May 4, 1965 (page 6 of 32).

Londoner’s Diary Page

‘Blues for Mr Freeman’

‘Al Freeman JNR, who scored a personal success last night as the victim in James Baldwin’s Blues for Mr. Charlie, confessed later that some of the cast were a little disappointed at the reception of the play. It was not the hysterical shouts from the gallery they minded — although they had ever experienced an incident like that in New York – but a certain coolness in the response from the audience’.

Author describes meeting Freeman at a party for the cast ‘given by the Sunday Telegraph at the Savoy Hotel’. Describes ‘all flanks of the Labour Party’ at the event.