Liberation (158 page)

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Authors: Christopher Isherwood

Prabuddhananda, Swami 266, 518

Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain 517–518

Prater Violet
(C.I.) 180–181, 273, 434, 538

Prema Chaitanya (
earlier
John Yale;
afterwards
Swami Vidyatmananda; Vidya): trips to India xxvii, 179, 344; and Prabhavananda 179, 344–5; appearance 343–4; at Gretz Vedanta Center in France 343, 344; stays at Hollywood Vedanta Center during trip to Los Angeles 343–5; sends C.I. a copy of Atulananda's talks 575; and C.I.'s
My Guru and His Disciple
592, 618; and Ritajananda 622;
787–8

Premananda, Swami 261, 281, 439,
788

presidential election 1972 235, 246–7, 261–2, 268, 277, 287, 288, 289, 290, 299
n

presidential election 1980 623, 625–6, 657, 658

Presley, Elvis 148, 403

Preston, John 476

Price, Coral
see
Browne, Coral Price, Dan 288

Price, Kenneth (Ken) xix, 107, 381,
788

Price, Vincent 491, 503, 682,
788–9
;
Diversions and Delights
559, 582

Prideaux, James,
The Last of Mrs. Lincoln
304–5

Prince, Hal 307,
789

Prince, William 439

Pringle, Chuck 517

Procktor, Patrick 24, 29, 43, 47, 66, 511,
789

Proposition 6 (California, 1978; “Briggs Initiative”) 569–70, 575, 576–7, 586, 587, 590, 594, 599, 600

Proposition 20 (California, 1972) 291

Prosser, Grace 492

Prosser, Lee 163, 276, 492,
789–90

Prosser, Mandy 492

Prosser, Mary 163

Proust, Marcel 213, 300, 618;
Cities of the Plain
178;
Swann's Way
178

Prouting, Norman 8, 11–12, 25, 70, 75,
790

Pryor, Richard 549

Publishers Weekly
(magazine) 529

Pucciani, Oreste 253

Puerto Escondido, Mexico 536, 538

Pugsley, Tom (driver) 314, 336

Punishment Park
(film) 195

Purchase, Bonnie 571

Pynchon, Thomas,
Gravity's Rainbow
358

 

Quakers 106
n
, 570, 613, 615, 640, 677

Quennell, Sonia Leon “Spider” 67

Quinn, Joan 656, 661,
790

Quintero, José 510

Quito, Ecuador 437

 

Rabb, Ellis 91, 93, 99,
790

race riots 549
n
1

Raeburn, Andrew 413

Raft, George 659

Railton, Jeremy 229

Ramakrishna: cross-dressing xxvii; and C.I.'s meditation 101, 105–6; on education 110; and Prabhavananda 129–30, 348, 355, 436; puja 151, 221–2, 346, 422, 499; young disciples 153; Gerald Heard dreams about 183, 246; and Brahmananda (Maharaj) 219, 222, 355; mango tree planted at Kamarpukur 348; in C.I.'s
My Guru and His Disciple
607;
790–91

Ramakrishna and His Disciples
(C.I.) xxvi–xxvii, 383, 598

Ramirez, Darren 145–6, 659

Rampling, Charlotte 496, 498,
791

Ramsey, Logan 230

Rancho Mirage, California 413

Rappaport, Michelle 646, 671,
791

Rassine, Alexis 68–9,
791

Rattigan, Terence,
Separate Tables
51, 543

Rauch, Doug 152, 191,
791

Rauschenberg, Robert 576,
791–2

Rauth, Thomas (dentist) 522–3

Raya, George 493

Razor's Edge, The
(film) 594

Reagan, Nancy 374

Reagan, Ronald 373, 657, 658; assassination attempt 669,
792

Reams, Lee Roy 238

Rebecca
(Hitchcock film) 264

recessions, economic 81, 181, 196,
792

Rechy, John 234, 485,
792

Red Buddha Theater (theater company) 329

“red tides”179, 180, 185

Redgrave, Corin 24, 62, 417,
792

Redgrave, Lynn 61, 63

Redgrave, Vanessa 24, 35, 211, 417,
792–3
;
The Lady from the Sea
508

referendums, 1972 290–91; 1978 569–70, 575, 576–7, 586, 587, 590, 594, 599, 600

Regester, James Robert (Bob): relationship with Neil Hartley ix, 35, 62–3, 72, 74, 319; in London 12, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 57, 62, 67, 318–19; in South of France 33, 34, 35, 37, 72; visits Forster in Cambridge with C.I. 71–2, 74–5; in New York 305–6, 509, 518;
793

Reid, Roger 504

Reif, Adelbert and Ruth 616

Reinhardt, Edmund 382

Reinhardt, Gottfried 364, 366, 370, 380, 602,
793

Reinhardt, Max: memorial concert at Hollywood Bowl 366, 370, 379–80, 385–7; character and career 370, 382–4;
793–4

Reinhardt, Silvia 364, 366, 602

Reinhardt, Wolfgang 370,
794

Repulsion
(film) 217

Revere, Paul 495

Reynolds, Jane 637

Richardson, Tony: aging and ill-health xxxviii, 442; quarrel with Henry Geldzahler 12; C.I. socializes with in London 17–18, 67, 69–70, 317; C.I. stays with in South of France 27, 33–8, 56; false alarm over car accident 27; dislike of John Hopkins 28; proposed studio for David Hockney 37, 38; on Edward Albee 38; finances 38; relations with C.I. 38; moods 57, 67; and Neil Hartley 57, 62, 441; proposed Nijinsky film 62, 67, 91–2; and Gavin Lambert 215, 573; relationship with Grizelda Grimond 215, 317; house in Australia 258, 310; C.I. socializes with in California 416–17, 441, 442, 490, 492, 493, 527, 534, 572–3, 587, 592, 607, 621–2, 626, 683; and Vanessa Redgrave 417; and Walter Lassally 438; resigns from
Mahogany
463; and John Boorman 527; preference for life in Los Angeles 528; turns down Bob Gordon's
Leaks
528; on Kenneth Tynan 532; and Jackie Onassis 534; on Orton's plays 573; and David Hockney 587;
794–5

Hamlet
120;
I, Claudius
3, 38, 215
n
;
Joseph Andrews
510, 512, 535;
Laughter in the Dark
38;
Look Back in Anger
69–70;
The Loved One
405, 417, 539;
Ned Kelly
3
n
, 27, 120;
Tom Jones
38, 39
n
;
Tono-Bungay
317

Richmond, Len 583

Rief, Larry 258

Rigby, Harry: appearance and character 259; Don Bachardy's drawings of 259; Broadway production of
A Meeting by the River
479, 544, 545, 551, 556, 565, 569, 572, 602, 606, 607, 608; C.I. and Bachardy socialize with 502, 503, 509, 510;
795

Ritajananda, Swami 622,
795

Ritter, John 230

Rivera, Chita 518

Riverside, California 437–8

Riverside, University of California at 80

Roberts, John 8, 11, 12, 13, 16,
795

Roberts, Rachel 145–6, 659–60,
795

Robin and Marian
(film) 503

Rochester, New York 536, 538

“Rock Follies” (television series) 511

Rockland, Mark 495

Roditi, Édouard 170

Roeg, Nicolas,
Walkabout
197

Roerick, Bill 431–2, 610–611,
795
roller skating 87, 89

Rolling Stone
(magazine) 350–51

Roma
(Fellini film) 311

Rome: Gavin Lambert in 286, 290, 339–41; C.I. and Don Bachardy visit 326, 339–41

Rooney, Mickey 149, 384

“Roots” (television series) 553

Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles 596–7

Rosenberg, Roger 490, 492

Rosenman, Howard 462

Rosenman, Leonard 519

Ross, Jean (Cockburn) 66–7, 70, 386, 447,
795–6
; death xxiii, 372, 394

Ross, Peggy 67

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel 335

Rota, Bertram 56

Roth, Philip,
The Breast
278–9

Rothbart, Lew 17
n

Rothschild, Baron Philippe de 516

Rouba, Pawel 76

Roundhouse (concert venue), London 329, 510
n

Rowse, A.L. 605

Royal Academy of Art, London 335, 619

Royal Court Theatre, London 320–21

Royal Shakespeare Company 233, 291–2

Rubinstein, John 309

Rudenko, Anthony 57

Rumens, George 196

Ruscha, Ed xix, 107, 118
n
,
796

Russell, Bertrand 614,
796

Russell, Scott 11
n

Russia
see
USSR Russo, Aaron 549

Russo, Anthony 359

Rusty Nail, The (gay bar) 483–4, 489

Ryton, Royce:
Crown Matrimonial
330;
The Other Side of the Swamp
511

 

Sachs, David 154,
796–7

Sackville-West, Vita 397

Sadler, Jeff 245

Sagal, Boris 206, 211, 213,
797

Sagui, Carlos 524, 593, 601–2, 607,
797

Sahl, Mort 480,
797

Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea, The
(film) 519

St. John's Hospital, Santa Monica 446, 447, 482, 560, 561, 676, 680

St. Tropez, France 37, 72

St. Vincent de Paul, Society of 122, 124

St. Vincent's Hospital, Los Angeles 482, 498

Saker, Neil (masseur) 220

Salieri, Frantz,
La Grande Eugène
510

Salinger (English lawyer in Brussels) 54

Sally Bowles
(C.I.) 521

San Andreas Fault 149, 196, 556

San Bernardino, California 178

San Diego, California: C.I. visits 115; Don Bachardy visits 362; news producers 529–530

San Diego State College 115, 117, 207

San Francisco: C.I. visits with Don Bachardy 88–9, 90, 367–8, 529, 530, 618–19, 634, 643, 666–7; “Zodiac Killer” 115; Bachardy visits for Hansen-Fuller Gallery show 118, 121, 122, 123; Vedanta Center 266

San Francisco Chronicle
(newspaper) 634

“San Francisco, the City That Waits to Die” (television documentary) 196

San Pedro Art Gallery, Los Angeles 153, 157

Sanchez, Bobby 503

Sandakan 8
(film) 500

Sandford, Rick 302, 495, 499, 502, 571, 591, 594–5, 605, 606, 632, 637, 663,
797
; Don Bachardy drawings of 491, 497, 505, 550, 681

Sandown, Isle of Wight, England 515

Sandwich, Ella, Countess of
see
Amiya Sanfaçon, Paul 648, 650, 651,
797

Sansinena
(oil tanker) 530–31

Santa Barbara, California: Vedanta temple
see
Sarada Convent, Montecito; Don Bachardy visits with Mike Van Horn 97, 99; C.I. and Bachardy visit 117, 211, 270, 271; Prabhavananda convalesces at 195, 198, 203, 205; Bachardy visits alone 256

Santa Barbara, University of California at 211, 355, 433

Santa Monica Pier, California 245, 505, 683

Santa Monica Canyon, California: land slides 3, 564–5, 578, 585, 627, 628; development of 81, 98, 122, 124, 133, 138, 140, 144, 159, 162, 199–200, 259, 287, 311, 446; oil drilling off coast 102, 250, 287; crime 162–3, 186–7, 516, 521, 541, 653–4, 655, 657; crowds 257, 437, 458, 581; and narrative of C.I.'s proposed final volume of memoirs 613–4, 618

Santoro, George 312, 381, 399

Santoro, Jean 490, 497, 519,
797–8

Santoro, Tony 490, 519,
797–8

Sarada (
earlier
Ruth Folling) 354, 361, 365,
798

Sarada Convent, Montecito, California 204, 360, 396, 420, 442, 455, 499, 526, 547,
798

Sarada Devi (Holy Mother) 228, 396, 445, 452, 454,
798
; and C.I.'s meditation and prayers 101, 106, 287, 452, 484, 489, 643; Prabhavananda's visions of 260, 435–6, 473; puja 305

Sarada Math xxvi

Saradananda,
Sri Sri Ramakrishna Lilaprasanga
250

Sarrazin, Michael 347, 380–81,
798

Sarvagatananda, Swami 518

Sarver, Tony 485, 498, 501, 505, 571, 599,
798
; cancer and death 615, 637, 642, 654, 661

Sassoon, Siegfried 251–2, 388–9

Sat
see
Barnett, Jimmy

Satyricon
(film) 139

Savant, Paul 604, 605, 606–7, 608

Sawtelle Veterans' Hospital, Los Angeles 641–2

Scammell, Terrence 126–7

Scenes from an Emigration
see
California
Schiele, Egon 460, 552

Schindler, Bud 499

Schjeldahl, Peter 638

Schlesinger, John: in London 335, 511; and Michael Childers 335; visits Yosemite and San Francisco with C.I. 366–8; and Lance Loud 379; in Palm Springs 411–13; Don Bachardy's drawing of 413; birthday party 496; C.I. socializes with in California 501, 505, 519; helps Bachardy clear out studio 507;
798–9

The Day of the Locust
438;
I and Albert
318;
Midnight Cowboy
492

Schlesinger, Peter: proposed trip on trans-Siberian railway 4; in London 12, 17, 18, 23–4, 26, 27, 38, 39, 41, 43, 45, 49, 51, 55–6, 60, 65, 67, 76, 77, 315, 317–18, 327– 8, 335, 510, 511, 514, 515, 516; relationship with David Hockney 12, 17, 31, 32, 41, 58, 59, 74, 80, 81, 202–3, 206–7, 208, 209–210, 291, 311, 343, 351–2, 649; visits South of France with C.I. 27, 28, 31–3, 36, 37, 38, 39, 43, 56; appearance and character 31, 43, 75, 103, 317–18; C.I. gives copy of Klimt book 56, 58; and Tom Cuthbertson 62; visits Forster in Cambridge with C.I. 72, 74–5; and Cecil Beaton 74; C.I. socializes with in California 103, 291, 507, 508, 626, 629; and Hockney's trip to Asia 158, 188, 209; in Spain 195; break up with Hockney 202–3, 206–7, 208, 209–210, 291, 351–2; education and career 209, 210, 291; relationship with Eric Boman 209–210, 291, 320, 343; and Bruce Chatwin 284; sends birthday greetings to C.I. 385; Hockney nudes of 465;
799

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