Evening star., 1952-07-19

ty, good-humored girl who is cur
be tucked into her maritally spare
able time.
The Ritchard blood started her
AS an actress rather young. when
she was a high school girl in
Australia. Uncle Cyril. whom she
Just calls Cyril. came to Australia
lat the time and his reception as
quite an idol naturally further in
spired her enthusiasm for the
profession. She was all for going
right back to England with him
even then. He was not.
Education" he told Pamela.
never hurt an actress"
He read the line with such con-
viction that she went on to college
where she earned. Of all things, q
degree in science. AS Cyril pre-
|dicted, 1t has not hurt her. In
fact, it helps because she can be
|of assistance to her husband some
times in his patent law.
She came here after the war.
bound for England. She got as
far as Cleveland. where her moth
er was living, and found herself
acting in the well-establiShed
Cleveland Playhouse which has
developed a great deal of talent
for the American theater. She
stayed there two years, thinking
less and less frequently about
England.
"Then." she says, ''my visa be-
gan to run out. I discovered that
the only way I could remain here
was to get q diplomatic passport
by getting a job with the Austral-
ian Embassy. They didn't need an
actress. but they could use a typist.
so I typed"
Two men Influenced her not to
go to England after that. One was
Uncle Cyril who kept telling her
how dreary life would be there.
The other was Mr.. Brown who
kept telling her how wonderful
it would be here. Such eloQuence
can knock the daylightS out of
girls dream of acting in Eng
land. Can? Did!
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He Arena Stage role. which
earned her q critical rhapsody,
is the first Miss Ritchard has
played since her marriage. She
was extremely nervous that first
night and was not sure of her
self for many nights afterward.
Now she is back in the feel of
acting, but not at the expense
of feeling wifely, motherly and
domestic. She takes her nurses
uniforms home nightly for press
ing by her own hand, and her
favorite day Of the week Is
Monday. .
Monday" she explains, els our
day of. I clean house, play with
the baby. and revel in the notion
that there's no need to save
energy for q performance that
night"
BY the way, she has o great
admiration for that other Pamela
Brown, but not an ounce to envy
for her.
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BULLETIN BOARD: II Found
April" . new play, will bring
Constance Bennett to olney thea
ter for q week, starting Tuesday.
I. Golden Boy" the Clifford
Odets play that catapulted the
late John Garfield to fame. will
be the Mclean Summer theater's
offering, opening Monday night.
/. Earle Hyman and Carolyn
Hill Stewart will head the cast
of Howard University's produce
ton of T. s. Eliot's 1.-THE Family
Reunion" this week. The
play will open Wednesday night,
continue through Sunday. .
Cross Roads. Washington's Oldest
summer theater, will offer its
third comedy of the season, "Suds
In Your Eye" starting Wednes-
day. Rita sHayworth's come
back picture, Affair In Trini-
dad" has been booked by the
Ontario theater. -. The date is
August 6. .. Sunday will be a
big night at Boiling Air Base.
It will mark the presentation Of
the Air Force show, Flame Out.
with a cast of airmen. 6. MIG
Alley provides the setting Of the