| re: Any memories of Jean Simmons in A Little Night Music? | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 02:22 pm EDT 06/30/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Any memories of Jean Simmons in A Little Night Music? - young-walsingham 08:40 am EDT 06/30/20 | |
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| I think Gingold was rather harsh overall about Johns, implying that she lacked professional discipline. She loved Simmons. It seems very clear that the London production would have Johns or Gingold but not both. And originally it was supposed to be Johns with Margaret Leighton, even though Leighton was less than 20 months older. Leighton was already in poor health, and a role mostly in a wheelchair may have seemed a good idea for her. But then there was a delay because they couldn't raise the money in the middle of an international recession. Then when the money was raised, Leighton wasn't available, perhaps because of her health. Still, it was going to be Johns, and then all of a sudden it was going to be Simmons and Gingold. |
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