to Edgar Lustgarten
(who has added ' without permission ' some examples from the master's works)
' What fascinates me about acting is that a wonderful, beautiful, talented actress can come on the stage and give a performance that really makes your blood curdle with excitement and pleasure, and she can make such a cracking pig of herself over where her dressing-room is, or some triviality, that you hate her. Intelligent actors never do that, but then they're seldom as good as the unintelligent ones.' Producer ALAN BURGESS
Second of three conversations broadcast weekly at this time.