Alexander diary, 1917-1918 / Roy Alexander - Page 223
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[Page 223]
1918
Fri. 4th Oct
Another meeting of the theatrical party. More than stormy, a cyclone. The committee was sacked, a new secretary, new producer, new stage & manager, & new president were elected & a new policy laid down.
Hampson is to control all plays (as distinct from revue & vaudeville) McGrath, (the Third Person of our Holy trinity!) by virtue of his Temperament is Adviser, "feelings" are not to be considered, & new talent is to be sought for. I am to "star" in W.W. Jacob's "Bosun's Mate" this month, &, after much argument and counter-argument, I was voted permission to appear in two French sketches at the next French performance. (This by a narrow majority; racial prejudice runs high on both sides here.)
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I did not mention our "day out" last month. Applied to the Kommandantur for permission to visit Brandenburg "to see an optician ",Geo. & Whitaker to accompany me to hold my hand during the ordeal, presumably. I got it, too. (am learning "the ropes" of this hellish hole.)