Liberation (156 page)

Mary, Queen 330

Marymount College, Los Angeles 263

Masefield, John, “Biography” 570

Mason, James 347, 380,
768

Mason, Marshall 479

Masselink, Ben: break up of relationship with Jo Lathwood 4, 80, 98, 143, 181, 284; father's ill-health 98, 359; marriage to Dee Hawes 98, 359; drinking 181; meditation 181; 1954 trip to Mexico 287;
768

Masselink, Jo
see
Lathwood, Jo Masters, Brian 516

Mathews, Ernest 258

Matteson, Rob 236, 261, 264, 269, 450, 494

Matthews, Philip 29

Matthewson, Mr. (friend of Doug Walsh) 160, 161

Maugham, Liza 390

Maugham, Robin,
Conversations with Willie
568

Maugham, William Somerset (Willie) 2, 33, 36, 286, 389–90, 533, 568,
769
;
The Constant Wife
471, 474;
Home and Beauty
383;
The Razor's Edge
389, 594

Maupin, Armistead 586–7, 597, 631, 667,
769
;
Tales of the City
577, 638

Maupiti, Leeward Islands, South Pacific 472

Mayer, Louis B. 633

“Mayor of Casterbridge, The” (television adaptation) 585

Meador, Richard 643–4

Mechtold, Hans 289

Medina, Patricia 519

Medley, Robert 9–10, 28, 29, 56–7, 511, 515,
771

Meeting by the River, A
(C.I.; novel) 42, 50, 68–9, 425, 560

Meeting by the River, A
(C.I. and Don Bachardy; draft screenplay): negotiations about possible productions 292, 378, 384, 391, 394, 400, 405, 409, 414–15, 419, 422–3, 424–5, 429–30, 430–31, 433–4, 439, 441; writing and revision 310, 350, 354, 359, 378, 395, 397, 557

Meeting by the River, A
(C.I. and Don Bachardy; play): Broadway production xvi, 479, 544, 545, 551, 556, 557, 561, 563, 565, 566, 568, 569, 572, 581, 600, 602, 605, 606, 607, 608
n
; small stage productions xvi, 81; writing and revision xvi, xxii, 1, 7, 8, 11, 12–13, 17, 24, 46, 67, 80, 231, 233, 561, 562, 563–4, 569, 584, 603, 606, 607, 608; possible London productions 4
n
, 8, 11, 12–13, 16, 18, 24, 25, 40, 41, 44, 48, 50, 52, 53–4, 55, 57, 59, 61–2, 63, 67, 71, 76–7, 79–80, 81, 176–7, 233, 238, 253, 281, 288, 291–2, 345, 394, 441, 451; proposed Leicester production 89–90, 91, 222–3, 307; possible San Francisco production 91, 93, 99; possible Los Angeles readings and productions 121, 126–7, 130, 171, 206, 233; Mark Taper Forum production 226, 227–8, 228–33, 234, 235, 238, 243; reviews 232–3, 234, 238, 243, 296, 307; possible New York productions 281, 441, 445, 450, 455; New Phoenix Repertory production in New York 292, 296, 297–8, 300, 306–8

Melnitz, William 369–70

Melo, Juan 9

Memorial, The
(C.I.) 593

Mendelson, Edward 433, 475, 509,
771

Mendelssohn, Felix,
A Midsummer Night's Dream
386

Mengers, Sue 462, 537–8, 594

Merced, California 366, 367

Merchant, Ismail 419, 424, 429–30, 431, 433–4, 451,
771–2
;
The Wild Party
437–9, 441, 455, 470

Meredith, Burgess 3,
772

Meredith, Mona 444
n

Merlo, Frank 102
n
,
772

Merrill, James 465–6

Mesic, Penelope 529

Methuen (publishers): and
Kathleen and Frank
125, 127, 155, 177, 202; Richard Simon leaves 205; and proposed publication of John Lehmann's correspondence with C.I. 379, 392; and
Christopher and His Kind
513; and
My Guru and His Disciple
612, 630; and
October
644;
772

Metropolis
(film) 193

Metropolitan Community Church, Los Angeles 45, 154, 183

Mexico 143, 444, 536, 538; C.I. reminisces about trips to 95, 287; Don Bachardy visits with Bill Franklin 602, 603, 604, 605–6

Meyer, David and Tony 29,
773

MGM studios: picketed 348, 355, 361; C.I. filmed at 505

Michel, Ted (Tat Twam Asi) 498

Michener, James 443

Midler, Bette 549, 626

Midnight Cowboy
(film) 492

Midsummer Night's Dream, A
(ballet) 49–50

Miles, Sarah 319, 519

Miles, Stephen 491

Millard, Paul 236–7, 269, 271, 450, 494,
773

Millay, Edna St. Vincent 251–2

Miller, Arthur,
After the Fall
464

Miller, Dorothy: C.I. visits 103, 216, 284; on Elsa Lanchester 103; and Unity church 103, 284; pneumonia 271, 284; on Jo Lathwood and Ben Masselink 284; operation on leg 458; death and funeral 461;
773

Miller, Jonathan 516

Miller, Larry 447, 454–5, 456, 463, 468–9, 470, 473, 483

Miller, Merle 147

Miller, Robert 541, 665, 674; show for Don Bachardy 646, 649–51, 652–3, 665

Mills, Bill 595

Mills, John 543

Milow, Keith 29, 60, 510,
773

Milton, John xxxv

Minneapolis, Minnesota 536, 538

Minnelli, Liza 289, 350
n
, 422, 467, 492

Minter, Mary Miles
see
O'Hilderbrandt, Mary Miles Minter

Mischwitzky, Holger (Rosa von Praunheim) 65

Mishima, Yukio 118–19, 169,
773
;
Forbidden Colors
249;
Runaway Horses
358;
Spring Snow
249, 310;
Yukoku
(film) 169

Miss Europe
(
Prix de Beauté
) (film) 538

Mission Inn, Riverside, California 437–8

Mississippi, tornadoes 149

Missouri Breaks, The
(film) 508

Mitchell, Arthur 478
n

Mitchell, Charlie 175, 602,
774

Mitchell, J.J. 169, 307, 509,
774

Mitchell, John 358–9

Mitchell, Julian 59, 60, 61

Mitgang, Herbert 612

Modern Language Association (MLA), conventions 466, 467, 490

Moffatt, Ivan 50, 68, 325–6, 335, 478, 500,
774

Moffatt, Katharine (Kate)
see
Smith, Katharine

Moffett, Judith 466
n

Moffitt, Peggy (Claxton) 253,
714

Mokshada (
earlier
Meta Evans) 348–9, 352

Molière,
The School for Wives
171

Mollison, Denis 21

Molly Maguires, The
(film) 78

Mon Oncle d'Amérique
(film) 663

Monday, Anna
see
Urbashi

Monday, Jon
see
Dharmadas Monday, Rachel 499

Monet, Claude 80, 329

Mong, Bud 439

Monk, Nancy 585

Monkey
(C.I. and Don Bachardy; proposed screenplay for Steven Arnold) 267, 271, 272–3, 274–5

Monkhouse, John (Johnny) 15, 104,
774–5

Monkhouse, Patrick (Paddy) 104,
774–5

Monkhouse, Rachel 15,
774–5

Monroe, Louisiana 609

Monroe, Marilyn xiii, 111

Monsieur Verdoux
(film) 137

Monsters, The
(C.I. and Don Bachardy; play) 97–8

Montague, Mary 515

Montague, Richard 154

Montecito, California: Paul Wonner and Bill Brown's house 99; brush fire 204–5; Vedanta temple
see
Sarada Convent;

Montel, Michael 292, 293, 297, 298, 307,
775

Montgomery, D. Harry 583

Moody, Robert L. 30,
775

moon landing (1971) 138

Moore, Charles 532

Moore, Dudley 514

Moore, Eric 490, 491, 529

Moore, George 613, 671

Moore, Susanna (Sylbert) 601

Moorea, Polynesia 126, 131

Moreau, Jeanne 3, 35,
775

Morgan Library, New York 170

Mori, Grace 268, 270

Moriarty, Michael 425, 441, 443, 445, 450, 455, 479, 545,
775

Morita, Masakatu 119

Morocco 516–17;
see also
Tangier
Morocco
(film) 241

Morris, John 510

Mortimer, John 215,
776

Mortimer, Raymond 365,
776

Mortmere (imaginary village) xviii, 310, 685,
776

Morton, Tom 495

Moses, Avilda 188, 218, 419, 494

Moses, Ed xix, 107, 188, 218, 333, 419, 498,
776

Mosheim, Grete 176–7

Mosley, David 183, 185–6

Mostert, Noël 517,
776

motorcycle racing 112

Mount Baldy, California 124

Mount Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles 16, 133, 134, 201, 664, 665

Moya, John 495

Mr. Lucky
(film) 520

Mr. Norris Changes Trains
(C.I.) xxxvii, 283

Mrabet, Mohammed 517

Muchnic, Suzanne 630

Muktananda 660–61

“Mummy, The” (C.I. and Don Bachardy; proposed television film; working title “The Lady from the Land of the Dead”): negotiations for 199, 214, 221, 287–8, 328, 381, 385; writing and revising 226–7, 228, 235, 236, 239, 241, 252–3, 253–4, 255, 256, 257, 265, 288, 291, 292, 293, 310

Murad, Sirri 230

Murder by Death
(film) 518

Murdock, James (Jim) 90, 307,
776

Muscle Beach, Santa Monica, California 410

Museum of Modern Art, New York 650

Musicant, Dr. (anesthetist) 202

My Guru and His Disciple
(C.I.; earlier title
Another Kind of Friend
): reviews x, 634, 639, 644; title xii, 559, 569, 606; use of diary extracts xxvii–xxviii, 534, 538, 568, 600, 626, 627; style and literary technique xxxv, xxxvi–xxxvii, 562, 572, 579, 610, 614; planning, research and writing 523, 525–6, 534, 538–9, 540, 541, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546, 547, 550, 553–4, 555, 557, 559, 562, 563, 564, 565, 566, 567–8, 569, 572, 575–6, 577, 579, 581, 584, 588, 591, 601, 609; themes 538–9, 550, 565, 572, 581, 591, 592, 607; afterword 550, 553–4, 555, 565; publication and promotion 609, 610, 612, 630, 632, 634–5, 643, 645, 656; reaction among Vedanta community 609, 611, 612, 618, 623, 644; proofs 625, 626, 628; Gavin Lambert's views on 631; paperback edition 638–9; sales 638

Myers, Carl 50

Myers, Gordon 501, 504

 

Nabokov, Nicolas,
Love's Labour's Lost
335

Nabokov, Vladimir x, xi, 544

Nader, Ralph 147

Nahas, Nabil 649

Nashville
(film) 499

National Gay Archives 634–5

National Institute of Arts and Letters 199, 404,
777

National Institute of Mental Health 154

National Observer, The
(newspaper) 178

national parks, signs in 271

National Portrait Gallery, London 132, 391, 514, 515–16,
777

National Students Gay Liberation Conference (1970) xxv, 97

National Theatre, London 345

National Youth Theatre (Britain) 288

Nauman, Bruce 407–8

Navigators, The (evangelical Christian group) 164

Nazism viii, xxv, 270, 285, 522, 555

NBC (television network): C.I. interviewed on 17, 552, 570–71; and “Frankenstein” film 256, 372, 381, 406; and proposed “The Beautiful and Damned” film 481

Neal, Warren 505, 506, 508, 518, 520, 562, 591, 593, 594,
777

Ned Kelly
(film) 3
n
, 27, 120

Neddermeyer, Heinz: C.I.'s attempts to acquire Mexican passport for 54; C.I.'s relationship with 54, 142, 398; Kathleen Isherwood's dislike of 54, 398; appearance 255; on deaths of Auden and Jean Ross 394; portrayal in
Christopher and His Kind
398, 428, 464, 589, 590, 591, 596, 597, 602, 684; arrest in 1937 428; retirement 596

Nelson, Allyn 353,
777

Nelson, David 374

Network
(film) 586

Neville, John 25

Neville, Richard,
Play Power
8

New Hampshire, Bill Brown and Paul Wonner's house in 271, 293, 300

New Orleans, Louisiana 432–3, 475, 609, 610

New Phoenix Repertory Company 292, 306, 307, 309

New Theater for Now (theater company) 232, 234, 238

New Writing
(magazine) 115
n
, 329

New York: C.I. visits en route to London (1970) 5, 7; C.I. and Don Bachardy visit following Stravinsky's death (1971) 159, 166, 168–74; C.I. and Bachardy visit for promotion of
Kathleen and Frank
(January-February 1972) 218, 220, 221; C.I. and Bachardy visit for performance of
A Meeting by the River
(December 1972) 293, 295, 296, 297–8, 300–301, 302–4, 304–5, 305–9; Bachardy visits alone (October-November 1973) 397, 400, 402, 403; C.I. and Bachardy visit for Bachardy's Cultural Center show (February 1974) 419, 421–2, 423, 425–6, 430; Vedanta Center 420; skyline 425–6; Bachardy visits for work on
The Stepford Wives
( June 1974) 439; C.I. and Bachardy visit at Christmas (1974) 465, 466; Bachardy visits alone (April 1975) 474, 477; C.I. and Bachardy visit en route to and from Europe (1976) 508–510, 518; C.I. and Bachardy visit for promotion of
Christopher and His Kind
(December 1976) 529, 530; C.I. and Bachardy visit for Broadway production of
A Meeting by the River
(1979) 607, 608; C.I. and Bachardy visit for Bachardy's Robert Miller Gallery show (September-October 1980) 646, 648–53

New York City Ballet 169

New York marathon 599

New York Mattachine Times
239

New York Post
296

New York Times, The
177, 230, 296; bestseller list 272

New Yorker, The
(magazine) 251, 638