from Wanderbuch :
10 aug 86: Charlemont
Scene: The kitchen & adjoining study in the Berkshires farmhouse of a playwright.
Time: Morning.
Jean-Claude (seatd in front of a word processor in his study): Give me an Italian name.
Alex (pouring hot water into an ironstone cup): Marcello.
Jean-Claude: No. People wd think Mastroianni.
Alex: Giuseppe.
Jean-Claude: Too long.
Alex: Paolo.
Jean-Claude: Hmmmmmmmm. Short & soft. (He types the name on the machine.)
Alex: (Dunks an Earl Grey teabag in the cup.)
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after J-C leads David & I in yoga exercises followed by a watermelon feast he reads the newest version of the opening of "The Traveller." this time the traveller addresses the audience directly which he didn't last nite. I smile when the Joe Chaikin character talking on the phone to an Italian reporter addresses him as Paolo.
(Jean-Claude's cats cuddle beside my Wanderbuch 2)
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