40 Dei - Wed 18 March

List of wounded at 8 am did not bode well. Paul, leg injury and on his way to hospital; Joyce, string of boils down her left side, Yvette, coming if her tummy settles down; another actress not really with us following a huge row with her Mum before coming to work, involving the wielding of bush knives I’m told. But by 10 am everyone is assembled. The best day on the second half of the play so far!

Am reading a book called Fat Chance by Simon Gray the British playwright and director who passed away last year. It’s an account of a famous London production he directed of his play Cell Mates; famous because the lead actor Stephen Fry left without warning. He went into hiding after the second night leaving a phone message (I’m sorry; so very sorry). The play, which seemed destined to be a big hit, closed 2 weeks later. It has the same effect on me as the documentary of Terry Gilliam’s disastrous attempt to film Don Quixote, Lost in La Mancha. Although we’re millions of dollars apart the same things go wrong! The costumes left at the dry cleaners and not picked up before the show; the film set that changes drastically in an overnight storm thus destroying continuity.