Morning Glory Page #5

you never give anyone a chance...

...to do anything

you haven't seen them do before.

Come along, Joseph,

and find your masterpiece for me.

What's the name of it, anyway?

- What?

- That's the German title of it...

...but it will probably be changed once

we translate it to The Golden Bough.

Golden Bough? Well, I can't say I like...

Poor Sheridan.

It'll kill him if she likes that piece.

She won't even understand it.

By the way, I was thinking

of Hedges for the doctor part...

You were thinking of Hedges?

Of course he's going to play the doctor.

He's the first star I ever had.

He's been a sort of

good-luck charm to me.

- Where is he?

- He's waiting outside.

Hello, Bob, how are you?

- Extremely well, thank you.

- I'm glad to see you.

This isn't much of a part, Bob.

I wish it were better.

- It's all I can offer at this time.

- That's all right.

- I'm always happy under your banner.

- We'll find something someday.

Joseph Sheridan will have me

producing Shakespeare yet.

Oh, please do, Mr. Easton. l...

This is a young woman,

a pupil of mine.

She's studying with me.

- Well, you certainly picked the right tutor.

- Thank you.

She's anxious to become

an actress, governor.

I didn't know young women anxious to

become actresses took the trouble to learn.

- What is your name?

- Eva Lovelace. Like it? I can change it.

Bob, come in

and sign your contract.

- Run along, Bob.

- All right.

If there's one person in the world

I've prayed to meet, it's you.

- Thank you. Been on the stage long?

- Not the regular stage.

- I was in a lot of plays at the Little Theater.

- The Little Theater?

At Franklin, Vermont,

where I lived until sometime ago.

The Franklin papers, both of them,

agreed that I had a future.

I play all sorts of parts.

Hedda, you know, lbsen's Hedda...

...the old woman

in Riders to the Sea...

...the queen in The Queen's Enemies

by Dunsany...

...Kitty in Shaw's You Never Can Tell...

- Bernard Shaw?

- Yes, the one and only.

- You think Shaw's clever?

- He's the greatest living dramatist.

- You think?

I know it. By the way, I had a charming

letter from him the other day.

I wrote him and sent him a photograph

of a scene from the play...

...and told him that I was coming to New

York and expected to be famous...

...and have a theater of my own

so I could play his Cleopatra...

...until I was too old for it, when I'd do

Mrs. Warren's Profession.

I didn't know whether he'd ever answer

my letter or not...

...but here's his letter. May I read it to you?

It's never left me since I received it.

- I even sleep with it under my pillow.

- Very interesting, but...

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