European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 20, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Uni Terife i in a scene from the play auntie mame listens quietly As yera Charles has her by Bane in 4untie Jamesf Chris London 44 a u the smash Broad Way hit that has been playing to packed houses in new York for the past two made its London debut with British comedienne Beatrice Uhlie in the when the irrepressible miss Lillie awoke the next morning she found herself once again the Darling of the British while there were some unkind words said about the american londoners might Well be forgiven for thinking the production should have been named my fair adapted by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Lee from the bestselling Patrick Dennis auntie mame had already broken All Advance booking records in London for a no musical of excludes the musical my pair the exception to every theatrical Lawrence and who also authored inherit the one of the longest running serious plays in the history of the american first teamed up during world War when they helped set up the armed forces radio in London for the rehearsals of auntie Lawrence recalled that he and Lee wrote the scripts for most of the Pilot by Robert staff writer programs broadcast Over afro during the including the worldwide broadcasts for be Day and Vij we stayed to Getker after the War and in 1948 turned out our first Broadway look in dancing inherit the wind came starring Paul and its still going Strong with 31 productions running at Heaters around the auntie which starred Rosalind Russell in its initial new York later gained the services of Greer Garson in the title role and currently is starring Sylvia Constance Bennet is playing the Lead in the production and eve Arden is starring in the West coast foreign language versions Are presently running or being planned in Scandinavia and South Bea Lillie appeared in the Broadway for a month As a Warmup for the London and a great part of the interest in the new auntie mame in attributable tothe stars great drawing Power in West end supporting miss Lillie in the Al British cast recruited for the London production is Veteran comedienne Florence returning to the stage after a five year a she portrays the role of Maines lifelong Friend and Bibu Lous n f there Are 2t 12 Mil apr set changes and More than 100 separate costumes for tiie cast of 33 in auntie the novel was on the bestseller lists in both America and England before the play describing his Dennis wrote auntie is a or a Mash if with no plot and a Central character who a bit of a whack f this goes through about 20 year of the beginning in with gradually aging and orphaned Nephew in actually the woman is everybody and and theres a Little bit of her in All of but act quite auntie As i see int made of meat and Bones and Rales and conventions like the rest of Shes at froth of whipped Cream and Champagne and Day and Nuit de Noel author Dennis has been quoted As saying that he had Beatrice Lillie in mind As auntie mame when he wrote the now All London is Happy that the incomparable miss Lillie has brought Zany Mamie alive on the British As of Wytona Beach in 1958 miss Lillie is supported by Florence the stars and stripes wears Cap at Page t