Authors: Christopher Isherwood
Prabuddhananda, Swami 266, 518
Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain 517â518
Prater Violet
(C.I.) 180â181, 273, 434, 538
Prema Chaitanya (
earlier
John Yale;
afterwards
Swami Vidyatmananda; Vidya): trips to India xxvii, 179, 344; and Prabhavananda 179, 344â5; appearance 343â4; at Gretz Vedanta Center in France 343, 344; stays at Hollywood Vedanta Center during trip to Los Angeles 343â5; sends C.I. a copy of Atulananda's talks 575; and C.I.'s
My Guru and His Disciple
592, 618; and Ritajananda 622;
787â8
Premananda, Swami 261, 281, 439,
788
presidential election 1972 235, 246â7, 261â2, 268, 277, 287, 288, 289, 290, 299
n
presidential election 1980 623, 625â6, 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,
788â9
;
Diversions and Delights
559, 582
Prideaux, James,
The Last of Mrs. Lincoln
304â5
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”) 569â70, 575, 576â7, 586, 587, 590, 594, 599, 600
Proposition 20 (California, 1972) 291
Prosser, Grace 492
Prosser, Lee 163, 276, 492,
789â90
Prosser, Mandy 492
Prosser, Mary 163
Proust, Marcel 213, 300, 618;
Cities of the Plain
178;
Swann's Way
178
Prouting, Norman 8, 11â12, 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
Â
Quakers 106
n
, 570, 613, 615, 640, 677
Quennell, Sonia Leon “Spider” 67
Quinn, Joan 656, 661,
790
Quintero, José 510
Quito, Ecuador 437
Â
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, 105â6; on education 110; and Prabhavananda 129â30, 348, 355, 436; puja 151, 221â2, 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;
790â91
Ramakrishna and His Disciples
(C.I.) xxviâxxvii, 383, 598
Ramirez, Darren 145â6, 659
Rampling, Charlotte 496, 498,
791
Ramsey, Logan 230
Rancho Mirage, California 413
Rappaport, Michelle 646, 671,
791
Rassine, Alexis 68â9,
791
Rattigan, Terence,
Separate Tables
51, 543
Rauch, Doug 152, 191,
791
Rauschenberg, Robert 576,
791â2
Rauth, Thomas (dentist) 522â3
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,
792â3
;
The Lady from the Sea
508
referendums, 1972 290â91; 1978 569â70, 575, 576â7, 586, 587, 590, 594, 599, 600
Regester, James Robert (Bob): relationship with Neil Hartley ix, 35, 62â3, 72, 74, 319; in London 12, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 57, 62, 67, 318â19; in South of France 33, 34, 35, 37, 72; visits Forster in Cambridge with C.I. 71â2, 74â5; in New York 305â6, 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, 379â80, 385â7; character and career 370, 382â4;
793â4
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 17â18, 67, 69â70, 317; C.I. stays with in South of France 27, 33â8, 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, 91â2; and Gavin Lambert 215, 573; relationship with Grizelda Grimond 215, 317; house in Australia 258, 310; C.I. socializes with in California 416â17, 441, 442, 490, 492, 493, 527, 534, 572â3, 587, 592, 607, 621â2, 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;
794â5
Hamlet
120;
I, Claudius
3, 38, 215
n
;
Joseph Andrews
510, 512, 535;
Laughter in the Dark
38;
Look Back in Anger
69â70;
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 437â8
Riverside, University of California at 80
Roberts, John 8, 11, 12, 13, 16,
795
Roberts, Rachel 145â6, 659â60,
795
Robin and Marian
(film) 503
Rochester, New York 536, 538
“Rock Follies” (television series) 511
Rockland, Mark 495
Roditi, Ãdouard 170
Roeg, Nicolas,
Walkabout
197
Roerick, Bill 431â2, 610â611,
795
roller skating 87, 89
Rolling Stone
(magazine) 350â51
Roma
(Fellini film) 311
Rome: Gavin Lambert in 286, 290, 339â41; C.I. and Don Bachardy visit 326, 339â41
Rooney, Mickey 149, 384
“Roots” (television series) 553
Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles 596â7
Rosenberg, Roger 490, 492
Rosenman, Howard 462
Rosenman, Leonard 519
Ross, Jean (Cockburn) 66â7, 70, 386, 447,
795â6
; death xxiii, 372, 394
Ross, Peggy 67
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel 335
Rota, Bertram 56
Roth, Philip,
The Breast
278â9
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 320â21
Royal Shakespeare Company 233, 291â2
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) 483â4, 489
Ryton, Royce:
Crown Matrimonial
330;
The Other Side of the Swamp
511
Â
Sachs, David 154,
796â7
Sackville-West, Vita 397
Sadler, Jeff 245
Sagal, Boris 206, 211, 213,
797
Sagui, Carlos 524, 593, 601â2, 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 529â530
San Diego State College 115, 117, 207
San Francisco: C.I. visits with Don Bachardy 88â9, 90, 367â8, 529, 530, 618â19, 634, 643, 666â7; “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, 594â5, 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) 530â31
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, 564â5, 578, 585, 627, 628; development of 81, 98, 122, 124, 133, 138, 140, 144, 159, 162, 199â200, 259, 287, 311, 446; oil drilling off coast 102, 250, 287; crime 162â3, 186â7, 516, 521, 541, 653â4, 655, 657; crowds 257, 437, 458, 581; and narrative of C.I.'s proposed final volume of memoirs 613â4, 618
Santoro, George 312, 381, 399
Santoro, Jean 490, 497, 519,
797â8
Santoro, Tony 490, 519,
797â8
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, 435â6, 473; puja 305
Sarada Math xxvi
Saradananda,
Sri Sri Ramakrishna Lilaprasanga
250
Sarrazin, Michael 347, 380â81,
798
Sarvagatananda, Swami 518
Sarver, Tony 485, 498, 501, 505, 571, 599,
798
; cancer and death 615, 637, 642, 654, 661
Sassoon, Siegfried 251â2, 388â9
Sat
see
Barnett, Jimmy
Satyricon
(film) 139
Savant, Paul 604, 605, 606â7, 608
Sawtelle Veterans' Hospital, Los Angeles 641â2
Scammell, Terrence 126â7
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. 366â8; and Lance Loud 379; in Palm Springs 411â13; Don Bachardy's drawing of 413; birthday party 496; C.I. socializes with in California 501, 505, 519; helps Bachardy clear out studio 507;
798â9
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, 23â4, 26, 27, 38, 39, 41, 43, 45, 49, 51, 55â6, 60, 65, 67, 76, 77, 315, 317â18, 327â 8, 335, 510, 511, 514, 515, 516; relationship with David Hockney 12, 17, 31, 32, 41, 58, 59, 74, 80, 81, 202â3, 206â7, 208, 209â210, 291, 311, 343, 351â2, 649; visits South of France with C.I. 27, 28, 31â3, 36, 37, 38, 39, 43, 56; appearance and character 31, 43, 75, 103, 317â18; C.I. gives copy of Klimt book 56, 58; and Tom Cuthbertson 62; visits Forster in Cambridge with C.I. 72, 74â5; 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 202â3, 206â7, 208, 209â210, 291, 351â2; education and career 209, 210, 291; relationship with Eric Boman 209â210, 291, 320, 343; and Bruce Chatwin 284; sends birthday greetings to C.I. 385; Hockney nudes of 465;
799