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Meade, Miss, 60, 61, 62

Melachrino, George, 79, 88–89

Melody (dog), 176

Merman, Ethel, 226, 304

Meuse, The, 69, 70–76, 77, 85, 112, 123–24, 140, 141, 320

Julie’s ownership of, 147

parties at, 89–91

run-down state of, 270

MGM Studios, 85

Mignon,
77, 79, 89, 149

Miller, Joan, 159

Miller, Sydney, 150

Milligan, Spike, 84

Mitre Hotel, 262

Modley, Albert, 114

Monaco, 276

Moondog, 227

Moore, Henry, 29

Mordente, Tony, 223

More, Thomas, 2, 302

Moreland, George, 237

Moreton, Robert, 126

Mornington Crescent, 26–28

Morris, Arthur (grandfather), 4, 5–7, 8–9

death of, 9, 10, 12

Morris, Barbara Ward,
see
Andrews, Barbara Ward Morris

Morris, Joan,
see
Wilby, Joan Morris

Moss Empires, 77, 93, 155

Mostel, Zero, 306–7

Most Happy Fella,
303

Mountain Fire,
159–60, 161, 170

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 84

Mulhare, Edward, 223, 224

music, 54–55, 255

Musgrove, John, 241, 265

Music for the Millions,
127–28

My Fair Lady,
180–83, 186, 188–96, 197–202, 203–10, 211–19, 220, 226, 227, 230, 231, 232–33, 279, 290, 295, 304, 309, 314

Actors’ Benefit shows of, 223

ad-libbing in, 216

American tour of, 232–33, 265

film version of, 266

Julie’s giggling in, 216–17, 218, 219

London production of, 232, 234, 235–38, 239–41, 246–47, 250, 256, 257, 258, 264, 265–66

opening of, 201, 202, 203–4

painting of Julie as Eliza in, 258

previews of, 199–201, 202, 203

recordings of, 255

replication of rehearsals from, 271

theater parties at, 205

vocal problems and, 212–16

wax figure of Julie as Eliza in, 246

My Friend Flicka,
74, 222

“My Heart Is Singing,” 150

Nelson, Ralph, 227–28, 230

Nesbitt, Cathleen, 190, 209, 218, 220

Nesbitt, Robert, 78

Nethercliffe, 98

Nevill, Lady, 81

Nevill, Rupert, 82

New Amsterdam Theater, 188, 189, 190, 279

Newsome, Sam, 145–46, 147

New Symphony of London, 243

New York, N.Y., 173, 186, 233, 278

Barbara in, 211, 220–21, 298

Carnegie Hall, 304–5, 306, 308

Central Park, 215, 229

docks in, 216

Julie’s arrival in, 165

Ted Wells in, 214–15, 298

Nichols, Mike, 296, 304

Niven, David, 185

North Country, 64–65, 102, 114

No Time for Sergeants,
222

Nureyev, Rudolf, 316

Ockley, 110, 111

O’Keefe Center, 283, 288, 289

Okewood, 111

Oklahoma,
231

Olander, Fred, 140–41, 145

Olanders, 140, 141

Oldham, Keith, 74, 147

Oldham, Margaret, 74

Old Meuse,
see
Meuse, The

Oliver!,
256

Oliver, Vic, 78, 79, 83–84, 94, 267

Olivier, Laurence, 209–10

Once and Future King, The
(White), 266–67, 268, 272, 274, 281, 284, 286, 295

Once Upon a Mattress,
302

O’Neil, Paddie, 142, 143, 246–47

One Over the Eight,
284

opera, 52, 53, 58

Ornadel, Cyril, 236

Owen, Ted “Tappets,” 74, 90, 133, 147

Packham, Caroline (great-aunt), 12

Packham, Charles (great-grandfather), 12

Packham, Charles (great-uncle), 12

Packham, Elizabeth (grandmother),
see
Wells, Elizabeth Packham

Packham, Elizabeth (great-grandmother), 12

Packham, Ellen (great-aunt), 12

Packham, Mary (great-aunt), 12

Packham, Susan (great-aunt), 12

Page, Patti, 232

Paint Your Wagon,
180, 279

pantomimes, 93–94, 95, 155

Aladdin,
140, 141, 142

Cinderella,
155–57, 159

Humpty Dumpty,
93, 94–97

Jack and the Beanstalk,
145–46, 147–48

Red Riding Hood,
129–31, 132

Papp, Joseph, 229, 230

Paris, 233–34, 267

Parnell, Val, 77, 79

Pasternak, Joe, 84–85

Patmos, 275

Patti, Adelina, 118

Perkins, Anthony, 297

Philip, Prince, 89, 240

Piaf, Edith, 234

Pieces of Eight,
256–57, 267, 284

Pierrepoint House, 270

Pinter, Harold, 256

Pleasure of His Company, The,
256

polio epidemic, 101

“Polonaise,” 77, 79–80, 84, 88–89, 149

Pons, Helene, 191, 192

Porter, Cole, 189

Puccini, Giacomo, 54–55

Pygmalion
(film), 194, 209, 223

Pygmalion
(Shaw), 180, 182, 193, 201, 299

Rachelle (designer), 242, 259

“Rain in Spain, The,” 213, 217

Rattigan, Terence, 210

Rawicz and Landauer, 127

RCA Records, 227

Red Riding Hood,
129–31, 132

reincarnation, 118

Rexford, Dr., 214, 215, 216, 241

Richardson, Howard, 159

Richardson, Ralph, 268–69

Riddle, Nelson, 297

Rigoletto,
126, 149

Rivera, Chita, 223, 232

Riverbrook Farm, 68

Roar of the Greasepaint—the Smell of the Crowd, The,
235

Rodgers, Richard, 181–82, 183, 189, 230, 231

Rogers, Anne, 232–33, 265

Romeo and Juliet,
84, 85, 126

Rose Marie,
243

Rose of Baghdad, The,
143–44

Royal Academy of Dance, 133

Royal Command Performance, 88–89

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 201–2, 236, 252, 269

Sadler’s Wells ballet, 177

Sail Away,
297

St. Mary’s Church, 259

Sandburg, Carl, 271

Sandown Park, 74

Sassoon, Victor, 242–43

Schwartz, Arthur, 184, 185

Schwarz, Rudolf, 149, 150

Scofield, Paul, 302

Secombe, Harry, 84, 127

Sellers, Peter, 84

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,
178

Shanklin Theatre, 132

Shaw, George Bernard, 180, 182, 193, 201, 299

Sheffield, 65

Sherman, Richard, 311

Sherman, Robert, 311

Shore, Dinah, 232

Showboat,
232

Shubert Theater, 287, 288, 289

Shy (dog), 249, 275, 278, 313, 314, 316, 319

Silvers, Phil, 263

Silverwood, 101 “Skater’s Waltz, The,” 78, 79, 80

Smith, Maggie, 262

Smith, Mickey, 81–82

Smith, Oliver, 190, 197, 221, 279, 283

S.O.B.,
257

Sondheim, Stephen, 222, 307, 315

Sound of Music, The,
227, 258, 305

South Pacific,
136, 231, 236

spiritualism, 118

Squires, William, 300

Stage Door Canteen, 63

Standon Farm, 111

Star Is Born, A,
189

Starlight Roof,
77, 78–80, 81, 82–84, 87–88, 93, 95, 103, 133, 156

Stickney, Dorothy, 227, 228–29

Stiles-Allen, Madame Lilian, 48–49, 50–55, 116–19, 149, 180, 188

Stone, Paddy, 256–57

Stop the World—I Want to Get Off,
235

Stothart, Herbert, 243

Street Where I Live, The
(Lerner), 186

Sullivan, Ed, 226, 295

Surbiton, 82

Surbiton Lagoon, 44

Switzerland, 233–34, 235, 259

Sykes, Eric, 127

Taylor, Elizabeth, 300

Taylor, Samuel, 256

Tell It Again,
227

Thames, 1–3, 13, 17

Thames Ditton, 19, 23

theater:

children working in, 81, 128

Julie’s feelings about, 254–55

Littler brothers and, 93

set design in, 225

Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 136, 235, 236

Thomas, Ambroise, 77

Threesome, 15, 19

Time,
284, 289–90

Tom Jones,
126, 181