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Fordy died I know that Peter Hall felt as if his father had died. They were really very close and his
dence on him probably strengthened Fordy a great deal in this battle to get what Peter wanted for the
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whole story of the theatre has been like a tree, hasn't it, it's grown as naturally as a tree. Despite some
bad appointments from time to time, in general, it's thrown up the man that was needed at the time.
ne has been a man of his times. It's amazingly lucky, an extraordinary thing."
ere always going to the theatre. And in those days the theatre began at eight and we had a dinner at seven,
od I mean, nowadays dinner is generally, three courses, isn't it? But we had the lot in those days, it was
crammed in between seven and about a 7:45 when we had to leap into our cars and go down to Stratford
and early, very indigestible. After the theatre, we came back to sandwiches and drinks. I cannot think
e managed to eat so much!"
