house tomorrow.

ONODY:
(rudely)
Rejectedl You^ll have to do some quick changing of horses
in midstream., •

PRESIDENT:
(interrupting after Consulting
briefly the other judges)
The court has decided^ in conslderatlon of Baron Onody^s
urgent departure, to aross-examine him at once.

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(

PRESIDENT: Cont.)
( extreme ly pollte^ to Onody)
Baron Onody^ please teil the court your flndlngs
case*

in this

ONODY:

(raakes hlmself comfortable and takes
up the Position of a party Speaker)
Your Honourl Gentlemen of the Court ♦••

(with a hostlle glance at Eotvoes )
The people who presume to rldicule my party* s work for the
Hungarian nation will be unoomf ortably surprised in the near
futurel We have succeeded at last in awakening the public
from its comat V/e, and we alone^ are responsible for the
enlightenment of our Citizens, for showing them the malignant
growth nested in their midst, Don't forget: this Is an
incurable dlseasel Up to now Jews have been regarded only as
proflteers, human leeches, living on peaceful men, Up to now
we have not credited this sinister race, that crept like a
plague into our towns and villages, with rnurder --

EOTVOES :
(interrupting impatiently )
Keep to the issuel You are on a witness stand, not an
election platforml

Ordert

PRESIDENT:
(sharply )
Proceed, Baron Onody«

ONODY:

(glaring at Eotvoes)
V 11 keep to the issuel The case of Tisza-Eszlar has its
good side, as well as its badl Little Esther Solymosi has
not died in vain» Be cause of this case, as you will learn
in tomorrow's session of Parliament, all Jews residing in
the territory governod by the Hungarian crown shall be
deprived of their citizenship, of their money and any other
property robbed from our own people, and be ordered to leave
this countryl Is that keeping to the issue, Mr. Eotvoes?

(swinging round on Seyffert)
The District Attorney has asked for a motivet His saintly
ignorance amazes me«

(shouting)
The motive is clear enough to everyone elsel - The Jews have
committed another ritual rnurder, that is alll Hut this time
they have been found out: this time they had an avenging
angel to deal with; my honourable friend Dr, Bary; who, for
his pains has been attacked from a quarter which we least
expectedl - the State itselfl

(This is to Seyffert« He now polnts
at the Rabbi)
They quote their bible at me; but I know something of their
bible tool I know that one of theTr Jewish angels came down
with a flaming sword and killed every gentile child and loft
every Jewish child - the book of Exodus, Chapter Sevenl •

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ONODY: (Cont.)
And the same God that said ''Thou shalt not kill/' told
Abraham to slit the throat of his OV/N son - his ovm, mark
youl - and only stopped him in the'^nlck of time,"^
appearing as a burning bushl

(to the ftaßbTT"
Quote me something eise from your preclous Talmud, and I»ll
match you verse for versel No; I know the Jews for what
they arel I know they fester no'"other thought than to seize
and dominate the nations into v/hich they have crawledl I .:.
know their forbidden lusts and savage sacrificest
"Individuais have committed this crime, individuals face us
as defendants" - says the District Attorney -

(shouts )

- is he deaf and blind? True, twelve Jews are accused; but
only beccause no court is big enough to hold their thousands
upon thousands of invisible accoraplicesl I repeat: I know
the Jewsl

(switching suddenly to a soft voice)

- and I know my own, kind and simple Hungarian people, lovers
of peace and truth* When these people; my own neighboursj
came to me one after the other v/ith their suspicions growing
stronger and strenger: when the tragic shattered ghost that
was once a happy mother came to me and, on her knees and in
tears, begged me to give her justice; when fact after fact of
daraning evidence had gathered in abundance**, then I knov/
beyond any possible shadow of doubt that here was the most
dreadful murder ever committed in cold blood, a murder that
could only have been committed by creatures as devoid of all
human insr-incts as the Jewsl - a murder that will be the
forerunner of a hundred more like it, unloss we wipe every
Jew from off the face of Hungaryl

(to President )
That is all, Your Honourt

E0TV0E3:
(jumping up)
All? Then what happened to the
Or has he none?

witness's material evidence?

Must

ONODY:
(to President )
I answer?

PRESIDENT:
(regretfully)
The Attorney for the Defense has the
witnessest

right to question the

ONODY:
(without turnlng to Eotvocs )
How can 1 be expected to havo material evidence?

SEYFFERT :
In that case, all the witnesa knows is what others have
told him?

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Obvloualyl

ONODT:

SEYPFERT :
Doea the wltness know nothing from hls ovm knowledge?

ONODY:
The raurder was committed in a synagogue, It*3 not my hablt
to frequent synagoguea»

SEYFFERT :
But you still belleve that Esther Solymosi was inurdered by
the defendants?

ONODY:

Yesl

ONODY:
Who needs proof wlth Jews? -- They are Jews, That's proof
enough for a good Christian,

(Applause in courtroom)

PFffiSIDENT:

Silencel

(He dismisses Onody with a polite, grateful
gesture. To police constable, stationed
at door)
Call Mrs» Maria Solymosi.

(Movement araong the spectators)

POLICE CONSTABLE:
Your Honour, the witness has had an hysterical crying fit,
The court physician is attendlng her.

•

PRESIDENT:
(looking into his papers )
Then we shall first hear Mrs. Julianna Huri#

Mrs«

POLICE CONSTABLE:
(calls into witness room)
Julianna Huril .

MRS. HURI:
(Enters • She is better dressed than the
other peasant woraen, about 45 years old,
rather unpleasant, over-effusive and
hypocritical. A brutal tone escapes
her nov/ and then« She Starts bowing in
the doorway)
Good morning --

Tto President )
Good morning, Your Honourt#«

PRESIDENT:
You are Mrs« Julianna Huri^ your maiden name was Olajostt«

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MRS. HURI:
(curtsying)
Yes, Sir, Your Honourt

PRESIDENT:
(matter of fact)
Widowed, born in Tisza-Eszlar, Catholic^ 44 years of Rge..

MRS. HURI:
(hurt)
.• »forty-three, If you will forgive me,

PRESIDENT:
You are under oath to teil us all you know, concealing
nothing, How were you related to the murdered. . •?

EOTVOES :
(interrupting sharply)

- Missingl -

PRESIDElNfT:
(frowning at Eotvoes )

- Obviously murdered Esther Solyniosi?

murdered»

EOTVOES :
(insistently )
It is yet to be proved that she was

PRESIDENT:
I call you to order, Dr, Eotvoes •

(to Huri)
Continue,

MRS. HURI:
It was like this. The dead father, God rest his soul, of
my lata husband, God rest his soul,., and the dead grand-
mother, God rest her soul, of our little Esther, v/ere
brother and sister»

PRESIDENT:
So she was only a blood relation of your deceased husband?

MRS. HURI:
Yes, but like a daughter to me#

PRESIDENT:

She was your servant?

Yes.

MRS. HURI:

PRESIDENT:

Was she paid?

MRS. KURI:
Of course, Your Honour, she received, , ,

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PRESIDENT:
( Interrupt ing)
How long had she been employed by you?

MRS. HURI:
She came on April the Pirst«.,

PRESIDENT:
(surprlsed)
The day of her disappearance?

MRS. HURI:
(correoting herseif)
God forgive me. Of course I meant April the first of last
year,

PRESIDENT:
What sort of werk did she do in your house?

MRS. HURI:
Oh, well — almost none --

(talkative)
I gave her twelve Gulden per year, lodging, food and a new
pair of boots — I feit so sorry for her family» My little
son Said to me: "Murnmi, why not take Esther instead of a
stranger, she is such a nice girl.f."

EOTVOES :
You v/ere going to teil us about Esther» s work,

PRESIDENT:
(Interrupts )
Please answer the question.

MRS. HQRI:
(tums to him)
Really there is nothing to teil,

Sir.

EOTVOES:

Did she clean house?

MRS. HURI:
Yes ~ but that was nothing to speak of .

EOTVOES:

Did she wash dishes?

MRS. HURI:
Of course • but there were never very many.

EOTVOES :

Did she make the beds?

Yes -

MRS. HURI:
- hut you can't call that work.

EOTVOES :
Did you send her out Shopping?

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MRS^ HURI:
Only once or twlce a day,

EOTVOES :
Dld she have to feed the anlmals?

MRSt HURI:
That was play to her« We only have a few geese and
chlckens, and one cov;#^t

EOTVOES :
Did she have to milk the cow?

MRS. HURI 2
(defenslvely)
She loved doing that more than anything eise«

EOTVOES :
Did she take food to the f leldworkers?

t¥

MKS* HURI:
Only if there werenH more than five or six. Otherwise I
helped her# It would have been too hard on the poor little
girl« Once, when she was slck^ I even let her stay home
and all she had to do was play with my little son; he
doesnH like to he left alone#tf

(remembers; hurt, to the President)
IsnH this the gentleraan I don*t have to answer, Your
Honour?

PRESIDENT:
(quickly)
Certainly you have, Now teil the court what happened on
April the first.

MRS. HURI:
(still ruffled by Eotvoes* questions)
People are always suspicious when you help poor relatlons --

EOTVCE S :
(sharply)
You were asked what happened on April the first»

MRS, HURI:

(hurt)
Nothing happened, Not in my house, anyway,
I told Esther to clean up, wash the dishes and then I would
let her help me paint the house,

(gossipy)
Everybody paints their house for Easter and we had no paint,
and Esther said: "Kohlmayer 's shop has a big stock, we can
get sorae there, 1*11 go and buy it," • so I gav* her 5
coppers for the blue paint, ,,

PRESIDENT:
V/hat time did she leave?

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MRS. HURI:
About ten In the morning. I couldnH be absolutely certain*

PRESIDENT:
How long does it take to reach Kohlraeyer's shop?

MRS. HURI:
About half an hour, but she used to dawdle on the way.

EOTVOES :
So she could have been back by eleven?

(Mra. Huri nods )
When she had not returned by twelve, did you still not
suspect anything?

MRS. HURI;
No« I thought that she might have got sick and gone horae to
her mother's.

PRESIDENT:
Was she in the habit of doing that?

MRS. miRI:
Now and then# I always told her: "Take your time, darlingt
Don't hurry« Go and visit your dear mother and sister as
often as you please....l"

SEYFPERT :
Was Esther a happy child?

MRS. HURI:

(With exaggeratlon)
She was an angell V/e all loved her, every one of usl

Can you teil the court

FRIEDMAN!^:
(rising )
I rnust ask one question, Mi^s. Huri,
what is meant by an oath?

MRS. HURI:
An oath««« an oath«.«

(looks worriedly at Bary)

PRESIDENT:
(ironically)
Do you demand from thls wltness a legal explanation?

FRIEDMANN:
Nol I only want to know if she realizes what is expected
of her.

MRS. HURI:
Certainly I know v;hat is expected of mel

FRIEDMANN:
(more energetically)
Then you also know that God and men must hear the truth
when you are under oath« Had you by any Chance scolded
Esther on that critical day? -

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PRIEDMANN: (Cont.)
(In a lower voioe, listening)
- or whlpped her?

MRS. HURI:
(suddenly bursting out)
Whipped her? What a wicked accusation to makel
Esther?

(practically sobblng)
The gentleman talks llke the Jews#«t

I - whlpped

What have

EOTVOES :
(quickly)
the Jews ever done to you?

ONODY:
They raurdered Estherl

(exclamations of approval, movement
in courtroora)

Silencel

PRESIDENT:
(to courtroom)

EOTVOES :
(insistently)
What have you againat the Jews?

I asked you a question#

IffiS. HURI:

(wriggling)
Well, everybody knows the Jews accuse and suspect anybody
who isn^t one of them» I, whipped Estherl

(near tears ) "*
I treated her as if she was my own lost little daughter
Julika herseift She never had to work when she didn't
want to —

CAs she talks the President throws
quizzical glances at the Attorneys
for the Defense and the District
Attomey, Both parties agree
through gestures that they have no
further questions,)

,PRESIDENT:
(in a Sharp tone, Interrupt ing
Mrs. Huri)
all* You raay go#

That is

MRS. HURI:
My respects. Your Honour; a good day, gentlemen«

(Bowing and ourtsying, she makes an
exitt Onody motlons to her
approvlngly; Bary nods, grinning )

PRES IDENT :

Mrs. Solymositt»

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Mrst

(calling
Solymosil

POLICE CONSTABLE:
out)

(Mrs, Solymosl enters, supported by the
coimty physician Dr. SzabOt He is an
elderly man, with a dry manner,
metioulously dressed)

PRESIDENT:
• (to Dr. Szabo)
Drt Szabo, is the wltness in a sufficiently fit conditlon
to be questioned?

DR. SZABO:
I believe so« I have given her a sedative« Mostly nervous
exhaustion.

(As Mrst Solymosi approaches the Judge's stand,
Dr. Szabo seats himself in the first row of
the audience, still watching her« He nods to
Bary .

PRESIDENT:
(very friendly)
Sit down, Mrs. Solymosi. \Ve won't keep you longer than
necessary. I want you to go back to April the first for
a minute« Teil us v/hat you remember.

MRS. SOLYMOSI:
(She is a gloomy woman of forty to forty-five,
but looks older than her age# She has worked
hard all her lif e • She speaks hesitantly)
That day I had a pain in my back. I used to go evcry
Saturday to Mr« Scharf and carry the candlesticks from the
synagogue into his house and any other work there was.
Jews are not allowed to v/ork on Saturday. But that day I
could not gOt I had a pain in rny back. Maybe that^s why
they called Esther in.

• t

PRESIDENT:
When did you last see Esther?

That moming.

MRS. SOLYMOSI:

PRESIDENT:

What did she teil you?

MRS. SOLYMOSI:
(tonelessly, as if reciting)
She said: Mother, Aunt Julianna promised to give me two
Gulden on account of my salary today. Around noon I will
be back with the money. My dress is in rags. Please come
with me to Schlesinger* s and let^s buy a new dress fov
Easter."

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PRESIDEITT:

Vifhat eise did she say?

That's all*

MRS, SOLYIIOSI:

SEYFFERT :
Was she happy, Mrs. Solymosi - ov sad? - I mean, did you
notice anything unusual about her' mood?

MRS* SOLYIIOSI:
(rememlDering)
She was very happy -- she and Shophie -- that^s my other
daughter — they laughed and chatted to^ether.

SEYFFERT :
Had Esther v/orked for anyone eise before you scnt her to
Mrst Huri?

MRS. SOLYMOSI:
Yest For old Mrs* Valentin, tv;o years. Then she stayed
at home from January until April^ the first,

SEYFFERT :
Then she was only eleven, v/hen she went to v;qrk for
Mrs, Valentin?

Yest

MRS. SOLYMOSI:
(glances at Bary)

(Movement in the courtroom)

SEYFFERT :
Did she ever coraplain that Mrs,
Just recently, in particular?

Huri treated her badly?

(half
Nov; the District

OKODY:
aloud )
Attorney begins

EOTVOES:

to "talk like the Jews."

(sharply )
I thought Baron Onody was in such a hurry to catch the
Budapest E:jcpress? It must be ovcrduo.

ONODY:

That«s my affair*

SEYFFERT :
(nervously)
I must ask for quiet v/hen I am qucstioning a wltness.

ONODY:

Damn your impudencel

PRESIDENT:
Gentlemen« • «(to District Attorney )«• tProceedt

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SEYFFERT :
(to Mrs. Solymosl)
Did you understand my questlon?

Yes.

Urs.

MRS. SOLYIvIOSI:

(hurt)
Huri treated my daughter as if she were her o\vn chlldt

EOTVOES:
Mrs. Solyinosi, what salary dld Urs. Huri pay Esther?

IvIRS. SOLYivIOSI:
(embarrassed)
I don't know for certairit

FRIEDIvIANN :
(scandalized)
You don^t know for certaln how much your daughter earned?

MRS. SOLYMOSI:
There v/as no set arrangement . Maybe ten or twelve Gulden, ^^

EOTVOES:

Per month?

Now

MRS. SOLYMOSI:
(restless )
Mrs. Huri dld not pay regularly; she is a relative,
and then she would give Esther one or two Gulden..«

EOTVOES:
Was it through Mrs, Huri that you loarned of Esther^ s
disappearance?

(as she nods )
V/hen v/as that?

• IffiS. SOLYMOSI;
Mrs. Huri came to me, it v/as about 2 o^clock in the after-
noon. She v/as very excited. I remember as if it was today,
she said: "Maria, our little Esther did not return. Is she
with you?" And I said "no."

Did you Start looklng for her right away?

MRS. SOLYMOSI:
Of course, I was so upset.,,

SEYFFERT :
And Mrs, Huri? Did she look for Esther too?

MRS. SOLYMOSI:

Hot right av/ay.

SEYFFERT :

miat did she do?

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MR3. SOLYMOSI:
She went to Kohlmayer »s to pick up the palnt Esther dldn^t
gett 3hG sald tomorrow is Easter and sho niust hurry and
paint the house If it«s to be finlshed in tlmet

PRESIDENT:
\Vhere did you look for Esther?

MRS. SOLYMOSI:
Everywhere. I went to the Tisza Shore, then to the vlllage.
V/hen I could not find her anywhere, I went back home.tt

V/hat did you do then?

EOTVOES:

I went to sleep.

MRS. SOLYI^AOSI:

To sleep?

PRESIDENT:

MRS. SOLYMOSI:
That night I had a dream, It was like this*.» I saw my
Esther... without a hcad... The head was cut off. Then
I heard her voice, as if it camc from the cellar deep down:
"Mother, the Jev/s have butchered me," she said.

PRESIDEOT:

And then?

MRS. SOLYMOSI:
First thing the next day I went to see the white v/ltch,
Aunt Ilona - she is a Gypsy. I wanted to ask her what
had happenod to Esther. I had to pass the synagogue.
As I thought of my droam I tried to hurry. Bat Mrs . Scharf
stood in the doorway of her house that 's ne^ct to the temple
She called after me. First I did not want to talk to her;
all Jews give me the creeps; but then I thought: "A few
words canH hurtl"

SEYFFERT :
What did Mrs. Scharf say to you?

MRS. SOLYMOSI:
She told me I shouldn't go to Aunt Ilona, because Gypsies
only talk nonsense; and if I started talking too much, the
Jews are sure to be suspected again^ like in Hadjunanas
years ago..t

SEYFFERT :
Did you ta]ce her advice?

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MKS. SOLYMOSI:
No, "because I knew all I wanted to know, then« That night I
went in secret to Aunt Ilona t Everyone believes what she
says -- except the Jews -- and she said the same thing as I
dreamed - she saw Esther too, v/ith her head cut off --

(A fat elderly woman, in bright gipsy trappings,
seated in one of the last rows, tries to attract
attention* It is Aunt Ilona)

AUNT ILONA:
(in a loud, hoarse voice)
That^s bible truth - I saw it, tool

PRE'SIDENT:
Silencel V/hat is the meaning of this interruption?

Please, Your Honour,
thing •

MRS. SOLYMOSI:
Aunt Ilona is here,

she can teil every-

(Aunt Ilona tries to get out of her rov;)

PRESIDENT:
(looking at the Attorneys for
the Defense and at Seyf f ert )
Do the parties consider it necessary?

to deal with

EOTVOES :
(ironically )
I think we have more than enough hocus-pocus
as it is,

(muttering in court )

AUNT ILONA:
(Who has reached the witness stand)
Your Honour, take my oathl --

PRESIDENT:
(Interrupts her)
It will not be necessaiy; you may go#

AUNT ILONA:

(furious, bursting out against Eotvoes)
The gentleman calls it hocus-pocus, does he? Well, let
him take heed of thisl

(like a witch, pointing at the accused Jews)
There are the murderers of Esther l They cut her throat«.«
they sucked her blood.., It was revealed to mel Each one
of them I sav/, as I see them nowl

PRESIDENT:

Remove the v/itness.

(calls)
The people^s voice

ONODY:

is the voice of Godl

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Rubbishl

(loudly)

EOTVOES:

(excitemcnt in courtroom. Aunt Ilona
is taken out by Police constables)

PRESIDENT:
Silencel Proceed with the examinatiorit

EOTVOES :
(when silence is restored —
to Mrs. Solymosi)
Mra, Solymosi, is your dream, or what the Gypsy told you,
the only reason you have to suspect the defendants of
killing Esther?

MKS. SOLYMOSI:

(stubbornly)
Aunt Ilona was never wrong yet.,.

(looking at Joseph Scharf with hatred)
— Even his own son has testified he is a murderer,
don't want moro proof than thatl

• •

EOTVOES:
That evidence does not belong here, Mrs. Solymosi. Your
tragedy has evoked doep sympathy all over the country; eve!rt
beyond the borders of Europe, and throughout the world«
The grief of a mother touched the heart of the people, . A
German nev/spapcr, for instancc, has collected six thousand
Talers, a charity Institution two thousand... is that true?

(blankly)
I never hoard of it.

MRS. SOLYMOSI:

EOTVOES:
Have you not received the money?

MRS. SOLYMOSI:

Not one copper.

EOTVOl'.S :
I find it relevant to establish - and I ask tö have it put
on rocord - that these largo contributions and other
individual sums did not reach the grief -stricken mother l

(to Mrs. Solymosi. Urgently)
There is one more thing I raust ask you, Mrs. Solymosi.
Your v/ord, your testimony, as mother of the unfortunate
victim, will have a powerful influence upon everyone who
hears you, evon on the judges. Murdcr is punishable by
death. If you havo any thought or inkling that your
daughter might have disappcarcd through some unfortiinate
accldentj no matter what it might havo been; ancl not at
the hands of these miserable poople höre -

( Points at the defendants )
- you must say so to the court at oncol If you arc no,t
completoly sure...

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I am sure.

MRS. SOLYlvIOSI:
(In a harsh voice. 3he speaks
qulte loudly for the firat time)

EOTVOES:

Thank you.

(to Frledrnann)
It's useless • . .

ONODY:
(ironically)

Yesj useless to fight the truthl

(to the passing Mrs. Solyraosi)
There is room for you here, Mrs. Solymosll

.,. (he draws her to the seat next to himself )

(reads
Sophie Solymosll

PRESIDENT:
record)

(calling )
Sophie Solymosll

POLICE CONSTABLE:

the

^Why are

(Sophie appears, sobbingt She v/ears
Simday best of a Hungarlan peasant
girl, and high "bootSt)

PRESIDENl^:
(looking at the record)
Seventeen years old^ Sister of Esther Solymosi.
you crying, child?

SOPHIE:
(crying louder )
I am not crying«. ♦

PRESIDENT:
You are amongst friends: no one wants to hurt you; but
your testlmony is important, so you must try and answer.
You were the last person who saw Esther.)

(Sophie nods , still crying)
Where did you last see her?

SOPHIE:
In front of my master^s house.

SEYFFERT :

Who was your mastor?

SOPHIE:
One of those Jews over there -

(points at the defendants» bench)
Rabbi Taub.. .

( Starts crying again)

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And

PRESIDENT:
( sympathet ically )
that^s v/here you aaw your sister for

the last tirae?

Yes«

(crles )

SOPHIE:

EOTVOES:
Did she say anythlng, that you especially reraeraber?

(Sophie shakes her head)

What was she wearing?

(sobbing )
She wore her dress.

PRESIDENT:

SOPHIE:

PRESIDENT:

Which dress?

SOPHIE:
She only had one, It was all torn.

EOTVOES :

Was she barefoot?

SOPHIE:

Yes,

.EYPFERT :
V/hat tlrae was it when she said good-bye to you?

SOPHIE:
It mlght have been ten-thirty or a little later«,»

EOTVOES: ^ '

You did not see her agaln?

(Sophie shakes her head in silence,
then Starts sobbing once more )

PRESIDENT:

(mildly)
You may go»

(looks up his record)
Next wltness: Widov/ Stephan Lengyel»

(Mrst Lengyel steps up. The President
gestures for her to begin)

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MR3» LENGYEL:
(with the flow of a waterfall)
On Saturday before Easter Sunday when I passed near the
Synagogue - it was tv/elve noon and I was hürrying to get
home, because I was very hxmgry - I heard crylng whlch
seemed to come from the Jewish temple.t»

Not

PRESIDENT:
( Interrupt ing)
so fast •• •

I could hear- it
It was a human

MKS. LENGYEL:
(with a curtsy)
Yes, Sir. I approached closer, and then
quite plainlyt It was not a dog or cat,
beingt.t

SEYFFERT :
Was it a child or an adult?

MR3. LENGYEL:
It sounded like the crying of a young girl*

EOTVOES :
The witness must have an exceptionally good ear - Has Chief
Investigator Dr» Bary examined you?

Surely.

(promptly )

MRS, LENGYEL:

EOTVOES:

How many times?

Pour or fivot

MRS. LENGYT:]L:

EOTVOES:
Did you report to him of your ov;n accord?

MRS. LENGYEL:
No# Mr. Onody asked me if I know something about the case«
Then I told him about the crying I heard Coming out of the
Synagogue, The next day Investigator Bary came to me,#t

PRESIDENT:
(Eotvoes )
V/hat is the purpose of these questions?

EOTVOES:
(sharply)
To cast as rauch needod light upon the shady paths
providence - forgive me, I meant investigation.

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ONODY:

(Jumps up)
I protestl I Protest against these oontinual attacks agalnst
a repräsentative of the State; an officlal, a special Inves-
tlgator; who carries out his dutyl

(thia strictly to Seyffert)
- and I Protest that the representatlve of justice, the
District Attomey^ does nothing to discourage these attacks -
made by a Defense bought with Jewish money#t«l

(quietly)

Inoredible. t .

EOTVOES :

I objecttt*

Silencel

SEYFFERT :
( jumping up)

PRESIDENT:

SEYFFERT :
I am within my rights, Your Honourl I protest against
disturbance of the trial -

(gesturing toward Onody)
• which coraes perpetually from the same source -

the

ONODY:
( threateningly )
And will continue tili justice
about that?

is donel What will you do

•PRESIDENT:
(anxiously, to stop further enmity)
Objection overruledt Next witnessl

(Onody subsides unwillingly, and
Andreas Melchior, an awkward man
in his early fifties, dreased in
peasant's clothes, is led forward«
The President reads from the records)

Andreas Melchior, fifty-two years of age, labourer on Baron
Onody* s es täte #

MELCHIOR:
That's right, Your Honourl

PRESIDENT:
You reported an incident during the night that fpllowed
Esther Solymosi^s murder?

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MELCHIOR:
(nods )
I was on my way back to the farm to feed the cattle* I
had been at the Inn of Tarkasz for qulte a whlle and I
had to pass the Synagogue. As I went along, lost in my
own thoughts, I saw a llght in the Jewlsh temple« I was
startledt I was not prepared to find anyone still up in
Tisza Eszlar.

EOTVOES :

How late was this?

MELCHIOR:
Shortly aftaj? midnlghtt

What did you do?

PRES IDENT :

MELCHIOR:
I got afraid» The whole vUlage was
had dlsappeared that day.

exclted because Esther

PRESIDENT:

Go on.

MELCHIOR:
I stoppedf Then I heard a nolse, as If someone was dlgging
in the temple courtyard.

(pauses, as if trying to remember hls speech)
In the temple courtyard« As if someone was diggingt.#

PRESIDENT:

Yes?

(sharply )
You heard s Inging?

BARY:

MELCHIOR:
(with fresh energy, qulckly)
Then all at once I heard singing Coming from the templettt

Did you stop for long?

EOTVOES :

MELCHIOR;

NOf I ran away.

ATTORNEY DR^ FUNTAK:

(Jumps up)
I bring to the attention of the court that the explapation
for this has already been placed in the records, On the
aforementioned Saturday, two stränge Schochets, who are
here --

(gesturing toward tho ciefendants^ bench)
-- among the defendants, had applied for the vacancy in the
Tsza^Eszlar Synagogue , and the chanting of the Thora is ono
of thelr duties. That night they were rehearslng*

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(ONODY laughs conteraptuously )

PRESIDENT:
(ironically )
A mldnight rehearsal seetns rather unusual to me. Any
further questions?

(Eotvoes and the District Attorney
shake their heads )

Then let us proceed. Next witnessl

(Margit Deri Is already walting in
front of the v/itness box« She
- has "been led in by a constable)

Margit Deri, age eighteen, from Tisza-Eszlar, daughter of
physician Dr, Deri,

DR. DERI:
(A typical representative of provinclal
elegance, with pinoe-nez, and oily
politeness. Rises from bench)
Yes, Your Honourl

PRESIDENT:
(Motions to him to sit down.
To v/itness )

Miss Deri?

(Margit bov/s and smiles in aclmowledginent
She is a pretty girl, coquettish. mlddle
class, but dressed quite smartly)

PRESIDENT :
What do you know about the case?

MARGIT :

On that Saturdayt.t

PRES IDENT :
This is a personal Observation?

MARGIT:

Yes.

PRESIDENT :

You may continue.

MARGIT:
(continuing, fluently)
V/e don't live far from the Jewish temple. Around noon I
was busy v/atering the flowers outside our Windows» Sud-
denly, I heard a scream. It came from the direotion of the
synagogue« I strained my ears» The scream was follov/ed by
a klnd of whirapering, then everything was qulet. A few
days later, Moritz Scharf came to visit us.

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PRESIDENT:
The son of the defendant Scharf?

MARG IT :
Yesf., Moritz is a nice boy» Now and then I send hlm on
errands and sometimes he even goes ahopping with me and
carrics my parcels^ % girl frlends and I never think of
him as a Jev;* Really, we all like him. I asked him why
someone had screamed in the synagogue Saturday noon«
First he was str^rtlod and would not talk, then he said
that I had been nistaken« But v/hen I insisted --

(coquettishly )
-- and was nice to him, he becarne confidential and told me
overything. He said^t.

PRESIDEIIT:
( Interrupt ing)
Thank you. He will testify hiniself .
hear your own observations#

We only wanted to

EOTVOES:
(to Margit, who is abovit to leave )
One moment: Did you go to the Investigator and teil him
everything of your own free will, or did he come to you?

BARY:
(jumping up)
Your Honour, I have stood enough maligning from the Defense l
I demand to be examined at oncel

EOTVOES;
( vehement ly)
And I demand that the cross-examination of the defendants
continue. V/e have heard one irregulär testimony alreadyl
This interference v/ith court procedure is becoming absurdl

PRESIDENT:
(after oonferring with his associates
for a raornent)
The Court has decided to examine Chief Investigator
Dr» Koloman Bary«

BARY:

(rises hastlly and Grosses to the stand)
Thank you*

(with a sweeping glance round the court)
It has been difficult for me to remain silent as long as
I have, The gentlemen on the Defense bench have been too
eloquent for me -- too eloquent for ine, and their own goodl
Today they have been deliberately Interpret ing these testi-
monies as disconnectad incldents, but these testimonies are
only significant be cause they hang one upon the other; solid
links in an unbreal^able chain of evidencel Two men chanting
a hymn at midnight is not important in itself ; a fortune-
teller^s oplnion cannot stand up against a logical order;
Esther Solymosi's disappearance, the self-betrayal of the
defendant Scharfes Vvife, the digging in the courtyard.

(he ticks oach incident off on his fingers)

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BARY: (Cont.)
- the crying of a child in the synagogue, and finally the
accusation of the defendant's son hiraself, uttered against
hls ovm father and hls ovm race; then, gentlemen, thelr
signiflcance is not as easily ridlculed and dlsmissed as
the Defense would have you think with their supercllious
airs and laboured innuendol I handled thls Investigatlon
as I handle all my officlal dutles, v/ith a conscientious
v/ill t^ ^et at the truth, I am not disposed to inform the
court of the suFterfuge, the evasion, the lies that met my
efforts on every sidej the deliberate chaos and disorder
thrown in my path to confuse me. 1 performed my duty and
I ask for no thanks or pretty Speeches j it has been enough
that certain public figures of importance, hoth politically
and intellectually, have given me unstinted support and
approval.. .

(he bows to Onody^ v/ho smlles and nods )
t.^wlth that I am more than content...

(excitedly )
...but what I was not prepared for, and what I refuse to
submit to, is the persistent defamation that I am constantly
subject to by my opponents in this trial -- opponents who

have not hcsitated to hinder
mel —

spy on me, and even threaten

EOTVOES :
(contemptuously )
Their namesl V/ho has threatened you?

BARY:
(hotly)
When the appointed time comes for names, you shall have
names, and more names than you expectedl

EOTVOES:

Give me ono, nowl

BARY:
Not tili I find the power behind them that paid the bribes
that even swayed the policies of newspapersl

EOTVOES :
The Je WS again, no doubt?

BARY:'
There is still a worse crcature than the Jev/, Mr# Eotvoes:
the Christian who will take hush money from himl

And what
blood?

EOTVOES:
(direct )
rating do you give the Christian who takes

their

BARY:
(savagely)
That insult is directed at me, I presume?

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EOTVOES:
No, Mr. Bary« I am finally convinced that no one could
Insult a public cfficial who takes such hasty and ill-
considered steps In a most coraplicated and serious case --

BARY:
(hotly)
I have left no stone untumed^

if that 's what you meanl

EOTVOES:
(quickly)
In that caae you must be in a position to teil this court
where the body of Esther Solymosi can be found,

BARY:
(angrier and angrier)
My Inveatigation has clearly shown that the Jews dismembered
the corpse and buried it somewhere in their temple courtyardl

EOTVOES:
But you tore up their courtyard, and no trace of the body
was found therej or was that perhaps a stone you left
unturned?

BARY:
There was no trace of the body when I was finally able
search - they had wind of my intentionsl The Jews are
masters in the art of raaking things vanishl

I still
intactl

EOTVOES:
(doggedly)
ask you what happened to the body, dismembered or

ONODY
(with a harsh laugh)
They probably ate itl

SEYEPERT :
(nervously)
I Protest against reraarks in such tactless bad taste l
This court has assembled to solve a vital and -

ONODY:
(rising)
We've heard onough from youl

SEYFPERT :
(tuming to the President)
Your Honour, I protest —II

ONODY:
(enraged, surging toward the District Attorney)
You Protest l You protest l What right have you to pi»otest,
you damned lickspittling cur, you hireling of the JeWs; you
dirty little usurerUt. You traitor to Hungaryl --

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ONODY: (Cont. )
(By now he has reached the table of the District
Attorney and raises hls croo, about to strike
Seyffert in the face. Seyffert grabs a law
book from the table to protect hlmself • Onody
is atopped by two pollce oonstables who rush
up from behind, and the crop hits the table,
Great excitement in the courtroom. The
Attorneys for the Defense jump up. The
audienoe ia aroused. Reporters rush out
of the room to dispatch their wlres. Even
the defendants, the Jews, whisper excitedly
to eaoh other)

EOTVOES:

(indignant, shouting)
Your Honour, if the District Attorney himself has no
protection against such unbelievable defiance of order -

(shouting)
- what hope have the defendants? I demand the imniediate
eviction of Baron Onody from this courtroom and the most
rigid penalty for his breach of precedentl

PRESIDENT :
(nervously )
Baron Onody - I must ask you to explain...

ONODY:
(gruffly)
I apologize to Your Honour. I can only plead excess
provocation. A man can be driven too far.

(There is dead silence in the room. The
President leans over to one associate,
whispers, then leans over to the other,
v/hispers ar^ain, then nods)

PRESIDENT:
At this stage of the trlal, the court believes it inad--
visable for all the parties concerned to give this incident.
more importance than it merits. Order must be maintained.
This Court is of tho opinion that the witness, Baron
Emmerich Onody, actod under Impulse, and not with delibera-
tion. The Court therefore accepts his apology — the trial
will proceed. Now follows...

(Seyffert rises . He is white as a
sheot, and gathers his papers )

Mr. District Attorney. i/Vhat does this mean?

SEYFFERT :
I take the liberty of tending to the honourable
justice my resignation from the offlce of Chief
tive for the Proseoution.

court of
Ropresenta

(He exits. Silence)

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PRESIDENT:

(quietly)
The resignation will be reported to the Ministry of
Justice, The Assistant Distrlct Attorney, Dr. Martin^
present in this courtroom, will assume the duties of
Representative for the Prosecution.

(To the Attorneys for the Defense)
Does the Defense wish to address any further questions
to Dr. Bary?

(Eotvoes, in lively conversation with his
colleague, shakos his head in the negative)

PRESIDENT:

And the Prosecutor?

DISTRIGT ATTORNEY MARTIN:
(very politely)
I wish to ask only one question: Dr. 3ary, has the
recorded evidenoe fully convinced you that the murder
was committed by the defendants?

BARY:
Utterly and completely beyond the remotest shadow of doubtl

MARTIN:
Then I wish to thank you, Sir, for your invaluable
assistance. That is all.

(Bary bows and returns to his seat)

PRESIDENT:

Moritz Scharf l

(

(The tonsion in the courtroom heightens.
Low-voiced exclamations are heard:
"Hero he comosl" "Quietl" "Kow old is he?")

(Moritz Scharf onters . He is a handsomo boy
of fourteen, with an intelligent face, dressed
in Jewish garb, but well groomed, with curls
on his tomplus. He looks around, semi-curious,
semi-timid, hositates for a momont at door,
then walks down the aisle with assured steps,
and Grosses to the Judge ' s desk. As he passes
Bary, the latter nods to him in a friendly,
approving manner. Moritz returns tho glance.
All oyes are on him. The twelve Jews on the
defendants' bench have risen involuntarily as
he enters and starc at him. Their gazo
expresses tonsion, horror and disbeliof , but
still a cortain touch of anguished brotherhood.
As Moritz Grosses to the witness stand, the
defendants' hcads follow him, drawn as by
a magnet. Then they sink back onto their
bonches, oxhausted. Joseph Scharf is tho

Moritz • . •

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only defondant who remaino standing. He
Icans far forward and speaks softly)

JOSEPH SCHARF:

(Startled, Moritz Scharf glanoes at his
father, but turns away Immediately)

PRi^SIDSNT:
(seriously)
Before we question you, Moritz, I muat teil you that, "by
law, you cannot be forced to testify against your father,
I must therefore ask you: Do you wiah to teil us all you
know about Esther Solymosi's murder, or not?

MORITZ:
(politely)
I wish to teil you all I know, Your Honour.

PRESIDENT :
Even if it inoriminates your father?

MORITZ:
(his face hardens)
I only want to teil the truth, Your Honour,

JOSEPH SCHARF:
(softly)
Do you know the Fifth Commandment , my son?

(Moritz does not answer him)

PRESIDENT:
I must advlse the defondant not to Interrupt the oxamination.

JOSEPH SCHARF:
If a naughty chlld ralse a knife to his father, may the
father not stay his hand?

PRESIDENT:
He has not testified against you yet.

(then in a loudor voice)
Sit downl

(Joseph Scharf slumps back onto the bench)

EOTVOES:
(quietly and persuasively )
Your Honour, there can be no doubt in anybody's mind that
the Situation of a son, a youth, charging his father with
murder is a terrible one for both of them. I would request
the court, after due consideration, to permit the defondant
to ask an occasional question of the witness,

PRESIDE^IT:
Later,

(to Moritz)
How old are you, Moritz?

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MORITZ:
I was fourteen on the twonty-f ourth of Ellul...

(corrects himself )
•••on the eleventh of June.

PRESIDENT :
Did you grow up in your father's house?

(Moritz nods )
Were you treated Vi/ith love and kindness there?

MORITZ:
(with a glanoe filled with hatred into the
courtroom, in Mrs . Scharf '3 direction)
stopmothor was cruel to me •

EOTVOES:
And your father? Do you bear a grudgo against hlm, too?

No.

MORITZ:
(acting)
I know a father has th3

right to punlsh his child.

JOSEPH SCHARF:
(bursting out)
Punish you? \Vhat has possessed you, Moritz? What did I
not do to try and bring you up a good honest boy, like
other boys? I paid forty Guldon for your schooling . . • •
And you no longer know the Fifth Commandmant . . •

MORIT
(stubbornly)
I do know itl

7 •

JOS.^PH SCHARF:
Then say it to the peoplel

MORITZ:
(evaaively)
Thou shalt not take the Lord 's name in vain.

JOSiiPH SCHARF:
(lamentingly)
No, no, the Fifth Conmandmont l Say the Fifth Commandmont l

MORITZ:

(to President)
Shall I answer him, Your Honour?

(President noda • Moritz continues, forced)
Thou shalt honour thy father and thy mother, that their
days be prolonged upon the oarth,..

(suddenly torn with misgiving)
Your Honour. • . .

BARY:
(sharply)
What is this? A bible-class?

Let's get on with the oasel

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JOSEPH SCHARF:
(tormented)
Let him say what he was going to aayl
you are really a good boy —

Moritz, teil them

PRSSIDSOT:

(sharply )
I oannot permlt the witness to be omotionally confusedl

(Joseph Scharf sinks back onto his bench)
- His task is dlfficult enough as it isl

DISTRICT ATTOHNEY MARTIN:
His Honour has given the witness to understand that he is
not foroed to testify, It was not, however, made clear to
the witness that if he testifios, he must teil everything
he knows against his father.

PRESIDENT :
(to Moritz, kindly)
You understand what the District Attorney said?

MORITZ:

Yes, Your Honour l

PRESIDENT:
And you still agree to answer the questions?

MORITZ:
(beamingly)
Yes, Your Honour.

ATTORNEY PRIEDMANN:
In the first tostimony you gave at the arraignment, you
deolared that you knew nothing about Esther Solymosi's
murder? Is that true?

Yes, Sir*

MORITZ:
(after a moment's hasitation)

PRIEDMANN:

Why did you say it?

MORITZ:
I v;as ordered to say it.

You were
Esther 's

DISTRICT ATTORNEY:
ordered to tostify that you knew nothing of
murder?

Yes, Sir.

(firmly)

MORITZ:

EOaWOES:
Who ordorad you to do that?

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MORITZ:

My stepmother.

When?

EOTVOES:

MORITZ:
When we were in the investigator* s Office.

EOTVOES :
(smiling ironically)
So - in the investigator* s Office and in his presence, your
stepmother ordered you not to testify regarding the murder?

MORITZ:
Yes - she whispered it to me.

EOTVOES:
And the investigator did not hear her?

MORITZ:
(smiling fatuously)
She talked in Hebrew. Nobody understood but me,

EOTVOES :
Why did you correct your testimony later?

MORITZ:
I was told that I would be imprisoned for life unless I
told the truth.

v/ho told you that?

The Investigator

EOTVOES:

MORITZ:

EOTVOES:
(very deliberately )
Then it was under pressure, believing that you would be
imprisoned for life, that you told the story of Esther^ s
murder,

MORITZ:
(as if he learned it by heart )
I did not testify under any pressure, The investigator was
always friendly to me. Everyone in the Komitat House where
I am staying now, has always been kind to me • I was never
scolded or whipped as I was at home.

EOTVOES:
You Said that very nicely indeed.
way it was drilled into you?

Is it Word for word the

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PRESIDENT:
(bangs the table)
I forbid the Defense to place auch questlons
contempt of court,

EOTVOES :

I apologlze. '

(seriously, turning to Moritz)
You still live in the Komitat House?

— this is

(

MORITZ:

Yes.

EOTVOES :
\Vhat are ycur plans for the future -- I mean when this
trial is over — if your father should no longer be -

(hesitates )
- in a Position to provide for you?

MORITZ:
(impudently)
I shall he provided fori

EOTVOES:

So you know that?

Yes, I do.

V/ho told you?

MORITZ:

EOTVOES:

MORITZ:
(childishly)
The Minister of Justice himself .

The

EOTVOES:
(incredulously )
Minister of Justice called on you personally?

No, but I

MORITZ:
(cornered)
found a letter from him in my room.

EOTVOES:
In your room at the Komitat House?

(nods )
Yes on the table,
for me and give rae

MORITZ:

It Said that the Minister ^ould provide
a Job as a Clerk when I'm old enough.

EOTVOES:
(sarcastically )
And you believed it? You believed that
Justice would write a note like that?

the Minister of

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Yes,

MORITZ:
(near tears )
because he didl It»s truel

(strictly )

DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARTIN:

I must Protest against the overbearing methods of the
Defense toward this child. I request Your Honour to
instruct the only eye-witness, Moritz, to name the
defendants who actually took part in the crime and then
Order him to teil us the entire procedure exactly as he
remembers it.

•
PRESIDENT :
Moritz, name those men among the defendants whom you saw
miurder Esther Solymosi.

(Moritz makes a helpless gesture toward the
defendants, then he hesitates and turns av;ay)
I understand that you find it diff icult to Charge your own
father, but you must put all personal feelings behind you...
your duty is to yourself... Point out the menl

(Moritz has regained his self-control and
Grosses to the defendants. His eyes still
rest on the ground, Halfway there, he
falters again, The President leans forward,
warningly )
Moritzl

(Slowly Moritz raises his eyes and points at
Buxbaum, then at V/eiszenstein, then at Braun
and Wollner. He is abcut to raise his
finger to point at his father. But at the
last moment he drops his hand and looks at
the ground)

The defendants Buxbaum, V/eiszenstein, Braun and Wollner
will rise - and also defendant Joseph Scharf.

(The five men rise heavily)
Were these the men who committed the murder?

(Moritz nods. At this moment defendant
Buxbaura, a huge man, steps forward, before
the cons table can stop him, halts in front
of Moritz, looks at him for a second then
spits into the boy's face. Moritz winces
and Covers his face with his hands, as if
he expected to be Struck)

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PRESIDENT:
(aroused, shouting)
Defendant Buxbauml I will have you chainedl I sentence
you to four weeks solitary confinementl How dare you...

(His voice breaks in the middle of the
sentence. Buxbaum calmly returns to the
defendants' bench and sits down, This
scene has caused great excitement among
the audience. We hear exclamations :
"Poor childl" "The scoundrelsl"

"Incrediblel")

ONODY:
(In a loud voice)
That^s what happens if Jews are treated like human beingsl
They should have been kllled outrightl

(Exclamations of agreement )

PRESIDENT:
(unsteady wlth indignation)
Moritz, you stand here under the protection of the court.
You need fear nothing. You may rest assured that there
will be no more attacks made upon youl Come closer to
me and teil the court now what you know about the murder.

MORITZ :

(recovered by now, steps forward, after
throwing one more nervous glance at the
defendant 3, He steps in front of the
Judge^s desk and speaks fluently)
On April the first, Eighteen Hundred and Eighty-Two, on the
Schabbes before Palm Sunday, several stränge Jews came to
Tisza-Eszlar. They were those two Shochets -- I am not
quite sure what their names are -- and a beggar, Hermann
Wollner

(pointing at V/ollner)
-- that onel My father, who had still some work to do in
the synagogue, looked out of the window and saw Esther
Solymosi pass by. "Go out," he told the beggar, "and call
that girl in to remove the candlesticks l" Then he ordered
me to leave. I went home -- we live next door to the
synagogue -- and waited for my father to come to dinner.
Mother and my little brother Samu were also waiting; we
were all hungry. A quarter of an hour passed, and then
another. I was surprised that I did not see Esther leave.
I called to mother and told her I would go back to the
synagogue to fetch father. "Don't bother," my mother
shouted after me , "he will come when he is readyl" When
I tried to open the door leading to the vestibule of the
synagogue, I found it locked. Suddenly I heard a soft
scream, and then a whimper as if someone was being
smothered. Quickly I bent down to the keyhole and saw the
three Shochets and the beggar standing around the table:
on the table lay Esther...

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DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARTIN:
(interrupting )
And your father? Where was he?

He was
glrl's

MORITZ:
(with difficulty)
there too* He stood next
feett

to the man, near the

PRESIDENT:
(tense )
Go on with your testimony.

MORITZ:
The beggar placed a bowl under Esther^ s throat. V/eiszstein
and the other Shochets held her tightt She was white as a
ghost»

(correcting himself )
No, her face was red, as if she v/as choking, She was
shivering all over, .

PRESIDENT:

Was she dressed?

MORITZ:
All she wore was a shirt, but that had been pushed up
round her neck. I could see all her body.

PRESIDENT:

And then?

MORITZ:
Buxbaum had a huge knife, which he usually kills

with.,#

(correcting himself again)
•t.with which he usually kills the oxen.,#

MRT IN:
(holding up a knife from the
table of materlal evidence)
Was this it?

the oxen

MORITZ:

Yes, that' 3 the one. He raade a big gash in her neck

•

with it.

(pointing at his throat )

Here, right across. It made me feel sick, but I couldn't

stop watching.

PRESIDEOT:

And then what happened?

MORITZ:

The blood came out in a big spurt and the beggar caught
it in the bowl.

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(The audlence is extremely tense, following
Moritz^ desoriptlon: there is profound
silence in the courtroom. The door behind
the Judge's desk opens and a constable
enters t He bends down to the Judge and
whispers )

PRESIDENT:
(annoyed)
What is it? I cannot be disturbed.t«

(Police constable continues to
whisper into his ear)

• PRESIDENT:
(looks up, surprised)
Here in court?

(Police constable nods)

PRESIDENT:
I am forced to interrupt Moritz Scharfes testimony.
Circurastances have arisen that will help clear the case
considerably. The Police Sergeant from Tisza-Dabas has
come with an important announcement to make to the court.
Are both parties agreeable to examine him immediately?

(District At
Defense nod
motions and
led in. He
eighties , a
military ca
sabre. His
dustt He s

torney and Attorneys for the
in agreement. The President
Police Sergeant Parkas is
wears the uniform of the
feather brush on his high

p, spurs on his boots, rifle,
uniform is covered with

tands at attention.

You may speak.

PARKAS :
Your Honour, I report the arrest
with this case -

of two men connected

PRESIDENT:

Who are they?

PARKA :d

Two raftsmen from Tisza-Nomodi. They discovered a female
corpse in the Tisza River at Disza-Dabas this morning,

(a gasp runs round the court)
One of the raftsmen, David Hersko...

A Jew?

DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARTIN:
( interrupting sharply )

PARKAS :

Yes, Sir.

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Thank you»

DISTRICT ATTORNEY M/iRTIN:
(makes a note )
C on t inue l

FARiaS:
I was actually present on the rlver bank when Hersko pulled
the corpse frora the water wlth his oar and hoisted It onto
fehe raft. I ordered them to land immediately. The other
raftsman, Joseph Matej wanted to throw the corpse back Into
the Tisza, but I stopped him, I asked how they had found
the corpse, and they said it had been entangled in the
river weeds just below the surface: and that it must have
been washed down from some place further up-stream. I
examined the corpse and thought it corresponded with the
description of the missing Esther Solymosl, • • •

EOTVOES:

Where is it now?

PARKAS :
In a cart outside the Courthouse.
bringing it here immediately.» •

I took the liberty of

(At this moment lArs • Solymosi rises from
her bench and utters a scream. A few
men rush up« However, she frees herseif
and hurries out, followed by Mrs. Huri
and Sophie. )

table, calling
to the Gendarme

PRESIDENT:
(energetically banging the
for quiet. Then he turns
Sergeant )
And the raftsmen? Where are they?

SERGEANT :
They are in the witness room, waiting.

PRESIDENT:
(to constable)
Have them brought here at oncel

(David Hersko and Joseph Matej enter. Hersko
is a small, heavy-set redhaired Jew with a
sly face. Matej an unusually tall man,
slightly imbecilic. They cross to the
Judge^s desk and stop. Parkas Stands behind
them. Although they are witnesses they look
as if they were arrested)

PRESIDENT:

(to Hersko)
I belle ve you are Hersko.

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HERSKO:
(willingly)
Yes, Slrl Flfty-Four years, Jewish, raftsman from
Marmarosch-Sziged, no previous offense,

(A few people smile)

And you?

Yes.

Yes, what?

(to Matej)

PRESIDENT:

MATEJ:

PRESIDENT :

MATEJ:
(dumbly )
I am Joseph Matej, I thought they told Your Honour who I
was •

PRESIDENT:

Age?

Forty-two or so...

MATEJ:

PRESIDENT:

Religion?

Jewish?

(Matej is silent and the President
ml sunder Stands his silence)

MATEJ:
My God, nol

(laughter in courtroom)
I'm a Catholic,

PRESIDENT:
Which of you prefers to teil us how you found the corpse?

(Hersko and Matej lock at each other,
dumbfounded« They are silent)
Hersko, speakl

Well,
Tisza

HERSKO:
on Friday evening we were just going to land near
Dabas and stay there untll Monday.

PRESIDENT:

Untll Monday?

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HERSKO:
Yes# Schabbes Is my day of rest and Sunday Matej*s# Just
aa we were approachlng the shore I saw somethlng stuck in
the weeds, Matej was busy cooking supper, so I took one
of our long oars and trled to get It looae, I didn't thlnk
it was going to be a dead womanl

PRESIDENT:
Did you teil Matej iimnediately?

HERSKO:
Yes, but he was annoyed about it and wanted me to throw it
back into the river. At this raoment the officer saw us
from the shore and told us to land right away. Then the
three of us dragged the dead girl ashore and put her on
the grass.

PRESIDENT:
Was it the corpse of a young girl?

HERSKO :

Yes, Your Honour.

(Matej nods^ in dead earnest)

PRESIDENT:
(to Parkas)
And the marks of Identification - hair, colour, age, colour
of dress — correspond to those of Esther Solymosi?

PARKAS:
Yes, Your Honour« Of course the corpse has been in the
water for several weekSttt

PRESIDENT:
Yes, yes, but you were still able to distinguish that the
girl had a great gash in her neck though?

SERGEANT :
(shaking his head)
No, Your Honour. The corpse showed no rautilation whatever.

•PRESIDENT:
(calls out, surprised)
Nene? No cut on the throat? Are you certain?

SERGEANT PARKAS:
Quite certain, Your Honour«.

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EOTVOES:

(Jumps up)
Your Honourl The mother of Esther Solymosi Is even now
Inspecting the body, She, better than anyone present,
will know whether it is her own chlld or notl The
investigator has informed us -

(sarcastically )

- that Esther Solymosi *s body was dismembered after the
murdert The Chief material witness -

( gestur ing toward Moritz, who Stands
near the witness stand, terrified)

- has testified that she was killed by a huge gash across
the throatl If it should now transpire that her body was
in no way inutilated -

(in a louder voice)

- the case against the defendants will collapse like a
pricked balloon --

DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARTIN:
(interrupting )

- I must remind the Defense that the corpse has not yet
been Identified as Esther Solymosi; and that any such
anticipation is out of orderl

• ONODY:
Another Jewish trick, that^s alll

PRESIDENT:
(to constable)
Sergeant, go downstairs and request Mrs. Solymosi
present herseif before the court at oncel

(Sergeant near e:xit door leaves hurriedly. A
profound silence reigns in the courtroom. We
hear a voice beginning to pray. It is old
Rabbi Taub; "Boruch atoh adonoih olohenu».*"'
The other Jews, as in the synagogue, join in,
whispering, Slowly they rise, in bent posi*
tion, their heads lowered. The prayer becoraes
louder and louder • Finally there is a hollow
Chorus, They hit their chests with their
fists. The door opens . Deep silence reigns
once moret Even the Jews^ prayer is inter-
rupted, Mrs, Solymosi, supported by her
daughter and Mrs, Huri, enters and walks down
the centre aisle to the Judge^s desk, )

PRESIDENT:
(gravely)
Mrs, Solymosi, have you seen the body of this child?

(Mrs, Solymosi stops, She utters
a sob, then nods her head)
Do you identify it as the body of your daughter?

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MRS. SOLYMOSI:
(in a hollov/ volce )
Yes . It is my daughter,

ONODY:
(savagely )
She ^ s mad l

(to the President)
Your Honour, you can^t accept that as testimonyl I demand
It be Struck off the recordsl By God, I»ll see that it»s
Struck off the records, if I have to rewrlte every Statute
in Hungarian lawl

PRESIDENT:
(rises, gathers his papers • His
voice is strained)
The trial is adjourned until the court announces its
f indings •

Baron Onody.

EOTVOES:
(As the Judges exit )

What?

(savagely)

ONODY:

EOTVOES:
I'm afraid you've missed your train.

C U R T A I N.

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ACT

I I.

The same - six months later. It
is a Winter afternoon, and the
courtroom is in semi-twilightt
Officials go about lighting the
oil lamps, A fire is burning in
a large white-tiled stove; the
people are in heavy, warm
clothing, e^ccept for the Jews,
who look half-starved and
exhausted. They sit huddled in
their seats, their thin,
tattered clothes held tightly
around them, The curtain rises
on an uproar; Onody, Bary and
the spectators are doing their
best to shout down Eotvoes and
unnerve him«

EOTVOES:
( shout ing above the din)
I demand to be heardl You cannot strangle truth by shouting
it down; you only give it added strengthl

(Cries of "Hang the Jewsl" "Let him speakl"
"Down with Eotvoes - bribed by the Jewsl" etc.)

EOTVOES:
(angrily)
If Baron Onody is resolved that this
not a trial, let us at least see the
illogical conclusionl

shall be a farce and
farce through to its

We havel

ONODY:

Not yetl

EOTVOES:

(

A VOICE FROM TUE CRO^VD:
Eotvoes, Eotvoes l The gentile King of the Jewsl

OTHER VOICES:
When the shoes began to wear
All the Jews began to swear.^

(Eotvoes turns to the
gestures his defeat,
Swings his bell. ) •

President and
The President

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Silencel

PRESIDENT:

(The courtroom slowly becomes silent)

I have warned the spectators, not once, but many times,
that my patience is growing Short. I will permit no
further disruption of procedura from any quarter. In
the interests of the case, I must now request of both
parties that a decislon be reached with all possible
expediency. . .

(The defendant Buxbaum has been sitting
all the tlme wlth hls head buried in
his hands. Trernbling, he now looks up
and nudges his neighbour. The neighbour
shakes his head with fear. Buxbaum
straightens up and is about to grab the
bettle of water which Stands on the Dis-
trict Attorney's table. A police constable
gives him a shove that makes him fall back
onto his seat. He starts to moan.)

Water

BUXBAUM:
(in a low voice )

• • •

PRESIDENT:
(looks up disapprovingly, then
motions to constable)
Let the defendant drink.

(constable obeys )

The Counsel for the Defense may speak.

EOTVOES :
( Points to Buxbaum, who cowers
into his previous position)
What you have just witnessed speaks more eloquently than I
could. The defendants have been imprisoned for six monthst
They have been separated from their f amilies, from contact
with the outside world, and even from their own counsel.
They were locked in a cell hardly large enough to house
three people; they have not been permit ted the only food
their creed allows them to eat; they stand before you,
frozen, starved and beaten for a crime the prosecution has
still not proved against themj And why? Why? At the end
of the last session of this trial the body or Esther
Solymosi was washed ashore on the Tisza bank, not dismem-
bered, without the famous throat incision so clearly
described by the District Attorney's only witness, the
fourteen year old Moritz Scharf. Your Honours, once more
I refer to the unlawful imprisonment of the defendants:
I request that they be dismlssed immediately.

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DISTRICT ATT0RN2Y MARTIN:
(rises slowly)
I objeot to the motion of the defense t

(A hushed "bravo" in the courtroom. At this
moment a hollow sound is heard; the defendant
Buxbaum has sllpped off the bench, Excite-
ment in the courtroom. Mrs . Buxbaum rushes
forward, ooncerned over her husband. The
elegant ladies seated in the first rows
watch the scene through their lorgnettes.)

I3 he dead?

(calla)

A GIRL:

Not yetl

A MAN»S VOICE:
( (laughingly)

PRESIDENT :
Take him out and call the court physician.

(Two constables more
heavy Buxbaum, Hi3
whlmperlng* )

or leas carry out the
wife shoves after them,

EOTVOES:
(softly, more to hlmself)
First blood to the hunters l

PRESIDENT:
(motions to the Distriot Attorney to continue)
The Distriot Attorney may proceed.

DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARTIN:
(wlth simulated great calm)
I emphatlcally deny the Charge by the defense that we have
tortured innocent men, I demand that the request for their
release be rejected by this court and the trial proceed l

EOTVOES:
The law preacribes a quick execution of the guilty, but not
a slow kllling of the innocent l

PRESIDENT:
(swings his bell and oalls )
Mr» EotvoeS; you have had ample time to volce your objec-
tions; it is now the Distriot Attorney's turn to speak,

DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARTIN:
(proceedlng)
I thank Your Honour. So far from wasting our time in the
last six months, we have suooeeded at last in completing
our evidence and in blocking the legal loopholes so art-
fully cr^ated by the criminals for their own seif-

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DISTRICT ATT ORNEY MARTIN: (ContJ
preservation and the preservation of thelr f riends • I
propose the oross-examination of the Chief Investlgator,
Dr. Bary.

(He slts down)

PRESIDENT

(confers with his asaociates for a moment)
The court rejects the proposal of the counsel to disoharge
the defendants. The District Attorney's request to examine
the Investlgator is granted. Dr» Bary Is present in the
courtroom.

(Eotvoes laughs bltterly)
Come forward, pleasel

BARY:
(walks to the Judge ' s desk, opens a
portfolio whlch he carries under his
arm - produces a stack of documents,
These he placea in front of the President)

BARY:
I submit herewith the result of my Investigations made
during the recess of this court. These are the depositions
of all witnesses and suspects examined during the last six
months * They prove that the investigation has not wasted a
Single day, but has fully complied with its duty, They
will reveal all criminal attempts •••••

(motioning with his head toward the defendants'
bench)

to conceal the guilt of the accused, I request the

roading of the record

• • • • •

SOTVOES:

(Jumps up)
I objoctl These depositions whlpped out of thin air by the
Investigator are of no relevanoe, The finding of tho
unmutilated corpse of Esther Solymosi automatically olosed
tho oase for tho defense l If new evidence, or new facts
havo been found during the recess of this court - a recess
in which the defense was forced to rost while the District
Attorney and the Investigator exploitod it to the utmost -
I demand that evory witness who has mado a deposition -

(pointing at tho stack of papers )
- so carefully and diligently rocorded in thcse papers,
appoar porsonally in this courtroom.

BARY:

(with a sneer)
Tho defense obviously bases its requost on the fond hopo
that such witnesses are figmonts of my imagination.

(to Eotvoes)
You will bo disappointed l

EOTVOES
(to President)
Your Honours, I request that the witnesses come forward
testify in open court.

and

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PRESIDENT:

(to Bary - polltely)
Kindly hold yourself avallable, sir. Your valuable help
is still needed» Theso recorda will be read only in case
a wltness oannot be found, has passed away or Is beyond
reach, of the court, Otherwlse, the witnesses -

(bowing ironlcally in Eotvoes» direction)
• named and previously summoned will ba examined here in
person. As the first

• •

(he points at a document, opened
by one of the Associates)

(reads )
County Phyaician Dr.

ASSOCIATE JUDOS:
Ladislaus Deri.

(Deri steps forward)

PRESIDENT:
As the only resident physician of Tisza-Eszlar I assume
that you attend all members of the comraunity ••••t

DERI:
(whom wo saw in the First Act - interrupting)
With the exception of Jews . With them I have only
unavoidable professional contacts in the interests of public
hoalth, They are a veritable broeding ground for disease
and epidemics -

PRESIDENT :
But you know every resident of Tisza-Eszlar?

DERI:

Thoroughlyl

PRESIDENT r
And you remember the doceased Esther Solymosi?

DERI:

Of coursel

PRESIDENT:
Were you the first to oxamine the body swept ashore at
Tisza-Dabas?

DERI:

Yes,

PRESIDENT:
It is unnecessary to remind you that you aro here under
oath* Howevor, I would ask you to roalize the importance
of your answer: Was the body you examined that of Esther
Solymosi?

(Tho excitement in the courtroom has incroased)

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No, it v;as

(takes
them
not •

DERI:
off hls glasses
then speaks )

- cleana

^iVhatlll

(stunned)

EOTVOES:

DERI:
I said - Nol

(Excitement among the audlence. The attorneys
for the defense exchange glances. Distriot
Attorney Martin plays with hls penoil, dls-
interested, tut triumphant. Bary smiles.
The accused Jews are startled, then dejection
desoends upon them.)

EOTVOES:
ftrying to control his anger)
On what is your opinion based, Dr. Derl?

DERI :
It v;aa imposslble that the oorpse I examined v^/as that of a
peasant girl. Country girla, like Esther Solymosi^ go
barefoot for the larger part of the year, The deceased
had delicate feet whloh proved she was accustomod to wear-
ing shoes . Also her flngers were narrow and unhardened,
The nalls had a special shlno, found only on v^omen v/ho are
manlcured. It is out of the question that the dead girl
had done any hard physical werk,

EOTVOES:
Was the deceased a virgin?

DERI:

Yos.

EOTVOES:
At least you are suro of that?

DERI:
(striking a pose)
Medical sclence of today can easily establish «.^

EOTVOES:
(Interrupts him)
Medical science, yes, tut your autopsy was mado without the
aid of a modical Institute - under groat disadvantages . I
think it would be circumspoot to allow yourself a margin of
doubt, Tho deceased had beon in the water for a long
period*

2-7

DERI:

(somewhat Irrltated)
Certalnly, for several weeks, but that makes no dlfferenoe

(angrily)
If I needed a margln of doubt, Mr* Eotvoes, I would have
allowed for Itl

EOTVOES:
How old dld you judge thls girl to be at the time of her
death?

DERI:
(still Irritated)
Fourteen - perhaps fifteen, at the most •

EOTVOES:

Thirteen at the least?

DERI:
(sarcastic )
If I Said yes^ that would establish the body as that of
Esther Solymosi in your eyes, I suppose?

Not

EOTVOES:
(quietly)
necessarily. No more questions.

PRESIDENT:
(on reading the record)
County Physician Dr. Georg Szabo.

Present •

DR. SZABO:
(steps forward, nods to Dr. Deri with
the condescending air of a superior)

Good afternoon, sirl

DR. DERI:

PRESIDENT :
Your colleague, Dr. Deri, has Just stated that the corpse
found in the Tisza could not have been that of Esther
Solymosi .

(Szabo nods )
Do you share his opinion?

DR. SZABO:
(pleasantly, broadly)
I share his opinion.

PRESIDENT:
Did you know the child Esther Solymosi?

DR. SZABO:
Not while she was alive.

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EOTVOES :
(sharply, Ironioally)
But you know her well enough, now she Is dead, to know that
thls oorpse oannot be hers? How can you maintain that with
any sort of convlctlon In a court of law where accurate
teatlmony Is demanded?

DR. SZABO:
(smoothly)
I»m not a lawyer, Mr# Eotvoes, you can^t get a rise out of
mel I know enough of Esther Solymosi through the reoords
"Fo aaaure the court that the oorpse I examined could not
have been hers, for the very simple reason that It is the
corpse of a twenty year old woman fully maturedl

DR. PRIEDMANN:
(interrupting)
Impossiblel Dr. Derl has Just told us that the age was
fourteen or fifteen at the mostl

DR. DERI:
(nervously)
If my colleague estimates twenty, I naturally bow to his
superior knowledge .•. fifteen or sixteen, perhaps even
eighteen -

EOTVOES:
(Interrupts saroastically)
In fact, if we go on at this rato, she will soon be a woman
in her forties. I'm sure Dr. Bary hopes sei

DR. DERI:
When a oorpse has been lying in the water for weeks,
really difficult to establish the exaot age.

it is

DR. SZABO:
(rudely)
The woman in question could not have been in the water over
three daysl Therefore I was in a position to Judge her to
be twenty years old.

DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARTIN:
I request that the County Physioian's testimony be made a
matter of record. If the oorpse in question was actually
only three days in the water, it could not have been that
of Esther Solymosi, who disappeared six weeks prior to the
discovery of the body in the Tisza River. I also find it
valuable to establish that Dr. Szabo maintains the corpse
to be that of a girl at least twenty years old. At the
same time Dr. Deri's statement should be kept in mind; he
Said the body was that of a person belonging to the better
das 3, who had never done any hard physical labour.

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EOTVOES:
(Ironloally)
The Dlatrlct Attorney belleves In picking and ohoosing hla
facts: but what about the oontradictions? \Vhy should
they fall to qualify for the records?

PRESIDENT :
(Interrupts him)
Back to the case. Have any of the gent lernen further
questlons for the County Physiclan?

EOTVOES:
Yesi As Dr. Szabo now deolares the deceased to be twenty
years old, I would ask him to teil me whether she was a
Virgin or not.

DR. SZABO:
(In a lecturing tone)
Today ^s standpoint . • .

EOTVOES:
(interrupting ironically)
Back to the textbooks againl -

• . t •

• •

DR. SZABO:
(proceeding)
. leaves no room for doubt. She was not a vlrgln. On
the contrary, if I may aay so with all due delicacy, the
examination showed that she frequently ....

(becoraes silent)

EOTVOES :
Thank you# All that remains now is for you two gent lernen
to decide which of you is right and which is wrongl

(Two constables lead the defendant Buxbaum
in through a door in the background; he is
taken to his place. He slts down, heavily.
The other Jews next to him show concern and
the constables return to their places. Tho
following dialogue is carried on simultane-
ously with this entrance.)

DR. DERI:
(to Dr. Szabo)
I have already bowed to Dr. Szabo 's
My opinion was given in good faith;
not infallible, gentlemen.

(Laughter in the court)

superior knowledge.
but even doctors are

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SOTVOSS:
(coldly)
In View of the fact that the two physicians ha
come to an agreement, although they previously
dicted each other on nearly every point, I mus
faculty verdict from the Budapest University.
the mother, who should know her own child best
has testified in this oourtroom that the corps
of her daughter, The court may remember that
without indecision or uncertainty, a mother's
cannot be dismisaed by a professional disserta
due consideration. I request that Mrs . Solymo

PRESIDENT:
Is Mrs, Solymosi present?

ve suddenly

oontra-
t request a

Meanwhlle,

of all,
e was that
she did so
instinct
tion without
si be called.

(rises )

MRS. SOLMOSI

Yes.

DR. DERI:
(approaching the Judges
conversation with Dr.
Your Honourl After a detailed discu
able colleague, County Physician Dr.
to explain that the apparent minor d
between us were mainly based on misu
my honourable oolleague and I share
covering all points and are one in a
was not that of Esther Solymosi, Ma
mitted to loavo the court?

after a low-voicod
Szabo)
ssion with my honour-

Szabo, I would like
ifferences of opinion
nderstandings • Now
the same opinion
ccord that the corpse
y we therefore be per

PRESIDENT:
Does the District Attorney or the Defense wish to place
any further questions to the experts?

DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARTIN:
(conf idently)
No more .questions .

(Eotvoes shakes his head, annoyed,
Both physicians leave, ohatting in
a friendly mannar)

PRESIDENT:
Mrs. Solymosi, kindly step forward.

(Genoral tension as Mrs. Solymosi walks up
the aisle. The Attorneys for the Defense
oxchange triumphant glances)

PRESIDENT:
Mrs, Solymosi, you declarod before this trial was adjourned
that the body found in the Tisza and brought höre was that
of your daughtor.

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MRS. SOLW.OSI:

Yes.

PRESIDENT:
Are you still of the same opinlon?

MRS. SOLWOSI:

No.

(Whispers and soft exclamations
in the courtroom)

PRESIDENT:
Not to raisconstrue this important question - the body
found in the Tisza was not that of your daughter?

MRS. SOLYMOSI:

No, it wasn't.

EOTVOES :
Then why did you teil this court that.it was?

MRS. S0L™0SI:

I made a mistake.

a mistake when her

EOTVOSS :
Is It possible for a mother to make
dead child is shown to her?

MRS. SOL^OSI:
(disturbed)
Well, I did make a mistake.

DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARTIN:
The astonishing fact that a mistake was made will be
explained later. Actually it was possible, because at
the time - I will say this now without further question-
ing of witnesses - a certain likeness between the deceased
and Esther had been purposely croated. Although the dead
girl was not Esther Solymosi - sho wore her clothes»

• • • t

EOTVOES:
(scornfully)
and a mother' s eye was deceived?

Rubbishl

DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARTIN:
Her eye was deceived by the shock of being confronted with
a corpso, Mrs» Solymosi realized her mistake very shortly
af terwards .

EOTVOES:
Then why did sho not come forward and correot her testimony?

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DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARTIN:
(triumphantly)
Because certain Jews from Tisza-Eszlar offered her large
sums of money to keep qulet - but not only money - they
even threatened her. This evidence only recently oame to
lißht, or, rest assured, you would have heard of it
soonerl

That » s impossible l

rrjtlDMANN:

EOTVOES:

(shouts )
Why? Why, Impossible? Rit yourselves in the posltion of
those tortured and intimidated peoplel IVho fought for
them? No one except a few poverty-strlcken frlendsl V/ho
fought against then? A strong political party^ the
machinery of justice, the entire power of the statel
What is so stränge about their offering this woman money?
- money to stick to the truthl - in an effort to defend
themselves against this gentleman ••.

(he points at Bary, who still Stands
in the vicinity of the Judge ' s desk)
••• who was moving heaven and earth to make her deny her
testimony and send these men to their death?

DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARTIN:
(hard, loud)
The fact remains that Mrs , Solymosi was offered 200 gülden
to remaln silont and identif/ the deceased as her daughter

PRESIDENT :
l3 this true, Mrs. Solymosi?

Yes.

MRS. SOLYMOSI:

EOTVOES:

(repeats it contemptuously)
Yes. Now I understand the reason for the six months '
adjournment l

(to the court, angrily)
Per miles about no one has heard of the disappearance of
another girl. Do you actually believe that the disap-
pearance of such a person would have remaincd unknown?
Do you believe that corpses of young ladies float up and
down the Tisza every day of the week?

ONODY:
(oalls)
There are plenty of whores in the Budapest hospitals, and
plenty of Jewish doctors who wouldn't shrink from a little
body-anatching on the sidGl

2-13

EOTVOES :
(ignoring the Interruption)
For slx long months, with human lives in the balance, this
investigation has deliberately distorted and confused the
issues, littered its depositions with racial fanaticism,
and contradicted itself time and again. In the face of
evidence actually given in this court, wlthout coercion,
it still uses every weapon at its command to suppress the
proven fact that the body found in the Tisza river is^ and
can only be, Esther Solymosi' sl

DISTRICT ATTOPNEY MARTIN:
(Jumps up)
With Dr. Eotvoes' eloquence still r inging in your ears ,
ladies and gentlemen, we will end this comedy once and for
all. Call Raftsmen David Hersko and Joseph Matej to the
.witness stand, pleasel

(The President nods in agreement« A
constable opens the door and ushers
in Horsko and Matej, They are chained
together and give the Impression of
being terrified)

This is a new

FRIEDMANN:
(jumping up)
I demand that the witnesses be unchainedl
infringement of the law,,»,

PRESIDENT:
(questioning)
Mr. District Attorney?

DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARTIN:
The chains may be removed - but only here in the courtroom,
as long as the raftsmen act in the capacity of witnesses.

EOTVOES:
V/hat Charge has been brought against them?

(A constable removes the chains)

DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARTIN:
They are accomplices in the crime.

EOTVOES :

They tooll

PRESIDENT:
(reading from his documents)

David Hersko ••• your character is known to us

a Jew . . •

(Hersko nods )

When were you arrested?

• • •

you are

(shy)
Two months ago.

HERSKO

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• • •

PRESIDENT:

(looks at his records )
On the second of September. You are charged wlth

(looks at him questloningly)
Speak for yourself l

HERSKO:
I am charged with smuggling a corpse and mlsdlrecting the
authcrities ...

PRESIDENT :

(still turning the leaves of his record)
Correctl The same Charge applies to Matej.

(Matej is silent and motionless )
Hersko, you will teil the court the events which led to
your arreett

(softly)
I confessed already

HERSKO:

••• to the Investlgator, Dr. Bary«

PRESIDENT:
You are requested to repeat it here in court,

HERSKO:
(looking to the ground - murmurs)
Here? — in front of everybody? ... Everything is written
down in the book. IWe put my name to it.

PRESIDENT:
(losing his patience)
You force me to have your confession read by the court.

HERSKO:
(with a timid glance at the accused Jews )
That would be better, Your Honourl Everything is said
there so nioely, one thing after another. I am a poor
raftsraen. I cannot talk well.

PRESIDENT:
(nervously)
No one expects you to talk well. All that is asked of
you is the truth ...

HERSKO:
But the truth is in that paper ...

(the President realizes that he cannot
cope with Hersko, motions to Martin)

(

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ASSISTANT JÜDGE RUSSU:
(reads from the records )
Thls is David Hersko's testimony ••• during the middle of
June cf this year a well-dressed gentleman came up and
talked to rae and Matej, This happened at a deserted spot
of the Tisza bank, north of Tisza-Eszlar, where we usually
stop cur rafts and take a restt That gentleman took us to
a cart which stood near-by in the bushes, removed a blanket
and ahowed us a nude female corpae. He persuaded us to tie
the body under our raft and float it a few miles down-
stream, as far as Tisza-Dabas, where the following evening
a woman dressed in brown would meet us with a parcel* He
told US that this parcel would contain clothes, which we
were to put on the corpse,»»

EOTVOES:
(excited)
Are we expected to believe that you actually went through
with this horrible deed? -- this nightmare?

Ans wer himl

(to Hersko)

DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARTIN:

HERSKO:
(nods )
Yes, we took the corpse under our raft to Tisza-Dabas,
received the clothes from the wornan in brown, and dressed
up the dead girl, Then we dumped the corpse into the
river and acted as if we had just found it,

EOTVOES :
(earnestly)
Why? What made you do it? V/hat cause did you think you
were furthering?

HERSKO:
I thought it would be all right. The gentleman who put us
on the Job was a very high class Jew, He gave me 100
gülden, but I handed it over to Matej. I did not want to
take money for it.

EOTVOES:
(to Matej )
Did you receive 100 gülden?

Who?

Yes,

MATEJ:
(startled)
Me? ....

(recollects )
I received 100 gülden.

f f • •

Hersko, you have
thls deedt

EOTVOES:
still not given the court

a motive for

HERSKO:
The gentleman gave me 100 gülden.

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EOTVOES:
But you didn^t want Itl You gave it to Matej - youWe just
Said sol

HERSKO:
(flustered)
The gentleman told me that the whole world was up in arms
about Esther Solymosi being killed and that it was my duty
to do soniething to remove the suspioion from the Jews«

EOTVOES:
And for that reason you agreed to do it? And I am supposed
to believe this story, although you yourself are a Jew?

DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARTIN:
(loudly)
The procedure is clear as daylight; the stranger, the woman
dressed in brown, Hersko himself , all had but one motive,
to help their f ellow-believers . The Jews committed a second
crime to cover up their firstl

testimony to the Investigator,

EOTVOES:
Hersko, when did you give this
Dr. Bary?

HERSKO:
Pour days ago -- last Friday.

EOTVOES :
And youWe been arrested since September second -- that
seventy-eight days ago? Therefore your confession was
obtained seventy-four days after your arrest?

(Hersko nods )
And when did Matej confess?

PRESIDENT:
(as Matej does not ans wer - he turns
the leaves of the records )
On October fifth.

EOTVOES:
That is more than forty days before Hersko.

(to Hersko)
How often were you cross-examined by Dr. Bary during
forty days .

is,

these

HERSKO:
Every day, even Sundays , even on our Sabbath, and at nights...

EOTVOES:

(stating )
And the result of this seventy-eight days of inquisition is
contained in this confession.

(with a cold smile )
Matej did not take as long.

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BARY:
( vehement ly)
Your Honour, I object to the insinuations so clearly
expressed by the Attorney for the Defense and I ask
agaln for protection against theml

ONODY:
(interrupting)
Quite rlghtl Speak, Your Honourl

PRESIDENT:
(strictly)
Attorney for the Defense, I am repeatedly forced to call you
to orderl Once more you have attacked the worthy Investi-
gator •••

EOTVOES:

(interrupting)
I have concerned myself solely with facts; Mr* Bary must be
free to write his own interpretations into them. Matej was
made to confess --

(sarcastically )
-- or shall I say his signature was obtained within thirty-
five days, whereas Hersko took seventy-eight days . When I
consider the different characters of the two defendants,
the lapse of time is obvious*

(turning to Hersko)
Could you describe the "high-class gentleman" and the **woman
dressed in brown" who gave you these instructlons?

HERSKO:
(in a reciting tone)
The gentleman had gray hair, wore a dark suit, was of medium
build, had a heavy golden watch chain, squinted with his
left eye and spoke with a Jewish accent -- the woman wore
a high-necked, simple brown dress, was about forty years old
and quite fat«

EOTVOES:
Would you recognize the two?

Certainly

HERSKO:
(throws a quick glance at Bary who nods
surreptitlously, then in a timid voice)

• • • •

EOTVOES:
(louder)
Then I demand that the trial be adjourned until these two
witnesses are produced in this courtl We must reveal the
truth, only the truth and nothing but the truth; and it
will not be found in the copy-book depositions so conveni-
ently assembled by the investigationl Until this anonymous
gentleman and the woman dressed in brown have been found,
this trial cannot proceed on any basis of regularity or
justicel

2-18

ONODY:
( Jumps up)
Then carry on with It alonel To me the trial was over long
ago - and to every other Hungarian Christian whose pockets
aren't lined with Jewish moneyl

(to President signif icantly)
I will await your verdict with interest, Your Honourl

(he leaves the courtroom to a murniur
of approvalj others leave with him)

EOTVOES:
(quietly)
It would be a most f ittlng gesture
would also leave.

of sympathy if Mr* Bary

PRES IDENT :
Once more I call you to order, Sirl The Court rejects the
requested adjournment. The smuggling of the corpse has been
proven in detail by the confessions of the two raftsmen,
Hersko and Matej. They will be chained again and led back
to prison.

(Hersko and Matej are chained together
and led out by a constable)
The court will proceed with the evidence.

DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARTIN:
One moment, pleasel Investigator, Dr, Bary —

(bowing politely in his direction)
-- has made a further discovery, The witness Sophie
Solymosi sister of the murdered Esther, will please take
the witness stand.

PRESIDENT:
(nods - then calls )
Sophie Solymosi l

(Sophie crosses quickly to the witness stand.
Her appearance is changed. She looks
practically coquettish. She is dressed
better. Her former sadness has completely
vanished. )

SOPHIE:
Here I am, Your Honourl

DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARTIN:
(turning the pages of his records)
On October twenty-eighth, you appeared before the Investi-
gator and gave some new testimony. Please repeat what you
told himl

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SOPHIE:

(llvely and fluently)
Yes, Sir, During the night of Friday, May twenty-fifth —
a week before they --

(gesturing toward the defendants)
-- murdered my poor sister, God save her soul -- I was
awakened by a noise outslde my bedroom door. It was almost
dawn. My niaster, the old Rabbi Taub, and that one over
there, Sexton Scharf, came to my bed. I was afraid, but
they told me to be quiet and nothing would happen to me#
Then the Rabbi turned back my Covers and Scharf bent over
mOt He held a tape measure, and he started to measure me.
I lay trembling and did not move. My fright was so great
that I could not speak. Scharf checked the measurements
and Said to the Rabbi: '^She is too large, V/e cannot use
her." Then I heard Scharf whispering to the Rabbi: "But
she has a sister who is younger# She would be right ••••"
My master covered me again and said that I should go back
to sleep and forget all about it. Ple also promised to give
me two gülden the following morning •••

PR IE DM ANN :
(excited)
And why didn't you teil us all this at your first cross-
examination?

SOPHIE:
Because I was afraid. At the door Scharf turned around and
threatened me. He said they would kill me if I breathed
one Word,

FRIEDMANN :
Did you see the investigator lately?

BARY:
Your Honour, may I be permitted to observe that the witness,
Sophie Solymosi, was naturally greatly affected by her
sister* s death and the dreadful scene which she has just
described to us • All she came to me for, was advice, and it
was slow work to extract from her the testimony you have
just heard,

PRESIDENT:
Defendant Taub, risel Do you admit what Sophie Solymosi,
your servant girl, has just testified?

RABBI TAUB:
(he has risen, His white hair gives him
a dignified appearance. He speaks in a
calm voice )
As truly as I trust that God will one day summon me, this
girl lied.

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BARY:
(savagely)
What injusticel \'Ihat per Jury l
tapped upon her door, did you?

And you never so much as

RABBI TAUB:
(gently)
I knocked on her door that morning, that is true. It was
Sabbath and I had to rise early to be the first in the
temple. As our religion forbids us to do any work on
Sabbath, however small the task may be, I had to awaken
her to help me. Purther, nothing happened. I could answer
no more truthfully to my God.

(he sits down)

BARY :
(sneers )
As one Jew to another, I suppose?

EOTVOES:
I must Protest emphatically against the procedure of this
case. This gentleman, Investigator Bary --

(points )
-• has been constantly present at the trial, contrary to
all regulations, although he is only a v/itness; since the
adjournment, he has persisted in interrupting and disorgani-
zing the procedure whenever he chooses --

PRESIDENT:
(interrupting sharply)
I prohibit any criticicim of the Court *s conduct^ Moreover,
I command the Defense to confine their protests to matters
Warrant ing them in the eyes of the Court. Mr. Eotvoes may
find it necessary to submit his complaints to a higher office
in Budapest later. Until then, any reflection upon the pro-
cedure of this trial is a reflection upon myself l

EOTVOES:

(with emotion)
It was not, and has never been, my intention to cast any
reflection upon the presiding judge: but I am fighting for
the lives of people whom I believe to be innocent, and I
criticize the methods of the investigation and the prosecu-
tion with every justif ication. Since the beginning of the
investigation, the boy, Moritz Scharf, has been isolated
from his parents, relatives and friends, and detained under
Observation by the Investigator, Dr. Bary, in the Komitat
house. Is Moritz a witness or is he a defendant? If he is
a defendant then his place is -

(gestures )
— on that bench with the others. If he is a witness, why
is he systematically isola'ted from the outside world -- by
the outside world, I am excluding, of course, Messrs. Bary,
Onody and their iramediate associates. After his father was
arrested, his grandraother, who lives in a distöint Hungarian
village, offered to take him into her house, SJne did not

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EOT VOES :
even receive an answer from the c
however, wlien the whole machinery
upon hls sole testimony, I would
pened in the meantime -- what has
hlm to face the defendants, I wan
again» Here, under our very eyes
accus atlon he brought against the
interrupted by the adjournment of
brought here; let him at least be
Investigator long enough to compl
so willinglyl

(Cent. )

Gurt, The time has come,
of this prosecution hinges
like to know what has hap-
happened to hlm. I want

t him to face his own father

, let him proceed with the

se rnen, and which was
this casel Let him be
out of the reach of the

ete the testimony he began

Moritz Scharf is at
of the courthouse.

PRESIDENT:
this moment v/ait ing
Call him in.

in a separate room

(A constable leaves and returns immediately,
leading in Moritz Scharf, By now Moritz has
the appearance of a groomed, well-dressed,
Hungarian lad. The curls on his temples have
been cut off. His Jewish caftan has been re-
placed by a bright, Hungarian garb. He looks
well fed and more self-assured. The accused
Jews nudge each other, not ic ing his changed
appearance and his new clothes* Joseph Scharf
Stares at his son, then utters a deep sigh and '
bows his head. All eyes are directed at Moritz,
the elegant ladies again raise their lorgnettes«
Moritz smiles, and without paying any attention
to the Stares, walks swiftly to the Judge^s
stand; but he throws a quick glance at Bary, who
acknov/ledges it with a nod and a smile.)

PRESIDENT:
Moritz Scharf, since you were last before this court, many
things have undergone change, Remember only, then, that
upon your testimony here depend the lives of the accused.
You know from the Bible the punishment for giving false
wltness against one^s kln?

MORITZ:
Yes, Your Honour, I know.

PRESIDENT:
Certain rumours have been spread, rumours of a malicious
character, suggesting that your confession was forced out >
of you by the Investigator. Is that true?

MORITZ:
(brightly)
No, IWe told everything of my own accord.

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EOTVOES:
And yet there are people who reported hearlng screams and
sobs escaping from Dr, Baryts room ths night you made your
confessiont, Wero they, also, of your own accord?

(Moritz remains silent)

ATTORNEY DR. FUNTAK:
Why did this verv important cross-exairAnation -
ont) when you mad3 ycür confession -- bal^e pJ,ace

(MorJ.tz remains silent - Puntak
turns to the President)
Are all our questions to be met with silence?

I mean the
at night?

PRESIDENT:
Let me remind you, Moritz: Speak when you know the right
ans wer, but when you don't know it, remain silent.

EOTVOES :
It is both urgent and vital that the witness teil us the
circumstances under which he made his confession that
night. The right ans wer to that should be simple enough
We merely ask for the facts.

MORITZ:
Am I to speak, Your Honour?

Of course»

(nods )

PRESIDENT:

MORITZ:
At nine o^clock I was very tired and went to bed. First I
had been questioned in Tisza-Eszlar , then they transported
me on a peasant's cart to Nylregyhaza^ Here I was examined
once more« Then they gave me some food, but I did not
touch it, as unkosher raeat nauseated me at the time.

(as a hurried af terthought )
It doesn^t now, of course« During the night I was awakened.
I had to get dressed in a hurry and was taken to the
Investigator* s room# At first I denied everything, because
my mother had ordered me to« But I was very tired and
wanted to go back to sleep. Dr. Bary told me it would be
much better to confess everything; because then everybody,
including my father, would be released from prison sooner.
But if I remained silent, I^d be kept locked up my whole
lifo. That 's why I cpnfessed,

EOTVOES:
And you maintain that you told the whole truth to the Chief
Investigator at the time?

MORITZ:
I told the whole truth»

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PRIEDMANN:
(inslstently)
Only because tha Inveatigator told you that otherwise you
wouid "be impris'oned for the rest of your life, not because
you were tortured, er whipped?

MORITZ:
Nobody tried to hurt me; then, or at any other timel

SOTVOES:
So as soon as -^ca co:nt*essed, it was put dovm in writing and
you signed it yourself?

MORITZ:

Yes.

Iramediately?

Irnmediately*

DR. FUNTAK:

MORITZ:

EOTVOES:
Your Honour, please teil him that not only does he have to
speak the whole truth here, but that he will not be forced
to retum to the protection of Dr. Bary unless he chooses
to of his own free will«

PRESIDENT:
You heard what the Attomey for the Defense has just said?

MORITZ:
I am quite content to let things stay as they are.

EOTVOES:
Do you know the Investigator, Dr. Bary, well?

MORITZ:

Yes , very well.

EOTVOES:
You see him often then?

MORITZ:
(nods enthuslastically )
Oh, yes, every day. He has never been anything but very
friendly to mel

EOTVOES:
And what happened after you signed your confession?

MORITZ:
I was let out of prison and put in the Komitat House. They
have given me a very beautiful room, with an enamel stove
in it.

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PRIEDMANN :
Are your lassons being contlnued?

MORITZ:

Oh yes, every day.

PRIEDMANN:
You still leam the Scriptures and Hebrew?

MORITZ:
( laughs )
Of course not. I am learnlng Hungarian and raultlplication
table l

EOTVOES:
So you like your new life better than living with your
1?

parents?

MORITZ:
I like staying at the Komitat House.

FRIEDMANN:
And you still believe that the Jews raurdered Esther
Solymosi?

MORITZ:
(stubbornly)
I know they did.

RABBI TAUB:
(rises )
Your Honour, may I address a few words to the boy?

PRESIDENT:
(throwing a questioning glance at
the Dlstrict Attomey, who shrugs
his Shoulders )
Very well. Be briefl

RABBI TAUB:
Do you know the conimandment : Thou shalt not kill?

MORITZ:

Yes, I know it.

RABBI TAUB:
And in spite of it, you believe that we, who live according
to the commandments, have killed Esther?

MORITZ:
Yes, because you needed her blood.

RABBI TAUB:
Don«t you know that in the Jewish religion blood is sacred?
That the Jews are even prohibited from tasting the blood of
an animal?

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MORITZ:
But the blood of a Christian glrl isn't sacred to a Jew

Who told you that?

RABBI TAUB:

MORITZ:

I've read it In books.

RABBI TAUB:
In books youWe found in your father's house?

MORITZ:
No, in "books some one gave me in the Koraitat House^

(During this scene old Scharf has
watched his son with a fixed stare.
Now he hides his face in his hands )

RABBI TAUB:
I taught you the sacred doctrine. I taught you that God
does not want us to work on Sabbath. Is the servant of God
allowed to take a knife in his hand on that day? Is he
allowed to cut?

MORITZ :
(cornered)
I don't know. Possibly ••••

RABBI TAUB:
How can it be possible?

MORITZ:
It is possible that your God allows it in a case like that.

PRESIDENT:
(who has showed signs of
impatience , continues )
You were summoned here to descrlbe to us the end of Esther* s
inurder committed in the Tisza-Eszlar synagogue. V/hat hap-
pened after the Shochet Buxbaum made the cut in her throat?

MORITZ:
The two stränge Shochets held her to the table and her blood
trickled into a bowl that was held by the Jew Wollner •

(he points toward Wollner)

FRIEDMANN:
Did the blood trickle down or did it spurt?

MORITZ:
It trickled down into the bowl*

(very quickly)
First it spurted, then afterwards it trickled«

DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARTIN:
What was your father doing at the time?

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MORITZ:

(shy)
He held the girl<3 feet.

Did she die instantly?

MORITZ:
She rattled in her throat.

ATTORNEY NEUMANN:

For long?

NEUMANN :

MORITZ:
For a few moments, then she stopped wriggling and lay still

PRESIDENT:
And what happened then?

MORITZ:
The beggar pulled down her Shirt and started to dress her
"body.

PRESIDENT:

Go onl

MORITZ:
The door to the inner Chamber opened and Rabbi Taub and a
few others came in,

DISTRIGT ATTORNEY MARTIN:
Did they say anything?

MORITZ:
The Rabbi muttered a few Hebrew words , which I did not
understand,

EOTVOES:
I thought you understood Hebrew,

MORITZ:
(patly)
I do, but I was too far away to hear anything clearly,

EOTVOES:
V/hat happened to the corpse? As far as we know, there was
no place in the synagogue where the body of a practically
grown glrl could have been successfully hidderit

MORITZ:
(shrugs hls Shoulders)
I don^t know. I was afraid they would come out and find
me, I had been there for maybe an hour already. So I ran
away, I could not see what they did with the corpse»

EOTVOES:
But where did you think they might have taken it?

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EOTVOES :
The decision lies with the Courtl

PRESIDENT:
(confers with his associates, nods.
Hls tone becoraes more polite)
Any further questions^ Mr, District Attorney?

(District Attorney Martin shakes his head)
Defendant Scharf, the court permits you to address your son«

(Joseph Scharf rises and slowly approaches
so that he is only two steps away from
Moritz« He tries to speak, he raust start
two or three tlmes before he succeeds in
forming a word. Then he says sof tly, )

Moritz

JOSEPH SCHARF:
(ahove a whisper)
. VJho am I?

My father

MORITZ:
(looks away)

JOSEPH SCHARF:
Why are you doing this to me?

MORITZ:
(looking at the ground)
I*m not doing anything to you«

JOSEPH SCHARF:
Then what have I done to you?

MORITZ:
(hesitantly )
You haven^t done anything to me.

SCHARF:
Then why do you want to kill me?

MORITZ:
I don^tl I had to teil the truthl

JOSEPH SCHARF:
No# No, no ••• bad people have influenced you. V/hat did
they do to you that made you turn against us? Won't you
teil It to your father?

(he moves still closer to Moritz -
who retreats to the Judge^s desk)
Moritz, how do you stand? You are leaning against the
President* s deskl

(Moritz straightens up. Softly)
Moritz, cast wickedness from you: teil them you have been
bad • no one will punish you« Teil them today, now.
Everything will be all rights V/e shall be able to go home
and live like before.

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JOSEPH SCHARF:
(in a whlsper)
Then I am lying?

MORITZ:
(looks to the ground, then raises
his eyes to his father^s face)
Yes , you arel

(Joseph Scharf slowly returns to his place ♦
He is a "broken man as he takes his seat)

EOTVOES:
(Jumps up to continue)
The witness Moritz Scharf has just told tos that he locked
the synagogue door; the same door through which he observed
the crime for over an hour by his own admission. I would
like to ask him whether it was the door that leads onto the
Street?

MORITZ:
Yes, it was the outside door,

EOTVOES:
And during this v;hole hour no one disturbed you?
passed by?

(Moritz shakes his head)
In what Position did you stand?

No one

MORITZ:

Bent over.

EOTVOES :
For a whole hour? You were able to stand it without ^
getting cramps? In that case nothing of the event escaped
you?

MORITZ:
I looked through the keyhole the whole time.

EOTVOES:
I ask the court to take füll note of the witness^ reply.

(comes to centre of court)
Your Honours, in spite of the fact that during the recent
anti-Jewish riots, the synagogue of Tisz-Eszlar was com-
pletely demolished, I am still able to prove that the
witness* testimony does not correspond with the truth,
The Defense anticipated these circumstances ^suff iciently
to procure the teraple door from Tisza-Eszlar, as well as
the table upon which the so-called ritual murder took
place. Both objects are in the adjoining room and can be
brought before the court immediately. The handle of the
synagogue door is so low that only a much shorter boy
than Moritz could have looked through the keyhole in a
bent Position. This witness could only have made his
observa^"* "^-^.s Imeeline: down. I proDose to set up the table

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and the door at the exact angle to each other that they were
origlnally, and the court can then decide whether Moritz,
looking through the keyhole in a "bent position was able to
watch all, or any, of the incidents he has described in such
detail.

BARY:
I Protest most strongly. This
point of farcel

is juggling evidence to the

EOTVOES:
If you had protested when Baron Onody^s disciples wrecked
and plundered the temple, there would be no need to recon-
struct the scene here, now. As it is, we have no choice
but to do the best we can with the raaterial at cur disposal*

(to the court, with irony)
Dr, Bary's duties have made him so familiär with the
synagogue prior to its destruction that his expert knowledge
of it may at last be of use to us,

PRESIDENT:
(helplessly looking at the District Attorney)
What do you think, Mr. District Attorney?

DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARTIN:
I am of the same opinlon as the Investigator but I have no
wish to hinder the defense» I therefore cannot object to
their request. I feel, nevertheless , that this procedure
will throw very little, if any, light upon the evidence.
The defense may proceed with its demonstration.

(Obeying Eotvoes' gesture, two constables
bring in the temple door and place it in
front of the Judge^s desk. It is a heavy
old wooden door, medium size. The rather
large, mounted keyhole under the door
handle is very low. Eotvoes raeasures the
distance between the door and the table
which has just been brought in. The
Junior Attorney Neumann assists him.
Then he throws a questioning glance at
Rabbi Taub and Sexton Scharf.)

EOTVOES:

Is this right?

(Both nod)

NEUMANN :
(explains )
This, gentlemen, is the actual door of the synagogue and
this is the table in question - left, there was a window
behind the table, the entrance to the inner Chamber.

EOTVOES:
(smiling politely at Bary)
Does the Investigator approve the distances

as correct?

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BARY:
(annoyed)
I don't remember well enough,

(Eotvoes Grosses to the table v;itli the .
materlal evidence, picks up Esther' s
dress, faded by the water, and places
it on the table instead of the corpse)

EOTVOES:
Permi t me, Your Honour?

(President nods - pointlng at the dress)
This dress of the deceased, gentlemen, will play the part
of Esther Solymosi: still alive at that moment.

(upon this he steps back, scrutinizes
the entire picture and says)
So -- I now call upon the f ive men who are charged v;ith
Esther Solymosi^ s murder, to come forward pleasel

(he walks up and down, gesticulating
like a stage director)
I now request the witness Moritz Scharf to polnt out where
each of these men stoodl

(Moritz Steps up slowly, as if contemplating )
Buxbauml Scharf l Braun l Weiszsteinl Wollner l —

(Moritz indicates where each man is
to stand and they take their places,
Eotvoes takes the butcher^s knlfe
and the bowl which are still lying
on the table v/ith the evidence. He
gives the bov;l to Wollner and presses
the knife into Buxbaum's hands )

(murmurs
Adonaj Elohenu

BUXBAUM :
in Hebrew to himself)

• • •

(During the last scene the disturbance in
the courtroom has augmented. A general
humming is heard. A few people have
risen. Several young men in the last
rows have even stepped onto the benches
to get a better vievv. The reporters
shove to the foreground and make notes)

EOTVOES:
And now, if the v;itness will take his place at the keyhole
we will re-construct the murder in detail --

(A Bailiff opens the door behind the Judge's
desk and whispers something to the President.)

One momentl

PRES IDENT
( to Eotvoes )

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(The President has a lively conversation
with his two Associates. All three
rise and form a group)

PRESIDENT:
(grabs the bell that Stands on his
desk and rings energetically )
Ladies and Gentlemen, I have just been informed that there
are disturbances in the town. People in the streets have
been attacked, Jewish flats have been broken into and shops
demolished. Those of the public assembled here are at
liberty to withdraw now. If they remain, I Charge them to
see to it that the procedure of this trial continues without
Interruption or molestation.

(He sits down, and so do his Associates.
The reporters return to their seats,
reluctant. A few people rise and exit )

E0TV0E3 :
May I ask Your Honour if this court is in a position to
assure us that the Irresponsible element of the street will
not make this courtroom their ultimate objective?

PRESIDENT:
The buildlng is guarded by constables. I have instructed
the Police to send whatever additional f orces can be
spared. You may proceed with the re-construction.

EOTVOES:
(bows and turns to Moritz)
These men are now in the exact positlons they occupied at
the time the crime was commltted?

(Moritz nods, then looks at his father,
indlcates he is not in exact position.
Moritz approaches hlm and Scharf shrlnks
back from hlm; thus accidentally lands
at the end of the table, belov^/ the feet
of the fictltious corpse. Braun and
Weiszsteln are at the right and left of
the table, \7ollner behind the table where
the body's head was meant to be* Both
Strange shochets stand like blocks of
wood. V/ollner »s knees are trembllng - he
practically collapses.)

MORITZ:
(rauttering to hlmself )
That 's right ... no, not yet — one, that one, stood more
to the end of the table •••

(He walks up to Weiszsteln and leads hlm half
a Step back. Then he e:xamlnes the position
of the dress, which Eotvoes has carelessly
thrown on the table , Carefully, he places
it straight. Then mutters again)

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That's right now.

MORITZ: (Cont.)

(During thia, from off atage, a rising noise
from the crowd can be heard, approaching.
Soon a few exclamationa can be dlstlnguished,
Then commanda. A Policeman* s voice calling
for Order ia heard. It is drowned out by
other voiceat A atone amashea a window pane
and landa in the courtroom in front of the
Judge'a deak. A new and terrific excitement
haa come over the audience. Judgea, Attorneys
for the Defenae, and the Dlatrict Attorney tr:7
to maintain calm. The defendanta, who have
rerr.ained cowering on the bench, are terrified
and move c?^03er to one another« From the laat
rov;3 of the courti'oom the crying and whlmpering
of the Jewiah women ia heard.)

PRESIDENT:
(in a powerful voice)
Let there at leaat be ailence in thia courtrooml Proceedl

'E0TV0S3:
(in a calm, disintereated voice -
he aounda almoat gay)
Moritz, ahow Shochet Buxbaurn how he held the knifei

(The noiae outside haa increased. V/e can
hear a crowd aacending the courthouae atepa,
A banging agalnat the door, The conatablea
take up their poaitions. They raiae their
riflea and plant their bayoneta. Moritz
approachea Buxbaur;^ heaitatea for a moment,
then raiaea Buxbautn^a he.nd to a certain
height, aa if Buxbaurn were about to cut#
At thia moment the doors to the ccurt are
broken open, The inaurgents, town people
and colourfully clad peaaants, are fighting
• the Police cordon, forcing them back, and
begin overflowing into the courtroom, The
Preaidlng Judge, Diatrict Attorney, Attorneya
for the Defenae, jump up, aa do a number of
people in the audience • Hyaterical criea of
women are heard« The Preaident geaticulatea
wildly, but he cannot make hlmaelf heard«

Death ia written over the face of the Jewa on
the defendanta* bench, They are grouped
around Rabbi Taub# Only those enacting the
acene -- Joaeph Scharf, Buxbaurn, V/ollner,
V/eiazatein, Braun and Moritz — atand motion-
leaa, aa if petrified, Buxbaurn is atill
holding up the knife.

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The Police constables now form a chain and
begin to drlve back the insurgentst A few
policemen stand wlth levelled rifles. From
belov/ comes the steady roar of a huge raob;
several stones fly Into the courtroom; glass
Is smashed and scattered over the floor.

The Jev/s who were ena
shrink back slowly un
desko Eotvoes and th
Defense take up defen
the accused Jews. In
Police and the mob, s
smash the synagogue d
Esther' s dress, Some
as the table of the c

ctlng the murder scene now
til they reach the Judge's
e other Attorneys fcr the
sive positions in front of

the striTggle between the
ome of the insurgents
oor and table ^ tear up

of the benches as well
ounsel are overturned.

Flnally the police receive re-enf oroement and
gain the upper hand, Slowly, step by step,
they press the mob as well as the attending
public out of the courtroom - leaving behind
a scene of devastation.

The Attorneys for the Defense lift up their
table themselves and reassemble their papers.
The Jews who were enacting the murder scene
slowly return to the defendants' bench. Only'
Joseph Scharf and Moritz remain in front of
the Judge's stand.

From below come revolver shots and screams; the
shouting can be heard receding • The crowd is
being chased away. The constables and their
bayonets, whose shadows flicker on the walls of
the now practically deserted courtroom, give
the follov;ing scene an uncanny, ghostly
character • )

PRESIDELiT:
(in a hoarse voice, commanding silence)
Let US proceed with the triall

(Joseph Scharf slowly approaches his
son, but stops halfway. Moritz
looks to the ground)

JOSEPH SCH/VRF:
(Indicating the destruction with

a trembling and vague gesture )
see what you have done? Now .♦. will you speak

This is only a beginning of what is to comel
Moritzl Return to Godl

Now do you
the truth?
Moritz

• • •

MORITZ:
(shakes his head)
No -- I can^t, I wonH — l

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JOSEPH SCHARF:
(collapses to his knees )
Then I muat kneel in front of youl These few miserable Jews
here are not the only ones to suffer — there are thousands
outside and tens of thousands - the worldj the world will
shake with the lies you have toldl Speak, Moritz, speakl
An entire people is being destroyedl

MORITZ:
(screaming )
Let them be destroyed: all of theml I only told the
Truthll I hate the Jewsl I hate theml I hate theml

(Joseph Scharf drags himself onto a bench that
is lying turned over in the right corner#
Isolated from the others, he is thus practically
seated on the floor. Suddenly a sharp noise is
heard* Scharf has torn his coat from top to
bottom, right through the middle • )

PRESIDENT:
(looking up)
What was that?

(rising)
He has torn his coat«

RABBI TAUB:

PRES IDENT :

Why? For what reason?

His

RABBI TAUB:
(in a low voice)
son has just died.

GURT A IN.

3-1

ACT

III.

A few days later. Late evening.
The defendants, oourt, Counsel
for the Defense; audience, every-
body gives the appearance of
wearlness, as if the session had
been going on for many hours •
The water bottles are half empty;
on the tables in front of the
Counsel for the Defense, the
Distrlct Attorney and the Judges,
the Stacks of reoords have piled
up. The devastation oreated at
the end of the second act has
been cleared away, The press
reporters work at a feverish *
tempo. Wires, notes are dls-
patched through messengers.

PROFESSOR SCHEUTHAUER, a man of
about sixty, with a gray Van Dyke
beard, glasses, wearlng a black
frock coat, Stands at a black-
board which bears a sketoh of the
Tisza rlver -- the stretch
between Tlsza-Eszlar and Tisza-
Dabas. Close to Professor
Soheuthauer stand the physicians
Dr. Szabo and Dr. Deri who have
been summoned once more .

PROFESSOR SCHEUTHAlTijJR:

(Draws a cross on the blackboard)
This gentlemen, is the course of the river-Tisza. Here is
the village of Tisza-Eszlar l You observe the winding course
of the river down to Tisza-Dabas.

(He makes another croas)
Taking into consideration the current, time of the year, a
few whirlpools and other handloaps, I would estimate that the
female corpse in question needed four to slx weeks to cover
this Stretch. It is possible that the body was swept into
this forked through --

(points to a place on blackboard)
-- and entangled in the low branches of the trees growing on
the Tisza bank. If this happened, the body would have been
detained there for some time - almost indef initely .

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PROFESSOR SCHEUTPAUER: (Cont,)
I was summoned to this court in the capacity of anatomical
expert of the Budapest medlcal faoulty to give acourate
teatlmony, It is not easy to make acourate Statements about
a corpse that has been lying in the rlver for so long a
period, I can, however, assert with authorlty that the body
lay in the water about four to six weeks before it was found.

DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARTIN:
Your testimony rather drastically oontradicts the testimonies
of the physicians who proviously examined the corpse,
Professor. County Physician Dr. Szabo and Dr. Deri unanimously
agreed that the dead girl lay in the water only a few days .

PROFESSOR SCHEUTHAUj^R:
(cool)
Dr. Szabo is one of my pupils, and I believe my experience
slightly exceeds his. Dr. Deri is unknown to me. I regret
that even their combined Statements are of unsufficient
weight to Warrant my altering my original testimony.

DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARTIN:
Dr. Szabo, do you wish to make any comments?

DR. SZABO:
Yes. If the deceased had lain in the water four to six
weekS| the corpse would have been eaten away by fish.

PROFESSOR SCHEUTHAUSR:
You refer no doubt to sharks and octopi?

No, Sir,

(angrily)
I don^tl

DR. SZABO:

PROFESSOR SCirSlTTHAUER:
(to the court)
I have examined corpses which had lain in rivers and even
seas for months -- nibbled a little, perhaps, but intact -
certainly intact enough to be Identifled beyond legal doubt l

PRESIDENT:'
(to Dr. Deri)
What is your opinion, Dr. Deri?

DR. DERI:
(evasively)
As Professor Scheuthauer has said himself, it is extremely
difficult to be entirely acourate: one can but surmise —

But it must
lain in the

PRESIDENT:
be possible to establish whether a corpse
water several weeks or three daysl

has

DR. DERI:
(laughs dumbly)
I»m afraid only the deceased herseif could teil us that for
certain. • •

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PROFESSOR SCHEÜTHAU2R:
(oannot restraln hlmself any
longer - to the President)
It ia possible, Your Honour* To quote one partloular
Ins'Fance, the decompoaition of the upper part of the body
was further advanced than that of the lower half - a definlte
proof that It protruded from the water and was exposed to sun
and air • • •

EOTVOES:
Then you acouse the physicians, Dr, Szabo and Dr. Deri, of
voicing an erroneous opinion?

PROFESSOR SCHEÜTKAU3R:
I acouse no one, I merely repeat that my Statement is correct«

(Dr* Szabo laughs. Dr. Deri politely follows
suit. Professor Scheuthauer eyes them sharply.)

Nor can professional blunders be conoealed by a guffaw.

DR. SZABO:
(annoyed)
I'm no longer your pupll, Professor Scheuthauer... I am
quite free to laugh at obsolete analyses.

PRESIDENT:
Sllence, please, gentlemenl It Is late -
I wish to. conclude this trial today. Mr.
questions .

' nearly one o'clook.
Eotvoes . . . your

EOTVOES:
(to Professor Scheuthauer)
Will you teil US the approximate age of the corpse you
examined?

PROFESSOR SCHSüTHAT^iR:
About fourteen or fifteen -'• aixteen at the most.

DR. SZABO:
(bursting out)
That 's not truel It's absurd -

PROFESSOR SCHEUTHAUER:

(loudly)
Sixteen at the mostl

Who

(calla )
paid your bribe?

ONODY:
The Jews again?

(Murmurs of approval among the audience
Bary nods )

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DR. SZA30:
I reject Professor Schauthauer ' g Statements utterly. And I
preserve the rlght to ask him for satisfaotion, My examlna-
tlons -

(bowlng to Deri )
- and those of my honourable oolleague, Dr. Deri, have been
carefully compiled. Professor Scheuthauer appears to have
confused us • • •

•(pointlng to defendants' bench)
with those gentlemen over there • We are not defendantsl

• •

PROFESSOR SCHEUTHAUER:
You may be, yetl There are such things as Medical Courts l

(Nolse among audience» Threats are
heard against Professor Scheuthauer)

ONODY:
(calling to Bary)
Who Is thls jacksnapes that comes
all our buslness?

from Budapest to teach us

PROFESSOR SCHEUTHAU-:R:
Believe me, I take no pleasure in appearing against my own
professionl I can also understand that experts are liable
to make mlstakest».

(gesturing toward the other two doctors)
But these gentlemen, have made too many mlstakes ; too manyl
They have testified that the dead girl belonged to the
better classes. The texture of the skin on her feet was
supposed to prove it. Well, water is known to make any skin
soft and smooth when a body has been submerged beyond a
certain period. It was maintained that the body had manicured
finger nails. I took the trouble to make a test under the
mlcroscope •

(he points to a microscope, which
is erected on the table containing
the material evidenco.)
liborty to Inspect the result: upon that slide
section of the finger, suff iciently enlarged to
the pink surface regarded as a manicured nail is
actually the skin under the nail. The nails themselves were
removed by the water long ago*

You are at
is a small
prove that

EOTVOES:

(ironically to Dr. Szabo and Dr. Deri)
May we call upon the honoured collaagues to examine the slide
and give us their comments?

(Szabo and Deri turn away, annoyed,
Turning to Scheuthauer)
By this samo token, then, do you consider it possible that
the corpse could havo been tiod under the raft in the manner
doscrlbod by tho raftsmen Horsko and Matej without attracting
notice? Sspecially as other raftsmen were constantly in the
closo vicinity?

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PROFESSOR SCHEUTKAUSR:
I consider It improbable. A body in that State of decomposi-
tlon would havG come to the surface and spread a very strong
odor*

EOTVOES:
To sum up, Professor Soheuthauer, you malntain that the
corpse found In the Tisza River was the body of a fourteen
or fifteen year old girl, who under no circumstances belonged
to the better classes?

(Professor nods)
Purther, you are convinoed that the deceased had lain in the
water for about six weoks - since the time of Esther Solymosi^s
disappearance, in fact.

(Professor nods again)
And finally, you believe that the Substitution of another body
as described by raftsmen Hersko and Matej sounds extremely
Improbable?

DI ST RI CT ATTORNEY MART^IN:
What does the Defense hope to establish with these questions?
Hersko and Matej have confessed in this court...

PRESIDENT :
(nervously)
In View of the advanced hour, I must
to omit irrelevant questions.

request both parties

EOTVOES:
I would be the first to admit that iriuch valuable time has
been wasted in this trial, but I must resent the insinuation
that the Defense is in any way to blame. In splte of the
"advanced hour," I request that the witness Moritz Scharf
face the expert.

(President utters a sign, looks
questioningly at District Attorney)

DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARTIN:
(annoyed)
For what good it will dol

(calls
Moritz Scharfl

PRESIDENT:
in a toneless voice)

Yes,

MORITZ:
(Who has been alttlng next to Dr. Bary)
Your Honour?

PRESIDENT :
You are to answer the expert 's questions.

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EOTVOES:
(wlth aasumed pollteness to Dr • Szabo
who Stands with hls back turned)
Dr. Szabo, If I remember correctly, you maintained that it
was possible for Esther Solymosi to have been murdered in
the synagogue in the manner described by Moritz Scharf?

DR. SZABO:
(rudely)
I did, and still maintain itl

EOTVOES:
(to Professor Scheuthauer)
Would it have been possible for Esther Solymosi to have been
killed by an incision in the throat as described by Moritz
Scharf?

PROFESSOR SCHEUTHAUER:
Certainly, if the artery was severed.

DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARTIN:
Would that require a deep incision?

PROFESSOR SCHSUTHAUilR:

(shakes his head)
Oh, no, perhaps half an inch or so..»

(turns to Moritz)
How did the blood flow out of the wound?

It flowed
under her

MORITZ:
(stamrners )
. • into the bowl. • .
neck.

held by the Jewlsh beggar

PROFESSOR SCHEUTHAUER:
So it flowed downward?

MORITZ:

Yes, that »3 right...

PROFESSOR SCHEUTHAUER:
In that case, the artery could not have been injured, Other
wise the pressure of the circulation would have jected the
blood in all directions .. . very much like a fountain.

EOTVOES:
And as long as the artery itself
could not follow:

was not severed, death

PROFESSOR SCHEUTHAUER:
Yes, indeed, through the blaoding of the veins inside the
throat»

EOTVOES:
How long would it take?

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PROFESSOR SCHEUTHAUER:
At least half an hour.

EOTVOES :
(trlumphantly)
But death, according to the witness, was practically
Instantaneous \

PROFESSOR SCHEUTHAUER:
Elther the blood spurted in all directions - or it flowed
slowly Into the bowl - in which case death could only occur
after aome time...

(During the last speeohes an unrest Is
feit in the audience. Some people greet
the expert's words with hissing, curses
and words of Indignation. In the pause
that follows, District Attorney Martin
rises and hurries to Professor Scheuthauer . )

DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARTIN:
I would like to ask the Professor whether it is true that
besides his activity as lecturer at the Budapest University,
he is otherwise employed, or receives additional fees?

PROFESSOR SCHEUTHAU3R:
(surprised)
Certainlyl I am frequently authorized to give expert
judgment .

DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARTIN:
On behalf of the Insurance Company "Hungarian Alliance"?

(nods)
Yes. An Insurance
medical analyses -

PROFESSOR SCHEUTHAUER;

Company frequently needs incontestable

DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARTIN:
(smiling)
I am aware of that. Have you ever been received by
Mr. Weiszenfeld, President of the Insurance Company, in
person?

PROFESSOR SCHEUTHAUER:
Of course. In view of the importance of my work -•

DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARTIN:
Then you know that Weiszenfeld is a Jew? And, besides,
President of the Budapest Worahip Community?

PROFESSOR SCHEUTHAUER:
What has that to do with my opinion as an expert?

3-8

(Exclamatlons In the audience:
"He takes money from Jewal"
"Then it's all clearl"
"Some expertl"
Onody laughs rauoously.)

DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARTIN:
(ironioally)
Nothing whatever, ProfessorU, Of course, nothing at alll...

EOTVOES :
(Jumps \ip - his voice trembles)
This is unheard of l A great scientist is held up to
ridicule and slanderl

PROFESSOR SCHEUTHAUER:
(smlles, unmoved)
Do not distress yourself, Mr. Eotvoes; these gentlemen are
not in a position to ohange my scientific views or affect
my personal integrityl

ONODY:
I'd be more careful if I were paid by Jews l

DR, PRIEDMANN:

Libel l

ONODY:

(to Priedmann)
..•and still more careful, if I were a Jew myselfl

(makes the sign of the cross)
God forbidl

(laughter)

DR. PRIEDMANN:
IWe no business with you, Baron Onody.
to the Court.

I was appealing

ONODY:
You were, were you? Well, after the parliamentary election
you*ll have no more business with this or any other Court.

(Noise)

• PRESIDENT :
Quiet, gentlemen l

(to Professor Scheuthauer)
Does the medical expert have any further Statements?

PROPESSOR SCHEUTHAUER:
(shakes head; with restraint and dignlty)
Under such circumstances as these, none of any importance.

3-9

(The President nods to Professor Scheuthauer
to withdraw, The Professor leaves the oourt-
room^ all eyes on him, Most glances are

Bary and Onody lock at each
say: ''This expert hasn't done
Dr* Szabo and Dr. Deri had
stepped aside as the Professor walked past
them, Ignorlng him. New they return to the
auditorlum, politely inviting each other to
be seated, Moritz resumes his place next to
Bary. The President gestures and the blaok-
board is removed.)

antagonistic .
other as if to
US any härm."

PRESIDENT:
The testimonial evidence Is closed.

EOTVOES:
(Jumps up)
Your Honoursl In view of the belated hour of this trial,
It has been made the responsibility of the Defense to save
timel For this reason, I did not question the expert any
further. His opinion, while clear and uncontrovertable in
its present form, could have been amplified and detailed
until the truth of it was clear to every inan in this court
whose mind is seeking after truth, and not destructionl I
have stood 3o"wn and allowed a great man go from this court-
room humiliated and insulted. I have let him go, because
now the stage is set for the first appearance in this court
of proof positive; not circumstantial evidence, but proof
positive that the corpse found in the Tisza River is that
of Esther Solymosi.

(Exclamations in courtroom:
"Quietl" "Shut upl" "New evidence l"
"As if the old was not enoughl"
"Defendant of the Shochetsl"

ONODY:
(calls)
What's up your sleeve this time? Another paid expert?
Or a bribed witness for a change?

EOTVOF^-

'i-ikJ

Your Honourl The Defense is in a position to give füll
detail. Wo have found the key figure of the so-called
corpse smuggling,

(pause)
It is the woman in brown...The woman who gave Hersko the
package oontaining the clothes. Her name is Josephine
Grossbergl And I demand her presence here in the witness
stand I

•PRESIDENT:

Where is she?

3-10

EOTVOES:
In prl3on, Your honour - here in the Komitat House
Women's Sectlon^ Second Ploor, Call number seven,

(Bary haa jumped up. He is
white as a ghost)

PRESIDENT:
In prlson? Chief Investigator, what do you say

• • •

BARY:
(exclaims)
By God, we descend to practical jokesl Is there no limit to
the twists and^ turns the Defense is perpetually resorting to?
Is this trial to go on for ever?

EOTVOES:
(to President)
I would ask the Investigator to spare us his convulsions and
present us with the witness Josephine Grossbergl

Mr.

PRESIDENT:
(to Bary)
Investigator, kindly order..

BARY:

(exclaims passionately)
Your Honour, I cannot order any such thingl Upon my word...

(laughter among the Counsel for the Defense)
••• upon my offioial oath there is no witness in prison
whose name is Josephine Grossbergl

EOTVOES:
(Involuntarily)
What? But --

PRESIDENT:
Thank you, Dr. Bary»

(repriraandingly to ßotvoes )
Respect for the court should have detained the Defense from
maklng irresponsible demands upon the Chief Investigator,
The hour is a Iready advanced enough; I call upon the
Prosecutor to present the Court with the closing artioles
of the case.

DR. PRISDKANN:
(protesting)
But the case is not --

(Eotvoes restrains him, pulls him
back Into his chair.
As District Attorney Martin rises,
Eotvoes whispers to Dr. Neumann
who leaves the oourtroom)

3-11

DISTRICT ATTORl^EY MARTIN:
Your Honours l At the last minute, truth has played Into
the hands of the Prosecution, whlch makes It easy for me

to conclude this case. We
has Invented a witness who
woman — the woman dressed
smuggling of the corpse —
would be a witness for the

hav8 Just heard that Counsel
does not actually exist. A
In brown involved In the
who, if she Is a witness at all,
Prosecution; is supposed to have
been found, and has been detained illegally as prisoner upon
triall

Your Honours, these are the methods through which the
Defense has attompted to hinder the procedure of law and
justice throughout this trial, During the course of this
trial an anonymous group of people has tried to shelter the
defendants, veil their crimes, and destroy the motives for
their action, However, they have not suoceeded in mislead-
ing the seekers after truth, The Jewish Shochets who
assembled in the Tisza-Eszlar synagogue that Saturday came
to perform the dreadful murder of the fourteen year old
Esther Solymosi, prescribed by their sinister rites, There
was even an attempt to ridicule the inspiration of a mother,
who rocognized in the accused Jews the murderers of her
child, • .

(Mrs • Solymosl bursts into tears)
A whole network of lies and forgeries has been exhibited -
a construction crowned by the Substitution of the uninjured
body of a stränge girl, dressed in Esther' s clothes,
Witness upon witness has appeared in this court and incrim-
inated the guilty... impartial, well-meaning people, who
only testified to serve the truth. They have all helped to
verify Moritz Scharf s testimony -- our crown witness, who
saw the execution of the dreadful deed with his own eyes
from beginning to end,

Your Honours, do not be too swayed by the so-called medical
experts who have appeared here - let us hope in vain - to
shatter the statement of our honorable looal physicians.
At this moment the eyes of the entire country, the entire
World, are turned upon us. The Court should realizo the
importance of this moment, and find courage to pass the
verdict that they know In their hearts is the only verdict
- that of guilty l

I demand that Abraham Buxbaum, Lazar Weiszstein, Leopold
Braun, Hermann Wollner and Joseph Scharf be hanged by the
neck until they are dead, for the premeditated murder of
Esther Solymosi, as prescribed by Paragraph 281 of the Penal
Code... and that Rabbi Taub, Adolf Lustig and Anselm Vogel,
charged for aiding and abetting, receive lifelong imprison-
ment as prescribed by Paragraph 284. All defendants must
carry the Joint cost of the procedure and lose their Citizen-
ship for life. I request the Court to recognize my motion.

3-12

(The Distrlct Attorney slts down. Enthusi-
astic applause, During this speech, the
aooused Jews sit In silence and reslgna-
tlon. Now and then the sobs of thelr
wives are heard coming from the background.
As the Distrlct Attorney asks the death
sentenoe against his father, Moritz preases
his hands over his face,

Meanwhile Dr. Neumann has appeared in the
door leading into the courtroom. He holds
it open and is about to usher someone into
the room. The Police Constable at door
tries to stop him. Eotvoes looks at
Neumann qulzzically. Neumann nods his
head. )

PRESIDENT :
(after the enthusiasm dies out; raises his
bell and says without much conviotion)
I have requested the audience to refrain from demonstrations.
I call upon the Counsel for the Defense, Dr. Karl Eotvoes •

EOTVOES:
Thank you . I must request the immediate attention of the
Court. Here in tho doorway leading to the courtroom Stands
Darinka Kisch. . •

(reads the name off a slip of paper)
• who av;aits immodiate examination.

. •

PRESIDENT :

Impossiblel

(Tension in the auditorium. A
few indignant exclamations :
"A whorel" "What nextl" "Rejectl**
"Rojectl^^

EOTVOES :
(shouting them down)
Should the Court rejeot our motion^ all present Attorneys
for the Defense will be forced to resign at this last hour.
Such an act will havo grave and far reaching consequences,
the responsibility for which will not rest with us . I await
the decision of the Court l

(there is dead silence)

ONODY:
(furiously, to President)
What is this? Is this Court going to subject itself to
intimidation? The motion is out of orderl Let thom resign,
and be damned to theml

3-13

PRESIDENT:
(At the beglnnlng of Eotvoes» apeech,
he shook^hls head In denial. Now he
oonfera with hls assoclates for a
moraent - then he speaks, annoyed and

uneasy)
The Court does not
Counael before the
examlnatlon of the

wlsh to deprlve the defendants
trial Is over. Therefore, the
wltness Is grantedl

of thelr
cross-

(Exclamatlons of annoyance among the
audlence. Onody glares aavagely at
Eotvoes)

PRESIDENT:
(aharply to pollce constable at door)
Call In wltness Darinka Klsohl

(The pollce constable lets In Darinka
Kisch, who qulokly Grosses to Judge's
desk, She Is a glrl In her middle
twentles, pretty but ooarse. She Is
dressed In brlght colours, but wears
her clothes wlth a certaln swlng.
However, her eleganoe has a cheap
touoh. On her curly^ somewhat un-
combed head, Is perched a coquettish
llttle hat, A few of the men In the
audlence, whom she greets In a friendly
manner, turn away shocked, As she
passes Bary, she intimately slaps hls
Shoulder* He brushes off her hand. A
few people laugh)

PRESIDENT :

Your Name?

DARINKA :

Darinka •

PRESIDENT:
Is that your füll name?

DARINKA :
It'3 the one everyone knows me by, At the pollce Station,
I am Darinka Kisch,

PRESIDENT:

Married?

DARINKA:

Off and on.

PRESIDENT:
Age?

(Darinka remains silent)
How old are you?

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DARINKA :

Am I under oath?

PRESIDENT ;
Yeal

(monotonously)
I forgot to remind you that you are going to be sworn In aa
a witness.

DARINKA:
(hesitantly)
Twenty-nlne.

PRESIDENT:

Oocupation?

DARINKA:
(looks around, embarrassed -
then whispers to President)
Muat I say it?

PRESIDENT:
(looks at her sharply)

No, it isn't necesaary,

(laughter )

Quiet, please«

(to Darinka)

Teil US all you know about the case,

DARINKA:
The case,». You mean Esther 's death?

PRESIDENT :

Yes.

DARINKA:
All I know is that certain gentlomen don't like the Jews •
That 's why the poor people have to alt here... *

PRESIDENT :
(Interrupts her)
Your Viewpoints don't interest us.
have some relevant Information,

We were told that you

At least

ONODY:
(calls to Bary)
we know where the Defense

get their cuea l

BARY:
(laughing)
Not all the time. The witness
in prison, • .

spends somo of her nights

EOTVOES:
(evenly )
Your Honour, may I question the witness?

3-15

PRESIDENT:
(who has nervoualy been playing with
the ataoked up records on his table)
Please proceed.

• •

E0TV0i2S:

(to Darinka)
Is this your flrst offenae?

(Darinka laughs)
I want to know if you have ever been imprisoned?

DARINKA:
Only about once a week... sometimes over week-ends* It'3
really a nulsance. Those are my best bu^iness days,

EOTVOES:
When were you Imprisoned the last tlme?

DARINKA: '
Last Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The
drunk. That's what they call additlonal
put me in jail for three days .

EOTVOES:
Where were you imprisoned?

police Said I was
offensö - so they

DARINKA:
Right here in the Komitat House
Floor, Gell number eight.

Women'3 Section, Second

EOTVOES:
Did you hear anything exceptional during these days?

DARINKA:
You hoar a lot of things...

(gossipy)
You should know what goes on in prison, especially since
this affair with the Jews.

(

EOTVOES :

What did you hear?

DARINKA:
Sobbing and crying, night after night.

(chatty)
In our prison there were a lot of people you'd never expect
Before this trial here started, even Esther »s sister Sophie
spent a night with us...

EOTVOES:

Did you see her?

DARINKA:
Yes, the morning she was dismissed
with cryingl

She was all swellod up

3-16

EOTVOES:

(murmurs )
Indeed« • «

(aloud)
And who was In the cell next to youra while you were In
prlson last week?

(Darinka hesitatea)
You remember - you spoke about her in the tavern the night
before yesterday?

(Eotvoes smilea at Darinka and
then at Dr, Neumann)

DARINKA:
Last week the cell next to me was oocupied by an elderly
woman •

EOTVOES:

How was she dressed?

DARINKA:
She wore a brown dress.

(Bary half risos, thon sits again,
chewlng his lip)

EOTVOES:
Did you speak to her soveral times?

DARINKA:
Yes, when we wero takcn to the dining hall, and also
through the wall.

EOTVOES:
Why is she imprisoned?

DARINKA:
(quickly)
How should I know? She doesn^t know hcrself. She comos
from Tisza-Dabas • She was told that they were looking for
a woman dressed in brown. So she came here and called on
the Invostigator • . .

EOTVOES :
Did she teil you her namo?

DARINKA:
Yes. Josephine Grossberg.

BARY:
(jumping up)
This is fantasticl . . ♦

PRESIDENT:
(sharply to Bary)
Dr. Bary, you had just testlfied under your official oath
that a oertain Mrs . Josephine Grossberg was not arrestedl

3-17

BARY:
(Jumps up)
I was correct, Your Honourl The arrested woman is not
called Josephine, she is Mrs# Joseph Grossberg • So many
names arst.t

EOTVOES :
Suppose we deal with the Investigator when we come to him?

(to Darinka)
Continue, Miss Kischt

ONODY:
(half aloud to Bary)
You blocdy fooll YouM better start thinkingl

DARINKA:
(who has not liked the
Interruption - continues)
Well, she told me the Investigator that she was the woman
in the brown dress; the woman with the package; the woman
from Tisza-Dabasl She wanted to teil how everything took
place t But the Investigator was angry and told her to
keep quiet, She had no business to ccme to him without a
summons. He said it was an impudence; so he put her in
prison.

BARY :
( shout ing )
This is the testimony of a whorel

Pine talkl

DARINKA:

EOTVOES:
(excited)
I demand the immediate summons of Mrs • Josephine
Grossberg from the women's prison in this building,

BARY:
I object, Your Honourl The testimony is not relevant l

(President nods to Eotvoes; then
motions to the constable stationed
at door )

EOTVOES:
Just a momentl As it will be necessary for the witness
Grossberg to confront the imprisoned raftsman David
Hersko, I request that he too be brought from prisonl

PRESIDENT:
(to Police Constable)
Have them both appearl

3-18

DARINKA;
(who has remained on wltness
stand timidly to President)
I heard that witnesses here are pald. Dq I get a little
soraethingt

PRESIDENT:

(formally)
The law prescribes that all witnesses receive their
traveling expenses# But you had none. As far as I know,
Attorney Neumann brought you from the street, where one
can always find you. Otherwise the court pays a compensa-
tion for professional losses^ This can^t be the case with
you. ..

(looks at his watch)
It is already one thirty...

DARINKA :
That«s just it.

(pointing to Neumann)
The gentleman over there called me away from "The Black
Hussar" - I was visiting with a rieh farmer...

(disgusted)

How much do you want?

PRESIDENT:

What Vve lost.

DAR INKA:

PRESIDENT:

How much?

DAR INKA:

Two Gulden.

PRESIDENT:

(motioning to Bailiff)
Let her have two Gulden as witness fee.

(to Darinka)
You may go now,

(Darinka leaves^ smiling. She cannot
refrain from nodding to a few friends
in the audience. In the doorway she
meets Mrs. Grossberg. The woman wears
her brown dress and has obviously been
aroused from sleept A constable
accompanies her.)

Hi, Mrs. Grossbergl

DARINKA:

MRS. GROSSBERG:
(blinking on account of the light)
Good evening. Who is it sent for me?

They dld,
luckl

3-19

DARINKA;
(pointing at the Judges)
and you can make them pay you for it, tool Good

(As she leaves, she shoves
Mrs, Grossberg further into
the room, Mrs* Grossberg
proceeds hesitantly)

PRESIDENT:
You are Mrs. Josephine Grossberg from Tisza-Dabas?

MRS. GROSSBERG:
That^s rlght. Josephine Grossberg, Klein by malden name.

PRESIDENT:
When were you arrested?

MRS. GROSSBERG:,
(faltering)
On the seäond of November.

PRESIDENT:

Upon what Charge?

MRS. GROSSBERG:
Our llttle Rosika had scarlet fever. We called Dr. Derl
who Is the nearest doctor, but he sent word that he does
not attend Jews. So we called on cid Dr. Baroza...

PRESIDENT:
(annoyed)
What has that to do wlth our case?

Please,
was Dr»

MRS. GROSSBERG:
(not qulte awake yet, whlning)
don*t be cross, Sir. They all shout at met#« It
Baroza who was the first to teil me the störet

PRESIDENT:

What Story?

MRS. GROSSBERG:
That they^re looking for a woman dressed in brown from
Tlsza-Dabas.

PRESIDENT:
Dldn* t you read it in the paper?

MRS. GROSSBERG:
I can't read. With the doctor it was like
ray brown dress, he notlced it and asked me
raftsman David Hersko.

this: I wore
if I knew the

3-20

PRESIDENT:

And you answered?

MRS. GROSSBERG:
Yes, I Said, I know him well. Then he asked me whether
I had handed him a package at the Tisza Shore some time
last June.

EOTVOES :
(tense)
And what did you ans wer?

MRS. GROSSBERG:
Certainly, I had. After this Dr. Baroza told rne to go
to the Investigator at once and teil him.

EOTVOES:

And did you?

MRS. GROSSBERG:
First I didn^t want to, my husband was against it
get mixed up in other people's affairs," he said,
turns out well."

(she sighs)
and hy God, he was right...

"DonH
"it never

PRESIDENT:

Keep to the point.

MRS. GROSSBERG:
The old doctor talked me into it. He advised me
the brown dress and report to the Investigator.
didn^t do It, I'd never stop worrying, he said.

EOTVOES :
(to Constable at door )
Has David Hersko arrived?

POLICE CONSTABLE:
(opens door - calls out)
Herskol

(Hersko is led in by a police constable.
It is obvious he dressed in a hurry. On
seeing Mrs . Grossberg he is startled)

EOTVOES:
Hersko, do you recognize this woman?

to wear

If I

So I went. .

Yes.

( inaudibly )

HERSKO:

EOTVOES :
It is the woman who handed you a package
the Tisza shore?

(Hersko nods )

with clothes on

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PRESIDENT:
Did the package contain the clothes of the deceased Esther
Solymosi?

(Hersko remalns silent)

MRS, GROSSBERG:
(calls)
What clothes? They wäre Hersko^ s thtngs which I was sup-
posed to mend. Every time he sailed up the Tisza River he
would bring them to me for mending and when he returned
I*d wait on shore with the package for him to pick up and
pay me for itl

(Excitement among audience )

EOTVOES:
Hersko l Is that true? The package contained nothing that
"belonged to the deceased Esther?

Yest..

HERSKO:
(after a moment^s pause *- low)

(

EOTVOES:
(excited)
Wcij did you give a false testimony?

HERSKO:
What could I dol I didn't want toi But they kept at me
and kept at me, I didn't get any food, I was whlpped,
I'm only a poor Jew, but I wanted to live,

(he looks at Bary, terrified)
Perhaps I shouldn^t even have told you this muchU,,

EOTVOES :
Thßre'll be no more whippings -
you thatl

this court can promise

PRESIDENT:
(ups et )
How could you lie to us like that, Herskol You were
testifying under oath,

HERSKO:
My father has been dead for twenty years - but if he —

(points at Bary)
-- had told me to testify that my old man had committed
a theft yesterday - I would have sworn to it.

(Bary half rlses as if to leave the court)

PRESIDENT:

(quickly)
The Investigator will please remain seated,

(to Herskp)
So the package contained only your own belongings?

3-22

HERSKO :
One suit and four Shirts» I gave her a Gulden for it.
That's the truth. All the rast is lies to make trouble
for the Je WS •

PRESIDENT:
Take Hersko hack to prison« Mrs,
She may go home,

(Both are led out.)

EOTVOES :

Moritz Scharfl

Grossherg is dismissedt

Yes.

MORITZ:
( Steps forward, shaking, hut with a bold face)

EOTVOES :
(to Moritz, who Stands on witness stand)
Moritz, you told us about Esther^ s murder in the synagogue.
Can you still remember everything exactly?

(Moritz swallows and then nods ,
half defiantly)
Answer just one question: When did the murder take place?

MORITZ:

It was around noon.

EOTVOES :

Are you sure of that?

MORITZ:
(with some of his old swagger)
Yes, the church clock Struck twelve^

EOTVOES:
That is all« You may sit down«

(Moritz, rather puzzled at not
being grilled, returns to his
seat with relief )

• EOTVOES :
Your Honours, I still have one more point to make* I
wlsh to re-question the victim^s sister, Sophie Solymosi.
Please call her out of the witness room«

(President motions to a Police
Cons table, who leads in Sophie
Solymosi)

3-23

E0TV0E3:
My child, the case will be closed tonight. It is the
defendants ^ last hour, and also your last hour to teil
this court the truth, We have just heard of the stränge
methods used by the Chief Investigator to confront his
witnessest V/e also know that you spent one night in
prison and that you cried when you left* V/hat happened
that night?

(trembling)
I was cross-examined.

SOPHIE:

EOTVOES:

By Investigator Bary?

Yes.

SOPHIE:

EOTVOES:

(looks into her eyes - stresses every word)
And what did you teil him that you concealed later on?

(Sophie cries )
Answerl

SOPHIE:
The Investigator said it wasn't necessary to telll And
so did my mother««.

EOTVOES .
(interrupting quickly)
What were you not supposed to teil?

SOPHIE:
That I met Esther a second time,

(The courtroom rustles e^ccitedly)

EOTVOES:
You met her a second time? V/here was she going?

SOPHIE:
Mrs. Huri had sent her hack to Kohlmayer» s Ähop. She
was supposed to exchange the paint.

EOTVOES :

Did you speak to her?

(nods )
She was crying,

Why?

SOPHIE:

EOTVOES:

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SOPHIE:
Mrs, Huri had "beaten her because she brought back the wrong
paint. And klcked her so that she feil on the ground, She
also refused to give her the two Gulden for the new dress#

EOTVOES:
V/as Esther ninning away from Mrs« Huri?

SOPHIE:
(tears runnlng down her face - nods )
Yes, she said she couldn^t stand it any longer, she would
rather jump in the river...

MRS. HURI:
(has jumped up, she searches
for words - then screams)
Stop this minutel You^re lyingl You wicked, naughty girll
Teil them what a liar you arel Your Honour, I^m a good
womanl I^m a Christ ianl I never so much as touched
Esther, may God be nry witnessl It^s all filthy liesl

PRESIDENT:
Silencel Remove yourself from this court and remain in
the wltness room until you are neededl

You« 11 he
justicel

MRS. HURI:

(going out, hysterically )
sorryl Dragging my name in the mudl IQl have
Liars l

(shakes her flst at Sophie as she exits )

SOPHIE:
(huries her face in her hands and cries )

EOTVOES:
(gently)
One thing more, Sophie» Do you remember how lata it was
when you met Esther the söcond time?

SOPHIE:

It was noon.

EOTVOES:

Twelve sharp?

SOPHIE:
Yest At first I couldn^t understand \'*iat Esther said,
the church clock was striking tv/elve.

(Silence in courtroom)

3-25

PRESIDENT:
(in a low volce betraylng a
certain excitement)
You may go^ Sophie •

(Sophie leaves, cryingt At the door
she hesitatesu as if she did not dare
to go near her mother^ Exhausted she
let heraelf fall onto the last bench
of the auditorium»)

PRESIDENT:
Mvm District Attorney, any further comments?

DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARTIN:
(in low voice )
NOt That is all, Your Honour,

PRESIDENT:
Covmsel for the Defense Dr. Eotvees?

EOTVOES:
(rises - all eyes are on him.
In a quiet voice)
Your Honours. I wish it were in ray power, now^ before
another hour has passed, to wipe forever from the pages
of this country^ s records each and every word of thls
traglc case. Unf ortunately, neither I^ nor any man, has
that power: the world must know of it, and the world
must judge us accordingly ^ not by how the mistake was
made: for every nation can make mistakes : but by how
the mistake is remedied, and how the aggresaors vindicated
theraselves. That must now and here be our solemn task and
duty, When thls trial opened, I was of the opinion that
Esther Solymosi was still alive, or at least I consldered
this poasibility, Today my opinion has changed. Today,
even I believe that Esther is dead and that she had
actually lost her young life the very day of her disap-
pearance. When her sister Sophie saw her vanish behind
the dam of the river bank, from which the Tisza Eszlar
Synagogue is visible, the poor girl met death. But she
did not meet death, prearranged by the Jewish murderers.

She faced it voluntarily, of free choice. Her sad life
that has attempted to be kept dark for 30 long and that
has been f orced into the open at the end of the trial
drove her to this fatal step^

No impartial person, I think, could have really believed
that the Jews enticed Esther to enter the synagogue »--
although she was not expected there, ^» tp be slaughtered
and robbed of her outflowing blood^ I admit that murderers
exist among Jews, as among any of the religions, But that
a raurder should be eommitted in religious ^anaticism or
even as a ritual ceremony is less likely to be prescribed
by the Jewish Faith than by any other dooti«inet

3-26

This religlon is
Don« t forget Itl
Christianityl

EOTVOES: (Cont. )
also the foundation stone of our faith.
To suspect it would also mean to Insult

Nevertheless these accusations that Jews need Christian
blood for some unknown and sinister rite are extremely
ancient. Even as far back as the 13th Century, Pope
Gregor IX pronounced them as an absurd invention« But
the history of ritual murders, which is simultaneously
an index of Jewish suffering, was never silenced in
spite of the Pope's words. Pope Innocenz, Emperor
Frederick III, the Polish King Stephan and many others
cccupied themselves wlth it. During the ill-famed,
sinister time of inquisition the persecution of Jews
reached its peak* But it has never ceased until today«
The middle ages, Gentleman, is not only a period
described by history books»

(Onody rises )
You are leaving us, Baron Onody?

(on his
in a 1
This case was clos
blow has been stini
the unity of a nat
be in authority to
never occur again,
promise you für the
exterminated - the
Counsel, with the

ONODY :

way to the door. turns:
ow, savage voice)

ed by the speech of the Prosecutor* A
ck against the foundations of Hungary:
ion has been undermined, I shall soon

see that such judicial outrages will

and I give you ray oath on it; and I
r this Jewish trash will still be

defendants with their supporters, the
Court -

PRESIDENT :
(nervously )
Your Privileges do not perrait you
of this Court -

to attack the methods

ONODY:
YOUl 1*11 have you down from there before you know it -

( to Eotvoes )
- and you and I have only just begun conclusions with each
otherV Have a good time - all of you, while you canl

(he turns to go)

BARY:
(anxiously, rising)
Baron Onody l Permit me to accompany youl

ONODY:
(turns back, sneers )
Clean up your own mess, you damn bunglerl

(exits )

3-27

used this
massacres

PRESIDENT:
(after a pause)
Continue, Dv. Eotvoes,

EOTVOES:
The Baron has been more outspoken than even I could have
been# He and the political class he represents would have

Court as a fuse to set the world alight with
and pogroms •
(he turns and faces Bary accus ingly,
addressing this next speech directly
to him, A low, audible hiss goes up
from the courtroom, and Bary blanches,
sways nervouslyt The President holds
up his hand to silence the hiss.)
Per that reason I would bring a little light upon their
method, that the world may know of it in füll perspective.
A young, ambitious investigator was sent to Tisza-Eszlar ,
a man closely connected with the agitating party. He was
meant to deliver a constinicted crime and he delivered it.
He did not shrink from anythlng. Every testimony was
swayed, imposed upon and forged until it fitted into his
carefully planned campaign« I would demand that this
wretched creature be dealt with without pity or mercy,
except that it is not such as he that threatens the peace
and tolerance of this earth, but his masters, for whom he
serves merely as a means towards an end, to be betrayed
and deserted when he can no longer serve a useful purpose
-- and in that alone he has received his bitterest punish-
ment. Seeing him as you see him now, I would not deny you
your pity of him, mixed as it is with revulsion and dls-
gust,

There is but one more point for me to make: the raost
dreadful case in this trial to many of us j the most for-
saken of God^s creatures, to me: the crown witness Moritz
Scharf. A youth of fourteen who charged his fellow-
believers, even his own father with a gruesome murder and
gave it every appearance of truth; a child who v;as persu-
aded, drilled and then intimidated until the accusation
was glib and letter-perfect . Here the greatest sin of all
was committed. A soul, still in adolescence, was put to
destruction. A silly bewildered boy was turned Judas by
means of candy and a whip. He was taught to despise his
own race, denounce his parents, hate his religion. What
has the future in störe for him now? V^at will they off er
him that will atone for the loss of his bouI? More candy?
More whippings? He was promised protection and security
by his benefactorst .•

(Moritz Scharf has risen, as
if magnetized. He is staring
at Eotvoes )

3-28

EOTVOES: (Cent.)
Thls ccxirt has had füll opportun! ty to observe the nature
of his benefactors in the person of Baron Onody. This
court can therefore speculate as well as I as to what his
ultimate reward would have been.

(suddenly loud)
He will knock at a stränge door to collect his traltcr's
fee, and the door will be slammed in his face'f Moritz
Scharfes name will be spoken with abhorrence for a long
tlme.

(Moritz buries his face in his

hands and bursts out sobbing —

Eotvoes now speaks directly to

the audience)
As I look roimd thls room, I see already nothing but con-
tempt for this boy - but a few days ago, the same contempt
was there not for him, but the men you were willing to
believe guilty, and be done with it. If blood had been
spilt, your hands would be no less guilty than the judge
who gave the verdict* Evil can only breed in hat red,
in Justice and oppression: by the same token that you
persecute these creatures you mock all Chris tianity« So
did they mock their God, who taa ght this boy to per jure
himself in the eyes of men -- and in this boy, is the
fruit of the persecution of his race, VJhen an entire
people suffers in silence there are bound to be individu-
als who try to break free - whether it is in revolt and
anger, or through slyness and cunningl • •♦but, now, what
shall we say of the Innocent?

Look towards the defendants^ benchl I do not even ask in
words that they be acquitted, lest I insult this court -
but how much, or llttle, will their acquittal console or
compensate for all the miseries and horrors the world has
subjected them to? It has been said that behind these
defendants stand an invisible crowd of their fellow-

That is true. All of us, who have ears to
since this trial began, have heard the prayers
Jews throughout the world. The prayers of the
and oppressed, their pleas that their enemies
should lose their power, their supplications for enlighten-
ment and liberation# Gent lernen, if, in these days filled
with controversy and intolerance, we have managed to bring
a little corapassion and humanity to our fellow-beings on
earth, this trial was not in vain« V/hen you form your
verdict, listen to your inner voice, Pollow that inner
voice, Your Honours«

(A second^s pause)
I wish I could put a motion to acquit an entire peoplel -
Instead, I await your decision without mlsgivingt

(to President, with a bow, quietly)
That is all^ Your Hon our •

believers,
hear with,
uttered by
mistreated

3-29

(Everybody is silent, influenced by
Eotvoes^ speecht Sudden vehement
applause, only a few hlsses.)

PRESIDENT:
(rises and says, Clearing his throat )
The court withdraws to decide its verdich,

(Acccmpanled by hls two aoscclates
he leaves through the door "behind
his desk, A buzz of excited talk
breaks out, a custcmary crowd noise,
indicating great tension. The Attorneys
for the Defense congratulate Eotvoes and
shake his handl Groups form themselves,
everybody discusses the case: only the
defendants, who have also risen, stand
close together, silent. A few reporters,
holding Sheets of paper, rush to the exit.

The people form into groups which allow
Moritz Scharf a wide Clearing centre
stage« Like a beaten dog, he looks around
shyly, Hesitantly he steps up to Bary,
But Bary turns his back brusquely* Help-
lessly, Moritz looks around in all direc-
tions. He approaches a few well-dressed
people, but they pay no attention to him.
Then he creeps to another group. The same
fate awaits him there. He crosses to the
door, but a Police Cons table bars his way.
He Stands alone in the centre of the room,
shunned by the groups, who have drawn away
frora him deliberately. Suddenly he utters
a sob, dashes to the window and tries to
pull it open. When he does not succeed,
he throv/s himself in a suicidal mood against
the pane* He falls back, blood trickles
down his foreheadt Unable to move, he
remains lying on the flopr, sobbing wildly.
A few women scream, but not a soul comes to
his assistance. On the contrary, everyone
instinctively withdraws still further«
Joseph Scharf looks at his son, then slowly
crosses toward him# As he Stands above him,
he pulls out a handkerchief and dabs Moritz*
forehead, wiping off the blood. A Police
Cons table, who tried to hinder Scharf from
leaving the defendants' bench, has followed
him and Stands a fev/ steps aside, watching
the scene, but does not Interrupt the father,

At this moment the Judges return to the court-
room and approach their desk* Qulckly everyone
returns to his seat, only Moritz also has risen
awkwardly, remains standing near the window,
cowering against the wall, The judges put on
their caps, everybody rises.)

3-30

PRESIDENT:
(in a measured voice)
In the name of his Apostolic Majesty the King of Hungary,
the Court pronounces the verdict in the case of Joseph
Scharf and confederates : All defendants are acquitted
and dismissed. The costs of the trial ^vill be born by
the State.

(he and the other Judges remove their
Caps. Extreme excitement descends
over the courtroom. The acquitted
Jews smile, but remain motionless )

PRES JDEM :
(in a warmer, more private tone
to the Jews )
At this late hour, before you leave the courtroom, I have
a few words to address to you. You are now free men
again. You will return to your families, your shops , your
fellow-citizens. Behave peacefully and calmly; that the
recent miseries of racial hatred, now silenced, may not be
aroused again. It is not the world, or the state, or your
judges, who are responsible for the tortures suffered by
you, it is merely the fault of unpredictable circurastance .
Try, utterly and completely, to obliterate this last year
of your lives. Bear your fate without a grudge. This is
iny advice to you. The case is closed.

(As the President turns, the hubbub
breaks out again. Everywhere
there are vehement discussions,
the audience begins to file out*
from the courtroom. The Judges,
Counsel for the Defense and District
Attorney begin to leave. The accused
Jews seem to have come back to life
önce more. They shake hands, embrace
each other, congratulate cne another.
Their wives and friends have left the
back rows of the auditorium and raake
their way toward them. Touching,
happy sobbing is heard, )

Moritz.

RABBI TAUB:
( Steps to Moritz - simply)
Come homel

MORITZ:
(Stands motionless, his
eyes glued to the floor)

3-31

RABBI TAUB:

It ia hard to forglve« Bat even harder to accept

forglveness. Come^ iny childV

(he leads the reluctant

boy to his fathör)

PRESIDENT:
(leans over and addresses Eotvoes,
who is about to gather his papers )
Dr# Botvoes, You have done a great work,#,not only for
this Court, but for the furtherance of righteousness and
law throughout the world.

EOT VOES :
(with a bow)
I thank you, Your Honour* We all have our duty. I have
done mine to the best of my powerst I wish I could feel
It will have lasting effect.

PRESIDENT:

Why should it not?

EOTVOES :
( Points to the group of Jews)
Look at them now. ♦• they believe themselves free. They
embrace and laugh like free men# Poor devils« Theirs is
a trial that can never end in acquittal. A thousand years
from now, thelr case will still be dragging on, without
endj unless the bullies of the world can find a bettcr
scapegoat; or we find an end to the bullies of the world:
I wisih them peace and joy in their little hour of respite«

PRESIDENT:
(quletly and with directness)
Dr. Eotvoes. Are you a Jew?

(Eotvoes turns slowly and faces the
President, then quietly bends over
his desk and begins to collect his
papers, a faint smile on his Ups.)

THE CURTAIN SLOWLY FALLS

END.

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ACT I

The sitting room of a furnished flat in the north-wost of London. It is
a big room for it is on the first floor of a large and, glooinjr Victorian
mansion, converted to flats after World War I, but it has an air of
dinginess, even of squalor, heightened by the fact that it has, like its
immediate badly-blitzed n^ighborhood, so obviously "come down in the
World. ^ * t

There is a door backstage R., leading on to the first floor landing of
the house, and another downstage L., leading into the bedroom* There is
another small door, R. of landing door evidently put in when the house
was converted and which gives access to a tiny kitchen. i

There is a window R., curtained at the moment, and in the left wall is a
fireplace, originally designed for coal, but novj occupied bjr a gas fire.
On the floor in front of this, dimly seen in the darkened room, lies
Hester Collyer, with her head, covered by a rüg, very close to the unlit
stove.

There is the sound of voices on the landing outside. A young man (PHILIP)
can be heard calling and a woman (MRS. ELTON) answering.

Mrs. Eltonl Mrs. Eltonl

Philip (Off)

Yes, Mr. Welch?

I think it^s Coming from here

Mrs. Elton (Off)

Philip (Off)

Mrs. Elton (Off)
From Nunber Three? 1*11 just corae up.

(There is a pause, and then another voice (ANN'S) can be heard from
fürt her away)

What's the matter?

Ann (Off)

Philip (Off)
Escape of gas, darling. Don't light a match or anjrthing, will you?

Well, it*s not us, I know that.

No, it's in here -

(2 rings on dgcr bell)

Ann (Off)

Philip (Off)

(Ring)

. Ifrs. Elton (Off - calling) / Jv- / L

. . •

Mr. Page?

(Knock)
Mrs. Page?

(Knock) (There is no reply) (Off)
It's all right. I've got the pass key.

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twenty-four and, from his clothes, an office worker) • •

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(She goes into the room) ^

Vilicked waste -

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Carefal, Mrs. Elton. Put something over ycur mouth -

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Oh, it^s not as bad as that. Coming from the kitchen I expect -

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the worse for you know what, and makes himself a cup of tea - and turns. on all
the taps in sight. Someone^ll blow this whole house up one of these days -
that 's what'll happen - - - ;> N ^^.

(While inuttering she has been going towards the kitcheh door. She opens
it and peers inside» Meanwhile PHILIP has taken a step or two inside the
room, and now sees the prostrate HESTER ty the fire)

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It*s not in here -

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Philip^
Mrs« Eltonl Quick« Get a doctor or söneone -

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Oh heavensl

Where does this thing turn off?

Mrs« Page! Mrs. Pagel

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She 's not dead, is she?

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This isn't turned off» I can't turn it off.

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Herel Let mel It is off«

(She turns the faucet both ways)
It wasn't on.

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a speck of trouble in these flats, and now - Mrs. Page - of all people

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Philip? Are you in there?

Ann (Calling)

Yes. Don't come in«

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We'll be late for the office -

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I Said not to come in.

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Gas?

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Yes.

Philip

She 's breathing

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Where's the nearest doctor?

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Dr. Brown. No - he's on his holiday. I know. Mr. I4iller» 1*11 get him.

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Yes. Mr. Killer l Mr. Miller!

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But he 's not a doctor.

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She's hysterical, Philip. Mr. lailer's not a doctor -

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Where's her husband?

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We ought to get hold of him somehow.

Philip

Yes, but how?

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She's opened her eyes»

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You - irust under stand - how happy - like sleep - Ereddy - sleep -.forgive bad

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(MR. MILLER, unshaven and in shabby dressing-gown, cc^nes in hurriedly
followed by WS. ELTON. HE is about forty and when he speaks it is ^
possible tc detect a slight German accent. He is carrying a battered *
Instrument case. He goes over to the chair and pushes ANN and PHILIP,
rather brusquely out of the way, before kneeling down in front of Hester
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FöTgive her bad writing, it was

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on the floor.

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attention to Ann and Philip. HE suddenly slaps Hester' s face hard. SHE
opens her eyes, bewildered. MILLER holds the aspirin bottle up before
her eyee)

How many?

(HESTER closes her eyes.
How many?

MLller

MILLER slaps her again)

Twelve«

(She closes her eyes again)

Hester (Qaite clearly)

Where's the bedroom?

In here.

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Mrs. Elton (Hastling to open the door)

Miller
Help me, please.

(MILLER and PHILIP carry her to the door) (To Ann)
Bring rry case, would you please.

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goes in after him)
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Then where is he?

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Freddy." That doesn't sound as if he'd deserted her,

Ann

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wives .

(MRS. ELTON comes out of the kitchen with a glass of warm water. She
crosses to the bedroom door, knocks and goes in. ANN goes over to her
husband)

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I wish we could help, somehöw.

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over and takes a letter off the mantelpiece)

Yes. Of course.

She goes quickly

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What?

Suicide note. "JtJBäflJWWteMMWigi

VJho's it addressed to?

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when they do it - police and coroners and things. I ^ppose we^ll have*to
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If there's an inquest, yes. Butlet^s pray it doeisn't come to that.

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Attempted suicide is a crime, anyway, isn't it? People get gaoled for it,
don't they?

Yes.

Philip

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Ann

I did.

Philii
No# Qnly a bit of it was showiiigT It" was half behind that clock -

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comes out of the bedroom) (To Mrs. Elton)
How is she?

Vtrs. Elton
He didnH say, but she's looking better. He's given her an injection of some-
thing that made her sick. I^ve got to m^ke some black coffee.

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There^s some here ready. I'll just need to warm it up -

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think we ougTit to get hold of Mr. Page

Mrs. Elton,

where he mignt be?

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No. I can*t say I have. ••

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I don«t know that he does work - not regalarly that is. He's often here all
day, I know that. I believe he 's something to do with aeroplanes - ormsed
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Selling them?

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No. Flying them, I think. Test pilot - isn't that what they call it? '

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She must have some relations in London we could get hold of •

Yes.

Mrs.

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Elton, do you know if I^s. Page has ainy relations in London?

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No. I can't say I do.

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Can you think of any particular^friena then?
about anybody?

Haven't you ever heard her talk

Mrs. Elton
No. Always kept herseif very mach to herseif, Mrs. Page

Ann

She mast have had visitors -

Mrs. Elton
Hardly ever, and they always asked for him - not for her.

What were their naines?

Philip

Mrs. Elton

I can't remember.

Philip,
Do try and help, Mrs. Elton. Xhls is desperately impörtant.

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I*m sorry, Mr. Welch. It^s the shock#

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Yes, yes, of course. But now loolc^ TRink hard. Don«t you know of anyone
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I didn*t mean -

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No, I can't think of aryone.

(She turns to go back into the kitchen)

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Mrs. Elton. What did you mean by "There is her husband"?
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TM*. Isn't Mr. Page her husband? What^s her real name?

Mrs. Elton
I haven't said arything.

Look, I-frs. Elton, if the police come, it'll all have to come out ar^rway. You
don't need to teil us anything ji-ou don't vant toj but I do think that if you
know her real husband you ought to ring hin up and teil him what 's happened.

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I don't '-now her real husband. And what I do know I promised faithfully I'd
never teil a living soul. It was all because I picked up her ration book one
day, and then she told me straight out quite simply all about it - how she
hadn't been able to get herseif a divorce. Poor lamb - she thought l'Ir. Elton
wcald turn her out. I found her that evening packing her things. I told her
not to be silly. As if I'd teil Mr. Elton a thing like that. It's none of
his business, or mine, or anyone eise's, come to that,

(She goes into the kitchen. PHILIP and ANN exchange a glance)

Ann
I'm sure I'm right now, Philip. This man Page has deserted her, and she had
no one to turn to. She's probably quarrelled with her family, and her friends
have dropped her, most likely -

(MRS. ELTON emerges with a cup on a tray)

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So you think I ought to teil her husband about this?

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Well, yes, Mrs. Elton. It seems^to ine the only thing to do

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All right# Yoa do it. I wouldn't know how. Her name is Collyer -

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COLLIER, and her husband»s name 's in the papers quite often. She showed
me once« They call him Mr» Justice Collyer - so I suppose he*s a judge.

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That»s right. Sir William Collyer.
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I don't see why not.

(He has grasped a telephone book and is looking through it)

Ann (In a panic)
Whatever you do, donH teil him you work for the Home Office,

Philip (He looks at his watch)
Quarter past nine# We ought to get him at his home. Here we are - Collyer -
VJilliam - there are two.^ but one's in Bajfe^ea» Eaton Square - that's the one.

(He dials a nuiriber) (.ANN waits by his side, alarmed and excited)

(At length)
Hullo. Could I speak to Sir William Collyer, please?.*.. No, I*d rather not
give ny name. Just teil him that it's very urgent indeed, and that it con-
cerns his wife... His wife... Yes. I'll wait.

(He takes ANN'S hand and presses it affectionately. He is evidently

rather enjoying his streng male act and knows that he is impressing Ann)
Hullo l Sir William Collyer? I*m afraid I have some serious news for you.
Your wife has been concerned in - in an accident... It's rather difficult to
teil you that on the telephone... Well, if you insist. Gas poisoning, and an
overdose of drugs... No, but very ill... No« She doesn't know Vm telephoning.
He^s not here... 27 Weybridge Villao, Ladbroke Grove... Yes. Fiat Number Three
first floor... You '11 find the front door open. Yes. There 's a doctor -
that's to say, she 's being given medical attention now.

(He rings off)
He 's Coming straight round.

Ann

Did he seem upset?

Philip
It was rather difficult to teil. He asked if Page was here«

(MRS. ELTON comes out of the bedroom)
I've rujig him up, Mrs. Elton. He's coming round.

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I only hop9^ we've done the right thing.

Ann

I think we have.

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How is she?

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Sitting up now, Drank her coff ee quite peacefally. Of: course -^ stil!^ very
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Don't you think we ought to get her a proper doctor?

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How is - Mr. Elton?

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He*d be mach better if it weren't for this dainp weather« Shocking bad for
arthritis, it's been. I've been fixing his pillows all night long«

(She goes to the door)
Well, I haven't started on my hall yet« Give me a shout if I'm wanted, will
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(PHILIP and ANN nod. MILLER comes out of the bedroom)
Will you be wanting me for aiything more?

Miller

No, Mrs. Elton.

Mrs. Elton
I»ll leave this door on the latch«
(She goes out)

Have you a cigarette?

Miller (To Philip)

Philip
Tes, indeed. '

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Vijf name is Welch. I live upstairs in five. This is m^ wife.

(MILLER nods to Ann)

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Are you friends of hers?

Ann

No. Hy husband found Mrs. Page this morning and we were just waiting around
to see if there's anything we can do.

There is nothing you can do

You don't mean she 's dying?

On the contraiy.

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longer« Good morning.

Ann

But is she real]y all right?

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I*ve told you. After tvrenty-four hours in bed she will be completely recovered.

Ann
Yes - her body« But what about her mind?

Miller (Amused)
Tou make that distinction? Her mind is perfectly sound. There is no trace
whatever of ary psychotic syirgDtoms which might justiiy a certificate of in-
sanity.

Ann
Yes - but she did try to kill herseif, didn't she?

Miller

It would seem so#

Well - what made her do that?

She wanted to die, I suppose.

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I^m not a doctor.

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No* DonH you think she might try to do it again?

Miller
I'm not a prophet either. In fact I make a fairly respectable living out of
other people's pretensions to prophecy. Still, if you want me to be a punter
for once, I would say that she probably will try again, and try again very soon

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Bat isn^t there anything we can do about it?

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course she needs looking after»

(The bedroom door opens and BESTER comes out. She is in a dressing-gown,
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Have one of these*

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No, I won't smoke yours. I know I brought a packet in with me. •

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Ah yes. Here they are#

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Thank you. You're Mr. Welch, arenH you? We met downstairs once, do you
remember?

Yes, that 's right.

And is thiß Mrs. VJelch?

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Yes.

Hester
How do you do? Sorry. Do you mind if I sit down? I'm still feeling a little
Strange.

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Don't you think you ought to go back to bed?

Hester
No. I feel much better sitting up, thank you.

You've been very ill, you know.

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Oh no. Just a bit dopey, that's all. IdJ.otic accident, wasn't it?
terribly sorry for all the trouble I've caused -

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nyself • I came back here and I remember thinking it was a bit chilly and I
turned on the gas fire to light it, and after that, as they say in novels, I
knew no more. I couldn't find the inatches, I suppose, and the fumes niist have
put me out -

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Yes* The gas cut off automaticaliy .

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Oh. That 's what happened, is it?

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Yes# That was lucky.

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Are you sure you're feeling all right?

Perfectly all right, thank you#

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Don't you think you ought to see a proper doctor?

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Baven't I Just seen a proper doctor?

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No« Be's just an amateiir. BookiTiaker's clerk or something.

Bester
A stränge hobby for a bookinaker's clerk. Be seemed very efficient. Borribly
efficient. Look, I'm sure I*m keeping you both, and there's really no need to
stay. It's been very kind of you.

Philip

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Well -

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The fact is I have something to teil you

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Are you loolcing for something?

Bester
Yes. I think I left a letter lyijig around somewhere.

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Is this it?

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You were going to teil me something.

Tou may be very angry with me.

I hope not*

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I hope not, too. When we found"you ^nis morning you seemed - very ill - almost
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Well, Mr* Page was away, and we didn't know where to get hold of him -

Bester
TAI should have asked me* Be^s at the King's Read Hotel, at Sunningdale.

Ann (Quij.ckly)
Are you expecting him back this morning?

Bester
No, he^s playing golf.

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I'm a golf widow, you know, Mrs* Welch,
shocking»

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Go on.

Every week-end I^m deserted* It's

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VJell, I feit it my duty to get in touch with someone.
your parents lived -

We didn't know where

Bester

No. They^re both dead anyway.

Or any of your friends«
William Collyer*

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So I'm afraid I took it on nyself to ring up

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What did you teil him?

That there 'd been an accident»

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Did you give him this address?

Yes. Be^s Coming round,

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I*m sorry if I've done wrong« I couldn't know, you see.

Bester

No, you couldn't

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Yes, I see» Do you mind not using that name?

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I'm sorry.

It was Vfrs. Elton who told you?

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She slipped it out by accident. "^ ^.^ay say your secret is absolutely safe with
both Ann and myself •

Bester (With a faint smile)
1^ guilty secret? That's veiy kind of you»

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Well> I think we imist be going* Come ^long, Ann.
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Bester
Goodbye. You^ve been very kind and I'm grateful.

Philip
There^s no need. Let me know iJT there^s anything I can do, won^t you? ^^^^-r

Bester
There is something you can do« DonH breathe a word of this stupid - accident
- to anyone - to anyone eise, that is.

Philii

I wonHt

Bester
Do you know ny - do you know Fireddy Page?

Philii

No.

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We won*t say a x^ord - either of us.

Bester

Thank you. Goodbye

Goodbye

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Goodl?ye - Mrs. Page.

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Coming, dear«

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You're up# I'm sure you shouldn't be.

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I^m sorrj^ about that. They got it out of me -

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Yes» I know«

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VHiat shall I teil him?

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Anything you like - provided I don^t have to see him,

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Yes, dear* I understand. Would you like me to make you some more coffee?

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No, thank you, Mrs. Elton. There^s nothing I want at all.

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When*s Mr. Page Coming home?

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I don't know# Sometime this evening, I expect»

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Vve just got to finish

Bester
It*s very kind of you, Mrs. Elton, but I shall be perfectly all right alone.

* Will you, dear? Are you sure?

Mrs. Elton (DoubtfalOy)

Yes. You can trust me.

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Bester

Oh, I didn't mean that -

Didn't you?

Mrs. Elton

Bester (Gently)

(

Mrs. Elton (Angrily)
Whatever possessed you to do a dreadfal thing like that?

(Pause)

Bester (lying back with her eyes closed)
Whatever possessed ne? The devil I suppose.

Vts. Elton
I should just think it -was» Are you a Catholic?

Bester (SleepiOy)
No. I didnH mean that kind of devil, Or is it the saine kind? Anyway when
you^re between any kind of devil and the deep blue sea, the deep blue sea
sometimes looks very inviting. It did last night.

Mrs. Elton
I can*t make you out. Tou^re not a wicked woman - and yet what you did last
night was wicked - wicked and cruel. Now supposing it had been Mr. Page and
not you that we»d found lying there this morning, how would you have feit?

Bester

Very, very surprised.

Not hing more?

Mrs. Elton

Bester
Oh yes. A lot more# A whole universe more#

(With a faint smile)
But he's not lying there Mrs. Elton. Be's playing golf.

(Pause* MRS. ELTON is looking at her puzzled)
And when he coines back from golf, he must know nothing of what happened last
night. Do you under stand, Mrs. Elton? Nothing.

Mrs. Elton

If that ' s the way you want it •

That 's the way I want it.
( Pause )

It*s not money, is it, dear?

No. It's not money-

Bester

Jfrs. Elton

Bester

Mrs. Elton
Because if it is, I was going to say - about this flat

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Hester
It's very kind of you, Mrs« Elton, and I'm deeply gratelUl* But I couldn^t
possibly accept it. I know we owe you a month's rent - but it will be paid,
I promise you, in a day or two - As a matter of fact I've got someone who^s
very interested in those two pictures there»
(She Points to two pictures on the wall)

Oh yes. Very nice#

( Point ing to one)
That's a pier, isn't it?

yts. Elton

Weyraouth Pier.

Oh yes. You can teil at once*
thing like that?

Hester

Mrs. Elton (Politely)

Very clever. How imich would you get for a

Hester
Well - for the two I^m asking twenty-five pounds.

Mrs* Elton
Are you, really? Well, I never.

(After a slight pause)
Excuse me asking you, won't you - but is Vir.

Page in a Job just now?

Hester
Not exactly. Not at the moment» But - he has interests in the city - you
know#

(

Mrs. Elton
(Who has evidently heard this one before)

Oh yes7 Well, perhaps he* 11 get himself something steady soon. It shouldn't

be too hard these days -

(COLLYER - a forcefal-looking figure in the middle forties, dressed in
Short morning coat and striped trousers - Stands on the threshold)

Mrs. Page?

Collyer

Ifrs. Elton
I^ra sorry, sir -

(COLLYER and HESTER stare at each other without speaking)
Mrs. Page is too ill to -

Hester
It's all right, l^s. Elton. Thank you.

(MIS. ELTON shrugs her Shoulders and departs. COLLYER and HESTER still
Stare at each other. HESTER *S alarm now that she is finally confronted
with her husband, seems to have dissipated)

Are you all right?

Quite all right,

Collyor

Hester

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What happened?

Collyer

Hester
How mach did that hoy teil you on the telephone«

Collyer
Enough to spare you ary necessity of lying to me#

Hester
I imist be carefal what I say* Attempted suicide is a crime, isn't it?

(

Collyer

Tes.

Hester

And I'm spealcing to a judge

You're speaking to your husband«

Collyer

Hester

Shall we say a nervous crise?

Collyer
Nonsense. You^re as sane a person as ary in the World*

Hester
Perhaps I've changed since I left you, Bill. No, I*d better not say that.
might give you the opportunity of saying "I told you so."

You misjudge me

Collyer

Hester
Misjudge a judge. Isn't that lese-majeste?

(There is a pause wliile HESTER stares at him)

Collyer
Why didnH you let me know you were in London?

Hester
The last time I saw you you told me you never wanted to hear from me again.

Collyer
The last time I saw you I didn't know what I was saying. How long have you
been back ftrom Canada?

(

Hester
Oh, three or four months now, Freddy lost his Job you see • that^s to say he
gave it up - it wasn't a very good one - and we neither of us liked Ottawa verj
mach.

VJhy didn't you answer my letter?

Collyer

Hester

I never got a letter.

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(

Collyer
Oh, didn«t you? I addressed it to the aircraft firm in Ottawa, and put
wplease forward" -

Bester
Oh» We left rather hurriedly, you see* And I - forgot to leave a forwarding
address. What did you say in the letter, Bill?

Col3yer
Just that you could have your divorce if you still wanted it.

Bester

0hl

Collyer
Not getting a reply Vm afraid I*ve taken no steps -

Bester
No. That was gener ous of you, Bill. Still I should have thought what you
said before about the scandal would be even mors operative now that you're a
judge.

Collyer
What I said before was exaggerated. I wanted to put every difficulty in your
way that I possibly could.

Bester
Sit down, Bill, now you're here. It»s nice to see you again. Bave a cigar-

ette?

Collyer (Ignoring the proffered packet)
No, thank you. Bas he deserted you?

Bester
Be»s playing golf at Sunningdale. Be plays there alot, these days.
you haven't run into him.

Collyer
I haven't been to Sunningdale since -

I wonder

Bester

You feel so strongly?

You know I do.

Collyer

Bester

I know you did - but after all this time? I suppose ten months isn't very
long. I keep thinking it's so much longer.

Bas it seemed so imich longer?

Yes, Bill« Almost a lifetime.
(Pause)

Is he being unfaithful to you?

Collyer

Bester (Qaietly)

Collyer

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He st er

No.

He still loves you?

Collyer

As mach as he did ten months ago

Bester (After a sllght pause)

And you still love him?

Collyer

(

He st er

Yes, Bill» I still love hin,

Is it money?

Collyer

Hester

No. It isn^t money.

He 's still got a job?

Collyer

Hester
Not as a test pilot. He gave that up some time ago« He*s - he's working in
the city now, you know.

Collyer
In a Job in which they allow him to play golf on Mondays?

Hester
VIell - it*s a sört of flree-lance job, you see«

Yes» I see. VJhat salary -

Collyer

Hester
You*re on the wrong track, Bill« All right
money had nothing to do with it.

We do owe a month^s rent, bat

What was it then?

Collyer

Hester
Bill, I'm not in the witness box and you '11 never get me to confess that I had
any reason for trying to.kill rryself last night. Ary logical reason, that is«

Collyer
Bat you did try to kill yourself?

Hester
While the balance of my mind was temporarily disturbed#
phrase?

Collyer
What was it that disturbed the balance of your mind?

Isn't that the legal

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Bester
Oh dear, oh dear, I don't know. A great tidal wave of illogical emotions.

Collyer
Can*t you give a name to those emotions?

Bester
Yes, I suppose so. Anger, hatred and shame, - in about equal parts, I think

Anger - at Page?

Collyer

(

Tes#

Bester

And hatred?

Collyer

Of rnyself, of course.

(Pause)
Shame at being alive.

Bester

I see.

Collyer

Do you?

Bester

Collyer
No, I suppose I don't# Can I do arjrthing to help?

Bester

No, Bill* Nobody can.

Collyer
Well • at least I^ve found you again.

Bester

Were you looking so very hard?

Collyer
No. You see, rather foolishly I thought x^ indifference wouüd hurt your
vanity.

(BESTER only smiles in reply)
You must understand that I^m very inexperienced in matter s of this kind.

Bester (Gently)
So am I, Bill. Almost as inexperienced as yourself •

(She touches his arm sympathetically. BE takes hold of a wrist-watch
she is wearing)

I'm glad you still vear it.

Collyer

Bester
What?

(Remembering with an effort)
Oh yes, of course. An anniversary present, wasn't it?

1-2U

Out seventh»

CoUyer

Bester (Awkwardly)
It was a good party v/e gave that night.

(COLLIER nods)
All our nicest friends were there. I read Sibyl^s new book. I didn't think
it was as good as her last» Teil me, is David very poir^Dous now he's SolicitoT'
General?

No« Not very*

Collyer

Bester
Is Alice still as gay as ever?

(collyer nods)
Oh, dear, I made a speech that night, didn't I?

Collyer
Yes« Cid Lord Marsden was wildly iirqpressed.

Bester
I could always iirqpress your erudite friends, when put to it. That 's what
comes of being a clergynan's daughter. I onüy wish I were as successfal with
Freddy's.

Aren't you?

Collyer

Bester
Oh no. On pub crawls I'm a terrible fish out of water.

Pub crawls?

Collyer

Bester
You neednH look so shocked, Bill. There' s nothing more respectable than pub
crawls. More respectable or more unspeakably dreaiy.
(Pause)

Bester -

Collyer

Bester

Yes?

(

Collyer
It doesn't matter. The question I was going to ask you is too big to put into
a Single sentence.

Bester (Slowly)
Perhaps the answer could be put into a Single word.

Collyer
We might disagree on the choice of that word.

Bester
I don't expect so. There are polite words and inqpolite words» They all add up
to the same emotion« (Pointing to a picture) That's ray latest.

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Collyer
Very nice« What were you angry with Page about?

Bester
Oh, lots of things» Always the same things«

What?

Collyer

(

Hester
That Word we were talking about just now. Shall we call it love? It saves a
lot of trouble.

Collyer
You Said just now his feelings for you hadnH changed.

They haven't, Bill.
(Pause)

Hester
They couldn^t, you see

Zero minus zero is still zero

How long have you known this?

From the beginning<

Collyer

Hester

But you told me

Collyer

Hester
I don't know what I told you, Bill* If I lied, I'm sorry« You raust blame ny
conventional upbr inging. You see I was brought up to think that in a case of
this kind it's more proper for it to be the man who does the loving.
(Pause)

Collyer
But how, in the name of reason, could you have gone on loving a man who, by
your ovm confession, can give you nothing in return?

Hester
Oh, but he can give me something in return, and even does, from time to time«

What?

Collyer

(

Hester

Himself«

Collyer (Stares at her)
Perhaps you^re right, Hester» Perhaps there is no one who can help you«

Hester (Hockingly)
Ebccept nyself , you were going to say#

Yes, I was.

Collyer

Hester
I thought you were. I rather like that, donH you?

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(

(COLLYER looks at the picture)

Tes, are you selling it?

Collyer

Bester
Oh yes, I suppose so - if anjrone will buy it.

I«ll buy it.

No, you won*t

Vlhy not?

Collyer

Bester (With a hint of anger)

Collyer

Bester
Because I don't want you to - that^s why not.

Collyer
Bester - don^t be childish. I like that picture and I»m pr epared -

Bester
Leave the subject, do you mind? I wanted your opinion - not your money -

(There is a ring on the doorbell) (Calling)
Who is that?

Miller (Off)

Miller .

Bester (To Collyer)
This is the man who looked after me this morning. I'd better let him in.

(COLLYER nods. BESTER opens the door« MILLER comes in, now dressed, but
untidily)

Miller

I told you to stay in bed,

Bester
Thanks to your ministrations, Mr. Miller.
This is Sir William Collyer - 1fr. lailer.
(TBE MEN nod to each other)

I feel perfectly all right now.

Miller (Turning to Bester)
Come davm to the light and let me have a look.
(Be examines her eyes)

Tongae. .

(BESTER extends her tongue) (14ILLER feels her pulse;

Yes. You have a strong Constitution.

(With a slight smile)

You should live to a ripe old age.

Bester (Matching his irony)

Barring accidents, of course

Miller

Barring accidents, of course.

(Be turns to go# COLLYER stops him)

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(

Collyer
^fr. Miller. Vm verjr gratefal to you for all you did for my - foi* J^s. Page -

Miller
You needn't be, Sir William* I did very little for - Mrs. Page.

Collyer (Bristling a little)
I take it, Mr. Miller, that you're not a qualified practitioner?

lailer

You take it quite correctly.

Collyer
I only ask because a qualified doctor, in a case of this rather delicate kind,
is strictly bound by a certain codet

Miller
Yes, I^ve heard of it. It's mach the same as the English schoolboy^s code,
isn't it? No sneaking.

Collyer (Heavily)
I congratalate you on your knowledge of our idioms, Mr. Miller.

Miller
I«ve spoken no other language since 1938, except for a year in the Isle of Man.
Don«t worry, Sir William. Or you - Mrs. Page. I won^t sneak. I left a bottle
of antiseptic in your bedroom. V\a.y I get it?

Bester

Please.

(he goes into the bedroom)

Collyer
I don't think I like the look of him. Vm worried

Bester
He looks too much like a blackmailer to be one.

I don't share your confidence.
a fee -

Collyer

Damn itl We ought at least to have offered him

Bester
He wouldn't accept it. You^d insult him -

Collyer

I wonder* It^s a fair test#

(MILLER emerges from the bedroom with a bottle in his hand)
Mr. Miller - if you were a qualified practitioner there is one other thing you

would do. . « ._ •

(MILLER looks at Collyer enquiringly. IHLLER gxves no sign of havmg
understood* COLLYER takes out his wallet and pulls out a five pound note,
which he politely extends to Miller)

Miller
(After a pause, with a faint smile)
Thank you* 1*11 send you a receipt.
(He takes the note and goes out)

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(COLLYER makes an eaqpressive gesture at Bester)

Bester

You Win.

Collyer
The study of human nature is, after all, my profession.
trouble £rom hira, please get in touch with me at once.

If you have aiy

Yes, Bill«

Bester (Wearily)

Collyer (Be looks at his watch)
I imist go. I have to be in court in fifteen minutes.

Bester

Did you come in the car?

Yes,

Collyer

Bester

StiU the Austin?

Collyer
No. A new one. Or rather an older one - but a Rolls.

Bester
Oh. I must have a look at it.

(She goes to the window and peers through.
Oh Lordl You brought Flitton -

She darts back immediately)

Yes.

Collyer

Bester
I wonder who he thought you were going to Visit in this low neighborhood. You
didn't teil hin?

Of course not.

Collyer

Bester

Bow is he?

(

Very well.

Collyer

Bester
I miss him. I miss them all. Even Iliss VJilson. I bet she*s been pounding
that typewriter \i±th a positive paean of triunph since I left.

Collyer
There is, perhaps a certain added flourish to her style.

( Point ing to the pictiire)
Tou know, I do like that picture very inuch.

You shall have it.

Bester (She joins him at the picture)

(

1-29

(Pause)

Collyer (Quietüy)
Thank yöu very imxch. What a very handsome presentl
happy returns of yesterday.

Bester
Thank you.

(indicating the picture)
Will you take it or shall I send it?

Which reminds me - mary

May I call for it?

When?

Collyer (AJfter a slight pause)

He st er

Collyer
What time are you expecting Page?

He st er

Oh, not tili about seven

I'll come to tea.

Collyer

Ahout five?

Bester

Five-twenty

Collyer

Bester

Right

Goodbye

Collyer

Bester

Goodtye •

(

Collyer
I wish you'd try to find a way I could help you»
(Pause)

Bester
I will try to find a way.

(collyer smiles at her and goes. HESTER, left alone, takes a cigarette
from her pocket» Then, having lit it, she goes to the window, concealing
herseif behind the curtains, but looking out. BESTER sighs. Then she
goes to the sofa, lies down on it (her back to the door) and picks up a
book. After a moment she puts the book down on her lap and stares sight-
lessly ahead# The door opens and FaEDDY PAGE comes in. Be is in his
late twenties or early thirties, with that sort of boyish good looks that
do not indicate age. Be carries a suitcase and a bag of golf clubs. The
latter he deposits in a corner with a rattle* It is piain that BESTER
has heard him come in, but she does not turn her head. Döring the
ensuing scene she never looks at him at all, until the moment indicated
later)

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Freddly
Hullo, Hes* Höw's tricks? l^ve just done 93 M.P.H# down the Great West*
Jackie Jackson gave me a lift - Alvis - smashing job. VIe gave up the idea of
plsQring golf* It started to rain. It's pouring down at Sunningdale. By the
way, a bloody great Rolls was just moving off from here as I came in# I wonder
whose it is, do you loiow?

(bester, still staring ahead of her, does not reply)
Do you think old Elton' s lashed out and invested his life savings? Shouldn't
be surprised, considering what he inust make out of us.

Bester

Did you have a good week-end?

Not bad»
bye-bye.
it.

Freddy
Won both n^r inatches. I took a fiver off Jackie. Match - bye and
He was livid* I wanted to double the stakes - but he wouldn't wear

Bester

Bow nach did you win altogether?

Seven,

Freddy

Bester
Can I have some of it - for Mrs. Elton?

Freddy
I thought you were going to seil those pictures. Is there ary coffee left?

Bester

I*m not now.

Why not?

Freddj^

Bester

I've given one away.

Freddy (lüldly)
That was a bloody silly thing to go and do, wasn't it?

Bester

Yes. I suppose it was.

Freddy
Oh helll All right. You can have tliree. I need the rest for lunch. I'm
taking a South American to the Ritzl Get me giving lunch parties at the Ritz!

Bester

What South Ainerican?

Freddy
Blöke I met at golf yesterday. Aircraft business. I got irßrself given the old
intro to him - you knovx - one of England' s most famous test pilots, D.F.C. ani.
bar, D.S.O., all the old ex-Spitfire Bull. Be seemed iirqpressed.

Bester

So he should.

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Fredäy
Fanny thing about gongs, when you think what a lottery they were. They don't
mean a damn thing in war - except as a line-shoot, but in peace time thejr're
quite usefal« This blöke' s worth bags of dough, Hes. He 's got soiae sort of
tieup with Vickers over here I think« He might fix something*

I hope so«

Hester

(

Freddy
AJXjrway he oaght to be good for a touch. I say - do you know you haven't looked
at me once since I came in?

Hester

Haven't I, Fredcfy?

Why's that?

Preddy

Hester
I can remember what you look like.

Fi-eddy (With a guilty look)

I haven^t done aurbhing, have I?

Hester (Smiling)
No, Fredi^. You haven't done anything.

FredcJy
Tou^re not peeved about last night^ are you?
play again to-day, and if I'd let 'ein down •

You see, the blokes wanted to

Hester

That's all right«

Predcfy

You were fanny on the phone, too, I remeniber. There wasn't Bxry special reason

you wanted me back to dinner last night, was there?

(HESTER, still not looking at him, does not reply, She gets up ftom the
sofa, her back to him. A sudden thought strikes PREDDY)(Explosively)

Oh iiy GodI

(After an embairassed pause)

Many happy returnsl

Hester

Thank you, Fredc^y

Freddy
Blast l I remember ed it on Saturday too. I was going past Barkers* and I
thought, it^s too late to get her a present now, I'll have to find a shop open
on Sunday, Cigarettes, or something* Rad you arranged ar^rthing special for
dinner?

Hester
No, nothing specialt Just a steak and a bottle of claret*

We»ll have it to-night

Freddy

(

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Bester

Yes.

Come on nox^*, Hes.
more, can I?

Freddy
No more sulks, please

I've Said I*m sorry« I can't say

Bester

No. You can't say more#

Fredcjy (Coaxingly)
Come on, now. Give us a shot of those gorgeous blue orbs»
for two whole days -

(BESTER turns round and looks at him)
This is me. Freddy PagSf Remeniber?

I haven^t seen 'em

I remember#

(he kisses her.
is almost ugly.
fully)

Bester

Instantly SHE responds, with an intensity of emotion that
After a moment HE pushes her away and smacks her play-

Freddy
Naughty to sulk with your Freddy. Go and get dressed.
at the Belvedere to celebrate.

We'll have a quick one

Bester (At the bedroom door)
Do you want me to lunch with yo'or South American?

Freddy
No. Better not. I can shoot a better line without your beacty eyes on me

Bester
They were gorgeous orbs a moment ago.

Fredc^y
They get beac^ in coir?)any. Go on, darling. Hurry.

Yes.

Still love me?

Bester (VJho has been staring at him fixedly)

Fredc^ (Jocularly)

Bester (Steadily)

I still love you.

(She goes out leaving the door open. She is taking off her dressing-gown
as she speaks and hanging it up on a hook on the door)

Darling, where are you going to be between five and six?

Nowhere special. Why?

Fredc^

Bester
Do you mind being out? Vve got someone coming in I want to see alone

A customer?

Ffeddy

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(

Bester

Yes,

Fredc^
0#K« 1*11 go to that new club dovm the road.

Bester (Smiling)
And don^t get sozzled, either. Remember our dinner.

Fredc^

You shut up.

(SHE disappears, leaving the door open, IREDDY feels in his pocket för
a cigarette, and brings out an empty package) (Calling)

Darling - I'm out of cigarettes. Have you got any?

Bester (Off, calling)
There are some in iry dressing gown pocket«

Freddy
Right l

(Be goes to the bedroom door and fumbles in the pocket of Bester' s dress-
ing gown. He brings out a letter first, and then the packet • fie is
about to replace the letter when he glances at the envelope. He raises
his eyebrovjs, and brings the letter into the room, Sitting down, he
lights a cigarette, and then tears open the letter, and begins to read)

Bester (Off)

Bave you got them?

Freddy
(Bis brows knit over the letter, which is a long one)
What? Yes« I've got them.
(Be continues to read)

CURTAIN

END OF ACT I

(

ACT II

SCENE:

The samet It is now about five o'clock in the afternoon. FFIEDUT is
sprawling in the attitude in which we have alreac^ seen him in one
armchair, while his friend, JACKIE JACKSON, reclines in another.
There is a bottle of whisky on the table, and a siphon, and both MEN
are holding glasses.

Fredc^r (In an injured tone)
But it*s too bloody silly, old bqy - just because I forgot her birthday«

(JACKIE makes a sympathetic sound. FREDDY morosely takes another gulp of

Whisky)
Ify God - if all the men who forgot their wives' birthdays were to come home and
find suicide notes waiting for them, the line of widowers would stretch from
here to - to John o' Groats.

Jackie

Further, old boy

Tou can't go forther

Freddy

Jackie
Well - from here to John o' Qroats and back - and ending up at the Windmill,
then.

Fredcfer (Angrily)
Shut up, Jackie« I asked you round for help and advice and not to let loose a
flood*of corny wisecracks«

Are you sure

Jackie
Sorry, Freddy, only the way you teil it, it sounds so Idiotie,
it wasnH a joke, just to scare you?

Freddy
I^ve told you it wasn't.

(freddy has risen and is taking Jackie 's glass trom his willing band for
r eplenishment )

Jackie

Oh - thanks, old chap

Freddy
I got the whole story out of old Ife Elton. She definitely tried to gas herseif
and would have succeeded if there 'd been a Shilling in the blasted meter -
(He has replenished both glasses generously)

JackLe
Well - that Shows she couldn't have been too serious about it.

(Taking glass from Freddy)
Oh, thanks. Cheers.

Freddy
Where's your Imagination? If you're in a state of mind where you're going to
try and buirp yourself off, you don*t think about things like meters.

2-2

Well, I would.

Jackie (Judiciously)

(

Rreddbr
That from the man who once vrrote off tliree Spits by forgetting to put his
ruddy undercart down.

Jackie
That was different» I wasn't trying to buirj) irorself off*

P^edctsT
You gave a fairly good Imitation of it -

Jackie (Bridling)
At the Court of Inquiry it was definitely established •

Freddy
Oh shut up, Jackie. We're talking of something a good deal more important -

Jackie
Well, you Started it. All I said was - about the meter -

Freddy
I know what you said about the meter. But you're wrong. I've been into the
whole thing, and you can take it from me that she did definitely try, last
night, to kill herseif.

Jackie
And all be cause you forgot her birthday? But that 's the sort of black I'm
always putting up with Liz.

Fredcfy
I know, cid boy. I teil you, it knocked me ruddy flat.

I can imagine

V^ God, aren't women the end!

Where is she now?

Jackie

Preddy (Explosively)

Jackie (Nodding syirpathetically)

Fredcty
Out looking for me, I shouldn't wonder.
(He collects Jackie 's glass again)

Jackie
No thanks.

(preddy replenishes his glass as he speaks)

Freddy
She was having her bath« After I'd read that letter I ran downstairs to Ma
Elton and after that I just did a bunk, I had to have a drink quick, and eony-
way I was damned if I was going in to Hes and fall on irpr knees and say nry
darling I have grievously sinned in forgetting yoxir birthday; if I promise you
I'U never do it again, will you promise me you' 11 never gas yourself againo
I mean the whole thing's too damn idiotic -

There mast be something eise.

There isn't arrything eise*

Another girl?

There never has been.

2-3

Jackie

Freddy

Jackie (Tentatively)

Fredcfy

(

Had a lot of rows lately?

Jackie

Freddy
No« As a matter of fact these last few months I've been thinking weWe been
getting on better than before.

There mast have been some rows.

Jackie (Evidently remembering Liz)

Freddy
Very minor ones. Nothing like the real flamers we had when we first started.

Jackie

What were they about?

Freddy (Uncomfortably)
Usual things#

(JACKIE waits for him to continue)
Dainn it, Jackie, you l<now me. I can't be a ruddy Romeo all the time.

Jackie

Who can?

Freddy
According to her the whole damn human race - male part of it, anyway.

Jackie

What does she know about it?

(

Fredc^
Darai all» A clergyman^s daughter, living in Oxford, marries the first man who
asks her and falls in love with the first man who gives her an eye»

(After a slight pause)
Hell, it's not that I'm not in love with her too, of course I am. Always have
been and always will, I guess. But - well - moderat ion in all things - that's
always been my motto.

(At the table)
Have another.

Jackie

Only a spot.

Fredcfy- (Pouring himself one)
I've got nothing on itöt conscience in that respect. I never gave ircrself that
sort of a build-up with her. She knew what she was taking on.

2-U

Jackie
You don*t think it's the marriage question that's upset her?

Fredc^
No» I^m the one that gets upset by that - not her* Personally I can't wait
for that divorce. All this hole in the corner stuff gets me down«

Jaclcie
Doesn't it get her down too? I mean - a clergjrman's daughter?

Preddy
She JuiTped that fence a year ago» I was the one that wanted to wait. She
didn't* That was the first of our flamers«

(He moodily sips his drink, lost in thought)
1^ God, it^s so damned unfair* Supposing she^d pulled it off last night, do
you realize what everyone would have said? That I'd bust up a happy marriage,
and then driven Hes to suicide» I'd have been looked on as a ruddy imirderer.
Did she think of that, I wonder? Who the hell would have believed what I*ve
just told you now?

Anyone who knows you*

Jackie (VJith unconscious irony)

Predc^y
Tes, but this would have been front page stuff« All over the rudcfy News of the
World* Think of that» And this read out in court.

(He flourishes the letter)
Jfy- God, I'd have been luclgr to have got out without being lynched* The
Coroner would certainly have added a rider - I was thinking at luncK to-day at
the Ritz - I'd never have been able to go into any restaurant again, without
people nudging and pointing -

Jackie
Yes, I know. Ejy the way, how did that go off - your lunch with Lopez?

Freddy (Savagely)
Do you mind not changing the subject? Or if I*m boring you with this story,
just say so and we'll have a cosy little chat about the weather.

Jackie
I'm sorry* Only wanted to know if he'd offered you anything. That's all* Go
on about Hes, then*

Freddy (Mut Gering)
Hell. This is really getting me dov/n. Sorry, Jackie
your head off.

Didn't mean to bite

Jackie

That^s all right

Fredc^
Lopez? Yes, he offered me a job all right*

Good Show*

Test pilot - South America

Jackie

Predc^ (Sullenly)

(

2-5

Jackie
Oh LordI I don't suppose you want to go to South America«

Preddjr
I don*t want to go anjrwhere - as a test pilot«

Jackie

They say you wäre the tops«

Preddy
I was • a year ago« Since then - things have changed a bit*

(He Points to his glass)
This stuff isn^t exactly what the doctor ordered, for nerve or Judgment» Be-
sides I'm too ruddy old« You^re finished in that racket at twenty-five« I
wouldn't last a week. I want something chairborne - not airborne - I've had
flying for life,

(He rises to get another drink)
Want one?

Jackie
N05 thanks« Do you think you ought to?

Freddy
I know I ought to« Why? Am I drunk?

Jackie
No. It's only that I gather you've been at it most of the morning«

Freddy

And I shall be at it most of the evening too# I shall be at it until I've

forgotten that this

(He indicates the letter)

ever existed«

(He gets himself a drink and slumps back into his chair« In speech and
in manner he is not drunk, but from now on he is beginning to show some of
the wildness and excitability of the habitual drinker who has had about
his coniplement)

Jackie
(Pointing to the letter in Freddy' s hand)
Doesn't that give you any more clues?

Freddy

Read it and see*

Jackie

No» I don't thjLnk so«

(

Squeamish, aren't you?

Fredcfy

Jackie
Well - a thing like that - it's a bit - private isn't it?

Freddy
Blasted private, it would have been read out in court^ by the Coroner, wouldn'-^
it?

2-6

Jackie

There is that, I suppose

Freddy
There is that, you suppose. AJLl right. Hera it is. I'm the Coroner. You're
the public. Now listen;

(Reading)
"tf^jr darling - a moment ago, before I took the aspirin, I knew exactly what I
wanted to say to you. I have run through this letter in Kiy mind so very often
and it has always been most eloquent and noble and coirposed. Now - those
moving, pretty words Just don't seem to be there. I think it's because, this
time, I know I really am going to die - "

Jackie
Look, old boy, don't go on. Knowing Hes as I do, I^d really rather not hear
the rest -

Freddy
You're dainn well going to hear the rest. I've got to read this to someone.

Jackie
Still it's addressed to you and no one eise.

Freddy
No one eise - except, of course, the readers of all the Sunday papers. Now,
listen, blast you»

(Reading)
'*! know that, in the morning, when you read this letter, any feelings you ever
had for me, and you had some, will be driven out of your heart for ever. Poor
Freddy - poor darling Freddy. I'm so sorry." Sorry? All right. Here's your
clue.

(Reading)
"You' 11 want to know why, and I'd so much like to make you under stand, because
if you understood you might forgive. But to understand what I'm doing now,
you must feel even a small part of vJhat I'm feeling now, and that I know you
can never do. Just accept that it isn't your fault - it really isn't, Freddy
- believe that. You can't help being as 3^ou are - I can't help being as I am.
The fault lies with whichever of the gods had himself a good laugh up above by
arranging for the two of us to meet -

(HESTER comes in quietly. JACKIE sees her and Signals to FREDDY who does

not notice)
Forgive nrjr bad writing. I think perhaps the drug is beginning - ^

Hullo, Jackie.

Bester (in a cool voice)

Hullo l

How are you?

Jackie

Hester

Very well, thanlcs, Hes.

Jackie

Hester
Where have you tv/o been all afternoon?

I haven't been with Eredcly.
a Chat -

2-7

Jackie (Acutely embarrassed)
I was at homej and he rang up. Asked me over for

Hester

I see«

(To Ereddy)
Where were you, Freddy?

A lot of places.

I^ve been to most of them«

Preddy

Hester

I thought you might

Can I have that letter?

Preddy

Hester

(

Why?

Freddy

Hester

It belongs to me

Preddy
There might be two views aboat that. It's got my name on the envelope»

Hester
An undelivered letter belongs, I should say, to the sender»

(hester Stands with her hand out, facing JREDDY* He gives her the letter
and moves away from her« SHE tears it up methodically and thxows the
pieces into the wastepaper basket« Then SHE takes the bottle of whisky
and goes over to a cupboard)

What are you doing?

Tidying up

Freddy

Hester

Predc(y
Well, it's HCT bottle. I paid for it.

(He takes it away from her and puts it back on the table)

Hester ( Light ]y to Jackie)
Did you have a good game yesterday, Jackie?

Jackie

Yes, thanks.

Hester
I hear Freddy beat you. He must be getting rather goodt

Jackie
Off that handicap, he is. It's a crying scandal. Look, Hes - I really think
• I ought to be dashing along.

(

2-8

Bester
No, don*t go, please. Ereddy^ll be going out in a mimite or two and I expect
he'd like you to go with him»

(To Ered(^)
Darling, you hadn't forgotten about being out at five, had you?

Fredcfy
Yes* I had. What's the time now?

Kester
Getting on#

(She goes to the two pictures she has given to her husband, and takes
them down from the walls)

Ereddy
And of course you don't want your respectable art-lover to see me in my pre-
sent State.

Bester
I don't know arything about your present state, Freddy. I told you this
morning I wanted you to be out.

Freddy
( Point ing to the pictures which SHE is now holding)
I thought you'd given that away.

Bester

I have« I'm going to wrap it up

Freddy
Then what are you going to seil this blöke?

Bester (At door, with a bright smile)
Whatever he wants to buy.

(She goes out with the picture, into bedroom)

Bai Hai

Fredc^ (Derisively, at the closed door)

Jackie (Concerned)
Look, Freddy old boy, I do think you ought to go and talk to her
appear -

I»ll dis-

(

Freddy
I«ve got time enough to talk to her, I've got a whole blasted lifetime to
talk to her. You stay.

(He pours himself a drink)

Jackie
Well, go easy on the Scotch, old boy.

Freddy
I've told you. I need it. Delicious oblivion.

Jackie
Look, Freddy, old boy, I don't want to be rüde, but you don't think perhaps,
you might be dramatising this thing a bit too much?

2-9

Freddy
Dramatising? She^s the one that's dramatising« That cool, caliri, collected
act just now - you saw it» That's dramatising - she enjoys that« I*m just a
poor blöke who's having a couple of drinks because he's feeling rudc^ miser-
able -

Jackie
I don't expect she can be feeling exactly happy herseif - whatever you say
about her act just now# ^

■

Preddy
I suppose if she were Liz and you were in my place, youM smother her with
tender embraces -

Jackie
I think I'd talk to her about it# Vd ask her what the trouble was, and what
I could do to put it right -

Freddy
What the hell's the use of that? You heard that letter« Poor Freddy. You
can^t help being as you are# She's put her finger on it, all right. What am
I supposed to do to put that little trouble right? Pretend to be something
different? That'd be a lot of help, wouldn't it?

Jackie

A few white lies •

Preddy
Oh, don't be such a clot - a few white lies - damn it man, talk sense« Do you
think she 's as easily fooled as that? You seem to see this as the sort of
Problem that that woman deals with in her advice column in the Daily Whatsit -
a little domestic tiff that can be put right with a few kind words and a lov-
ing peck# Hes tried to kill her seif last night«

Jackie (Miirmuring sadly)
I'm sorry, old boy. Perhaps I'm a bit out of my depth«

Freddy
Out of your depth? I should bloody well think you are» I'm out of 1^7 depth
too, and it's a Sensation I don^t care for. }fy God, how I hate getting
tangled up in other people's emotions» It's the one thing I've tried to avoid
all my life, and yet it always seems to be happening to me. Always.

(After a pause)
You remember Dot during the war? I brought her down to the squadron a couple
of times.

Jackie
Yes» I liked her a lot« A load of fun -

•

Freddy
A load of fun, until she started messing about v/ith ny Service revolver«

Jackie

She didn't -

Preddy
No. She didn't hurt her seif or me or aryone eise. Still you can imagine the
fan got a bit sour after that. And then there was -

2-10

(He stops)
It doesnH matter. Too many emotions. Far too ruddy mar^

I loathe *em.

Jackie

(

A sort of ''homme fatal," eh?

Freddy (Quietly)
It's not so funny, you know, Jackie. It's not so funny. Hes says I've got no
feelings and perhaps she*s right, but anyway I've got something inside that
can get hurt - the way it's hurt now. I don't enjoy causing other people
misery. I*m not a ruddy sadist. J^ sort never gets a hearing. v>le're called
a lot of mide naines, and nobody ever thinks we have a case. But look at it
this way. Take two people "A" and "B"a "A" loves "B" - "F» doesn't love "A",
or at least not in the same way. He wants to, but he just can't. It's not
his nature. Mow "B" hasn't asked to be loved. He may be a perfectly ordinary
blöke, kind, well-meaning, good flriend, perhaps even a good husband if he^s
allovjed to be. But he's not allowed to be - that 's n^r point. Demands are inade
on him which he just can't fulfil. If he tries, he 's cheating, and cheating
doesn't help anyone. Now if he 's honest and doesn't try - well, then he's
called a skunk and a heartless cad, and juries bring in ruddy riders. I mean
• where are you?

(He finishes his drink)
Come on. VJe'd better get weaving.

(There is a ring at the door. TOEDDY goes to open it. MILLER is outside)

Mi 1 1 er

Excuse me. Is Mrs« Page in?

Freddy
No, not at the moment. You're Mr. Miller, aren't you?

Miller

Yes. You are 1-Ir. Page?

Freddy
That's right. Come on in« I want to talk to you.

Miller

Thank you.

Freddy
You looked after nor wife, this morning, didn^t you?

Miller

Yes« I looked after Mrs. Page

Fredcfy- (introducing)
This is Jackie Jackson. Mr. Miller.

(The Tl'\fO MEN nod to each other. To Miller)
Care for a drink?

Miller

Thank you

Fredc^
I'd like to know how mach she said to you. Mrs. Elton says you were with her
alone. 0hl you needn't worry about him. He knows all about it»

2-11

Miller

She Said nothing,

Nothing ab out why she did it?

Nothing.

(JREDDY hands him a drink)

Do you know x^hy she did it?

Freddy

Miller

Fredcjy

Miller

No*

If you like I'll teil you

No, Eredc^jr -

Fredc^

Jackie (interposing)

Freddy
She did it because I'd forgotten her birthday^

Miller

Yes.

You donH look surprised«

Freddy

Miller-
I'm not« I assumed it was something of the kind,

Something so trivial?

Fredc(y

Miller
Nothing can be called trivial that induces an operative desire to die»

But forgetting a birthday -

Yes. That is trivial.

Freddy

Miller

Tredäy
A riddler - this blöke. All right. What's the real reason, then? VJhat's
behind this triviality?

Miller
I don't think you need me to teil you that.

I'd like to hear it, anyway,

Yourself, I should suppose

Freddy

Mller

2-12

Freddy
Which just about makes me a ruddy murderer*

Miller (Politely)
A ruddy near-imirderer«

Jackie (interposing)
Look - I don^t think you ought to say a thing like -

Shut upj Jackie. I can take it.

FVeddy

Jackie

But he doesn't know the facts •

Preddy
The facts? VJhat the hell do the facts natter?
that matters, isn't that so, Mr. Miller?

It^s what*s behind the facts

Miller

Tes#

Fredc^
And what's behind the facts is me.

Miller

I iinagine so.

Freddy
Little imirdering me.

(fflLLER nods)
All right, what vould you do about it if you were me?

Miller
That 's a stupid question. Natur e has not endowed me with the capacity for
inspiring suicidal love.

Freddy

Aren't you lucky?

Yes, I suppose I am.

Miller

Freddy
And what about a poor blöke who has this capacity for inspiring suicidal love

- what does he do about it.

Miller

Refase to love at all, IM say.

(There is a pause. PREDDY turns to the bottle of whisky;

Freddy

Have another drink.

Miller

Thank you,

Jfy Ctod - we've had this bottle.

Freddy

(

2-13

(He is pouring the last few drops into Miller 's glass)
What youWe just said is a load of tripe#

Miller
Very possibly. As this gentleman has already pointed out, I know nothing of
the facts«

Freddy
One of the facts is that this character has no intention, at this stage in his
life, of turning himself into a bloody hermit.

Miller

No» I imagine he hasn't»

Yreddy
You're damn right, he hasn't, old boy« Look - let's continue this argument
down the road. The new club opens at four.

Jackie
I really think I ought to get back, Fredcfy. Liz'll be wondering -

Fredd^^ (ironically)
Liz'll be wondering.

(Waving at Jackie)
Portrait of a happily married man, Mr. Aller, A inan who can be fairly certain
of Coming home and not finding his loving wife lying in front of a gas fire -

Bester
Oh, hullol

(Hester comes in, the pictures now neatly wrapped and tied«
away in a corner, without speaking)

She puts them

Miller

Good afternoon.

Jackie

Just on my way, Hes.

Hester

Mist you go?

Jackie
I must, I'm afraid. You're turning us out of the flat anyway, aren't you?

Hester (Pleadingly)
Yes. But I hoped you'd keep Preddy Company»

Jackie
I'm afraid I can't, Hes. I've got people Coming in.

Preddy
Bad luck, darling. No nurse for poor little Preddy-weddy - ünless, of course,
Mr. Miller here would like to volunteer for the job.

Miller
I'm afraid I have some work to do.

Treddy
What sort of work? Curing other people' s love problems?

2-lU

Miller
No. Sending out the latest prices for the St. Leger.

You a bookie?

Fredc^jr

Miller

Yes.

Ereddy
I should never have thought so. What price Makeshift?

miler

A hundred to seven»

Preddy
I'll have fifty to three-ten. That's to say if you' 11 accept me as a clißnt -
(MILLER takes out a notebook and loakes a note)

miler
I'll submit your name to my proprietor.

That's not you 2

Freddy

JtLller
Oh no« I'm only one of his many assistants

Well, cheerio, Predcty

(To Miller)
Goodbye •

Give injr love to Liz«

Jackie (At the door)

Bester

Freddy
You'd better not give her nj^ love, Jackie
lethal •

Prom all accounts it's pretty

Jackie

Goodbye

Bester (To Jackie)
Goodbye •

(jackie goes. BESTER waits at the door for Ereddy* On his way there BE
stops at the table, picks up the bettle and deposits it in the wastepaper
basket)

Just tidying up.

(Be Walles on to the door)

Eredcbr

Bester (Trying to conceal her anxiety)
Freddy - I donH know that you should go out, you know.

Preddy
I thought you wanted me out. Your customer •

(

2-1$

Bester
Well, Mrs. Elton can give him a message. He can come back some other time#
Whjr donH you go and have a good lie down?

Ereddy
No. I'm a good bqy, VJhen I'm told to go - I go.

(He fambles in bis pockets, To MUler)
Can you lend me a Shilling?

(MILLER prodaces a Shilling and gives it to him. FHEDDI throws it on the

table by door)
Just in case I'm for dinner»

(He goes out. Though drunk his legs are (and have been through the pre-

vious scene) supporting him fairly steadily)

Do you know where he 's going?

Hester (Urgent ly)

Miller

To the new club down the road.

Hester
Are you really working, or was that an excuse?

Miller

I'm really working.

Hester

Oh.

(She moves anxiously to the window)

Aller
He '11 be happier by himself than with me, you know.

Hester

Why do you say that?

(

Mller
Because I seem to have become the eiribodiment of his conscience.

Hester
(Bitterly)
His conscience? You seem to have found something in him that I've missed.

Miller
They say the eyes of love are blind.

Hester
They say that about the loved one's failings - not about his virtues. And my
eyes aren't blind. They can see, quite well.

lö-ller
Too well.

(HESTER looks at him)
To love with one's eyes open sometimes makes life very difficult.

Hester

Even - unbearable»

2-16

Miller

No« I Said very difficult.

I don*t like him being alone*

Veiy well, I shall volunteer»

Bester

Miller

Bester
Thank you very imich, Mr. Idler, I^m very gratefal,

Miller
There^s no need.

(He has a canvas in his hand)
Did you paint this?

Bester

Yes.

Miller
I only ask because it doesn^t seem to be at all in the style of the others*

Bester
Oh, well, I did that when I was seventeen.

Miller
Indeed«

(He exainines it)
Interesting» Did you go to Art School?

Bester

No.

Miller
A pity* There is a delicacy and fi-eshness about this which is very striking.

COLLIHl

Bester
Harry to Freddy, please, Vir. Miller* I'm very anxious.

(There is a ring at the door. BESTER goes to it and opens it#

is on the threshold. He comes in)
You're early*

Collyer
I know* I came straight from court#

(COLLYER l^owns and slightly indicates Miller. BESTER stops)

Miller
I'm going, Sir William. I have an errand to per form for - Mrst Page,
the way •

(Be takes an envelope fTom his pocket and hands it to Collyer)
I was Just about to put this in the post.

(Be goes)

Bester
I ought to have asked you to phone me. Freddy came back unexpectedly and he 's
only just gone out. What's that? Your receipt?

(COLLIER opens the envelope and takes out a five-pound note)

Oh, by

2-17

Coltyer
I imagine so» This is a piece of insolence» He's written on the back;
quasi -professional Services, received with thanks. K» Miller*"
(HESTER smiles as COLLYER puts the note back in his case)

w^or

Collyer
Yes» I suppose the laugh is on me. What was the errand he was going to per-
form?

Hester
It doesn't matter. I promised 70U tea, didn't I?

Collyer
Don*t bother about tea» Moments are precious. I don't want you to waste them
over a kettle in the kitchen»

(Continuing)
It^s all right for me to stay for a few minutes, isn't it?

Hester

Tes, Bill, I think so»

I saw Page just now -

0hl Did he see you?

Collyer

Hester

Collyer
No. I was in the car, just tuming into this street. I put a newspaper up»
He couldn't possibly have seen me. Besides he was quite obviously drunk»

Hester

Oh? What makes you think that?

He only left this flat

Collyer
His passage down the street was rather erratic»

Hester (Brightly)
I don*t think it could have been Fredc^ you say, Bill,
a moment ago -

Collyer (Reproachfully)
Hester -

(He indicates the glasses on the table)

Hester
He'd been having a drink with a friend»

(COLLYHi picks out of the wastepaper basket the empty bottle, whose head

is showing» Angrily)
Really, Bill, even a judge can let his Imagination run away with him»

(She takes the bettle and puts it away in the kitchen)

How long has it been going on?

Collyer

Hester

How long has what been going on?

f '

2-18

Collyer
In the old days he hardly touched alcohol.

Is that so? I don*t remember»

Bester (Shortly)

Collyer
Of course you remember» At Sunningdale he didn't drink at all,
say it was bad for his judgment as a pilot*

He used to

He st er
Very well, then, Bill. If in the last ten months Fredcfer's taken to drink, it's
I whoWe driven him to it»

Collyer (Equalüy quietly)
And he who's driven you to suicide.

He st er

No« I drove myselt there
(Pause)

Bester, what^s happened to you?

Collyer

He st er
Love, Bill, that 's all - you know - that thing you read about in your beloved
Jane Austen and Anthony Trollope# Love# "It droppeth as the gentle dew from
heaven," No» That 's wrong, isn't it? "It comforteth like sunshine after
rain - "

Collyer
Rather an unfortiinate quotation» Go on with it*

Bester

I canHt I've forgotten*

Collyer
"Love comforteth like sunshine aftsr rain and
Lust's effect is terr^Dest after sun*"

"Tenpest after sun?'*
feit for Freddy#

Hester
That would be very apt, x>fouldn't it, if that were all I

Collyer
In sober truth, Hester, isn't it?

Hester (Angrily)
Oh, God, Bill, do you reaUiy think I can teil you the sober truth about what
I feel for Fredc^y? I've got quite a clear mind — too clear, I've just been
told - and if it were only ny mind that were involved... But in sober truth,
Bill - in sober truth neither you nor I nor anyone eise can explain what I
feel for Freddy* It's all too big and confusing to be tied up in such a neat
little parcel and labelled lust# Lust isn't the whole of life,

(With a bitter laugh)
and Freddy is, you see. The whole of life - and of death, too, it seems«
Pat a label on that, if you can -

(She turns abniptly)
Godl I wish Preddy hadn't drunk all the whisky»

2-19

{

Would you like to go out?

Collyer

Bester
No# I*d better stay in and await developments»

What developments?

Collyer

Bester
Oh - quite a large variety are apt to off er themselves when Rredcfer's on the
rarnpage —

(A pause)

Collyer (At length)
What inade us choose Sunningdale that suimaer?

Bester
It was your idea. You wanted the golf»

Collyer
You weren't keen, I remeinber# You'd have preferred the sea»

Tes.

Bester (Absently)

(Pause)

Collyer
You know you never told me exactly how it first happened^

Bester
No. I suppose I didn^t» It was that day you were playiJig for the President's
Cup#

(While she speaks she does not look at Collyer« It is almost as though

she were talking to herseif)

Oh yes, I remember«

Collyer

Bester
I cairie up to the golf club to fetch you to go on to that party at the Ben-
der sons*» You were still out playing^ Freddy was there alone. Be'd been
chucked for a game and was rather bad-tempered. I*d met him several times
before - of course but I'd never paid imich attention to him, I didn't even
think he was even particularly goodlooking, and that R#A#F» slang used to
irritate me slightly I remember# It's such an anachronism now, isn't it - as
dated as gadzooks or Odds w life?

Collyer
He does it for effect, I suppose.

Bester
No. Be does it because his life stopped in 19U0. Be loved 19U0»
never been really happy since he left the R.A.F«

(After a clight pause)
V\/ell •• that day you were a long time over your game.

Collyer
Yes we were badly h?ld up, I remember»

Freddy's

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Bester
Freddy and I sat on the verandah together for about an hour. For some reason
he talked very sincerely and rather touchingly about himself - how worried he
was about his fature, how his life seemed to liave no direction or purpose,
hov he envied you • the brilliant lawyer -

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That vas good of him.

Collyer

Hester
Oh, he meant it sincerely • Then quite suddenly he put his hand on iry arm and
imirimired something very conventional, about envying you for other reasons
besides your career. I laughed at him and he laughed back at me, like a
guilty small bqy* He said, "I really do, you know, it's not just a line* I
really think you're the most attractive girl I've ever met»" Something like
that. I didn' t really listen to the words, because axyway I knew then in that
tiny raoment when we were laughing together so close that I had no hope. No
hope at all.
(Pause)

Collyer
It was that night that you insisted on coming up to London with me, wasn't it?

Hester

Yes.

Collyer
You didnH want to come back to Sunningdale the next week-end either, I remem-
ber -

Hester

No.

No, I made you come.
finding no hostess -

Collyer
VJe had a row about the Hendersons coming to dinner and

Hester
Bill, you mustn't distress your seif about that.
hiding in London»
Pause)

I wouldn't have escaped by

When, exactly -

Collyer

Hester
It was in September. You remember I went up to London with him to see a play?

Collyer
But that meeting in the clubhouse was in June.

Hester

June the twenty-foui'th.

Collyer
Well, during those two m:^nth3, why didn't you talk to me about it?

Hester
What would you have said to me if I had?

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Collyer
What I say now. That this man you say you love is morally and intellectually
a mile your inferior and has absolutely nothing in common with you whatever*
That what you're suffering fi:om is no more than an ordinary and rather sordid
infatuation and that it^s your piain and simple duty to exert every effort of
will you're capable of in order to return to sanity at once«

(HESTER nods quietly» There is a pause)
And how would you have answered that?

He st er
By agreeing with you, I suppose« But it wouldn't have made ary difference«

Collyer (At length)
If we'd been able to have a child, how much difference would it have made?

Bester (After a pause)
IsnH reality enough to occupy us, Bill?

Collyer
Meaning^ I suppose, that it would have made no difference at all?

Bester

That 's not what I said»

(collyer moodily rises)

Collyer
It's fantastic to think what may have been caused hy ity decision to rent that
damn villa«

Bester
Bill, I've told you not to distress your seif with that sort of thought#
Preddy and I would have met anyway# Look, I think it's time you wäre going,

Tou believe in affinities?

Collyer (ironically)

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Bester (Simply)
I believe it was fated that Ffeddy and I should meet»

Collyer
As it's turned out, a pretty evil fate«

Bester
Well, if there are good affinities there must be evil ones too, I suppose«
DonH forget your present, after all the trouble I've been to wrapping it up»
(She goes to the parcel and picks it up» A key is suddenly turned in the
door and it is thrown open, revealing niEDDY# Be Stands for a time in
the doorway, looking from Collyer to Bester. Then he comes in and closes
the door behind him. Be appears to have sobered up a little)

Freddy
I thought it might be« Not many people who come to this place have a big
black Rolls«

Bester

Where's Miller?

Miller?

Rreddö^

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Bester

Didn't you see him at the Club.

Preddy
I never went to the Club» And that's the saiae Chauffeur j isn't it?

Yes.

Collyer

Bester
Bill came to see me because someone telephoned to him about ny accident»

Yes.

(To Collyer)
You've heard about her

Yes.

Preddy

- accident, have you?
Collyer

Eredc^
Did you ever forget her birthday?

No.

Collyer

Freddy
No. I shouldn't think you were a forget ful type,
you?

You^re a judge now, aren't

Yes.

Collyer

Still making packets of money?

A certain amount.

Predcfer

Collyer

still love Bes?

Predc^

Bester (Sharply)
Don't listen to him, Bill. Be^s drunk. Eredc^, go and lie down.

Preddy
See how I*m bullied. I bet you were never bullied like that«

Bester
Preddy, please, try and behave yourself -

Preddy
Am I behaving badly? I'm only asking the judge here a simple question. I*d
rather like to know the answer. Still, I suppose it doesn't really matter -
(Be goes into the bedroom. VJe hear the key turning in the lock)

I'm sorry, Bill.

Bester (Turns to Collyer)

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That's all right.

Collyer

Bester

I think perhaps youM better go»

Tes,

Collyer

(HESTBR is not looking at him^ but at the bedroom door)
The answer to that question is yes, you know«

What?

Bester (Not having understood)

Collyer
The question Preddy asked me just now» The answer is yes«
(Pause}

Bester

Bill - please don*t

Collyer
Vm sorry»

(Indicating bedroom)
Sure you can cope with the - Situation?

Bester
Oh heavens, yes» This is nothing«

Collyer
He^s changed a lot. Be looks quite different*

Bester

Be hasn't been well lately<

Collyer

No.

(He Stretches out his hand)
Well, goodbye«

Bester
I'm sorry, Bill. I'm so sorry. Is there ar^rthing more I can say?

Collyer
I don't think so#

(He smiles at her« BESTER kisses him suddenly on the cheek)

Bester

Goodbye, Bill«

(collyer smiles at her again and goes* BESTER closes the door behind
him and then goes quickly to the bedroom door. She knocks. Calling)

Preddy, let me in^ darling.

(There is no answer. She knocke» again)

Preddy - don't be childish, Let me in«

(There is no ansvxerc BESTER walks away from the door and goes to get a
cigarette- ks she is lighting it FREDDY emerges from the bedroom« He
has changed into a blue suit)

You're looking very smart. Going out somewhere?

Yes.

Fredctjr

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Bester

Where?

To see a man, about a job

What man?

Freddy

He st er

Lopez* IWe just called him.

Lopez?

Eredcfy

Bester

Ereddy
The South American I had lunch with*;

Bester
Oh yes% Of course, I*d forgotten. How did it go off?

It went off all rights

Predig

Bester
Oh good» You think you^ll get the job?

Fredc^
Yes, I think so» He made a fairly definite off er, Of course it's up to his
boss»

Bester
Let^s have a look at you#

(She inspects him)
Oh, darling, you might have changed your Shirt»

Well, I hadn*t a clean one#

Eredc^

Hester
No* Nor you had. The laundry's lata again* I'll wash one out for you to-
morrow»

Yes# Does it look too bad?

Freddy

Hester
No» It'll pass* Your* shoes need a clean.

Fredd^'
Yes. I'll give them a rub.

Bester
No. Take thera off., I-ll do them.
(She goes towards the kitchen)

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Somehow or other you always manage to get shoe polish over your face - Lord

knows höw«

(She disappears into the kitchen. PREDDT takes his shoes off« BESTER
comes back with shoe brushes and a tin of polish. She takes the shoes
from him and begins to clean them. There is a fairly long silence)

Well, what's the job?

Ereddy (Mixttering)
Ifes. I suppose I imist teil yöu«

(HESTER gives him a quick glance)

Hester
Yes, Freddyt I think I*d like to knau.

Predcty
Look, Hes« I've got to talk for a bit now, It's not going to be easy, so
don't interrupt, do you mind? You always could argue the bind leg off a don-
key - and Just when Vve got things clear in iry mind I don*t want them muddled
up again.

Hester
I*m sorry, Eredcfy. I must internipt at once# The way you' ve been behaving
this afternoon, how could you have things clear in your mind?

FredcJy
I'm all right now. Res. I had a cup of black coffee, and after that a bit of
a walk. I know what I*m doing.

Hester

And what are you doing, Eredc^?

Rredcfer
Accepting a job in South America as a test pilot.

Hester
Test pilot? But you've said a hundred times you could never go back to that»
After that crash in Canada you told me you had no nerve or judgment left.

Freddy
They'U come back. I had too many drinks that time in Canada. You know that.

Hester
Yes, I know that. So did the Court of Inquiry know that. Does this man Lopez
know that?

Freddy
No, of course not. He won't hear either. Don't worry about ny nerve and
Judgment, Hes. A month or two on the wagon and I'll be the old ace again
the old dicer with death.

Hester (Sharply)
Don't use that idiotic R.A.F. slang»

(More gently)
Do you mind? This is too iirportant -

Yes. It is inportant

Freddy

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Bester

Whereabouts in South America?

Somewhere near Rio«

Freddy

Bester
I see«

(She continaes to clean the shoes nechanically)
Well, when do we start?

We don't.

Eredc^

Bester

We don^t?

Freddy
You and I don't, Res« That's what I'm trying to teil you* I^m going alone.

Why, Eredcb^?

Rester (At length)

Preddy
If I'm to stay on the wagon, I've got to be alone

Have you?

Rester (in a near whisper)

Fredc^
Oh hell - that's not the real reason. Listen, Res, darling»

(There is a pause while he paces the room as if concentrating desperately

on finding the words« RESTER watches him)
You*ve always said, haven't you, that I don't really love you? Well, I sup-
pose, in your sense I don't« But what I do feel for you is a good deal
stronger than I've ever feit for anybody eise in ny life, or ever will feel,
I should think» That 's why I v/ent away with you in the first place, that 's
why I've stayed with you all this time, and that 's why I must go away ftom you
now»

Rester (At length)
That Sounds rather like a prepared speech, Ereddy.

Preddy
Yes. I suppose it is a bit prepared# I worked it out on ny walk« But it's
still true, Res« I'm too fond of you to let things slide. That letter was a
hell of a shock. I knew often you were a bit unhappy - you often knew I was
a bit down too« But I hadn't a clue how mach the - difference in our feelings
had been hurting you. It's asking too damn mach of ary blöke to go on as if
nothing had happened when he knows now for a fact that he 's driving the on3y
girl he 's ever loved to suicide«

Hester (in a low voice)
Do you think your leaving me ^^11 drive me away from suicide?

Freddy (Simply)
That's a risk I shall just have to take, isn't it?
will have to face«
(Pause)

It's a risk both of us

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Bester
Freddy - you mustn't scare me like this.

FredcJy
No scare, Hes» Sorry, this is on the level»

Bester
You know perfectly well you '11 feel quite differently in the morning.

Predctsr
No, I wonH. Hes# Not this tiine.

(Pause)
Besides I don't think I'll be here in the morning-«

Where will you be?

I don't know, Somewhere.

No.

Bester

Fredcty
I think I'd better get out tonight#

Bester

Predc^
It's better that way. I*m scared of your arguing.

(Passionately)
I know tliis is right, you see# I know it, but with your gift of the gab,
you '11 imiddle things up for me again, and I'll be lost#

I won't, Freddy»
Just to-night»

No, Bes#

Bester
I won't» I promise I won't. But you imist stay to-night«

Freddy (Unhappily)

Bester
Just to-night, Fredcty« Only one night.

No» Sorry, Bes»

Fredcty

Bester
Don't be so cruel, Freddy. How can you be so cruel?

Bes - this is our last chance«
to each other, you and !•

Freddy

If we miss it, we're done for» We're death

Bester

That isn't true.

Fredc^
It is true, darling, and you've known it longer than I have. I'm such a damn
fool and that 's been the trouble, or I should have done this long ago» That 's
it, you know. It's written in great bloody letters of fire over our heads -
"You and I are death to each other."

(bester is unrestrainedly weeping. PREDDY comes over to her and picks

up his shoes)

"^W;

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Bester

I havenH finished them.

Eredc^
They're all right«

(He begins to put them on)
I*m sorry, Hes# Oh God, I*m sorry. Please don*t cry.
does to me»

You don*t know what it

Bester

Not now« Not this minute, Not tliis ininute, Freddy?

(EEIEDDT finishes putting on his shoes, and then turns away from her,
brushing his sleeve across his eyes. Going to him)

YouWe got all yoxir things here. YouWe got to pack -

1*11 send for them*

Fredcly

Bester
You promised to come back for dinner«

Freddy
I know« I*m sorry about that«

(He kisses her quickly and goes to the door)

Bester (Frantically)
But you can't break a promise like that, Fredc^« You can't* Come back just
for our dinner, Preddy« I won't argue, I swear, and then if you want to go
away afterwar ds -

(FEIEDDY goes out* BESTER runs to the door after him)
Don't go* Freddy, come back* Don't leave me alone to-night. Not to-night*
Freddy, donH leave me alone to-night»

(She has followed him out as) .

THE CURTAIN FALIS

END OF ACT II

ACT III

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SCENE: The same# It is about eleven at night*

HESTER is sitting in an armchair, staring towards the window R, She
remains in this attitude for several moments and then suddenly the
telephone bell rings, she juirps to her feet and runs over to the table«

Bester
Hallol 0hl No he^s not in, I'm afraid ••• Tes, it is» Who is that? ••• Oh,
yesl Good eveningl ••• I don't know exactly when he '11 be back ••• What's the
time now? ••• Eleven? Is it as late as that? ••• Oh, nol I wasn't asleep -
just reading« ••• Yes, I expect him in quite soon ••• It's about golf? ••♦
Yes, I'll get him to ring you« He knows your number, doesnH he? ••• Quite
all right« Goodnight«

(There is a ring at the door» HESTER goes to open it. MRS. ELTON is

outside)
Tes, Mrs* Elton?

Mrs« Elton
Hullo, dear. Just thought I'd pop up and see how you were»

(Looking round)
Vt. Page not in?

Bester

No«

Ifrs* Elton
DonH you w^nt the fire on? It's turned quite cold all of a sudden<

Bester

No, tharik you.

Mrs. Elton
Fancy not drawing the curtains«

(She does so. ANN WELCH puts a tentative head round the door)

Ann

Oh« Excuse me«

Bester

Good evening«

Ann
Good evening, Mrs« Page. I just wondered if Philip was here, by any Chance -

Bester
Philip? Oh, yo\ir husband. No. Why should he be?

Ann
I thought perhaps Mr« Page was back and -

Is he with him?

Bester (Excitedly)

Ann

Tes, I think so«

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Bester

Where?

Ann
Well, I don^t know. I didn't want to go with them because I had some work to
do» Still, they've been gone nearly two hours now and -

How did you meet him?

Bester (To Ann)

Ann
We were having our dinner at the Belvedere - and Mr* Page was in the bar and
then he came up and sat at our table«

Bester

I see.

Ann
Of course we hardly know him at all, you know, but he was very nice and
firiendly and said he wanted Company, and he gave us a brandy each, and then,
after that, he asked Philip to go on with him to this club for a few moments«

Bester

Which new club?

Ann

I^m afiraid I can*t remeinber the name#

Bester

Bow was he?

Ann

Well, do you mean was he ... ?

Drunk, yesl

Bester

Ann

I wouldn't actually say drunk» Of course that was two hours ago. Philip
doesn't drink at all, of course, so that's all right. The only thing is«.#
I know it^s awfully silly of me... but I'm not very good at being left alone«

Bester (With a faint smile)
No, of course not, Mrs» Welch. I understand» Well, you mustn^t worry. I
expect your husband will be back very soon»

Ann
Oh yes« I expect so. If he comes in here, send him straight up, won^t you?

Bester

I will» Grood night •
(ANN turns to go)

Ann
Good night«

(Ann closes the door as she goes)

Bester (Calling)
Mrs* Elton? Mrs. Elton, do you remember the name of the new clob?

3-3

Mrs. Elton

No, dear. I don't^ I*m afraid»

He st er (Suddenly)
I remember a card came?

(She searches little pile of cards on mantlepiece)
The Crow's Nest.

Mrs. Elton
That's right» I knew it was something like that.

(She watches HESTER syrrpathetically as she finds the nuiriber and begins
to dial)

Hester
Hullo? ••• Oh, is Mr« Page there? ••• Page... Yes, that 's right...Yes? Oh«
How long ago? ••• Half an hour« I see« Do you loiow where he went? No«
That 's all right... If he comes back will you teil hin his wife called -

(Frantically)
no - waiter - don't teil him ai^hing - anything at all.». Yes, that 's right,
Goodnight«

(She rings off. MS. ELTON shakes h^ head)

Mrso Elton
I can't under stand how he could go and do a thing like that - leaving you
alone to-night after what happened -

Hester (Abruptly)
Mrs. Elton - haven't you got some work to do?

Yes, dear« Plenty»

(She goes to the door)

Mrs, Elton (Quietly)

Hester
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be unkind«

Mrs. Elton
Oh, you don't need to teil me. You couldnH mean to be unkind. You're not
that sort. I'll let you into a little secret. You're my favourite tenant.

Hester

Am I?

Mrs. Elton (Nodding)
Sad, isn't it, how one always seems to prefer nice people to good people,
don't you think?

(She has opened the door. MILLER, wearing an overcoat is outside.

He is carrying a rather large leather bag;
Oh, good evening, Mr» Miller* You're back from your w^rk early?

(

Miller

Yes.

(To Hester)
How are you to-night, Mrs

Page?

Hester
Quite well, thank you. Do you usually work as late as this?

(

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Miller

Sometimes«

Bester
What have you got in that formidable looking bag?

miler

It is nothingt Nothing at all«
(He goes up the statrs)

1-Irse Elton
Oh, Mr. Miller, I don't like to ask you but I wonder if youM just have a lock
at Mr» Elton to-night# He 's bad again«

1^11 come down in five minutes

Kiiller (Off)

Mrs. Elton
Thank you ever so imich* I^m very grateful,
about the bag, dear. He hates to tell#

You shouldn't have asked him that

Hester (Abstractedly)
I^m sorry. I wasn^t really curious. Just talking for the sake of talking#
(She is staring at the telephone)

Mrs« Elton
If I were you, dear, I wouldnH use that thing again to-night«

Hester

Perhaps you're right.
(She sits down)

I^s. Elton
Why not go to bed? 1^11 bring you a nice warm drink -

(HESTER shakes her head)
Or I'll get Dr. Miller to give you one of his sleeping pills

Hester
He is a doctor, of course, isn't he?

Mrs* Elton

Well. He was.

Hester
I see. I knew he'd been in trouble.

Mrs 3 Elton

How, dear?

Fellow-feeling, I suppose*

Hester

i4rs. Elton
Tes, he was in trouble once. Bad trouble.

(HESTER nods)
Don't say I told you, will you? Poor Mr. Flierl
ashamed of people knowing •

I'm sorry for him* So

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Bester

Did he teil you about it?

Mrs# Elton
No, dear« Just after he'd come here there was a letter for him addressed to
"Kurt liiller, M*D#" - and then of course I remeniber the case, because there 'd
been quite a lot in the papers about it. Of course I didn't let on to him I
knew, but he guessed I did all right, because one day when I was saying how
tidy he always kept his room, "Well," he said, "I^s* Elton, I suppose tidi-
ness is the only lesson I ever did learn in jail." Just like that. That was
the only time he ever mentioned it, but it was quite soon after that he volun-
teered to look after Mr* Elton* I think it*s a wicked shame the way they've
treated him. Imagine a man like that being a bookmaker's clerk. There 's
waste for j'^ou, if you like»

He st er

Why did he take the job?

Ifrs. Elton

Because beggars canH be choosers, dear, and if a patient of his that was a

bookie takes pity on him - well, he's got to eat, hasn't he? Anyway I can

teil you what's in that bag if you really want to know. He goes and works

every night in a hospital for infantile paralysis - unpaid, of course. That
was his speciality before - apparently he was vjorking on some sort of treat-
ment -

He st er
Won't he ever get back on the Medical Register?

I^s. Elton
Oh no. Not a hope, I should say, dear. You know what they^re like, and what
he did, wasn't - well - the sort of thing people forgive very easily.
Ordinary normal people, I mean«

Bester

You've forgiven it, Mrs. Elton*

Mrs» Elton
Oh well, I see far too much of life in this place to get upset by that sort
of thing. It takes all sorts to make a World, after all - doesn't it?
There was a couple once in number eleven -

(She stops suddenly)
I can hear him on the stairs.

(She opens the door. MILLER is descending the stairs)
I'll go down and get Ifr. Elton reacfy, shall I?

miler

Yes.

Mrs. Elton
I wonder if you*d be kind enough to give Mrs. Page one of your sleeping pills.

Miller

I*d thought of that myself .

Mrs. Elton
Good.

(To Bester)
Well, goodnight, dear. If you want anything just give me a ring,
with Mr# Elton most of the night anyway.

I'll be up

3-6

Bester
Good-night, Mrs# Elton#

(SHE goes. MILLER comes into the room, takes a bottle fr om his pocket,
and shakes out two pills which he hands to Hefter)

Bester

Thank you, Doctor«

Miller
I've asked you before not to call me that*

Bester

I keep forgetting* I'm sorry«

Are you going to bed now?

In a moment»

Miller

Bester

Miller (Torning to go)
Don^t let that moment be too long.

Bester
Everyone is very solicitous of me this evening.

Miller
Are you surprised? Voices carry on the stairs of this house.

Bester
Freddy's and mine?
(IGLLBR nods)
Everyone heard us, I suppose. All the respectable tenants nudging each other
and saying there's that woman^s drunken bqy friend Walking out on her.
Serve her right«

Miller
I didn't say that. But then, of course, I may not be a respectable tenant.

What should I do?

Bester (Sinply)

Miller
What makes you think I can teil you?

(

Bow near did
(Pause)

Mrs, Elton, eh?

Bester
ou come to the gas fire, once?

Miller (Violently)

Bester

You inustnH be angry with her. She's your friend«
mind nj^ knowing. Am I such a respectable tenant?

Besides why should you

You ask rry advice.
on living.

Miller (Abruptly)
Take those pills and sleep tonight, in the morning

- go

3-6

Bester
Good-night, Mrs* Elton»

(SHE goes. MILLER comes into the room, takes a bottle fl*om his pocket,
and shakes out two pills which he hands to Bester)

Bester

Thank you, Doctor»

Miller
I*ve asked you before not to call me that»

Bester

I keep forgetting* I'm sorry<

Are you going to bed now?

In a moment»

Aller

Bester

Miller (Tixrning to go)
Don^t let that moment be too long*

Bester
Everyone is very solicitous of me this evening«

Miller
Are you surprised? Voices carry on the stairs of this house«

Bester
Eredc3y*s and mine?
(MILLER nods)
Everyone heard us, I suppose« All the respectable tenants nudging each other
and saying there's that woman^s drunken boy friend Walking out on her#
Serve her right«

Miller
I didn't say that. But then, of course, I may not be a respectable tenant«

Vfhat should I do?

Bester (Siirply)

Miller
What makes you think I can teil you?

(

Bow near did
(Pause)

Mrs. Elton, eh?

Bester
ou come to the gas fire, once?

miler (Violently)

Bester
You imistn^t be angry with her# She^s your fi-iend.
mind nj^ knowing« Am I such a respectable tenant?

Besides why should you

You ask iry advice,
on living«

Miller (Abruptly)
Take those pills and sleep tonight, in the morning

- go

I I

(There is a ring at the door.
dressed in a dinier jacket)

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HESTER opens it# COLLYER is outside.

Bester

Bill -

Collyer
I don't apologise» I<ve got to see you -

(He comes in, glancing at Miller as he does so.

HE nods to him)

Mller (To Bester)
Yes. That is the most specific advise I can give you, I'm afraid« Goodnight^
(He goes out# COLLYER silently hands her an opened letter x^hich he has
been holding in his hand. BESTER draws in her breath sharply as she sees
the handwriting. She reads it through quickly)

Bester

When did it come?

Collyer
I don^t know. It was found about twenty minutes ago# I gather he dropped it
in the box without ringing the bell» It is true, I suppose?

Yes. It*s true.

(She hands the letter back)

Bester (Wearily)

When?

Collyer

Bester
This afternoon. Just after you^d left.

Vlhat was the reason?

Collyer

(

Bester
What happened last night ♦ That^s why he was drunk this afternoon» Be said
we were death to each other -

In vino veritas.

Collyer

Bester
Be wasn't so drunk when he said that.

Collyer
Then he has more perception than I gave him credit for. What^s he going to do5

Bester
Be^s taken a job as a test pilot in South America.

Collyer
I see.

(Glancing at the letter)
I rather like the phrase: "Sorry to have caused so much bother." It has a
nice ring of R^A.F. Understatement -

(Be tears it up and throws it into the wastepaper basket)
I^m awfully sorry for you. Bester.

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Bester (Her back to him)
That^s all rights It was bound to happen one day, I suppose«

Collyer
I have a faint inkling of how you imst be feeling at this moment.

Oh, I'll get over it I imagine
been?

Bester (Hard and bright)
You're looking very smart

Where have you

Collyer
At home« I had some people in to dinner»

Bester

Oh, who?

Collyer
Olive, the Ridgefields, an American Judge and his wife

Bester

Was Olive in good form?

Collyer
Fairly» She said one very fixnny thing»

Bester

What was it?

(

Collyer
Damn^ IWe forgotten. No, no, nol I remember» New I come to think of it,
it*s not all that funny« It must have been the way she said it# She told
the American judge he had a face like an angry cupid -

Bester
An angry cupid? I can just hear her -

(She Starts to laugh,- and then continues longer than the joke appears

to Warrant)
An angry cupidJ

(The laugh suddenly turns into sobs, desperately but iinsuccessfully try-

ing to control her emotion^ COLLYER sits beside her)

Collyer
Bester, please« If only I could say something that would help.

(bester is succeeding now in recovering herseif)
I know it's small comfort to you at this moment, but this must be for the
best# You yourself spoke of an evil affinity, didn't you?

(BESTER, wiping her eyes, does not reply. COLLYER looks round the room)

Bester
I'm awfully sorry, Bill. I couldn't help it -

Collyer
yöu must get out of this flat as soon as possible. In fact I don't think you
should be left alone in it at all.

Bester

I»ll be all right.

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Collyer
I*m not so sure. I think you'd better leave here to-night.

Bester

To-night?

Collyer
You were alone here last night ^ weieiiH you?

Hester

Where could I go?

Colxyer

Well - I could make a very tentative Suggestion
that Page makes in that letter^

- in fact it*s the Suggestion

Bester

No, Billt That 's iirpossible

Collyer
Why? Have you f orgotten what I told you this afternoon?

Bester (Ber voice rising)
Stop it, Bill - please«

(he is silenced by the note of strain in her voice« SHE gets up, a

little unsteadily and goes to a cupboard)
I expect you'd like a drink, wouldn't you?

k good idea<

Collyer

Bester
Oh deari I'd f orgotten that Preddy had finished the whislgr

It doesn't matter.

Collyer

Bester
Wait a moment« Bereis something«

(She brings out a bottle of wine)
Ciaret, I'm afraid I uncorked it last night. It's i£rom the local grocer#
don't know what your fastidious palate will make of it.

Collyer
I*m sure it's delicious.

(He opens the bottle. SKE g5:ves hin two glasses.
Well? What shall the toast be?

BE fills them)

Bester

(

The fature, I suppose«

May I say our ftiture?

No, Bill. Just the futuren

(THET drink in silence)
Is it all right?

Collyer

Bester (Gravely)

• %

(

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Very good«

(After another pause)
And what's the future to be?

CoUyer

Bester

I haven't thought yet

Don*t you thlnk you should?

Collyer

Bester
1*11 stay on here \intil I can find somewhere eise* I'll try and take a
studio, if I can - then I'll be able to work harder» If I can't seil my
paintings, I'll get a job -

What sort of job?

Collyer

Bester
There imist be something I can do#

Collyer (Quietly)
And you contemplate living alone for the rest of your life?

Bester
I don't conten^ilate anything, Bill. I'ra not exactly in a conteiqplative moodi

Collyer
When you are, I'd like you to contenplate a very different fature -

Bill, please, I've asked you -

Bester (Angrily)

Collyer (Equally angrily)
Bester, for God's sake, don't you realise what I'm offering you?

Bester
And don't you reäLise how difficult for me it is to refuse?

Then why do you refase?

Collyer

Bester
Because I must. I can't go back to you as your wife, Bill, because I no
longer am your wife* We can't wipe out this last year as if it had never hap-
pened* Don't you understand that?

Collyer
I only understand that I'm even more in love with you now than I was on our
wedding day*

Bester (Quietly)
You weren't in love with me on our wedding day, Bill,
me now, and you never have been.

You aren't in love with

Bester l

Collyer

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Bester
I'm simply a prized possession that has now got more prized for having been
Stolen, that 's all«

What are you saying?

Col3yer (Hurt)

Bester (üpset)
Bill, you force me to say these things« Do you think I enjoy hurting you, ot
all people? I think you'd better go now, and we can talk soiae other time,
when we both feel caliier.

(

Collyer
We inust talk now. You say I wasn^t in love with you when I inarried you?

Bester

I know you weren't.

Collyer
Then wly do you suppose I inarried you? What eise did you have to offer me?

Bester (Interrupt ing)
I know, Bill, I know. You donH need to reinind me of what a bad match I was.
I was always only too conscious of it. Oh, I*m not denying you married rae
for love.

(Continuing)
For your idea of love. And so did I, for iry idea. The trouble is they
weren't the same ideas* You see, Bill, I had more to give you • far more -
than you ever wanted from me.

Collyer
Bow can you say that? You know I wanted your love.

Bester
No, Bill. You wanted me siirply to be a loving wife. There's all the differ-
ence in the world«

Collyer
Do you think I believed that story just now about a studio, or a job? Do you
think I don't know exactly how you visualise your future?

(bester remains silent)
You '11 never give him up. Bester. You can't. If you send me away now, you're
lost.

(bester still remains silent. In a quieter voice)
Bester, ny darling, you can say what you like about my feelings for you but
I'm offering you your only Chance of life. \Ihy can't you accept? It worked
quite happily - once.

Bester

Yes, it did.

Collyer
Well, then -.

(Be kisses her, but there is no response)

Bester
You see, Bill, I'm not ary longer the same person. You'd better go. I'll be
all rights

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(Pause. COLLYER turns slowly and collects his hat)

Collyer
You*ll still want your divorce then?

Bester
Yes, Bill, I think it would be best*

Collyer
There'll be a lot to discuss now - business things»

He st er

Yes. I suppose there will»

Collyer
At the moment, are you really all right for money?

Hester
Yes, Bill, thank you - perfectly all right.

Goodbye, then.

Collyer

Hester
Goodbye.

(he looks at her for quite a time, as if turning several things over in
his mind that he would like to say» Then he turns his back abruptly
and goes out. HESTER makes the slightest gesture - unseen by him - as if
to restrain him, then Stands staring at the closed door. She goes across
to the Window and through the drawn curtains watches him go out. A key
is gently pushed into the lock and turned, and PHILIP WELCH opens the
door. He looks nervously round the apparently empty room, and comes
furtively in. HESTER appears and sees him at once. She stops dead)

Oh.

Philip

Hester

How did you get in?

Philip
It^s Page... you see, he lent me a key... He wanted me to pick up his suit-
case. He 's got all his washing things in it, apparently, and says he needs
them for to-night.

Hester

Where^s he going to-night?

I don't know.

Philip (üncomfortably)

Hester

Where is he now?

Philip
Er - I don't know what the place is called-

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Bester

Where is it?

Somewhere in the West End»

Philip

Qreek Street?

I donH know#

Bester

Philip (Stubbornly)

yv cÄA^

-M.

Bester
I See. Bow long have you been with him?

Since nine.

Philip

(

Bester
And he can do a lot of talking in three hours - especially when he's drunk#

Philip
Be's not drixnk. At least what he says malces sense»

Bester

Does it?

cÄ^a

Philip (In slightly avuncular tones)
Lady Collyer - may I s^ something?

(Continaing)
Page has been very frank with me, very frank indeed ••• although I didn't
invite his confidence... I know the whole Situation, and I do under stand what
you raust be feeling at this raoment -

Do you, Mr. Welch?

Bester (Slightly aimised)

Philip
I've been in love too, you know« In fact about a year ago I nearly had a
bust-up in 2^ marriage - over a sort of infatuation I had for a girl - quite
the wrong sort of type, really, and it would have been disastrous - but I do
know what it means to have to give someone up whom you - think you love. Look
- do you think this is awfully impertinent of me? ^ ^\jv-^

Bester
Not at all»

(Bester, with a faint smile, shakes her head)

Philip (Emboldened)
Well, I do think you ought to - sort of - try and steel yourself to what I'm ^^^^
quite sure is the best course for both of you. Gosh, I know how hard it is, '^aj^^
but I do remember, with this girl - she was an actress you know, although she ^
wasn^t well-known or anything - I just sat down all alone one day and said to
ircrself - look, on the physical side, she*s everything in the World you want#
On the other side - what is she? Nothing. So what I did was to write her a
letter - and then I went away for a fortnight all by niyself - and of coorse I
had hell, but gradually things got sort of clearer in rry mind, and when I got
back I was out of the wood.

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Bester
I'm so glad« Where was it you went?

Lyme Regis

A very pretty spot« I know it«

Philip

Bester

fb A ^.^

tA»^

Philip

Of course I think for you some place like Italy or the South of France would
be better •

Bester

Why better than Lyme Regis?

Philip
Well, ccÄTplete change of atmosphere, you know - nice weather, nobody you know.
and lots of time to think things out« And I know if you do think things out fc
honestly, you '11 see how awfully petty the whole thing really is - when you^^
get it in perspective« I mean, without trying to be preachy or arything, it
is really the spiritual values that count in this life, isn't it? I mean the
physical side is really awfully unimportant - objectively speaking, don't you
think?

Bester (Gravely)
ObjectiveHy speaking« Well, it's very kind of you, Mr. Welch, to give me
this adviceo I'm very gratefal»

Philip
Oh, that 's all right« I'm glad you didn't fly at me for it. You see Page has
been telling me about it all, and I was really awfully interested, because a
thing like this it's - well - it throws a sort of light on human nature,
really.

Bester

Yes. I suppose it does.

Philip
Well, may I have the bag now, please?

Bester
It's through that door»

(BE gets it)
Where ^did: freAäy teil you to take that bag?
back to the VJhite Angel?

To a Station or somewhere, or

Back to the White Anpel -

(Pause. Lamely
Back to where he is.

PhUip

Bester (Quj.etly)
Would you rnnd putting the bag dovjn there and going now.

Philip
I'm afraid I can't do that. I promised him I'd bring it to him, you see»
Well, goodbye.

(Be turns towards the door. BESTER is there before him and quickly turns

/bAPcv-^ h^

y\^

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a k^ in the lock» She removes the key and puts it in her pocket, as
she goes towards the telephone, where she turns up a telephone book)

Bester
I'm sorry for that melodramatic gesture, but Vve got to detain you for a
moment or two, I*iu afraid« I won't keep you long, There's the remains of a
bottle of claret there, if you'd like it^

Philip
No, thank you«

(He takes out his Yale key)

Bester
I*m afraid that key's no use - they're separate locks.

Look^ I really do think -

Philip (Stiffly)

Bester
Sit döwn, Mr. Welch. You^ve a splendid chance now of resuming your study of
human nature.

(She is dialing a number. PHILIP Stands watching her)
Hallo. •• I want to speak to I4:. Page...

(liouder)
Page... Oh he is?... Mrs. Jackson... No, Jackson... Yes.

(To Philip) ^/^^ oy^-^^

There* s an awful lot of noise in there/^Hullo? ... Darling, it's Bester -
don't ring off. No scene, I promise... I promise, I promise. I just wanted
to know about the Job...

(Louder)
The Job««. Did you see the man? ... Oh good... Oh good... Well done. I see.
Bow soon? ... As soon as that? ... Oh, Freddy..* No, I'm sorry. It was just
hearing you say it like that - ...

(Louder)
It was just hearing you say it.«. Look darling, your messenger is here for
your bag - only it hasn't got half of what you want for three days. l'Jhere are
you going to until you leave? ... No, that 's all right. Don*t teil me, if
you don't want to. I only meant country or town?... Now, let's think. You've
got your flannels in the bag, so you* 11 just vjant your tweed coat... All right
What did you want done with the rest of your things? • . . Oh, when did you post
it?... I'll get it to-morrow then... The cloakroom at Charing Gross... I see...
Yes. I'll do that... Look, Preddy, there' s one last thing I wanted you to do
for me... I said there was one last thing I wanted you to do. Come and col-
lect your bag yourself... Just to say goodbye, that's all. No. I won't, I
won't. I promise I won't. I swear to you, on rny most sacred word of honour,
I won't try and make you stay. I won't even talk, if joa don't want me to«
You can just take your bag and go... I v/ant to see you again, that 's all...
Freddy, trust me, trust me, for pity's sake... Freddy, don't ring off - don't *
(She looks blankly at the receiver, and then replaces it. She stares at
it a moment, evidently wondering whether to dial again, and then decidas
it would be useless. She goes slowHy to the door, puts the key in the
lock and unlocks it, indj.cating to Philip with a gesture that he is free
to go)

Philip (Hesitating)
Didn't you say something about a tweed coatj

Bester
Did I? Oh yes. It^s hanging up on that door»

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(he gets it from the bedroom)

Well - goodnight

Philip

Bester
Groodnight, Mr. Welch« Oh, by the way, yoiir wife is rather worried about yoa»
Perhaps you'd better slip up and see her befor^ you go out again.

Philip
Yes. I will. yQ

(Earnestly) ^TT^^ rb ^^^^^^

Tou're all right alone, aren't you? I mean, you're not going to de anything
silly to-night - You imist have learnt your lesson from last night.

Hester

Yes. I've learnt ny lesson«

I'm awfully sorry - really I ain.

Thank you

Philip

Bester

Philip
I think he ought to have come to fetch his things himself .

Hester

So do I.

[

Philip
Although of course I understood him not wanting to come round when he thought
you might try and stop him, but - still - after you gave him your sacred^
solemn word of honour just now -

(hester has not previously been looking at Philip« She now turns slowüy

to face him)

Hester
It might add a little to your appreciation of spiritual values, Mr. VJelch, if
I told you that I hadn^t the smallest Intention of keeping ncr sacred solemn
Word of honour. If Fred(^ had come here to-night, I would have made him stay.
Of course he knew that perfectly well, and that 's why he wouldn't come.

(PHILIP, shocked, stares at her in silence. HESTER looks up at him)
You've got exactly the same expression on your face that xtiy father would have
had if I'd said that to him. He believed in spiritual values, too, you know •
and the pettiness of the physical side - Take the bag to Fredäy now. Have you
got enough money f or a taxi?

Yes, thank you.

Philip

(At the door)

Can I - should I give Page any sort of message from you or anjrbhing?
(Pause)

Hester (Quietly)
Just iry love.

(PHILIP goes. HESTER goes to window, shuts it, locks it and pulls cur-
tains» Then searches her handbag, on the sofa, for a Shilling. There
isn't one. She gets l/- firom the telephone table where FEIEDDY had thrown

3-17

it in Act II. SHE puts it in the gas nieter and hears it drop« Now she
locks the door and puts the rüg on the floor to stop the air getting In.
Next she takes one of the claret glasses into kitchen and comes back
with it füll of water« She picks up the aspirin bettle on the table« It
is empty« She takes the two tablets that ^fiLller gave her earlier in the
Act out of her pocket« She is about to take them when there is a knock
on the door, followed by the rattling of the door handle)

Who is it?

Bester (Iwpatiently)

miler (Off)

Miller*

Bester
I'm just going to bed« What do you want?

I want to See you#

Miller (Off)

Won't it keep to the morning?

No«

Bester

miler (Off)

(bester, inpatiently goes to the door, pulls the rüg up and throws it
on to the sofa where it falls to the floor. She unlocks the door and
lets MILLER in« Indicating key)
Determined not to be disturbed?

Bester

I usually lock iry door at nigjit

MLller

It's lucky you didn't last night«

Bester (Indicating the glass of water)
I was just going to take your pills«

Miller

So I see«

(

Bester

Do you think they're streng enough, Doctor? Could you let me have another

two or three in case they don't work?

(MILLER, without replying, picks up the rüg from the floor and puts it
on the sofa« Then, watched by BESTER, BE strolls to the gas fire and
with a casual flick of his foot, kicks on the tap« Be kicks it off)

I Said could you let me have •

Miller

I heard you« The answer is no«

Bester

Why not?

Miller
Vve been involved enough with the polica
giving drugs to a suicidal patient»

I don't want to be accused now of

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(He holds out his haiid)

He st er
Arendt you letting your imagination run away with you, Doctor?

Miller
No. I want those pills back, please»

Hester

Wqt?

miler
If you put a rüg down in front of a door, it^s wiser to do it when the lights
are out»

Hester (Angrily)
Why are you spylng on me? Wliy can't you leave me alone?

Miller
I*m not trying to decide for you whether you live or die» That choice is
yours - and you have quite enough courage to iTiake it for yourself •

Courage'

Hester (Bitter3y)

Miller
Oh, yesl Courage! It takes courage to condemn yourself to death*

Hester

That 's not tmxel

miler
Most suicides die to escape. You're dying because you feel unworthy to live#
Isn't that true?

How do I know what's true?
to face life sjny more.

Hester (Wildly)
I only know that after to-night I won't be able

Miller
What is there so hard about facing life* Most people seem to be able to man-
age it«

Hester
How can anyone live without hope?

Miller
Easily« To live without hope can mean to live without despair«

Hester

Those are only words»

ItLller
Words can help if your mind can only grasp them. Your Eredc^ has left you
He 's never going to come back again - never in the World - never«

Hester
I know» I know« That's what I can-t face«

(She falls on her knees onto doimstage end of sofa)

Yes you can«
b^ond hope«

3-19

Miller
That Word "never". Face that and you can face life« Get
It's your only chance.

Bester

What is there beyond hope?

miler
Life« You inust believe that« It's tmie. I loiow»

Bester
You can still find sorae purpose in living*

What purpose?

Kdller

Bester
lou have that work of yours at the hospital -

Miller
For me the only purpose in life is to live it» l^r work at the hospital is a
help for me in that. That is all ••• If you looked perhaps you riiight also
find some help for your seif.

Bester
What help?

(he makes a gestiire towards the paintings)

Miller

Haven't you your work, too?

Bester
Oh, thatl There 's no escape for me through that.

Miller
Not through that • or that.

(With a Wide gesture he indicates the later paintings)
But perhaps through that.

(He Points to the early painting)
I'm not an art expert, but I believe there was talent here. Just a spark,
that 's all, vftiich viith a little feeding, might have become a little flame»
Not a great fire, which could have illumined the world • oh no - I'm not say-
ing that. But the world is a dark enough place for even a little flicker to
be welcome. I'd like to bijy that.

(HESTER goes across to the picture and takes it down. She hands it to

him)
How rauch?

Bester
It^s a gift*

(be has pulled out his wallet and removes two fcl notes.
not es on the table)

MILLER puts the

Miller
Look, I'm going to put these notes down here. It's what I can afford to give
you - not what I think the picture 's worth. If you're determined not to seil
it, slip the note into an envelope and address it to me. I shall under stand,
and be sorry. Goodnight.

Goodnight, Doctor^

Not doctor, please«

Goodnight, ny friend.

3-20

Bester

Miller

Hester

Miller
I could wish that you meant that« It might be that ny need for firiends was
as great as youxs*

Hester
What makes you so sure that I don't mean it?

Miller
I hope that I may be given a proof that you do by to-morrow morning# Surely
I would have a right to feel sad if I were to lose a new-found friend - es-
pecially one whom I so mach like and respect#

Hester

Respect?

Tes, respect

Miller

Hester
Please don^t be too kind»

(he approaches her quickly and takes her Shoulders)

miler
Listen to me. To see yourself as the world sees you may be very brave, but
it can also be very foolish* Why should you accept the World' s view of you
as a weak-willed neurot ic better dead than alive? What right have they to
judge? To judge you they must have the capacity to feel as you feel« And
who has? One in a thousand? You alone Imow how you have feit. And you alone
know how unequal the battle has always been that your will has had to fight.

Hester
"I tried to be good, and failed." Isn't that the excuse that all criminals
make?

Miller
When th^ make it justly, it's a just excuse,

Hester
Does it let them escape their sentence?

Miller
Tes, if the judge is fair - and not blind with hatred for the criminal - as
you are for yourself.

Hester
If you could find me one extenuating circurastance - one Single reason why I
should respect rryself - even a little,

(The door opens and FREDDI appears on the threshold)

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Treddy

Hallo.

He st er

Hallo.

Miller (To Hester)
That reason 70U imist find for yourself •
(He goes)

Did I interrapt something?

No# Not really«

Fi'eddy

Hester

Freddy
He seems quite a good blöke, old Miller»

Hester
Yes# He does* Did 70U come for your bag?

Fredcbr

Yes*

Hester

That boy took it with him.

Freddy

Oh. Well, he «11 leave it at the Angel. I'll get it all right.

Hester
Come in, Freddy. DonH stand in the door.

(HIEDDY shuffles in)
How are you feeling now?

Fredcbr

All right.

Thank yoa for Coming.

Hester

Freddy
That^s O.K. I shouldn^t have sent the kid aicrvay, I suppose

Hester

Had any f ood?

Freddy
Yes. I had a bite at the Belvedere« What about you?

Hester

Oh, I'll get rryself something later.

(There is a pause, while PREDDY still watches her apprehensively;

Vfhen exactly atre you off to Rio?

Freddy

Thorsday» I told you-,

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Bester

Oh yes, of course# By boat?

Oh no. Flying«

Fredcly

Bester
Oh yes, of course, Bjr the Azores, isnH it?

Ereddy
No» London, VIest Africa • then across to Natal»

Bester

Sounds exciting#

Freddy
Oh, I donH know. Ohj by the wsgr -

(Continuing)
About the rent - ohose clubs^ll fetch £30 or li;0 quid,
old Ma Elton and the few odd bills*

They'll take care of

Bester

Won't you need them?

No. I can't f3y them*

Freddy

Bester
1^11 pack the rest of your things tonight and get them round to Charing Gross
in the morning.

There's no hurry.

(Another pause)
VJhat are you going to do, Bes?

Ereddy

Bester
I'm not quite sure yet, Predc^. 1*11 probably stay on here for a bit.

Ereddy
I dropped a note in at Billys house« Be'll probabüy be round.

Be*s been round*

Oh. Are you -?

No.

I^m sorry<

Bester

Eredcbr

Bester

Freddy

Bester
It's all right. It wouldnH have worked.

Ereddy
No, I suppose not. I didnH know. You '11 go on Kith your painting, will you?

Bester
Tes» I think so. As a matter of fact I might even go to an Art School, and
Start from the beginning again.

3-23

Preddty
Good idea. It*s never too late to begin again. Isn't that what they say?

Bester
Yes* They do.^

(There is a long pause. FREDDY seems to be waiting for HESTER to say
something, but she Stands quite still^ looking at him)

Well -

Eredc^ (At length)

Well, goodbye, Freddy,

Bester (lii a clear calm voicp) \ \

Fredc^'

.« \

Goodbye, Hes» ^^ ,^, ' ^^' ^

(He moves to the door* BESTER still does not möve. FREDDY turns, wait«
ing for her to say something« SBE does not. BE suddenly walks up to
her) ^ • '

Thank you for everything.

Bester

Thank yoUj too.

^ Fi-edc3y
I^m going to miss you. Bes. *^ P

(He kisses her. SBE accepts the embrace without in ary way returning it.
After a moment, FREDDY releases her, goes quickly to the door and tums
round)

Bester
Goodby e •

(HE goes out, closing the door. BESTER Stands quite still for a second.
Hester looks round the room. Then she goes to the coat hooks and takes
down Preddjr^s clothes. She brings them and piles them on the sofa. She
reaches dowi a suitcase off a shelf. Then lights the gas-fire. After
lingering at the fire for a moment, she returns to F^eddy's clothes and
continues to pack)

TBE END

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a comedy by

James Merrill

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JUDGMENT AT MUREMBERG

ABBY MANN

598 Madison Avenue, New York 22, N, Y.

THE STANLEY KRAMER CORPORATION
3900 Lankershim Blvd.
Universal City, Callf.
TRlangle 7-1211

Revlsed Final
January 9, 196I

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