He leant down and wiped his friend’s face with a rag; a low litanic mumble came from Klimt’s dry lips […]

His stance as being against the world of finance and his proposal of a 75% tax on incomes over €1m (£817,000) was approved by a majority in polls. He was convinced that his more measured, if ploddingly serious, style would win out with an electorate tired of Sarkozy's bling and frenetic policy initiatives.

It should be mentioned that considerable divergence exists in the fastness of the various ponceaus, a circumstance still insufficiently known and appreciated in practice.

Two weeks after it closed, he started rehearsals for Cheer Up, a new play by Mary Roberts Rinehart booked into the Harris Theatre. It was to open cold without any out-of-town tryout under the direction of a young Cecil B. DeMille […]