The Hostage is opening in New York. Gerry and I go ahead to contradict the bad press Brendan has been getting. A curious radio interview. The company and Brendan arrive, he is mobbed by press men. The backers worry about our accents. We play a joke on them. A brush with the Stage Manager. The first-night audience. Next day, Vic visits Lee Strasberg’s studio. Dudley Sutton looks for Khrushchev’s boat. Studs Terkel corners me. We meet Libby Holman. Tom Driberg to the Labour Party Conference, Scarborough – Gerry and I to London, Brendan and Beatrice remain in New York.