[…]p;R: Yes, and then it became BECTU. [Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph and Technicians Union then Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph and Theatre Union] I: Right and then I'm interested to see and did you find that you were, you had fellow Designers in the Freelance sector? There wo[…]
[…]was. He was over here and in danger of being interned. I think he was. Well, he was in some kind of detention for a time. He had been at the Players' Theatre. A lot of people like him and er - Koestler - were sort of picked up because they were suspect and we, we rescued, rescued Koestler and he cam[…]
[…]r also carried on. So there was a little, we managed to keep, we managed to, fortunately to BECTU [The Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union] and the brilliant Sharon Elliott, who represented me, we tied them up in so many knots and, because some of the redundancy procedure wa[…]
[…]being in tears from some of the stories of the pain that people suffered, then you get a perhaps more prosaic accidents for people who are working in theatres, you people who work in the flies who suffer falls or I had one fellow who was injured when a bit of scenery from Madame Butterfly fell on hi[…]
[…]p; “I had no real idea what I’d do at the BBC”. Interview panel: Martin Esslin, major figure in drama & theatre; Hyram Tennyson, distinguished producer; facing me, uncultured, uneducated, knew little about anything, made embarrassing gaffe re Britten / P[…]
