European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Beating the Odds results i can say that in major cities negro audience participation runs As nigh As 45 per cent. I Don t think the would come to that degree if they 11 being represented to above All the tall talented actor believes that terribly delicate matters be dealt with through warmth and t0 be it that level in playwright Friend Robert plan Rupla Illert to a Newsweek writer � Oil or Wuh Whah a been termed Antiseptic one dimensional hero s created a Black movie Star and there has never been one  can t create that by doing Black Power  combination of Arlhur and Poitier teamed up on what might be the de railing of Sidney As a Broadway direct or. The critics crucified carry Meme Back to Morningside Heights including the direction. The play did survive a week after opening the end of  kindest thing i could do. Wrote the new York times s Cliv Barnes in reference to Poitier would be to avoid mention of his  daily news s John Chapman concluded that Poitier in his first Stab at directing did t contribute very much since the racial comedy was a Long downhill run from the opening scene to the final  b Ning Poitier few All ten tall talented actor Ems that terribly delicate lers can be dealt in tilt through Fenili and humor i / lie Al that in All my ii before the Ope philosophize we never can under stand ourselves until we find our limit. Failure does t frighten me As i used to. If i find i can t direct my life will go on. But 1 have to Hyve that information to define myself artistically. I want to know exactly what i  years ago Poitier revealed that he. Had written a play about the prob lems of modern youth the Semi literate mass that roams the  he said it had taken three years of spare time writing and was slated for Broadway production. The title is "600to 1." of the play s Fate Wasp when Poitier look Glover interview called test from which he really does t have crushing need to express myself in that  United i get a sense of of  feel for instance there were times in my past when out of sheer naive and modesty i was afraid to accept the fact that i was a gifted actor. It was Only in later years that realised that the gift of not belong to him that ii am a gifted actor and Ian actor does accepted that cannot Point the mystery finally cleared ing Back in his the experience Learned that he but As an actor that s another question. From acting said Poitier in the anthology actors talk about acting and stripes to any one or group of efforts on my part that created the gift. I was born with  particular debut took place in Miami Fla. Sidney was the youngest of nine children. When he was three months old the family moved to cat Island in the Bahamas the sea was our backyard recalled Poitier himself the father of four daughters. I m glad i had those days.1 was free in body and  he had to quit school and work whence was 15 because his father s Tomato farm failed. The youngster finally drifted to new York where he worked As a dishwasher deckhand and even As Thieken Plucker. He got into acting through an Adap pealing for actors for the american negro theater. His first audition was failure his West Indian accent was too Strong. But six Mouths later after concentrated speech study he was accepted. From press dispatches Page 15