My battered pink paperback of the Thurber-Nugent comedy bought from the Banner Play Bureau, Inc, on Post Street in San Francisco.
In ink: Rehearsal Schedule:
Tuesday 8 pm 29
Thurs 8 pm 31
Mon " 4
Thurs " 7
Fri " 8
Internet Perpetual Calendar verifies that this is 1957, not very late 1956. Ah, the tiny ragged perpetual calendar Jay Leyda carried was a horror. Mark Niemeyer found me a 10 or 12 full page beauty that got me through the work on the LOG and the 2-volume Melville biography. Now, type in "perpetual calendar 1957" and there you are.
In Richmond I tottered down the hill with a belly full of air (weekly pneumo-peritoneum shot in belly with a 6 inch long horse needle) and bought seasons tickets and was allowed to watch a rehearsal of THE FRONT PAGE from the back of the auditorium. Someone came back and asked if I could memorize. I said I knew all the poetical parts of MACBETH by heart. Fine, he said, you can have the lead in THE MALE ANIMAL. I had to lie down during the intermissions to let the air settle back around, but I got through it.
In ink: Rehearsal Schedule:
Tuesday 8 pm 29
Thurs 8 pm 31
Mon " 4
Thurs " 7
Fri " 8
Internet Perpetual Calendar verifies that this is 1957, not very late 1956. Ah, the tiny ragged perpetual calendar Jay Leyda carried was a horror. Mark Niemeyer found me a 10 or 12 full page beauty that got me through the work on the LOG and the 2-volume Melville biography. Now, type in "perpetual calendar 1957" and there you are.
In Richmond I tottered down the hill with a belly full of air (weekly pneumo-peritoneum shot in belly with a 6 inch long horse needle) and bought seasons tickets and was allowed to watch a rehearsal of THE FRONT PAGE from the back of the auditorium. Someone came back and asked if I could memorize. I said I knew all the poetical parts of MACBETH by heart. Fine, he said, you can have the lead in THE MALE ANIMAL. I had to lie down during the intermissions to let the air settle back around, but I got through it.
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