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York or London - under the Detached”) and a
passion for live theater
Pinks’ Weekly direction of either John Gielgud Morna Murphy Martell that has never left me.
or Laurence Olivier. They tossed
Television Show a coin and O’Toole won London So, of course, I went to
and Olivier, while Burton got see Richard Burton in “Hamlet” and bought
Broadway and Gielgud. Burton a seat in the orchestra right in the center of
himself approached producer the tenth row. I had never seen
Alexander H. Cohen about the Burton perform onstage and I’ll
project that we all now know never forget how sublime I
was a smash hit. found the first half of his
Gielgud, the renowned Hamlet. The following is my
Shakespearean actor, conceived explanation of why I dared not
of this production as a final go back in after intermission.
rehearsal, with the actors
appearing in street clothes. This I see a lot of shows and have
pleased Burton who a tendency, when I’m in
said he always disliked the theatre, to get quite
WE INVITE YOU TO wearing period emotional and a tickle
ENJOY costumes. Following starts in my throat that
can grow into a cough. I
in the tradition that
PINK LADY Shakespeare himself usually have a bottle of
water and some cough
portrayed the Ghost
PRESENTS We mindfully publish a (Hamlet’s dead father), drops in my purse to
unique newspaper for
quell this before it can
Gielgud depicted him
smart & savvy as a shadow against erupt. However,
adults with the
Every Sunday Evening forethought to enhance the back of the stage unfortunately, on this
occasion I had neither.
our lifestyle through
KSCI TV Channel 18 information, education & wall, and voiced the Therefore, when the
character himself on
inspiration. tape. Eileen Herlie great Burton began to
5 PM PO Box 722, repeated her role from recite the most famous
Brea, CA 92822 Olivier’s 1948 film as Shakespeare aria of all
(In Orange County - Channel 118) Queen Gertrude; Hume Cronyn got a – “To be or not to be, that is the question...”
Tony Award as Polonius, and Alfred a great surge of joy and ecstasy overcame
For more information Drake was King Claudius. me and I began to cough.
PinkLady7@earthlink.net or Pink Lady Surname Snippet This became the longest run ever
(818) 606-6679 on Broadway for “Hamlet” with 137 Not a quiet
Most Common Surname in the world is performances and a number of Tony little tickling
Continued from page 16 WANG. Wang is a Chinese name that Awards. However, the shows cough – oh, no
Stop Senior Scams means ‘king’ in Mandarin. About 76 popularity was also due to the – this moment
million people bear this surname. The public’s fascination with the romance inspired my
next most common is the Indian surname between Burton and superstar deepest
Remember: You may be a target, but Elizabeth Taylor that started during emotional trauma and I coughed and
you don’t have to be a victim! of ‘Devi’, which 69 million people share. “Cleopatra.” While the Hamlet croaked and gasped loudly and
production was in Toronto, on its uncontrollably. Hardly able to breathe, I
Dr. Sherry McCoy, PhD, is a freelance Theater Historian and former Hollywood pre-Broadway tour, they married, rose to my feet coughing, I clambered along
writer & actor for the Stop Senior Scams ! Reporter, TV, Film and Broadway Critic, and every night huge crowds the packed seats, over people’s laps and
Acting Program (SSSAP) in Los Angeles. Morna M. Martell is a lecturer on “The gathered outside the Lunt Fontanne feet, to the aisle. Coughing, gasping for air,
PLEASE NOTE — The “Virtual Westside Impact of Yiddish Theatre on American Theatre to catch a glimpse of Burton I staggered up the slope, through the doors
Safety and Preparedness Fair” which was Theatre’ with bookings in Pasadena, into the lobby. There I stood, still choking
originally scheduled for November 8, and Taylor, after the show.
2020, has been postponed till after the first Manhattan Beach, and West Hollywood. For The filmed record was created so loudly, I’m sure the entire audience, let
of the coming year. We will keep you info, email dramatist2006@yahoo.com using a process called alone the star onstage, could still hear me.
updated as more info becomes available. “Electronovision,” that used 15 In retrospect, I’m pretty sure Burton never
For more information re SSSAP, please Monthly Screening changed format cameras during three performances, forgot me and maybe, ever after, he
contact Adrienne Omansky at Morna Murphy Martell on the web: then edited the footage into a single approached that famous soliloquy with a
SSSAP4U@gmail.com. Questions for the www.theatrespokenhere.blogspot.com b/w 191-minute film. Now on DVD tinge of trepidation.
writer should be directed to “Dear Sherry” at your local public library
at Not Born Yesterday! P.O. Box 722, Brea, CA The JFS/West Hollywood Support the Arts On Line
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