Commentary

1. The Fabian Society — a British organisation of left wing thinkers which was a founder or the Labour Party and used to have an important influence on it.

2. Oliver Sir Lawrence, also Larry (1907-1989). English actor thought of by many people as the greatest of the 20th century. He was the first director of the National Theatre and the first actor to be made a life peer. Most people know his films of Shakespeare's plays Hamlet, Henry V, Richard III.

3. Old Vic — a London theatre originally opened in 1818, the full name of which is the Royal Victoria Theatre.

4. Apartheid in South Africa.

The system established by the Government of keeping different races separate so as to give advantage to white people. The South African government is now removing the apartheid laws and ending the system.

SPEECH PATTERNS

1. I learned much from those visits, restricted though they were.

Hard working though he was, there was never enough money to pay the bills.

Strange though it may seem I am a great admirer of the great film-makers of those days.

2. The Moscow Arts Theatre performed Chekhov as sad comedy rather than as tragedywith humour. Astrov was presened as a young prophet rather than as the cynic of Olivier's interpretation at the Old Vic.

3. The ballet... called on her to act rather thanto dance.

These short visits are more likely to mislead rather than to educate.

Phrases and Word Combinations

to cany the seeds of to be all the rage

destruction to sweep (the country, the

to reinforce the hostilily place) like a hurricane

to be restored to glory to be in key positions

to see smb at smb's best to be beyond price

to give smb a headache an ally against smb

in the early years after the War signs of the cultural thaw

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