Word: bagnold
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...MATTER OF GRAVITY by ENID BAGNOLD...
Legend has it that Sophocles wrote a play at 90 and used it as evidence to refute his son, who wished to seize the aged dramatist's estate on the ground that he was senile. Sophocles won the case. It is to be feared that if Enid Bagnold, 86, were put to the test via A Matter of Gravity, she would not fare quite so well...
...film Rebecca. But all the while, really, Dame Judith Anderson, 76, one of the most durable tragic actresses of the century, has also had a yen to play for laughs. At last her vehicle has come in. On Oct. 23 she will appear in a television production of Enid Bagnold's The Chinese Prime Minister, playing the part of She, a famous, witty, 70-year-old actress on the verge of retirement. Having taken a crack at the title role in Hamlet at age 72, Dame Judith is not about to quit acting. In fact, she revels in comedy...