Evening star., 1949-09-04
Writers Keeping Busy
Reader Bed| Learns
Actor, Searching for Role, Deluged
With Scripts From All Sides
By Joy Cormody

In one way or another Actor John dramatic
Much Of the time nowadays in the nonprofessona
He does not nd disturbing. Naturally woald like
steady play televsion making movies
regularly As one Of the more intelligent
recognizes however that OF It's basic
is nearly always at liberty soft
OF a highly specialized unemployment situation
indeed like Burgess Meredith when asked
him making much after long years Of
"We" said Meredith when walking the streets with
out my pocket Of coffee didn't think that
would last. I think this will. either"
He Gets Of Scripts
You become q practical philosopher business
and you smart the big things
will be all right when there is no pay envelope
that group Of prominent performers which
count itself luckily to have reputation to sustain It, and which
comfotngly supply scripts read When
agents scripts mind
Beal gets lot Of manuscripts Reading them makes him feel
AT any rate he says there's the truth
theater writing be writing
for it. is good writing which obviously most of is net
is coming from good writer's Radio and movie
authors like actors have had lot Of time on their hands They
thinking OF the stage and of originals and OF
their thinking is bound to produce results.
1T takes creation the
always has worked out-oen just ne I'm will again
An energetic fellow we'll a practical atruist
currently involved keeps excngly occupied
on the sdelines Of his profession.
Hobby Market His Hobby
The project Actors Hobby Market in Los Angeles
shop which the handafts and arts Of actors and others
sold to the public It is rather huge PROPOSE
ton like running giant notions store and Bea the guiding
spirit in it.
Hobby Market coming along 1t already dis
thousands of dollars income unemployed movie
kind another needs to pick
All of BeaPs of it than is comfortable
wife Craigs we'll is tied the Hobby Shop
right
THE why here to do Voice Of the
Meridian Hill Theater he THAT,
could say. is at least the principal reason"
voice of the Turtle has special spot in Beals life and not
because he played long Broadway after Elliott Nugen
When John Druen writing it. he had to have in
for his heroine to from. He
chose Joplin NO. birthplace of his friend John Beal They both
thought keen sort of joke and neither ever anticipated that
Army. would playing Sergt. Bill Paige
Naturally" says Beal, funny when
did take the part You know there's line in the play when
Bill tells Sally I've been Joplin read possible
of them quite right. Maybe still don't. but
having read line about having been
in his home town-especialy Joplin"
"Antigone" q
in the like other professional with
err6c admiration work. would like to do play with
her This gives dilemma. They keep thinking Of the
together this the coast OF
those nguary satisfying that players cannot forget
ntigone" road play revival prospect; not after
Cornell did recently but the notion might be
keeps plaguing the Beals.
They New York with the two young Beal
daughters both reading plays They confident
something other than Antigone maybe not to-
gether perhaps doors Broadways teater
They before and found happy
rangement.
through they have been about happy
intelligent humans in show business.